T-Mobile Player of the Week: Rashard Lewis
by Evan Dunlap on Apr 5, 2010 6:00 PM EDT
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The Orlando Magic secured their grip on the Eastern Conference's second playoff seed last week by going 2-1 and, by virtue of their defeats of the Dallas Mavericks and Memphis Grizzlies, now hold the distinction of having beaten each of the NBA's other 29 teams at least once this season. They accomplished that despite a difficult week from franchise center Dwight Howard, who shot just 50% from the field and had only one double-double in the three-games. They needed their perimeter players to step up with him struggling with foul trouble, and they responded. Rashard Lewis was the most distinguished.
| Rashard Lewis | Pts | Rebs | Ast | Stl | Blk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14.0 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 1.0 | |
 | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | ||
| 60.0 | 61.1 | 50.0 | |||
| eFG% | TS% | ||||
| 82.0 | 81.1 | ||||
Vince Carter's rounded linescore of 19/6/4/1/0 bests Lewis', but I couldn't bring myself to reward him given the fact that he only played one above-average game and, even with his spectacular performance against Memphis, scored less efficiently than the average swingman. Lewis, on the other hand, turned in two fantastic performances out of three and made his three-pointers when counted upon. Though nothing but his scoring and percentages pop-out in the above chart, also note that he defended future Hall-of-Famer Dirk Nowitzki incredibly well in the victory over Dallas. For his tough defense and timely three-point shooting, Lewis is this week's T-Mobile Player of the Week Award winner.
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There were 3-4 strong candidates
VC with the 19/6/4/1.3 on 1.7 TO. Rashard with 14/3/1.7/1, ‘Meer with 15.7/6/3.7/1 & MP with 16.3/3.3. VC took 16.6 FGA to get his 19 pts but his Ast/To was good and he was great on the boards. ’Shard avg 14 on just 8.3 FGA, only grabbed 3 boards per game and committed 3.7 fouls per game. ’Meer only posted a 2/1 TO ratio and MP didn’t have any other good stat lines outside of scoring.
All 4 were pheneomenal and had very few negatives.
It speaks volumes of the Magic’s talent when 4 players have a better week than Dwight, including a non starter.
"It can be done, you can just crush somebody"
yeah, agree.
Warlando comments MP didn’t have good stats outside of scoring… well nor did Shard.
It’s not just how much he scored, I think Pietrus did a wonderful job of mixing up 3s and aggressive drives, catching his defender off balance. He hasn’t done that effectively and consistently since… last playoffs.
but anyway, congrats Rashard
Yeah, MP had an assist this week. AND posted up for a score!
Those are notable. lol.
"I've had people say, 'I don't need to check the [player statistics]. I've seen it with my eyes.' Well, I would also say your eyes lie to you sometimes, and some of the guys you may really like and think are really doing things, when you get deeper into it, aren't or vice versa." ~Stan Van Gundy
+1
Good thinking.
"I've had people say, 'I don't need to check the [player statistics]. I've seen it with my eyes.' Well, I would also say your eyes lie to you sometimes, and some of the guys you may really like and think are really doing things, when you get deeper into it, aren't or vice versa." ~Stan Van Gundy
by magicfaninTN on Apr 6, 2010 11:15 AM EDT up reply actions
really glad Lewis made player of the week
he has been quietly contributing to the team despites falling number of attempts and he is no longer in spotslight now Vince is here and so many weapons on the team.
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