Last night's game really shot Paul up in PER.For reference last season the highest full season PER's were Lebron and Nowitzki at 28.4 and Bryant at 28.3.Obviously it only means that Paul has had some good early games.
That was already fairly obvious.
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NAME
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POS
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G
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1
</TD><TD>
POR
</TD><TD>
Zach Randolph
</TD><TD>
PF
</TD><TD class=colSpacer></TD><TD>5</TD><TD>37.0</TD><TD>30.3</TD><TD class=colSpacer></TD><TD>52.2</TD><TD>91.5</TD><TD>50.0</TD><TD>61.60</TD><TD>46</TD><TD class=colSpacer></TD><TD>-3.4</TD><TD>7.3</TD><TD>9.5</TD><TD>17.3</TD><TD>29.4</TD><TD class=colSpacer></TD><TD>
33.36
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2
</TD><TD>
WAS
</TD><TD>
Gilbert Arenas
</TD><TD>
PG
</TD><TD class=colSpacer></TD><TD>4</TD><TD>37.8</TD><TD>30.5</TD><TD class=colSpacer></TD><TD>53.9</TD><TD>91.4</TD><TD>50.0</TD><TD>62.20</TD><TD>42</TD><TD class=colSpacer></TD><TD>2.0</TD><TD>20.1</TD><TD>11.2</TD><TD>3.6</TD><TD>30.1</TD><TD class=colSpacer></TD><TD>
29.05
</TD></TR><TR><TD>
3
</TD><TD>
WAS
</TD><TD>
Antawn Jamison
</TD><TD>
F
</TD><TD class=colSpacer></TD><TD>4</TD><TD>36.0</TD><TD>26.9</TD><TD class=colSpacer></TD><TD>63.0</TD><TD>58.8</TD><TD>35.0</TD><TD>63.40</TD><TD>14</TD><TD class=colSpacer></TD><TD>0.2</TD><TD>8.9</TD><TD>5.6</TD><TD>12.2</TD><TD>22.8</TD><TD class=colSpacer></TD><TD>
28.79
</TD></TR><TR class=greyrow><TD>
4
</TD><TD>
NOR
</TD><TD>
Chris Paul
</TD><TD>
PG
</TD><TD class=colSpacer></TD><TD>
5</TD><TD>
35.8</TD><TD>
23.2</TD><TD class=colSpacer></TD><TD>
53.3</TD><TD>
80.0</TD><TD>
28.6</TD><TD>
59.00</TD><TD>
32</TD><TD class=colSpacer></TD><TD>
9.7</TD><TD>
33.3</TD><TD>
11.3</TD><TD>
6.5</TD><TD>
27.6</TD><TD class=colSpacer></TD><TD>
28.26
</TD></TR><TR><TD>
5
</TD><TD>
HOU
</TD><TD>
Yao Ming
</TD><TD>
C
</TD><TD class=colSpacer></TD><TD>5</TD><TD>33.0</TD><TD>29.6</TD><TD class=colSpacer></TD><TD>56.4</TD><TD>87.2</TD><TD>0.0</TD><TD>64.10</TD><TD>44</TD><TD class=colSpacer></TD><TD>-6.7</TD><TD>7.4</TD><TD>14.0</TD><TD>14.5</TD><TD>29.3</TD><TD class=colSpacer></TD><TD>
28.01
</TD></TR><TR class=greyrow><TD>
6
</TD><TD>
TOR
</TD><TD>
Chris Bosh
</TD><TD>
FC
</TD><TD class=colSpacer></TD><TD>4</TD><TD>32.8</TD><TD>26.9</TD><TD class=colSpacer></TD><TD>53.8</TD><TD>72.0</TD><TD>66.7</TD><TD>57.90</TD><TD>28</TD><TD class=colSpacer></TD><TD>-5.1</TD><TD>2.3</TD><TD>9.3</TD><TD>21.4</TD><TD>25.0</TD><TD class=colSpacer></TD><TD>
27.64
</TD></TR><TR><TD>
7
</TD><TD>
LAC
</TD><TD>
Sam Cassell
</TD><TD>
PG
</TD><TD class=colSpacer></TD><TD>5</TD><TD>31.0</TD><TD>28.9</TD><TD class=colSpacer></TD><TD>50.0</TD><TD>91.9</TD><TD>16.7</TD><TD>59.40</TD><TD>44</TD><TD class=colSpacer></TD><TD>6.9</TD><TD>21.5</TD><TD>6.1</TD><TD>6.7</TD><TD>27.8</TD><TD class=colSpacer></TD><TD>
27.32
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8
</TD><TD>
MIN
</TD><TD>
Kevin Garnett
</TD><TD>
F
</TD><TD class=colSpacer></TD><TD>5</TD><TD>38.8</TD><TD>23.1</TD><TD class=colSpacer></TD><TD>57.5</TD><TD>90.3</TD><TD>0.0</TD><TD>64.60</TD><TD>38</TD><TD class=colSpacer></TD><TD>-1.0</TD><TD>11.0</TD><TD>9.2</TD><TD>17.1</TD><TD>20.7</TD><TD class=colSpacer></TD><TD>
26.98
</TD></TR><TR><TD>
9
</TD><TD>
WAS
</TD><TD>
Etan Thomas
</TD><TD>
FC
</TD><TD class=colSpacer></TD><TD>4</TD><TD>25.5</TD><TD>16.9</TD><TD class=colSpacer></TD><TD>76.0</TD><TD>31.2</TD><TD>0.0</TD><TD>67.10</TD><TD>20</TD><TD class=colSpacer></TD><TD>-0.3</TD><TD>10.2</TD><TD>7.7</TD><TD>17.8</TD><TD>13.9</TD><TD class=colSpacer></TD><TD>
26.77
</TD></TR><TR class=greyrow><TD>
10
</TD><TD>
CLE
</TD><TD>
LeBron James
</TD><TD>
SF
</TD><TD class=colSpacer></TD><TD>5</TD><TD>41.2</TD><TD>25.2</TD><TD class=colSpacer></TD><TD>49.5</TD><TD>63.0</TD><TD>38.9</TD><TD>53.20</TD><TD>28</TD><TD class=colSpacer></TD><TD>4.2</TD><TD>20.0</TD><TD>8.2</TD><TD>11.5</TD><TD>29.5</TD><TD class=colSpacer></TD><TD>
26.21
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11
</TD><TD>
MIL
</TD><TD>
Michael Redd
</TD><TD>
GF
</TD><TD class=colSpacer></TD><TD>5</TD><TD>38.6</TD><TD>29.4</TD><TD class=colSpacer></TD><TD>55.9</TD><TD>92.7</TD><TD>50.0</TD><TD>63.90</TD><TD>41</TD><TD class=colSpacer></TD><TD>-2.2</TD><TD>5.5</TD><TD>7.1</TD><TD>4.9</TD><TD>25.6</TD><TD class=colSpacer></TD><TD>
26.12
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