Assuming Boston is the 2nd best team in the east, who is the 3rd? Is it Toronto or Washington? Someone else? Washington is 26-8 in their last 34, 15-3 in their last 18. Granted, Toronto went 3-4 during the stretch DeRozan was gone which didn't help them. Washington also has no bench, but their starting 5 average 34mpg, with Gortat at the low end at 32.1 and Wall leading the way at 36.7. Also, Otto Potter is at a ridiculous .532/.460/.780 line.
Potter by month FG/3FG 3pm/3pa Percentge of Shots that were 3pointers
November .526/.421 1.6/3.8 33.2
December .583/.492 2.1/4.2 45.2
January.. .509/.494 2.6/5.2 49.1
February. .500/.452 2.8/6.2 62.0
total........ .532/.460 2.1/4.5 43.3
He's the only non Center in the top 5 (5th) in Adjusted FG% at 63.2%. Jae Crowded is the 2nd non Center (8th) at .593. Durant and Curry come in at 9 and 10 (.592, .591). Also, Kevin Durant is shooting a ridiculous 60.3% from 2 this year. Potter is at .585 but doesn't qualify.
Makes you wonder how lights out guys like Potter and Booker will be when they hit their primes. Especially Booker.
For a guy who turned 20 at the beginning of the year, Booker doesn't get much hype. Last 20 games: 36.9mpg .453/.433/.841 25.3ppg 2.7rpg, 3.3apg. He's averaging 19 shots, 5.8 threes and getting to the line 6.9 times per game. He's going to lead the league in scoring one day while doing little else.