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The former UCLA star is showing amazing consistency in breakout season

Los Angeles Clippers guard Norman Powell is one of the most interesting stories in the NBA this season.

Powell is averaging 23.7 points per game on 49.0/44.1/83.2 shooting splits and represents by far the best year of his career.

For reference, the former UCLA Bruins star owns a career average of 13 points per game, and while his lifetime percentage (47.1/40.0/82.8) is consistent with the fact that he has this efficiency at such a higher rate Maintaining volume is truly remarkable.

Perhaps the most amazing thing about Powell’s run – other than the fact that he is Strangely break out At age 31, his consistency was.

For example, look at Powell’s numbers in December and January.

Last month, the UCLA product scored 25.6 points per night and shot 49 percent from the floor and 40.6 percent from 3-point range. So far in January, Powell is registering 22.2 points per game and is making 48.9 percent of his shots and 40.6 percent of his triples.

Essentially, Powell’s shooting percentages between December and January are identical.

The San Diego native shows no signs of slowing down as he has only recorded sub-20 points three times since December 16th. That’s a span of 16 games.

Powell has always been a decent scorer, as evidenced by the fact that he scored 19 points per game between the Portland Trail Blazers and Clippers during the 2021-22 campaign (although he played in just 45 games that year).

Still, this was never expected of Powell, who had previously been nothing more than a reliable, complementary scorer.

Powell did a tremendous job keeping Los Angeles afloat in Kawhi Leonard’s absence, and now that Leonard has returned, Powell still is Didn’t skip a beat.

The 6-foot-4 sharpshooter spent four seasons at UCLA between 2011-12 and 2014-15, averaging 9.8 points per game. His best year came during his final campaign with the Bruins, when he posted 16.4 points per night.

However, Powell was a long shot throughout his time at UCLA, as he only converted 31.4 percent of his three-point attempts.

We’ll see if the newfound Clippers star can continue his success in the second half.

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