Run it Back! NBA Week in Review - Week #2

Run it Back! NBA Week in Review - Week _2 === Jose: [00:00:00] Week two of the 2024 25 NBA season is over, which means it's time to run it back. This is Run It Back, NBA week in review. I'm Jose Salviati, editor at thebeachbasket. net, and this is the show where we recap the week that was in the NBA and then highlight the marquee matchup for the week to come. We start like we always do with the only objective overall top 10 NBA power rankings. anywhere. You can read more about how we get to these rankings and see the entire list at the peach basket dot net. Let's take a look at the top 10 at the conclusion of the second week of the season. Now, keep in mind, this is the only objective overall power rankings. We don't care about how much a team won by. We only care about who they beat and where they took the it on the road or was it at home? You get more points for beating good teams than you do for beating bad teams. Read more about it at the Peach Basket dot net. Coming in at number 10 after week number two of the [00:01:00] Dallas Mavericks, the defending Western Conference champions had a two and one week in week number two and are three and two overall. The number nine spot belongs to the Chicago Bulls. Are they for real? Only time will tell, but they do hold down the number nine spot after two and one week. Number eight belongs to the San Antonio Wemben Yamas. The Spurs went two and two in week number two and are three and three. Overall, the resurgent Golden State Warriors take the number seven spot in week number two at three and one last week and are five and one. Overall, the new look New York Knicks had a two in one week number two and come in at number six. They are three and two overall. Now the Lakers, the Los Angeles Lakers, started off hot then hit a bit of a bump in week number two. They were only one and two this week, and are four and two overall, which is good enough for the number five spot. Number four are the defending world champion Boston Celtics. They had the [00:02:00] audacity to lose a game in week number two, going three and one. That puts them at six and one overall, good enough for number four. Number three belongs to the Phoenix Suns. The Suns win 3 0 in week number two, the first of three undefeated teams in the week. They're 5 1 overall. Number two goes to the undefeated 4 0 in week number two, Oklahoma City Thunder. They are 6 0 overall and look to be the best team in the West right now. The best team in the East takes the number one spot. They are the Cleveland Cavaliers. They were a perfect 4 0 in week number two and remain undefeated overall at 7 0. That's the objective top 10 list for week. Number one, if you want to see where all 30 teams land this week, again, please visit the peachbasket. net. Now let's shift our focus to the players. These are the best to do it by average. And week number two of the 20, season, you're the best. These are the [00:03:00] best by average in shooting, rebounding, assists. Blocks, deals, points, and game score. In short, the best to do it in the second week of the NBA season, the top score. This might surprise some folks in week number two, the staggering 40. 5 points per game average was Paula Bancaro of the Orlando magic. Bancaro also led the association with an average of 14 field goals made. What's going on in Orlando? Anthony Edwards averaged the most three point shots made at 5. 7. The top rebounder pulling down 14. 5 rebounds. Week number two was DeMontis Sabonis, DeAndre Jordan rewounded the clock a little bit and led everybody with six offensive rebound in week number two. I think he only played one game though, but it still counts. And the top defensive rebounders were DeMontis Sabonis and Jared Allen, both Regine 10. 8 defensive rebounds per game. The top assist man in week number two is Jon Morant. He [00:04:00] averaged 12. 3 in his three games played. The best rim protectors were Chet Holmgren and Victor Wemba Yama. They both averaged 3. 5 blocks per game in week number two. Scotty Barnes was a top thief. He averaged five steals while only playing one game in week number two. Now the best game score, right? The best overall player, no surprise, goes to Nikola Jokic. He played four games in week number two with a game score of 32. 2, which is really high. Really good to lead the Denver Nuggets and everyone in the association. Now as we look ahead to week number three, there are a few intriguing matchups. We'll start in the west where the undefeated Oklahoma City Thunder will travel to Denver to take on that Nicole Jokic we just talked about and the Denver Nuggets. Later that week, the Golden State Warriors travel back east to take on the Boston Celtics, then the Cleveland Cavaliers. are [00:05:00] taking on the best of a rough week for the warr number two of the 2024 25 books. Join us again next week after week #3 when we once again Run it Back!