Run it Back! NBA Week in Review - Week #5

Run it Back! NBA Week in Review - Week #5 === Jose: [00:00:00] Week number five 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 thepeachbasket. net. Let's take a look at the top 10 at the conclusion of week number five. The Los Angeles Lakers had a rough week. They start us off at number 10, going one and two in week number five. They beat Utah, but lose to Denver and New Orlando magic. They dropped five spots and are barely holding on to the top 10 after week number five. We stay in LA for the number nine team, the Los Angeles Clippers had a perfect four in a [00:01:00] week with wins against the Jazz, Warriors, Magic, and Kings. to propel them from out of the top 10 last week to the number five spot, pardon me, to the number nine spot in week number five. The Denver Nuggets were two and two in week number five, which was good enough to keep them at the number eight spot. Don't look now, but the Orlando Magic might be for real. They enjoyed a three in one week in week number five, which was good enough to move them up two spots to number seven. The Houston Rockets were three and two in week number five, which keeps them at number six for the second week in a row. The Phoenix Suns, unfortunately, are just barely hanging on. They were 0 3 in week number 5 and dropped another spot to come in at number 5. Now the top 4 teams in the NBA appear to be set. The Oklahoma City Thunder were 1 2 in week number 5, which was good enough for the number 4 [00:02:00] spot. They dropped down from number 3 last week. The world champion Boston Celtics had a perfect 2 0 week. In week number 5, which was enough to move them up from the number 7 spot to number 3 in week number 5. The Golden State Warriors. They might be back. I'm personally still not fully sold, but here they are. They're 2 2 in week number 5, which keeps them at the number 2 spot. And number 1 belongs to the 16 1 Cleveland Cavaliers. They suffered their first loss in week number 5, but they still went 2 1, which is good enough to keep them at the top again this week. That's it. That's the objective top 10 list for week number five. If you want to see where all 30 teams land this week, please visit thepeachbasket. net. Now let's shift our focus to the players. These are the best to do it, by average, in week number 5 of the 2024 25 NBA season. [00:03:00] These are the best to do it, by average, in shooting, rebounds, assists, blocks, steals, points, and game score. What's cool about this week is that we see some new names, and different names in each category, which we haven't seen yet to start this season. The top scorer in week number five does not play his basketball home games in the United States. The Toronto Raptors R. J. Barrett averaged 35 points over his two games played to lead everyone in week number five. Cameron Johnson averaged the most three point shots made at 6. 3. And Janice Atenecumbo averaged the most field goals made with 13. The top rebounder in week number five was Nikola Jokic. He averaged 15 over his two games played. Donovan Klingin of the Portland Trailblazers, and I admit I had to look it up. He had a statistically impressive game in week number five. He pulled down 19 rebounds while scoring zero points. His overall [00:04:00] average wasn't enough to be the top rebounder, but it was enough to make him the top offensive rebounder at 5. 5. Montes a bonus, led everyone with 13 rebounds, defensive rebounds in week number five in his one game played. Atlanta Hawks Trey Young played four games in week number five and averaged 12. 8 assists to lead everyone. San Antonio Spur Charles Bassey played two games and averaged four blocks. Now we're used to seeing a Spur player in this category, but this week it's a Charles and not a Victor. Good to see somebody else coming in and be the top rim protector in the week. Tari Eason played five games in Houston and he averaged three steals. to lead everyone in week number five in the top game score in week. Number five is Jimmy Butler, the Miami Heat player had a game score of 33. 5 to lead everyone. Now, as we look ahead to week number six, the marquee [00:05:00] matchup is in the Western Conference on Wednesday, November 27th, the Oklahoma City Thunder travel to the San Francisco to take on the Golden State Warriors. This could and likely will be a matchup between the top two teams. in the West after week number five. Finally, we're going to end with a look ahead by asking the Quicket AI chatbot what it sees as a key question or concern as we move into week number six. This week it asks, or really states, right? The key is injuries to start players. That's teams like the Philadelphia 76ers are dealing with injuries to their top players, impacting their consistency and effectiveness on the court. And once again, it's a great call out after acquiring Paul George during the off season, the Philadelphia 76ers were a prohibited favorite in the Eastern Conference, but things have not started off great for the 76ers. They go into week number 12 record and occupy the final spot in our [00:06:00] Objective NBA Power Rankings. Yeah, they're at number 30. There's no good way to spin this. Things are bad in Philly. The only saving grace is that it's still early. Both Embiid and George are due back any day. If those two along with Kyle Lowry can return with enough time to write the shit, Philadelphia might just be okay. But they've got to come soon. Think about something that Phil Jackson said. It's by Thanksgiving that he knows what kind of team he had. He said this for his Chicago teams, his Lakers teams. But we're, in week number six, we were at Thanksgiving and the Philadelphia 76ers still don't have their team together. So you figure it's gonna take a little bit of time. They might not be right. until the start of 2025. Hopefully that's enough time for them to write things over in Philly. There's no doubt that not many expected this type of start from the Philadelphia 76ers. Let's hope they have enough time to get things in order. That's [00:07:00] it. Week number five of the 2024 25 NBA season is in the books. Join us again next week after week number six when we once again run it back.