Top 10 Weirdest Stat Line’s in NBA History
By weirdest stat line I mean a game a where a player had a very unusual statistical game. These aren’t necessarily bad stats just very uncommon and different.
#10.
2010 Finals Game 3.
Lakers @ Celtics
Ray Allen: 2 PTS, 0–13 FG, 0–8 3PT, 2–2 FT.
In this game, the Celtics and Lakers were tied 1–1 and a lot of people were counting on Ray Allen’s clutchness to help the Celtics win this series. But after this game horrible performance in Game 3, Ray Allen didn’t score over 20 points the rest of the series and the Celtics lost 4–3. What if Ray Allen would’ve performed better in Game 3 would the Celtics pull through in the series?
#9.
December 26th, 2013.
Grizzlies @ Rockets
James Harden: 27 PTS, 2–9 FG, 22–25 FT.
James Harden is known for forcing fouls in the paint. But to take 25 Free Throws in one game and make 22 of them is insane! The un-insane part is how bad he shot from the field. The reason this stat line is so weird because Harden is one of the most efficient players in our league today. Maybe Tony Allen’s defense is just that good, As he did have 17 All-Defensive 1st Team votes in 2013.
#8.
January 30th, 1997.
Nuggets @ Rockets
Hakeem Olajuwon: 48 PTS, 24–40 FG, 0–0 FT.
1st off props to you Hakeem for holding the record of most points scored without attempting a single Free Throw. 2nd how do you not get fouled 1 time the whole game? Like, Hakeem, you play the paint, you are down low 75% of the time and for no one to even foul you is insane. I’m not sure if this is good or bad? Is it good that he is untouchable and can score 48 points without free throws or Is it bad that he wasn’t physical enough and didn’t try hard enough to be fouled?
#7.
March 4th, 2015.
Blazers @ Clippers
Damian Lillard: 5 PTS, 18 REB, 1–13 FG, 0–7 3PT.
Big Game Dame is a 6'3 Point Guard who has never averaged more than 5 Rebounds in his career. But for some reason, he grabbed 18 in one game. Not to point out the fact he missed all 7 3 Pointers he attempted and only 1 out of the 13 shots he attempted from the field. I guess Big Game Dame really showed us his big side. The crazy part about this one is that they faced the Clippers who have Deandre Jordan, Deandre Jordan scored 6 PTS, 19 REB in this same game. Which is similar to Damian’s.
#6.
December 2nd, 2000.
Timberwolves @ Knicks
Allan Houston: 37 PTS, 0 REB, 0 AST, 0 STL, 0 BLK.
Allan Houston has always been called a ball hog or just a player that can’t do anything but score. This game really showed that all he can do is score. Allan’s averages over his whole career are 17.3 PPG, 2.9 RPG, 2.4 APG. If you ever need help proving your point that all Allan can do is score show them his stats for this game.
#5.
October 22nd, 2010.
Timberwolves @ Bucks
Corey Maggette: 10 MIN, 17 PTS, 0–2 FG, 17–20 FT.
Maggette is a super sloppy player and just charges in for fouls everytime he is fed the ball. The fact that all his points came off Free Throws isn’t the weirdest part about this. The weirdest part about this is that he only played 12 Minutes and was fouled 10 times so almost every minute he played in this game he was fouled 1 time. That is literally mind-blowing.
#4.
February 20th, 2002.
Rockets @ Bucks
Michael Redd: 29 PTS, 0 REB, 0 AST, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 0 TOV, 0 FLS.
Very similar to Allan Houston’s performance just fewer points and a lot more 0’s. Michael Redd is also a player known for being a ball hog and a player that can’t do anything but score. Michael was one of the most underrated players of the 2000’s. Most people hate Michael because all he did was score but, I like him because of that. I hate this game from Michael because it sucks that he didn’t even get 1 rebound or steal which he was okay at. This wasn’t his best game but it wasn’t his worse.
#3.
January 6th, 2005.
Grizzlies @ Pistons
Richard Hamilton: 14 PTS, 0–10 FG, 14/14 FT.
Richard (Rip) Hamilton is the only player in NBA history to lead his team in points with no Free Throws attempted in a game. Although Tayshaun Prince had 13 points, 1 behind Rip this stat line is still ridiculous. The Pistons were blown out of this game easily. But that’s really how the Pistons played in the mid-2000’s. Slow, Sluggish basketball like Corey Maggette. The fact that he lead his team in points with no Field Goal attempts is crazy to me, Especially because this team wasn’t a bad team. Ben Wallace, Chauncey Billups, Tayshaun Prince and, Rasheed Wallace. This will go down as the 3rd Weirdest Stat Line in NBA History.
#2.
April 4th, 2013.
Bulls @ Nets
C.J. Watson: 1 PT, 1 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL, 1 BLK, 1 TOV.
C.J. Watson, not a super well-known player but he is known for being the only player in NBA history to have only 1 stat in all 6 main categories. In a Nets uniform facing his ex-team the Bulls, C.J. went off Scoring amazing stats (Wink, Wink). Well, this Stat Line is actually awful and summed up his whole career. After this game, I guess C.J. stands for Careless Joke. Enough hate thrown towards C.J. on to #1.
#1
February 12th, 2012.
Lakers @ Raptors
Rasual Butler: 0 MIN, 1 TOV.
This will confuse half of you, I’ll go into depth on how Rasual pulled this off. Raptors down 93–92 with 4.2 seconds left Rasual Butler checked into the game and was inbounding the ball. This was the first Rasual had been checked into the game. Rasual managed to get a 5-second violation on the inbound and was checked out of the game right after that. Technically since the clock doesn’t start until he passes the ball in Rasual finished the game with the stats of 0 minutes and 1 turnover.
