Howard closes gap on Love, James, Durant lead scorers, Curry leads 3 in steals – NBA Stats

MIAMI (Sporting Alert) — Dwight Howard pulled down 24 rebounds on Thursday night in the Orlando Magic’s 94-78 victory over the New Jersey Nets.

The performance, his best so far this season and his 46th overall in this campaign – sees him now averaging 15.30 in that category from his three games – closing the gap on leader Kevin Love, who has an average of 16.0 from two matches. Love has pulled down 32 rebounds already this season.

LeBron James of the Miami Heat and Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder – currently head the scoring department. James averaging 32.7 and Durant, who scored 30 against the Mavs Thursday night, is at 31.3. The two are currently the only scorers averaging above 30 points per game.

The Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo heads the assist listing with 10.3 from three games, just in front of the Houston Rockets’ Kyle Lowry (10).

Stephen Curry (GSW), James Johnson (TOR) and Ty Lawson (DEN) all averaging four steals per game.

NBA Statistics

POINTS
LeBron James MIA 32.7
Kevin Durant OKC 31.3
Kobe Bryant LAL 27.8
Kevin Love MIN 26.5
Carmelo Anthony NYK 25.7

REBOUNDS
Kevin Love MIN 16.0
Dwight Howard ORL 15.3
Boris Diaw CHA 13.5
Spencer Hawes PHI 12.5
Roy Hibbert IND 12.0

ASSISTS
Rajon Rondo BOS 10.3
Kyle Lowry HOU 10.0
Chris Paul LAC 9.0
Boris Diaw CHA 8.5
Jose Calderon TOR 8.5

STEALS
Stephen Curry GSW 4.00
James Johnson TOR 4.00
Ty Lawson DEN 4.00
John Wall WAS 3.00
Mario Chalmers MIA 3.00

TURNOVERS
Russell Westbrook OKC 6.2
Rajon Rondo BOS 5.3
Deron Williams NJN 5.3
John Wall WAS 5.0
Steve Nash PHX 5.0

BLOCKS
Greg Stiemsma BOS 6.0
DeAndre Jordan LAC 5.5
Emeka Okafor NOH 3.5
Samuel Dalembert HOU 3.5
Tyson Chandler NYK 2.7

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