2017-18 Anthony Davis Season

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in 17-18, AD played 75 Regular Season Games and put up these numbers

28.1 PPG 11.1 RPG 2.3 APG 1.5 SPG 2.6 BPG
53.4 FG% 34.0 3p% 82.8 FT%

AD led New Orleans to a 48-34 Record and a 6 Seed (45-30 when AD Played)

AD's Accolades
1st Team All-Defense
1st Team All-NBA
5h All-Star Selection

AD finished 3rd in MVP and 3rd in DPOY Voting

That season AD finished 1st in Blocks, 2nd in Scoring and 5th in Rebounding in the league

he was also 2nd among all bigs (PF/C) in Steals

AD's ON/OFF was +11 that season, much better with him on both ends (Pels NET RTG was +5.2 when AD was on court, -5.8 when he was OFF)

That season, AD was paired up with another superstar big in DeMarcus Cousins. It took them some time to gel as they were only 20-20 through 40 Games, but would proceed to win 6 of their next 7 and it really looked like they had it figured out

DeMarcus Cousins would tear his achilles in a game against the Rockets and the Pels would lose 5 of their next 6 to fall to 28-26 and a 9 Seed

However, Anthony Davis would go crazy to end the season to take the Pels into the Playoffs

AD would lead the Pelicans to a 10 game win streak which would put them at 38-26 and a 4 Seed

AD during the streak
35.6 PPG 13.6 RPG 2.8 SPG 3.1 BPG
53.7 FG% 44.1 3p% 85.6 FT%
5 Games with 40+ Points
53 Point Game

AD would suffer an ankle injury at the end of the streak, but would only miss 1 game. Pelicans would go back to inconsistent play going 5-8 in their next 13 games

They were 43-34 and only 0.5 games clear of 9 Seed with 5 games left in the season

AD would lead the Pelicans to a 5-0 Record to finish the Season and clinch a playoff spot

AD in his final 5 Games
29.0 PPG 11.2 RPG 2.2 SPG 3.8 BPG
51.0 FG% 37.5 3p% 75.5 FT%

Beat Clippers, Warriors and Spurs on the last day to get a 6 Seed

AD had a number of insane performances in the Regular Season that year

Can go on and on about ADs performances

This is what AD did overall after DeMarcus Cousins tore his achilles

Played 27/28 Games
31.0 PPG 12.1 RPG 2.1 APG 2.1 SPG 3.4 BPG
52.9 FG% 34.8 3p% 84.0 FT%

Pelicans finished the season 20-8 (20-7 when AD Played)

In the 1st Round of the Playoffs, AD led the Pelicans to a sweep over 3rd Seeded Blazers

AD was DOMINANT
33.0 PPG 11.8 RPG 1.8 SPG 2.8 BPG
57.6 FG% 30.0 3p% 81.6 FT%

In Game 1, Davis had 35 Points 14 Rebounds and 4 Blocks

In Game 2 he had 22/12/2s/2b, in Game 3, AD had 28/11/3s/2b

and to close Portland out he went off 47 Points 10 Rebounds on 15/23 Shooting

In WCSF, Pels met the Warriors and lost in 5 Games

AD in the Series
27.8 PPG 14.8 RPG 2.2 SPG 2.0 BPG
47.9 FG% 25.0 3p% 84.6 FT%

Had his moments, but the Warriors were quite unbeatable at the time

in a Game 3 win, AD had 33/18 and 4 Steals

in a Game 5 Loss AD would drop 34 Points 19 Rebounds on 13/26 Shooting but the Warriors would end ADs and the Pelicans season

Anthony Davis 2018 Playoffs Overall
30.1 PPG 13.4 RPG 1.7 APG 2.0 SPG 2.3 BPG
52.0 FG% 27.3 3p% 82.8 FT%

Led New Orleans to their first series win in 10 Years

When talking about help, AD finally had some this season.

Jrue finally managed to put together a healthy season while Rondo was big time in the Playoff push and the Playoff run. Other pieces like Mirotic, Moore contributed too. Despite losing Boogie Pels were solid

Here's some of Anthony Davis best performances that season (Highlights)

20 October 2017, Season opener vs Warriors

35 PTS 15 REB 5 AST 3 STL 15/21 FG 3/4 3pm

14 January 2018 @ Knicks

48 PTS 17 REB 4 STL 3 BLK 17/30 FG

16 January 2018 @ Celtics

45 PTS 16 REB 2 BLK 16/34 FG

Anthony Davis did indeed have back to back 45 Point games that season as well

2nd February 2018 @ Thunder

43 PTS 10 REB 3 STL 17/34 FG 3/6 3pm

10 February 2018 @ Nets

44 PTS 17 REB 6 STL 3 BLK 16/35 FG 3/5 3pm

Damn he gave us a 2021 Finals preview in 2018

14 February 2018 vs Lakers

42 PTS 15 REB 3 AST 3 STL 2 BLK 15/18 FG 2/2 3pm

23 February 2018 vs Heat

45 PTS 17 REB 5 STL 5 BLK 17/34 FG

26 February 2018 vs Suns

53 PTS 18 REB 3 AST 5 BLK 16/29 FG 21/26 FT

6th March 2018 @ Clippers

41 PTS 13 REB 3 STL 4 BLK 17/31 FG 4/7 3pm

11 March vs Jazz

25 PTS 11 REB 10 BLK, Triple double with Blocks

7 April 2018 @ Warriors

34 PTS 12 REB 4 AST 2 STL 4 BLK 13/24 FG

9 April 2018 @ Clippers

28 PTS 6 REB 2 STL 5 BLK 11/22 FG

This game clinched the Playoff spot

2018 Playoffs WCR1 G1 @ Portland

35 PTS 14 REB 2 STL 4 BLK 14/26 FG

2018 Playoffs WCR1 G4 vs Portland

47 PTS 10 REB 3 BLK 15/23 FG

2018 WCSF G3 vs Warriors

33 PTS 18 REB 3 AST 4 STL 15/27 FG

2017-18 WAS easily ADs best season in New Orleans, and arguably his best season indivdually so far

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