The Family: David West
10 April 2009
New Orleans is locked in a playoff race as exciting as Bourbon Street itself. Leading the charge for the city’s hoopsters is David West.
There is a rumble in the Western Conference, with several teams battling for that higher seed and the home playoff games that come with it. The beefy forward is tearing it up even more than usual, playing head and shoulders above even his lofty standards.
Last Sunday night Utah came to town, and got the win. But D-West did all he could to avert the outcome, pouring in 23 points, and hauling down 19 rebounds. He put up 20 Tuesday night in their victory over Miami and dropped a hot 28 points Wednesday in their tough loss against Phoenix.
His stat lines are, in a word, jawdropping. 31 points and 14 boards against Golden State was astounding, but it wasn’t even West’s best of the week. In Sacramento, West wowed Governor Terminator and the rest of California’s capital. Check this—an even forty points, nine rebounds, and six assists. Sniffing distance of a triple double, with forty points! Over his last five games, West is averaging a stellar 26.8 PPG with 10.4 rebounds per outing.
It will take some effort, but West is doing all he can to bring the home court advantage to New Orleans when the playoffs begin.
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