The season is over five weeks old, and while some key pairs are barely on the court together, others are performing well and staying healthy. The following is a list of assists by a single player to a single teammate as of November 28. 1. James and Davis: Show their power ag

season is over five weeks old, and while some key pairs have barely been on the court together, others are performing well and staying healthy. The following is a list of assists by a single player to a single teammate as of November 28.

LeBron James assists Anthony Davis 4.5 times every 36 minutes, which will be their highest assist frequency in the past five seasons, only slightly Lower than the 4.6 times/36 minutes when the Lakers won the championship in the 2019-20 season.

James is one of the best passers in league history, and Davis is the best receiver for his passes. With his excellent aerial threat, he can score efficiently without being at the basket. Under the leadership of new head coach JJ Redick, the Lakers use more Spanish pick-and-roll tactics. In this tactic, the player originally setting the screen receives an additional back screen, which creates multiple offensive options, one of which is an alley-oop to the big man.

The Lakers' offense is playing better this season than in any season in the past five years, ranking fourth in the league in offensive efficiency as of Thursday.

Damian Lillard assists Giannis Antetokounmpo 3.7 times per 36 minutes, which is higher than 2.8 times per 36 minutes last season. According to second spectrum’s tracking data, the number of times they collaborate on the court has increased slightly this season (Lillard as the ball handler and Antetokounmpo as the pick-and-roll and hand-off screener averaged 20.9 times per game, compared with 19.1 last season) times), but Brook Lopez is still Lillard's main screener.

Of course, Lillard and Lopez's pick-and-roll tactics can still help Lillard provide assists to Antetokounmpo. In the picture below, Torre Craig helps defend Lillard's pick-and-roll, allowing Antetokounmpo to attack the gaps in the Bulls' defense.

Of the 42 combinations that gave at least 25 assists to the same teammate, Westbrook assisted Nikola Jokic most frequently (6.0 per 36 minutes) times, 33 times in total). Although Westbrook's two-point shooting percentage is poor, when he attracts defenses with his speed, he is smart enough to get the ball to one of the most efficient big man scorers in NBA history - Jokic .

* Jokic's career true shooting percentage is as high as 63.5%, the highest among all players who average at least 20 points per game.

- James Harden The number of assists to Ivica Zubac has exceeded half of last season (103, 2.7 per 36 minutes).

- Players with 25 assists to each other: Jokic and Jamal Murray (53 total), De'Aaron Fox and Domantas Sabonis (58 total).

- Trae Young is the only player with at least 25 assists to four different teammates (the other four starters of Hawks ). Other players with at least 25 assists to three different teammates include Harden, Jokic, Jalen Brunson and Terese Haliburton.

(nba)