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http://pelicandebrief.com/2014/05/07/emergence-season-review-anthony-davis/Stats: 67 games (66 starts), 35.2 mpg, 21.3 ppg, 10.3 rpg, 1.6 apg, 2.9 bpg, 1.4 spg
Highlight: Really the entire season was a highlight for Davis who went from being a really, really good rookie to a superstar in his second season. If I had to choose a single game though it is the 40 point, 21 rebound, three assist, three block, one steal game against the Celtics on March 16. It was amazing, fun to watch and likely a sign of things to come.
The Good: 6.7 block rate. Really this was a take your pick type of choice but Davis tied for the league lead in block rate with Serge Ibaka so it is hard to not go with this one. Davis was a force defensively for the Pelicans on an individual basis and it showed. He blocked plenty of shots that seemed flat-out unblockable, including jumpers from Dirk Nowitzki and LaMarcus Aldridge.
The Bad: The 15 games missed arent a great sign but a few of those came at the end of the year when I tend to think that the back spasms Davis was having also were a bit over played. It will be nice when Davis plays somewhere around 75 to 80 games a year, something he has yet to come close to doing in his two years in the league.
The Ugly: There wasnt any ugly. The guy became arguably a top 10 player in the league this season. It is hard to find much fault in that season.