Comparing and contrasting Kyrie Irving and Mike Conley’s surprisingly similar analytics
By Ian Pierno
Head to Head
Player | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | TRB | AST | STL | TOV | PF | PTS | |
Mike Conley | 29.2 | 5.4 | 10.4 | .519 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 6.2 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 14.4 | |
Kyrie Irving | 35.8 | 9.8 | 18.0 | .544 | 1.8 | 5.0 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 4.6 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 23.6 |
Playing in different conferences, Mike Conley and Kyrie Irving have only squared off five times in their careers, with Conley and the Memphis Grizzlies winning three of those contests. Obviously, Irving got his shots dropping, scoring almost 10 more points per game than Conley (though, while also playing 6.4 more minutes per game). Conley, oddly, was blazing from behind the arc, shooting at least 50 percent in each game outside of an 0-for-4 night on Dec. 21, 2014, in which he barely logged more than 24 minutes.
As expected, Conley had more assists, but couldn’t out-rebound Irving. Conley did force 2.4 turnovers per game with 1.8 steals and 0.6 blocks. Irving had no blocks and also had 1.8 steals, but turned the ball over 3.4 times per contest.
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