DeMarcus Cousins has enjoyed a dominant month of January, averaging 33.1 points, 12.9 rebounds, 3.1 assists, and 1.5 steals in 13 games. Entering his matchup against the New Orleans Hornets (20:00 EST on League Pass), numbers have been crunched, paving the way for context. Here are the numbers behind Cousins’ dominant stretch.
1) Cousins has made 18 three-pointers in January. He entered the season with 11 long-range conversions in his previous five seasons combined.
2) In the past 30 years, only four players registered consecutive games of 45 points and 10 rebounds: DeMarcus Cousins, Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley, and Antawn Jamison.
3) The Kings’ big man is shooting 44 percent on three-pointers this month, on par with reigning MVP Stephen Curry’s 45 percent for the season.
4) On 25 January, Cousins (25 years old) became the youngest player since Amare Stoudemire in 2005 (22 years old) to score 50 points while shooting 70 percent in a single game.
5) This month, the All-Star center surpassed 1,000 points for the 2015-16 season, his sixth such season. Cousins now ranks behind only Oscar Robertson and Jack Twyman (tied at 10) for most in Kings’ history.
