Pau Gasol vs. Paul George Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Paul George and Pau Gasol, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Pau Gasol played 18 years in the NBA, 3 more than Paul George, who played 15. Pau Gasol had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Paul George had his rookie season in 2010-11. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Pau Gasol	Paul George
Season	2001-02	2010-11
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	82	36.7	17.6	2.9	6.0	8.9	2.7	0.5	2.1	2.7	2.4	6.7	13.0	.518	0.0	0.1	.200	4.1	5.8	.709
difference:	+21	+16.0	+9.8	+2.3	+2.9	+5.2	+1.6	+0.5	+1.7	-1.6	-0.3	+3.8	+6.5	+.065	+0.7	+2.2	+.097	+2.8	+4.1	+.053
Paul George	61	20.7	7.8	0.6	3.1	3.7	1.1	1.0	0.4	1.1	2.1	2.9	6.5	.453	0.7	2.3	.297	1.3	1.7	.762
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul George	5	26.6	6.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	1.0	1.4	2.0	1.4	2.2	2.0	6.6	.303	0.6	2.6	.231	1.4	1.6	.875

Season 3
	Pau Gasol	Paul George
Season	2003-04	2012-13
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	78	31.5	17.7	2.6	5.1	7.7	2.5	0.6	1.7	2.4	2.4	6.5	13.4	.482	0.1	0.2	.267	4.7	6.6	.714
difference:	+1	+6.1	+0.3	+1.5	+1.4	+0.1	+1.6	+1.2	+1.1	-0.5	-0.5	+0.3	+1.5	+.063	+2.1	+5.7	+.095	+1.9	+3.1	+.093
Paul George	79	37.6	17.4	1.1	6.5	7.6	4.1	1.8	0.6	2.9	2.9	6.2	14.9	.419	2.2	5.9	.362	2.8	3.5	.807
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	4	33.5	18.5	1.0	4.0	5.0	2.5	1.0	1.5	1.3	2.5	7.0	12.3	.571	0.0	0.0	-	4.5	5.0	.900
difference:	+15	+7.6	+0.7	+0.2	+2.6	+2.4	+2.6	+0.3	+1.0	-2.6	-1.3	+0.7	+2.3	+.141	+1.8	+5.5		+0.4	+1.7	+.173
Paul George	19	41.1	19.2	0.8	6.6	7.4	5.1	1.3	0.5	3.9	3.8	6.3	14.6	.430	1.8	5.5	.327	4.9	6.7	.727

Season 4
	Pau Gasol	Paul George
Season	2004-05	2013-14
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	56	32.0	17.8	2.3	5.0	7.3	2.4	0.7	1.7	2.4	2.6	6.4	12.4	.514	0.0	0.1	.167	5.0	6.6	.768
difference:	+24	+4.2	+3.9	+1.5	+1.0	+0.5	+1.1	+1.2	+1.4	-0.4	-0.1	+0.8	+4.6	+.090	+2.3	+6.2	+.197		+0.8	+.096
Paul George	80	36.2	21.7	0.8	6.0	6.8	3.5	1.9	0.3	2.8	2.5	7.2	17.0	.424	2.3	6.3	.364	5.0	5.8	.864
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	4	33.0	21.3	3.8	3.8	7.5	2.5	0.5	1.8	1.8	3.0	9.8	20.0	.488	0.3	0.3	1.000	1.5	3.0	.500
difference:	+15	+8.1	+1.3	+3.1	+3.1	+0.1	+1.3	+1.7	+1.4	-0.8	-0.1	+2.5	+3.4	+.050	+2.4	+6.5	+.597	+3.8	+3.7	+.289
Paul George	19	41.1	22.6	0.7	6.9	7.6	3.8	2.2	0.4	2.6	2.9	7.3	16.6	.438	2.7	6.8	.403	5.3	6.7	.789

Season 5
	Pau Gasol	Paul George
Season	2005-06	2014-15
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	80	39.2	20.4	2.4	6.5	8.9	4.6	0.6	1.9	2.9	2.3	7.5	14.9	.503	0.0	0.2	.250	5.3	7.7	.689
difference:	+74	+24.0	+11.6	+1.7	+3.5	+5.2	+3.6	+0.2	+1.7	-0.9	-0.5	+4.5	+6.7	+.136	+1.5	+3.5	+.159	+4.0	+5.9	+.038
Paul George	6	15.2	8.8	0.7	3.0	3.7	1.0	0.8	0.2	2.0	1.8	3.0	8.2	.367	1.5	3.7	.409	1.3	1.8	.727
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	4	39.5	20.3	1.0	5.8	6.8	3.0	0.5	1.3	2.8	2.8	7.3	16.8	.433	0.0	0.3	.000	5.8	7.5	.767
Paul George	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Pau Gasol	Paul George
Season	2006-07	2015-16
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	59	36.2	20.8	2.5	7.3	9.8	3.4	0.5	2.1	2.7	2.3	7.8	14.5	.538	0.1	0.2	.273	5.1	6.8	.748
difference:	+22	+1.4	+2.3	+1.5	+1.3	+2.8	+0.7	+1.4	+1.7	-0.6	-0.5	+0.3	+3.4	+.120	+2.5	+6.8	+.098	+0.5	+0.3	+.112
Paul George	81	34.8	23.1	1.0	6.0	7.0	4.1	1.9	0.4	3.3	2.8	7.5	17.9	.418	2.6	7.0	.371	5.6	6.5	.860
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul George	7	39.3	27.3	1.3	6.3	7.6	4.3	2.0	0.7	3.3	3.4	8.0	17.6	.455	2.6	6.1	.419	8.7	9.1	.953

Season 7
	Pau Gasol	Paul George
Season	2007-08	2016-17
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	66	35.6	18.9	2.3	6.0	8.4	3.2	0.5	1.5	1.9	2.1	7.2	13.5	.534	0.1	0.2	.250	4.4	5.5	.807
difference:	+9	+0.3	+4.8	+1.5	+0.2	+1.8	+0.1	+1.1	+1.1	-1.0	-0.6	+1.1	+4.5	+.073	+2.5	+6.4	+.143	+0.1	+0.5	+.091
Paul George	75	35.9	23.7	0.8	5.8	6.6	3.3	1.6	0.4	2.9	2.7	8.3	18.0	.461	2.6	6.6	.393	4.5	5.0	.898
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	21	39.8	16.9	2.6	6.7	9.3	4.0	0.5	1.9	2.1	2.9	6.7	12.7	.530	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.0	.692
difference:	+17	+3.2	+11.1	+1.3	+0.8	+0.5	+3.3	+1.3	+1.4	-1.2	-0.4	+1.8	+9.3	+.144	+4.5	+10.5		+3.1	+2.5	+.175
Paul George	4	43.0	28.0	1.3	7.5	8.8	7.3	1.8	0.5	3.3	3.3	8.5	22.0	.386	4.5	10.5	.429	6.5	7.5	.867

Season 8
	Pau Gasol	Paul George
Season	2008-09	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	81	37.0	18.9	3.2	6.4	9.6	3.5	0.6	1.0	1.9	2.1	7.3	12.9	.567	0.0	0.0	-	4.2	5.4	.781
difference:	+2	+0.4	+3.0	+2.3	+1.7	+3.9	+0.2	+1.4	+0.5	-0.8	-0.8		+4.1	+.137	+3.1	+7.7		+0.1	+0.2	+.041
Paul George	79	36.6	21.9	0.9	4.7	5.7	3.3	2.0	0.5	2.7	2.9	7.3	17.0	.430	3.1	7.7	.401	4.3	5.2	.822
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	23	40.5	18.3	3.0	7.9	10.8	2.5	0.8	2.0	1.9	3.0	7.0	12.0	.580	0.0	0.0	-	4.3	6.1	.714
difference:	+17	+1.3	+6.4	+2.3	+2.6	+4.8	+0.2	+0.5	+1.3	-2.1	-0.2	+1.2	+8.0	+.172	+3.2	+8.7		+0.9	+0.1	+.147
Paul George	6	41.8	24.7	0.7	5.3	6.0	2.7	1.3	0.7	4.0	2.8	8.2	20.0	.408	3.2	8.7	.365	5.2	6.0	.861

Season 9
	Pau Gasol	Paul George
Season	2009-10	2018-19
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	65	37.0	18.3	3.7	7.6	11.3	3.4	0.6	1.7	2.2	2.3	7.0	13.0	.536	0.0	0.1	.000	4.4	5.6	.790
difference:	+12	+0.1	+9.7	+2.3	+0.8	+3.1	+0.7	+1.6	+1.3	-0.5	-0.5	+2.2	+8.0	+.098	+3.8	+9.7	+.386	+1.5	+1.4	+.049
Paul George	77	36.9	28.0	1.4	6.8	8.2	4.1	2.2	0.4	2.7	2.8	9.2	21.0	.438	3.8	9.8	.386	5.9	7.0	.839
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	23	39.7	19.6	4.0	7.1	11.1	3.5	0.4	2.1	1.9	2.7	7.2	13.3	.539	0.0	0.1	.000	5.2	6.9	.759
difference:	+18	+1.1	+9.0	+2.8	+0.3	+2.5	+0.1	+1.0	+1.9	-2.3	-1.5	+1.6	+6.9	+.103	+3.0	+9.3	+.319	+2.8	+2.9	+.057
Paul George	5	40.8	28.6	1.2	7.4	8.6	3.6	1.4	0.2	4.2	4.2	8.8	20.2	.436	3.0	9.4	.319	8.0	9.8	.816

Season 10
	Pau Gasol	Paul George
Season	2010-11	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	82	37.0	18.8	3.3	6.9	10.2	3.3	0.6	1.6	1.7	2.5	7.2	13.7	.529	0.0	0.0	-	4.3	5.2	.823
difference:	+34	+7.4	+2.7	+2.8	+1.7	+4.5	+0.6	+0.8	+1.2	-0.9	-0.1	+0.1	+2.6	+.090	+3.3	+7.9		+0.3	+0.7	+.053
Paul George	48	29.6	21.5	0.5	5.2	5.7	3.9	1.4	0.4	2.6	2.4	7.1	16.3	.439	3.3	7.9	.412	4.0	4.5	.876
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	10	35.8	13.1	3.2	4.6	7.8	3.8	0.4	1.7	1.7	3.3	4.7	11.2	.420	0.1	0.2	.500	3.6	4.5	.800
difference:	+3	+1.0	+7.1	+2.1	+0.4	+1.7		+1.1	+1.2	-1.4	-0.5	+2.1	+5.8	+.022	+2.7	+8.3	+.167	+0.2	+0.3	+.109
Paul George	13	36.8	20.2	1.1	5.0	6.1	3.8	1.5	0.5	3.1	3.8	6.8	17.0	.398	2.8	8.5	.333	3.8	4.2	.909

Season 11
	Pau Gasol	Paul George
Season	2011-12	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Clippers Lost West Conf Finals

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	65	37.4	17.4	2.8	7.6	10.4	3.6	0.6	1.4	2.2	2.0	7.1	14.1	.501	0.1	0.4	.259	3.1	4.0	.782
difference:	+11	+3.7	+5.9	+2.0	+1.8	+3.8	+1.6	+0.5	+1.0	-1.1	-0.4	+1.1	+3.5	+.034	+3.1	+7.3	+.152	+0.6	+0.2	+.086
Paul George	54	33.7	23.3	0.8	5.8	6.6	5.2	1.1	0.4	3.3	2.4	8.2	17.6	.467	3.2	7.7	.411	3.7	4.2	.868
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	12	37.0	12.5	3.2	6.3	9.5	3.7	0.5	2.1	1.7	3.0	5.2	11.9	.434	0.2	0.4	.400	2.0	2.4	.828
difference:	+7	+3.8	+14.4	+2.3	+2.4	+0.1	+1.7	+0.5	+1.6	-1.8	-0.1	+3.5	+7.8	+.007	+2.5	+7.6	+.064	+4.8	+5.7	+.016
Paul George	19	40.8	26.9	0.9	8.7	9.6	5.4	1.0	0.5	3.5	3.1	8.7	19.7	.441	2.7	8.0	.336	6.8	8.1	.844

Season 13
	Pau Gasol	Paul George
Season	2013-14	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	60	31.4	17.4	2.1	7.6	9.7	3.4	0.5	1.5	2.4	2.1	7.1	14.8	.480	0.1	0.2	.286	3.1	4.2	.736
difference:	+4	+3.2	+6.4	+1.3	+2.3	+3.6	+1.7	+1.0	+1.1	-0.7	-0.7	+1.1	+3.1	+.023	+2.7	+7.4	+.085	+1.5	+1.1	+.135
Paul George	56	34.6	23.8	0.8	5.3	6.1	5.1	1.5	0.4	3.1	2.8	8.2	17.9	.457	2.8	7.6	.371	4.6	5.3	.871
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Pau Gasol nor Paul George played in the postseason in their season 13

Season 14
	Pau Gasol	Paul George
Season	2014-15	2023-24
Team	Chicago Bulls	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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14th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	78	34.4	18.5	2.8	9.0	11.8	2.7	0.3	1.9	2.0	1.9	7.3	14.8	.494	0.2	0.3	.462	3.8	4.7	.803
difference:	+4	+0.6	+4.1	+2.3	+4.3	+6.6	+0.8	+1.2	+1.4	-0.1	-0.8	+0.6	+1.9	+.023	+3.1	+7.6	+.049	+0.2	+0.8	+.104
Paul George	74	33.8	22.6	0.5	4.7	5.2	3.5	1.5	0.5	2.1	2.7	7.9	16.7	.471	3.3	7.9	.413	3.6	3.9	.907
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	10	31.7	14.4	1.7	7.7	9.4	3.1	0.5	2.1	2.1	1.8	5.6	11.5	.487	0.0	0.4	.000	3.2	4.2	.762
difference:	+4	+5.3	+5.1	+1.2	+1.4	+2.6	+1.7	+0.7	+1.6	-0.2	-1.9	+0.9	+4.3	+.076	+3.0	+7.8	+.367	+0.3		+.078
Paul George	6	37.0	19.5	0.5	6.3	6.8	4.8	1.2	0.5	2.3	3.7	6.5	15.8	.411	3.0	8.2	.367	3.5	4.2	.840

Season 15
	Pau Gasol	Paul George
Season	2015-16	2024-25
Team	Chicago Bulls	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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15th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	72	31.8	16.5	2.2	8.9	11.0	4.1	0.6	2.0	2.3	2.1	6.5	13.8	.469	0.3	1.0	.348	3.2	4.0	.792
difference:	+31	+0.7	+0.3	+1.6	+4.1	+5.7	+0.2	+1.2	+1.5	-0.3	-0.4	+0.5	+0.1	+.039	+2.0	+5.5	+.010	+1.3	+1.6	+.022
Paul George	41	32.5	16.2	0.6	4.8	5.3	4.3	1.8	0.5	2.6	2.5	6.0	13.9	.430	2.3	6.5	.358	1.9	2.4	.814
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Pau Gasol nor Paul George played in the postseason in their season 15