(Jennifer Stewart-USA TODAY Sports)
The 2012/13 NBA season looked like it was going to be all about power packed backcourt duos. The offseason saw numerous high profile guard combos hook up – the Lakers with Steve Nash and Kobe Bryant; Houston’s Jeremy Lin and James Harden; Brooklyn teamed up Joe Johnson with Deron Williams. But which NBA backcourt pair produced the most wins for their team this season (based on Wins Produced via The NBA Geek)? We’ve crunched the numbers and ranked the teams, from 1 to 30. Here’s the final standings for 2012/13.
(backcourts pairings based on most minutes played)
(second column is the team’s last ranking)
| 1 | 1 | Clippers | Chris Paul – Jamal Crawford | 19.38 |
| 2 | 3 | Oklahoma City | Russell Westbrook – Thabo Sefolosha | 19.06 |
| 3 | 2 | Houston | James Harden – Jeremy Lin | 18.65 |
| 4 | 5 | Memphis | Mike Conley – Tony Allen | 18.34 |
| 5 | 4 | Indiana | George Hill – Lance Stephenson | 17.85 |
| 6 | 6 | San Antonio | Danny Green – Tony Parker | 16.78 |
| 7 | 8 | Denver | Andre Iguodala – Ty Lawson | 16.09 |
| 8 | 7 | Miami | Dwyane Wade – Mario Chalmers | 15.75 |
| 9 | 9 | Lakers | Kobe Bryant – Steve Nash | 14.39 |
| 10 | 10 | Golden State | Stephen Curry – Klay Thompson | 13.61 |
| 11 | 20 | Phoenix | Goran Dragic – P.J. Tucker | 13.37 |
| 11 | 11 | Dallas | O.J. Mayo – Darren Collison | 12.36 |
| 13 | 16 | Brooklyn | Deron Williams – Joe Johnson | 12.04 |
| 14 | 18 | Toronto | DeMar DeRozan – Kyle Lowry | 10.94 |
| 15 | 11 | Boston | Jason Terry – Courtney Lee | 10.92 |
| 16 | 13 | Sacramento | Isaiah Thomas – Tyreke Evans | 10.64 |
| 17 | 14 | Portland | Damian Lillard – Wesley Matthews | 9.50 |
| 18 | 19 | New York | J.R. Smith – Raymond Felton | 9.15 |
| 19 | 15 | Atlanta | Jeff Teague – Devin Harris | 8.94 |
| 20 | 17 | Charlotte | Kemba Walker – Gerald Henderson | 8.47 |
| 21 | 21 | Milwaukee | Monta Ellis – Brandon Jennings | 8.13 |
| 22 | 22 | Washington | Bradley Beal – John Wall | 7.42 |
| 23 | 23 | Utah | Randy Foye – Gordon Hayward | 7.14 |
| 24 | 24 | Philadelphia | Jrue Holiday – Nick Young | 5.69 |
| 25 | 26 | Minnesota | Luke Ridnour – Alexey Shved | 5.53 |
| 26 | 27 | Chicago | Nate Robinson – Marco Belinelli | 5.13 |
| 27 | 28 | Cleveland | Kyrie Irving – Dion Waiters | 3.45 |
| 28 | 29 | Detroit | Brandon Knight – Kyle Singler | 1.90 |
| 29 | 30 | New Orleans | Greivis Vasquez – Austin Rivers | 1.69 |
| 30 | 25 | Orlando | Jameer Nelson – E’Twaun Moore | 0.85 |
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