Basket Ball

In a win over the Charlotte Bobcats, Yi Jianlian had career highs in points, FG att, FG made, and minutes. At the end of the game Yi scored 29 points, pullled down 10 rebounds and shot 14-17 from the field. Yi hit his first 12 shots before missing. Jianlian has scored in double figures in the last eight of ten games and was just named the NBA East Rookie of the month for the month of December (2007). Yi averaged 12.1 points and 6.6 rebounds in December and ranks second in scoring and rebounding among rookies.
No real surprise, Kevin Durant took home that award for the West, which brings up a good question – Is there even a small chance that Yi could change the decision-makers whom seem to be unanimously handing the award to Kevin Durant?
As of this writing, both have played 30 of their team’s 31 games, so let’s look at the stats between the two-frontrunners for Rookie of the Year: