UCLA has 13 former men's basketball players who have helped lead their respective NBA teams to the postseason in 2017-18. In all, there were 17 Bruins who played in the NBA this season.
 
Seven former UCLA standouts averaged at least 10.0 points per game, headlined by two-year UCLA guard Russell Westbrook of the Oklahoma City Thunder. Westbrook averaged a triple-double for the second straight season, logging per-game averages of 25.4 points, 10.1 rebounds and 10.3 assists.
 
The other six players in that double-figure scoring group include Jrue Holiday of the New Orleans Pelicans (19.0 ppg), Kevin Love of the Cleveland Cavaliers (17.6 ppg), Zach LaVine of the Chicago Bulls (16.7 ppg), Darren Collison of the Indiana Pacers (12.4 ppg), Trevor Ariza of the Houston Rockets (11.7 ppg) and Lonzo Ball of the Los Angeles Lakers (10.2 ppg).
 
Westbrook, Holiday, Love, Collison and Ariza helped lead their respective NBA organizations to the postseason. Other former UCLA standouts headed to the NBA playoffs include Kyle Anderson (San Antonio Spurs), Ike Anigbogu (Indiana), Larry Drew II (New Orleans), T.J. Leaf (Indiana), Kevon Looney (Golden State Warriors), Luc Richard Mbah a Moute (Houston), Shabazz Muhammad (Milwaukee Bucks) and Norman Powell (Toronto Raptors).

UCLA in the NBA, 2017-18 Statistics

Player	Team	GP	GS	PPG	RPG	APG	FG PCT	3-FG PCT	MPG
Arron Afflalo	Orlando Magic	53	3	3.4	1.2	0.6	40.1	38.6	12.9
Kyle Anderson	San Antonio Spurs	74	67	7.9	5.4	2.7	52.7	33.3	26.7
Ike Anigbogu	Indiana Pacers	11	0	1.2	0.8	0.0	44.4	0.0	2.7
Trevor Ariza	Houston Rockets	67	67	11.7	4.4	1.6	41.2	36.8	33.9
Lonzo Ball	Los Angeles Lakers	52	50	10.2	6.9	7.2	36.0	30.5	34.2
Darren Collison	Indiana Pacers	69	64	12.4	2.6	5.3	49.5	46.8	29.2
Larry Drew II	Philadelphia/New Orleans	10	0	2.1	0.3	1.1	35.3	50.0	7.9
Jrue Holiday	New Orleans Pelicans	81	81	19.0	4.5	6.0	49.4	33.7	36.1
Zach LaVine	Chicago Bulls	24	24	16.7	3.9	3.0	38.3	34.1	27.3
T.J. Leaf	Indiana Pacers	53	0	2.9	1.5	0.2	47.1	42.9	8.6
Kevon Looney	Golden State Warriors	66	4	4.0	3.3	0.6	58.0	20.0	13.8
Kevin Love	Cleveland Cavaliers	59	59	17.6	9.3	1.7	45.8	41.5	28.0
Luc Richard Mbah a Moute	Houston Rockets	61	15	7.5	3.0	0.9	48.1	36.4	25.6
Shabazz Muhammad	Minnesota/Milwaukee	43	2	5.0	1.8	0.3	44.7	25.9	9.7
Norman Powell	Toronto Raptors	70	18	5.5	1.7	1.3	40.1	28.5	15.2
Travis Wear	Los Angeles Lakers	17	0	4.4	2.2	0.4	34.7	36.2	13.4
Russell Westbrook	Oklahoma City Thunder	80	80	25.4	10.1	10.3	44.9	29.8	36.4

Westbrook ranked seventh in the NBA in scoring (25.4 ppg) and led all players in assists per game (10.3 apg). He also finished the regular season ranking third in the league in double-doubles (59, trailing Karl-Anthony Towns and Andre Drummond) and was fifth in steals per game (1.84).
 
Collison shot a career-best 46.8 percent from three-point distance, leading the NBA in that category. He had his most efficient NBA season since being drafted in the first round as a senior at UCLA in 2009, averaging 12.4 points, 5.3 assists and 2.6 rebounds per game. Collison shot 49.5 percent overall from the field in his ninth NBA season.
 
Anderson was particularly effective for San Antonio, moving into an everyday role in the Spurs' starting lineup. The two-year standout at UCLA finished his fourth NBA season having averaged 7.9 points, 5.4 rebounds and 2.7 assists and more than doubled his previous-high in minutes played (26.7 mpg).
 
Love overcame a wrist injury and continued to put up impressive numbers for the Cleveland Cavaliers. Now in his 10th NBA season (his fourth with Cleveland), Love averaged 17.6 points and 9.3 rebounds per game while shooting 41.5 percent from three-point range. He played in 59 games for Cleveland and finished the year with 31 double-doubles.
 
Ariza and Mbah a Moute teamed up on the Houston Rockets, helping lead the franchise to the league's best overall record (65-17) and the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference. Ariza averaged 11.7 points and 4.4 rebounds in his 14th NBA season, while Mbah a Moute registered 7.5 points and 3.0 rebounds per game in 61 contests.
 
Holiday played in more games (81 games, 81 starts) than any other former UCLA player during the 2017-18 campaign. The older brother of junior guard Aaron Holiday, Jrue Holiday averaged 19.0 points, 4.5 rebounds and 6.0 assists per game while shooting 49.4 percent from the field. Holiday posted single-season career-high averages in both points (19.0) and rebounds (4.5).
 
Now in his third year in the NBA, Powell played a pivotal role in helping the Toronto Raptors secure the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference. The four-year player from UCLA averaged 5.5 points and 1.7 rebounds per game off the bench, playing in 70 contests (18 starts).
 
The 2018 NBA Playoffs get underway on Saturday, April 14, with the best-of-seven first round matchups slated to run through the final two weeks of the month.