His pace is highly inflated and he was more likely to score under 130 in 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 than actually do it, or score less than the 76 total points in 48 games to keep up that pace in 2012-2013.
Fun facts:
He started with 15 points in his first 13 games of that magical first half of the 2010-2011 season before piling up 50 in his next 25 games. This is proof enough that he wasn’t immune to falling off at any point in the second half. He had a brilliant hot streak juicing that half season PPG that he never ever proved he was capable of sustaining for longer in his career. He should not be given any sort of benefit of doubt here.
He finished 2011-2012 with 25 points in 14 games after returning from injury. You know, when his opponents all played the second half of the prior season, the playoffs, and the first six months of that current season.
He started 2012-2013 with 7 points in 7 games and finished with 11 points in his final 10 games. Again, not immune to lower point totals sandwiched around hot streaks.
The reality is that, despite the allure of what if, he never did it, before or after the injuries. If he was the type of player we’re led to believe he is, he would have scored 120+ in 2013-2014, not finished behind the Benns and Tavares’ of the world, and fended off a sophomore McDavid before bowing out of the scoring race forever, regardless of what happened between 2010-2011 through 2012-2013.