On December 15, 2021, Beijing time, the NBA played a total of 3 games, and to be honest, these three games can be described as wonderful. Warriors vs Knicks, Curry ushered in his own milestone night, hit two three-pointers in the first quarter, and the number of three-point shots reached 2974, officially surpassing Ray Allen to become the first place in the NBA's history three-point list, in terms of meaning, this game far exceeds the other two.
The second game is the Nets vs Raptors, this game is also quite touching, because of the trigger of the league safety and health agreement, the Nets have a total of 8 people including Harden, Brown and Ader can not play, so Durant with injuries to play with Mills and a group of rookies and the Raptors began a hand-to-hand fight, the whole game, Durant played 48 points, 12 of 29, cut 34 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists of the big triple-double, in overtime he personally cut 6 points, and finally helped the team win the game 131:129.
The third game was the Suns vs Blazers, a game that was also classic, with 36-year-old Paul carrying the Suns back-to-back with the Blazers in the absence of Booker due to injury to overtime, and paul hit consecutive mid-range hits at key moments to finally help the team beat the opponent 111:107. Throughout the game, Paul played 41 minutes, 10-of-19, and scored 24 points, 8 rebounds, 14 assists and 3 steals.
Why is the best player Paul?
In terms of meaning, the best player of the day is undoubtedly Curry, because it is his record night, after he scored that three-point shot against the defense, madison Garden fans turned against the scene, the game went into a timeout, and Ray Allen, Miller and other stars were all applauding Curry. However, in terms of significance, Curry's performance in this game is not very prominent, he played 34 minutes, 8 of 19, including 14 three-point shooting only 5, 22 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, the data and performance can be described as mediocre.
And the Nets vs Raptors this, Durant overtime performance is impressive, with injury to play the fighting spirit is really touching, but he this game in the fourth quarter is actually not good, 5 in a single quarter, only 2 points, if not Mills stepped forward, 6 of 5 in a single quarter, cut 16 points, and hit the key three points, the Nets this game would have long been gone. Moreover, Mills scored 10-of-20 and 7-of-14 three-pointers for 30 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal, with a plus-minus of +15, far ahead of Durant's -6. So, in this game, it was Mills who forcibly removed Durantra from the venue.
Suns vs Blazers this, Paul played the whole quarter in the fourth quarter, 4 of 7 in the last quarter, 10 points, 4 assists and 1 steal, in the key moments of the point, consecutive hits in the middle distance, including the absolute 2 points, forced the game into overtime, and overtime he continued to play full, and finally led the team to win. Throughout the game, Paul scored a 24+8+14 quasi-triple-double with more than 50% shooting, and in terms of personal performance, it is difficult not to define him as the best of the day.
Of course, today's best is not a reward, nor is it an honor, and it does not matter to anyone. (Many people choose Curry, which I think is also reasonable, after all, the significance of becoming the king of the third is too important)
Excellent key ball handling
This season Paul feels like he's getting older and more demon, especially in key ball handling, and his efficiency is amazing. Paul has played a total of 12 games with key moments this season, averaging 2.8 minutes per game, 3.3 points and 1.1 assists, shooting 64.7% from the field, averaging plus-minus +4.6 per game, ranking third in the league. After the Suns won the game, the famous data processing account StatMuse updated Twitter, posted Paul's statistics, the account wrote: Paul's current shooting rate at key moments this season is 60.9% (the league's first), he shot 14 of 23, a total of 15 assists, and only 3 turnovers, plus or minus +60, ranking first in the league.
In addition, according to the data, Paul is the point guard who has hit the most killed balls and key balls in NBA history, and he has a big heart. Regarding the fourth quarter hit a tie to drag the game into overtime, Paul said after the game: "I've been through this situation many, many times, and I'd better hit it." And Booker told me in the locker room at halftime to shoot that damn shot.
Although Paul and Curry compete on the field, the relationship between the court and off the court is excellent, and he said in a post-game interview: "Today is the night Curry made history, congratulations to him. "Career average of 3.8 three-pointers per game, three-point shooting rate of up to 43.1%, except for the injury season, other seasons of three-point shooting rate are more than 40%, Curry's achievement in three-point shooting can not be right, it can be said that he is Jordan on the three-point line, is the real three-point king.