Beijing time on January 7, today, phoenix suns at home to meet the Los Angeles Clippers, before this game, the Suns ranked second in the West, the Clippers ranked eighth in the West, there is a big gap between the two sides in strength. The Home Suns did not give the Clippers too many opportunities under Paul's leadership, at one point stretched the point difference to 19 points, and in the third quarter, after Boston came up, the Clippers narrowed the point difference to 3 points, but after Paul played the role of the Poseidon needle, continuously assisting teammates to score, in the end, the Suns won 106-89 against the Clippers.
After this game, the Suns won three consecutive games with a record of 30 wins and 8 losses, ranking again overtaken the Warriors and ascended to the first place in the West, while the Clippers suffered two consecutive losses, with a record of 19 wins and 20 losses, continuing to rank eighth in the West. In this game, Paul performed well, he played 34 minutes, 5 of 14, 5 of 3-pointers, although the shooting rate was average, but Paul grabbed assists and rebounds in this game, cut down the comprehensive data of 14 points, 13 rebounds, 10 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, and only one mistake, and the excellent performance also ushered in three major milestones.
The first milestone, Paul after cutting this triple-double, he personally won the first triple-double this season, at the same time, this is also the second time in his Career Suns to win a triple-double; the second milestone, Paul after getting these 13 rebounds, also set a new career rebounding record, previously 12; the third milestone, Paul surpassed big O, career 474 times to win 10 points and 10 assists, ranking third in history. The first place in this record was Stockton (714 games) and the second place was magician (543 games).
Booker frequently played iron on the offensive end of the game, shooting only 5 of 22 in the game, only 10 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists, plus or minus -6, Tough Smith made a big surprise, played well under Paul's tandem, 9 of 17, cut 19 points and 14 rebounds of the large double-double data. In addition, Cameron Johnson had 24 points and seven rebounds, Bridges had 8 points and 4 rebounds, Payne had 10 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, Payton had 6 points and 2 rebounds, Biyombo had 3 rebounds and 3 blocks, and Jackson had 8 points. On the Clippers side, Morris played best, making him 8-of-17 and scoring 26 points, eight rebounds and three assists.
Bledsoe 10 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, Reggie 16 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists, Ibaka 8 points and 6 rebounds, Mann 8 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Kofi 8 points and 2 rebounds, Boston 10 points, 3 rebounds and 2 steals, Batum 1 point and 7 rebounds. The effect was immediate after the Clippers sent to Boston in the second half of the third quarter, but in the fourth quarter, Boston went off and after Paul came on, the Suns once again controlled the rhythm of the game. As Paul used the blocking assist Smith to score 2+1, the Suns officially locked in the victory, and both sides also withdrew the main force. I have to say that Paul is really getting older and more demon, and he is stable.