On January 21, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, the Suns away 109-101 victory over the Lone Rangers, the first three quarters of this battle lone rangers still have the upper hand, the end of the third quarter also led 82-74, but in the fourth quarter, the Suns played a wave of 35-19 loners in the single quarter, successfully reversed the victory.
After winning this game, the Suns have won five consecutive games, and the current record is 35 wins and 9 losses, ranking first in the league and has led the warriors in the league second (32 wins and 13 losses) by 3.5 wins; the Lone Ranger's four-game winning streak has ended, and the current record is 26 wins and 20 losses, continuing to rank fifth in the West.
In this game, Paul played quite perfectly.
Down the field, Paul shot a total of 8 of 14, 6 of 6 three-pointers, and had 20 points, 5 rebounds and 11 assists, including 4 of 6 in the fourth quarter, paul scored 10 points.
With 25.7 seconds left, the Suns led 104-99, when it was Paul who received a pass from Booker and shot a crucial three-pointer against Brunson, which also killed the game.
Paul played a total of 36.7 minutes in this game, and his presence plus-minus was as high as +24, in other words, paul's absence was less than 12 minutes, and the Suns lost 16 points to the Lone Ranger.
In addition, Paul once again completed a 0-error performance in this game, probably what is the concept:
In the last two games, Paul has delivered 23 assists without a single turnover
- For the fourth time this season, he achieved 10 assists and 0 turnovers
— Career 49th (regular season) 10 assists and 0 turnovers, first in active service, second in Rondo's 13
— Career 53rd (regular season and playoffs) 10 assists and zero turnovers, first in history, second with Boggs' 46
In addition, this is the 13th time in paul's career that he has achieved 20 points, 10 assists and 0 turnovers in a single game, and he has officially surpassed Tim Hardaway to become the first in the history of this record.
How strong was Paul's ability to control mistakes? So far this season, he has played in 44 games, averaging 10.0 assists per game, the first in the league, but with only 2.2 turnovers, ranking 44th in the league.
As a comparison, assists and turnovers from other stars in the league this season:
— Harden, averaging 10.0 assists and 4.8 turnovers per game
— Trae Young, averaging 9.5 assists and 4.1 turnovers per game
— Doncic, averaging 8.7 assists and 4.6 turnovers per game
— Garland, averaging 8.0 assists and 3.6 turnovers per game
- Wei Shao, averaging 7.8 assists and 4.2 turnovers per game
Jokic, averaging 7.4 assists and 3.6 turnovers per game
Paul's ability to control the court is so good that I believe it doesn't need to be explained more, in terms of organizational offense and control mistakes, Paul was already very good when he first entered the league 17 years ago, and now he is still so good at 36 years old.
Here, we turn to Paul's personal offense.
In fact, Paul's personal scoring this year has fallen to a career low, and so far, he has only averaged 14.0 points per game, and even his efficiency is insufficient, shooting 47.9%/32.1%/84.3% of the three shots and 56.6% of the true shooting rate.
For comparison, paul's stats over the past two seasons are:
- In the 2019-20 season, he averaged 17.6 points per game and shot 61.0% from the field.
- In the 2020-21 season, he averaged 16.4 points per game and shot 59.9% from the field.
However, paul's strength lies in the fact that the more important he is, the more he can stand up, taking the fourth quarter, Paul's average score in the final quarter of this season is 5.3 points per game, the three-point shooting rate is 52.3%/36.6%/80.4%, and the true shooting rate has increased to 61.4%.
When the game entered a critical moment (the difference in the last 5 minutes was not more than 5 points), Paul scored 55 points on 16-of-30 shooting, and the Suns played a total of 18 such anxious games, with a record of 15 wins and 3 losses, which can be said to be the team that can play the most critical moments in the league.
This is now Paul, although the score is less, but the key moments can always come forward, and he is still the PoindGod, this year's sun is still soaring, another finals, why not?