On February 4, Beijing time, the Suns lost 115-1024 to the Eagles, the Suns' 11-game winning streak was finally ended, this game can be said that the Suns center DeAndre Ayton was destroyed by the Eagles Capela, Collins, Okongu and other people, Ayton's performance is even worse than the previous Bismarck Biyombo, his sluggish performance also made Booker's 32 points and Paul's 18+12+0 mistakes in vain.
This game Sao Paulo 39 minutes, 14 of 7, 4 of 3 points 18 points, 12 assists, 4 rebounds and 3 steals, shooting 50%; although he is not as good as Trae Young's 43 points, 5 assists + 6 three-pointers, but the old cannon won two doubles again is 0 mistakes, and his reputation as the god of point guards is not a waste.
Prior to this game, Paul was named to the Western Conference All-Star bench along with Booker, Dream chaser, Doncic, Mitchell, Towns and Gobert. His failure to lead the Suns League to the first record to become an All-Star starter in the West is already a prejudice, and Monty's selection of him as an All-Star bench is inevitable.
At around 22:00 on February 4, the NBA officially gave the latest regular season MVP list, Embiid first, Jokic second, Alphabet Brother third, Paul fourth, Curry fifth, DeRozan sixth, Morant seventh. That is to say, morant and Curry, the two Western Conference All-Stars, the MVP ranking of the first backcourt is not as good as the three guns, and the three guns are a bit uncomfortable.
In the last four games, Paul averaged 38.7 minutes per game, 19.8 points, 14.8 assists, 6.5 rebounds, 1.8 steals, 0.5 blocks, 1.5 turnovers, shooting 51% from the field, and shooting 41.2% from three-point range, that is, 59 assists and only 6 turnovers.
Even a demanding Stephen A-Smith said Paul should be included in the top five MVP lists this season, and the top five in his mind were Embiid, Morant, Paul, Jokic and Booker.
Brother Gun mentioned in the interview: If you asked me a few years ago whether to win the championship, I would start to get nervous, but now I am very calm, I must fight for the championship this year, or next year, I have been thinking about winning the championship for the past few years.
Paul has three other honors in his career: MVP, Championship, and FMVP, and if he had these three honors, Paul would surely be among the top five point guards in history.
Text/Yan Xiaobai