On February 26, Beijing time, when facing the Pelicans, who were fourth from the bottom in the West and in a losing streak, the Suns, the first in the league, lost by 15 points. The Suns have changed the strength of the past 20 games, 19 wins and 1 loss, the important factor for their loss is naturally the lack of Paul, and the overall offensive system of the whole team has been disrupted, which also reflects the importance of Paul.
Paul is sidelined due to a torn fracture of his right thumb, and he is expected to have a 6-8 week break, and the regular season has been basically reimbursed. Paul led the assists list this season, his importance to the Suns is self-evident, and he also led the team to 10+ consecutive wins twice, helping the Suns lead the league, winning 19 and losing 1 in the past 20 games.
However, Paul is now hanging up the exemption card, the Suns at home to meet the Pelicans in the West's penultimate 4th, the result of the final loss by 15 points, but also let public opinion question the lack of Paul's Suns, the level is the level of the 12th place in the West.
Paul's loss as soon as he missed the Suns was naturally quite embarrassing, and it also reflected Paul's value, he was able to activate the Suns' overall offense.
As a data listed by the US media shows that there are only 7 players in NBA history who can give at least 1,000 assists to the same teammate, while Paul is the only one in history to give two different teammates, both of whom have given 1,000+ assists.
The details are as follows:
Stockton provided 1572 assists for Postman Malone
Parker gave Duncan 1533 assists
Westbrook provided 1465 assists for Durant
Paul provided 1157 assists for Griffin
Nash gave 1155 assists for The Singh
Conley provided 1121 assists for Gasol Jr
Paul gave West 1120 assists
Curry provided 1,000 assists for Thompson
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