On April 2, Beijing time, in the sun vs. Grizzlies league before the two-point battle, the 36-year-old Paul ushered in another career milestone. Paul's career regular-season total steals improved to 2,446, surpassing Hall of Fame legend Gary Payton to fourth in NBA history for steals and is expected to surpass Jordan in the top three next season.
The 36-year-old Paul has performed well this season, and he and Booker led the Suns to the top of the league, and have locked up the regular season championship in advance, becoming this year's championship favorite team.
In his first 61 games this season, Paul averaged 1.8 steals per game, tying Trent Jr. and Harry Burton to tie for Second place in the league steals list, behind Spurs All-Star guard Murray with two steals per game.
Prior to the game against the Grizzlies, Paul had delivered 2,443 steals in his career, just two steals from the glove Payton. Paul has delivered at least three steals against the Grizzlies in this game, surpassing Gary Payton with 2,445 steals to move up to no. 4 in NBA history steals.
Paul is only inferior to the three in the all-time steals list, second only to Stockton with 3265 steals, the current Lone Ranger coach Kidd with 2684 steals, and the flyer Jordan with 2514 steals. Considering that Paul is only 69 times away from Jordan's record, and the Suns have only 6 games left in this game, paul is likely to have to wait for the opening stage of next season before he can surpass Jordan to rise to the top three in steals history.
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