Yesterday the Suns beat the Lone Ranger 121-114 at home, Chris Paul only played 28 minutes, 7 of 13 shots, including 5 of 5 three-pointers, 3 of 3 from the free throws, 19 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, plus or minus +14, the highest in the game.
With these three assists, Paul's playoff total reached 1144 assists, surpassing Tony Parker to rise to fifth all-time. So far in his career, Paul has played 136 playoff games, averaging 20.7 points, 4.9 rebounds, 8.4 assists, 2 steals and 0.2 blocks per game, shooting 48% from the field, shooting 37.2% from three-point range, shooting 85.5% from the free throws, averaging high points per game and assists per game.
Fourth in the playoffs in terms of total assists is Jason Kidd, who has 17 seasons in the playoffs, played 158 games, averaged 12.9 points, 6.7 rebounds, 8 assists, 1.9 steals, 0.3 blocks, shooting 39.1 percent from the field, 32.2 percent from three-point range, and 78.1 percent from the free throw line. He delivered a total of 1263 assists, ranking fourth in the playoffs total assists list.
In third place is John Stockton, who made 19 playoff appearances, played 182 games, averaged 13.4 points, 3.3 rebounds, 10.1 assists, 1.9 steals and 0.3 blocks, shooting 47.3 percent from the field, 32.6 percent from three-point range and 81 percent from free throw range. He delivered a total of 1,839 assists, ranking third on the playoffs total assist list.
In second place is active player LeBron James, who made 15 playoff appearances, played 266 games, averaged 28.7 points, 9 rebounds, 7.2 assists, 1.7 steals and 0.9 blocks, shooting 49.5 percent from the field, 33.7 percent from three-point range and 74 percent from the free throw line. He delivered a total of 1,919 assists, second on the playoffs total assists list.
In the first place is "Magic" Ervin Johnson, the Magic made 13 playoffs, played 190 games, averaged 19.5 points, 7.7 rebounds, 12.3 assists, 1.9 steals and 0.3 blocks, shooting 50.6% from the field, 24.1% from three-point range and 83.8% from the free throw line. He delivered a total of 2,346 assists, topping the playoff total assists list.
The Magic is the only player to give more than 2,000 assists in the playoffs, he doesn't make the most of the playoffs, he doesn't play the most playoff games, but he averages 12.3 assists per game, the highest average assists per game in the playoffs, and 12+ assists per game in the case of high-intensity defense, which is really very difficult.
Magic in the regular season average 11.2 assists per game, the average number of assists per game is also the first in NBA history, to the playoffs average 12.3 times per game, his average assists per game in the playoffs is more than the average number of assists per game in the regular season, all said that the playoffs are the stage to test superstars, Magicians proved themselves to be super point guards with excellent performance, if it is not infected with the disease and have to retire early, the total number of assists in the regular season, the average number of assists per game and the total number of assists per playoff, the average number of assists per game will be collected by him.
Paul also needs to deliver 1203 assists to overtake the Magic, which is impossible. Can James, who is in second place, surpass it? James also needs to send 428 assists to surpass the Magician, according to James's playoff career average of 7.2 assists per game, he still needs to play 60 games to surpass the Magician, even if James leads the team to the Finals every year after that, it will take three seasons to play 60 games, which is very difficult, which can reflect the greatness of the Magician, the first point guard in NBA history is worthy of the name!