At present, the 2022-23 regular season is coming to an end, and teams in the league are working hard to achieve playoff home-court advantage and strive to go further in the season. At the same time, the records of the predecessors are constantly being refreshed by the younger generations, such as the recent stars such as Alphabet Brother, Reeves, Tatum, Jokic and so on. Among them, 76ers star James Harden is about to break the record held by Suns star Paul is equally attractive, currently only 5 games away, Harden will surpass Paul to become the first man on the active role!
What kind of record is it? Earlier today, the NCAA played a showdown and helped the team beat University of Michigan Kansas guard Marquis Norwell to play a record performance, finishing 42 minutes with 20 points, 19 assists, 5 steals and 3 rebounds. It has to be mentioned that the data of at least 20 points + 15 assists + 5 steals in a single game is also out of reach for most NBA teams, and only 40 people have obtained such data in the past 75 years. And there are even fewer NBA players who have scored 20 points + 15 assists + 5 steals more than twice, and there are only 13 in NBA history, which shows that it is difficult to get such a performance.
It is worth noting that only two of the NBA's current players have achieved at least 20 points, 15 assists and 5 steals per game, namely James Harden and Chris Paul. Among them, Harden has done this a total of 4 times in his career, while Paul has done this 8 times, ranking first in the current roster and second in history. It is not difficult to see that Harden will have at least 20 points, 15 assists and 5 steals in the next five games, and will surpass Paul as the first person in the active team. As Harden transitions to point guard, he's doing better on the playmaking end than ever before, and it's easier to get 5 more of those stats, meaning he will soon surpass Paul. This season, Harden averaged 21.4 points, 10.8 assists, 6.3 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game, averaging 10.8 assists per game, the most this season.
Finally, let's take a look at the players in NBA history who have scored at least two 20 points + 15 assists + 5 steals. Two of the 20+15+5 players were John Lucas, Terry Porter, Mark Jackson, Tim Hardaway, Terrell Brandon, Gary Payton, Jason Kidd. The stars who cut 20+15+5 4 times are "Magic" Johnson, Kevin Johnson, James Harden. In addition, Isaiah Thomas, Chris Paul and Stockton have achieved such performances 5, 8 times, and 17 times, respectively.