Ehe recognition of history in the world of sport usually comes based on the number of individual trophies and awards that one collects in one’s display case. But there are occasions, rare that is, in which the legacy goes beyond titles and numbers and the excellence in the game and the influence of a player on his peers are recognized.
NBA“>Chris Paul He still doesn’t have an MVP on his shelves or a ring on his fingers, but his impact on the game has made him a player in his own right. the best pure point guard in the current NBA and one of the best in history. A position that has taken him years to earn, but in which he has settled in the last two seasons with the Suns.
A team that today reigns in the NBA under the baton of a CP3 who once again taught a lesson against Luka Doncic’s Dallas Mavericks, showing that a point guard does not need to score like Curry or adorn himself like Irving to be differential for his team. It is enough for Paul to command and order as he demonstrated against the Texans with his thirteenth game with more than 20 points, 10 assists… and zero turnovers. A statistic that contrasts, for example, with a Doncic who lost up to nine balls against the Suns.
assists and losses. Numbers that demonstrate the reliability of a point guard. And in that there are few like the Winston-Salem player. In fact, none like him in the current NBA. Paul is the player who has finished with more than 10 basket passes the most times without losing the ball once. A brutal statistic that shows that we are facing the true ‘Point God’ of the NBA.
Never was an expression better put on than the one coined Guille Gimnez to explain those moments when Stephen Curry he goes into a trance, something that the Warriors point guard relived against the Indiana Pacers. The double NBA MVP went to the 39 points with six triples. Numbers that, however, did not serve to give victory to Steve Kerr’s team that was overtaken by the Indiana Pacers in overtime (117-121), certifying how bad they have it without Draymond Green on court: seven defeats in 11 games.
what of Julius Randle It’s starting to get serious this season. The player on whom the great last season of the Knicks (91-102 against the Pelicans) this campaign is being diluted as if it were sugar cubes. More lost in battles with the public, little remains of the Most Improved Player of the previous year and against the Pelicans he demonstrated it again with a night to forget with four points and only one shot scored from nine attempts.
RESULTS OF THE NBA DAY
- Knicks 91-102 Pelicans
- Mavericks 101-109 Suns
- Warriors 117-121 Pacers
Go final minutes of the Warriors! before some Pacers without Sabonis, LeVert, Turner or Brogdon, those from San Francisco were unable to close the match after starting extra time with a 5-0 run. Kerr’s slate didn’t work this time and Curry got the gunpowder wet at the least appropriate moment: with the shot that could have tied the game.
