How many NBA players can you name that have scored 20 points and dished out 20 assists in a game, and turned the ball over a total of zero times? Chris Paul is the first and only player to ever grace a stat line with such ridiculous numbers… and he did so in only 29 minutes during the LA Clippers‘ 133-105 win against the New Orleans Pelicans on Saturday.
(For the record: Rickey Green only scored nine points in that 1984 game).
The Clippers’ “Point God” is playing like a legitimate MVP candidate this season (bar a few blips in the team’s recent down spell), and here are the numbers to prove it:
- 17.