On April 20, Beijing time, the Suns lost the first round of G2 at home to the Pelicans, And Booker's injury was an important factor, but the 36-year-old Paul Magic was no longer a losing factor. In this campaign, although Paul sent a double-double of 17 points and 14 assists, and also created a number of playoff career milestones, such as reaching the 2700-point career milestone in the playoffs, the overall shooting target was 5 of 16, failed to break out again in the last quarter to save the team, and has lost 14 consecutive games in the face of Foster law enforcement.
The 36-year-old Paul has performed remarkably well this season, leading the Suns to the league's first record in the regular season, setting a new single-season record in The Suns' history, and Paul's success in assists. As for entering the first game of the playoffs, Paul scored 19 points in the last quarter, and the whole game exploded with 30 points and 10 assists to set the oldest record in history, leading the Suns to beat the Pelicans to make a good start.
However, entering the second playoff game, Paul's offensive performance was extremely bad, and in the first half, Booker hit 7 three-pointers and blasted 31 points, And Paul's offensive end was basically in stealth mode. Paul only had a 1-of-5 shooting star in the first two quarters, hit a three-pointer on the perimeter, scored 3 points and 7 assists, and became the Suns' organizational brain role.
Only in the second half Booker scored 0 points, and did not play in the last quarter directly because of the hamstring injury to withdraw from the game, Paul even if the offensive end warmed up, but still failed to save the fate of the Suns to lose. Paul hit another three-pointer in the second two quarters and broke through the inside line to create a killing, but his overall shooting target was not good, and the Suns were suppressed by the Pelicans.
Now in the second game of the playoffs, Paul is also facing a number of milestones, but he is unable to lead the team to win.
First, Paul reached the 2,700-point milestone in the playoffs.
Paul reached the 2,700-point milestone in the playoffs, becoming the 37th player in history to achieve such a feat, the previous being Lakers player Westbrook with 2,727 points. Paul is the seventh player in the playoffs to achieve at least 2700 points, behind James 7631 points, Durant 4477 points, Harden 3227 points, Curry 3018 points, Leonard 2865 points, Westbrook 2727 points.
Second, Paul hit a playoff free throw number to surpass the rain man Camp.
Paul's playoff free throw numbers surpassed supersonic (now Thunder) star Rainman Kemp's 491 free throws to rise to the 53rd highest in NBA playoff history, the previous being Dantley's 496 free throws.
Third, Paul surpassed Terry in three-point shooting in the playoffs.
Paul scored 222 three-pointers in the playoffs, surpassing Lone Ranger Jet Jason Terry's 221 three-pointers to rise to the 20th highest three-point shooting in NBA playoff history, the former being the Clippers' core Leonard 228 three-pointers.
The active duty ranks 9th, behind Curry with 478 three-pointers, James with 432 three-pointers, Thompson with 382 three-pointers, Harden with 346 three-pointers, Durant with 338 three-pointers, Danny Green with 286 three-pointers, George with 258 three-pointers, and Leonard with 228 three-pointers.
Fourth, Paul surpassed Curry in playoff goals.
Paul scored 998 in the playoffs, surpassing Curry with 996 to rise to 33rd on the NBA playoffs and 33rd all-time playoff 1,000-goal milestone, the former being Ringer Bill Russell with 1,003 goals.
(Text/Drunken Floating Life)