It is very uncommon for a pitcher to throw a perfect game, in bowling it is rare for someone to get a perfect 300, but in the NBA playoffs, what Phoenix Suns PG Chris Paul did this Thursday night is unprecedented, to talk about a perfect game in basketball is simply something that has not been seen before.
CP3 hit all 14 shots he attempted during his team’s 115-109 win over the New Orleans Pelicans that eliminated the eighth seed in the Western Conference and gave the Suns a berth in the semifinals to open the series with the Dallas Mavericks, who eliminated the Utah Jazz earlier Thursday.
Chris Paul had no idea of his feat
No one in playoff history had ever attempted so many shots in a game without missing a single one, CP3 didn’t even know he had done that, according to the stellar point guard who finished the game with 33 points and eight assists.
“I had no clue,” Paul said. “I think maybe at halftime I said I might have to shoot a little more. But throughout the game, I was literally managing the game. I wasn’t taking heat checks. I don’t shoot enough to have heat checks.”
Chris Paul played for the Pelicans when the franchise was known as the New Orleans Hornets from 2005 to 2011, so his return to the “Big Easy” has been memorable, even for his coach Monty Williams.
Monty Williams’ praise
“I can’t even say because he’s done it so many times,” Williams said. “This is probably No. 1 because it just happened, and I knew how special New Orleans is to him. He cares deeply about the city and the fans and the children. It’s probably No. 1 because it just happened.”
In addition to Paul’s great performance, the game marked the miraculous return of Devin Booker, who returned much sooner than the two to three weeks predicted when he was injured in Game 2 of this first-round series.
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