Chris Paul breaks Mike Conley’s ankles (video)
By Andrew Ross
Chris Paul isn’t known for his handles, but he often reminds us that they need to be respected.
John Wall and Kyrie Irving – those are usually the two point guards people think of when discussion who has the best handles, but don’t forget about Chris Paul.
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The Los Angeles Clippers and the Memphis Grizzlies faced off Friday night which meant we were going to get a monster point guard battle between Paul and Mike Conley.
Let me make this simple: the night belonged to Paul and his Clippers.
The Clippers beat the Grizzlies 97-79 led by Paul’s 19 points (50 percent shooting) 13 assists, four rebounds and two steals. I wish I could say that Conley showed up for the point guard duel, but he had a bad night as he scored only four points (18 percent shooting), two assists and three rebounds.
But all of that still isn’t as bad as this.
Sometimes you will see things like this happen when a player is coming off a screen and the defender gets caught up in the scree a bit, but this isn’t one of those times at all. Conley just couldn’t handle the moves.
Paul is quietly having another amazing season (like he always has) with averages of 17.9 points (47 percent shooting), 9.9 assists, 4.8 rebounds and 1.8 steals.