Chris Paul’s box score from the Thunder’s victory over the San Antonio Spurs shows only one steal. But that one was one for the record books.
Paul moved into seventh place on the NBA’s all-time steals list on Sunday night, surpassing Clyde Drexler.
The historic moment came late in the second quarter of Oklahoma City’s 131-103 beat down of the San Antonio Spurs. It happened when Paul swiped the ball away from DeMar DeRozan with 1:28 remaining in the half.
The 2,208th career steal puts Paul within 100 steals of No. 6 on the list, former Chicago Bulls great, Scottie Pippen.
He is still 1,057 steals behind John Stockton, who holds the career record of 3,265, although Paul does top the steals list for all active players.
He came into Sunday averaging 1.5 steals a game, the lowest average of his career.
The six-time steals champion led the league in back-to-back seasons in 2007-08 and 2008-09 when he averaged 2.7 and 2.8 steals per game, respectively.
He then led the league in steals for four straight seasons between 2010 and 2014.
For his career, Paul is averaging 2.2 steals per game.
