Los Angeles Lakers guard Russell Westbrook owns one of many 10 finest help totals in NBA historical past after passing Hall of Famer Gary Payton on Monday.
Westbrook dished out 10 assists within the Lakers’ 121-104 loss to the Brooklyn Nets in New York, giving him 8,972 for his profession. He surpassed Payton’s complete of 8,966 when he arrange Thomas Bryant for a dunk with 42.8 seconds remaining within the second quarter.
By season’s finish, Westbrook possible will catch Isiah Thomas, who’s in ninth place with 9,061 assists. After that, he can be pursuing No. 8 Oscar Robertson (9,887) and No. 7 Magic Johnson (10,141).
Westbrook’s teammate, LeBron James, is in sixth place on the record with 10,327 assists, seven behind Mark Jackson. James didn’t play on Monday on account of a sore left ankle.
The prime 4 on the all-time record are John Stockton (15,806), Jason Kidd (12,091), Chris Paul (11,246, together with 9 on Monday for the Phoenix Suns) and Steve Nash (10,335).
Westbrook, 34, is averaging 7.5 assists to associate with 15.8 factors and 6.3 rebounds this season in 48 video games (three begins).
For his profession, the nine-time All-Star, two-time scoring champ and three-time help champ has averaged 22.5 factors, 8.4 assists and seven.3 rebounds with the Oklahoma City Thunder (2008-09 to 2018-19), Houston Rockets (2019-20), Washington Wizards (2020-21) and Lakers (2021-22 to 2022-23).
—Field Level Media/Reuters
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