Paolo is the first in NBA Playoff history to...

[lars_rosenberg]

I can't believe Luka and Jokic never accomplished that yet.

Well, in order to accomplish it you need to have some under-30-minutes-games in the first place.
What is the next accomplishment they will present to us? The first player with 30-10-5 that played exactly 32 minutes and 22 seconds?

I didn't realize the "in under 30 minutes" was a condition. I assumed it was only the stat line and "in only 30 minutes" was just a consideration of how good the performance was. If that's part of the "filter" then it's quite a stupid stat given the usual playing time of stars in the playoffs.

[UcanUwill]

I can't believe Luka and Jokic never accomplished that yet.

Well, in order to accomplish it you need to have some under-30-minutes-games in the first place.
What is the next accomplishment they will present to us? The first player with 30-10-5 that played exactly 32 minutes and 22 seconds?

I didn't realize the "in under 30 minutes" was a condition. I assumed it was only the stat line and "in only 30 minutes" was just a consideration of how good the performance was. If that's part of the "filter" then it's quite a stupid stat given the usual playing time of stars in the playoffs.

Do not find it stupid in any way, since obviously harder to put such statline in limited amount of time. 30/10/5 lines must have happened plenty of times, thats almost Jokic's playoff average

Anyhow, to wrap your play off oponent before fourth quarter even begins is an accomplishment in on itselt. This game came out of nowhere to me, I did expect Magic to get some wins maybe, but their offrnse looked completely figured out in Cleveland.

[brutalitops]

What's more impressive is that he's the first player named Paolo with cornrows from Washington to be in the playoffs at age 21. Insane!!!!!

[Little Lupe]

How has Jokic not done this?

I'm sure it has to do with the minutes that was part of the filter for this stat.

is there a site that average joes like me can pull these type of stats?

[KembaWalker]

Jokic could do this but I think he genuinely enjoys crushing Lakers fans hopes in the second half over blowing them off the court early

[Clay Davis]

High rizz hundo, but how many players did it in less than 30 minutes amd then continued playing?

[TimDunkin]

Great game yesterday. Bad first two games of the series.

[Johnny Tomala]

I hate calling him Paolo in the thread. Banchero is his surname.

[tooler]

I hate calling him Paolo in the thread. Banchero is his surname.

Why do you hate it? It seems like a pretty standard process for NBA star players: pick whatever name is shortest and easiest to say while still being uniquely identifying. Sometimes that's the first name.

[Slimjimzv]

I suspect plenty of other guys got those stats in under 30 minutes. It's just that they then continued to play and generate more stats. Paolo is a stud, but this is a reach.

[Texas Chuck]

I can't believe Luka and Jokic never accomplished that yet.

Well, in order to accomplish it you need to have some under-30-minutes-games in the first place.
What is the next accomplishment they will present to us? The first player with 30-10-5 that played exactly 32 minutes and 22 seconds?

Pretty sure multiple players have done this in less than 30 minutes but then stayed in the game.

But arbitrary markers like this are dumb. Makes me crazy as Mavs fan how many times we hear how Luka is the first/youngest ever to do some oddly specific statistical feat. Like his 60/20/10 triple double. That was okay to point out it as a first and only. Really impressive stuff. But most of them are just arbitrary silliness like this one.

[ropjhk]

In less than 30 minutes played is the metric that disqualifies most players. Most players who could get those numbers are likely playing more than 30 minutes in a playoff game. I'd expect that many players must have reached those number with less than 30 minutes of gameplay in a playoff game but ended with more than 30 minutes by the end of the game.

[M2J]

The less than 30 minutes is still impressive, but not that impressive. Why?

Because I promise you can find a player that has done it in less than 30 minutes. Probably several players, but they ended up crossing the 30 minute barrier.... Even if it was in a blow out. However not quite a40pt blow out

[facothomas22]

Less than 30 minutes would disqualify he majority of NBA players, so that that stat isn't as impressive as it may seem on paper. But still, Paolo is on a good towards being a borderline superstar someday.

[MartyConlonOnTheRun]

How has Jokic not done this?

I'm sure it has to do with the minutes that was part of the filter for this stat.

Yeah at some point \once you have a small sample size (star player playing less than 30 minutes in a playoff game) adding on a few attributes and you can create a unique "First in playoff history". Like Giannis had a 41/9/3/4 in <32 against the Pistons as a 24 year old in 2019. I pretty much guarantee if you filter 40+ points, 4+ blocks, 3+ assists in under 32 minutes he would be by himself.

[JT3000]

The less than 30 minutes is still impressive, but not that impressive. Why?

Because I promise you can find a player that has done it in less than 30 minutes. Probably several players, but they ended up crossing the 30 minute barrier.... Even if it was in a blow out. However not quite a40pt blow out

That is what makes it impressive. He didn't have to play more than 30 minutes because he put the game away in those 30 minutes. Not sure why everyone is downplaying that aspect of it.

[basketballRob]

Paolo reminds me of a bigger Jimmy Butler. He needs to keep improving his shot, but he has the same moves

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[playoffs]

I'm sure it's been done many times before (achieving this statline before hitting the 30-minute mark), but the players just kept playing beyond 30 minutes. This is a very weird "first".

[Duke4life831]

Ya no doubt this is close to the famous Thadeus Young situation, where if you put enough different limits, you can make an accomplishment look better than it is.

But with that said, that stat line is still very good for a 2nd year player and a guy playing in his first playoffs. ORL has a legit stud on their hands.

[Pumpkin17]

I understand stats is misleading and such but I mean it is a random tweet, it’s not that they have given him a place in the hall of fame or something…just cool down and enjoy a great performance, not that big of an issue