only became the sixth player to crack 10,000 assists in the NBA with an alley-oop slam dunk pass to Deandre Ayton with 7:09 left in the third quarter, but he also overtook Terry Cummings to become the 53rd best scorer in NBA history with two free-throws made over a minute later with 6:03 left there in their only regular season home game against the Los Angeles Lakers. Paul later ended the night with a triple-double of 13 assists, 11 points, and 10 rebounds in a 111–94 win against the Lakers. In his next game on March 23, Chris Paul tied future Hall of Fame point guard Tony Parker with only 8 points scored (along with 9 assists) in a 110–100 win over the Miami Heat as the 52nd best scorer in NBA history. The next night, Paul (briefly) became the sole possessor of that spot in their match against the Orlando Magic with a mid-range two-pointer at 9:51 early in the first quarter. Paul ended up with 23 points in a close 112–111 upset loss to the Magic. Four days after that night in Orlando, Chris Paul overtook Phoenix Suns Ring of Honor legend Walter Davis by scoring 7 points before halftime to become the 51st best scorer in NBA history. Paul ended that day with 16 points, including some clutch free-throws scored late in overtime, for a 101–97 win against the Charlotte Hornets. That game also became their first overtime win of the season after going 0–3 earlier on in 2021. On April 5, 2021, Chris Paul surpassed former Suns player Clifford Robinson to reach the Top 50 in the list of National Basketball Association career scoring leaders by first tying him with 12 points scored with 8:17 in the third quarter and then surpassing him with free-throws made with 9:55 left in the fourth quarter on the road against one of his former teams, the Houston Rockets. He also ended the night with a double-double of 19 points and 11 assists alongside 4 steals in a tense 133–130 win over the Rockets. That not only made Paul the seventh player to reach 2,300 career steals, but he also became the fifth player in NBA history to reach 500 games with 10+ assists held in a career, joining Hall of Fame guards John Stockton, Magic Johnson, and former Suns players Jason Kidd and Steve Nash. A week later, on