• Paul George

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His 108 steals ranked sixth in the league and topped the Pacers...along with Earl Watson (2009-10), he is one of just two Indiana players to have 100+ steals in the last five seasons...he claimed two or more steals in just two of the season’s first 11 games, but then had multiple thefts in 29 of the last 55 games...in the first 11 games he averaged 1.09 spg, but then averaged 1.93 spg the rest of the season...having committed just 117 turnovers, he ranked 14th in the NBA with a steals-to-turnover ratio of 0.923-to-1...to compliment a career-high 30 points, he gathered a career-best five steals at Dallas, 2/3...he also had five steals a month later (3/3) at New Orleans and he had at least four steals on eight occasions...his 30-point game against the Mavs was one of his eight outings with 20+ points...including a career-best matching 13-15 FT, he scored a team-high 27 points in the Pacers’ win over Detroit, 4/23...against the Pistons, he added 10 rebounds for his second double-double of the season...he led the Pacers in scoring eight times...he collected 10+ rebounds a total of five times...he fell short of double-doubles by a single rebound on four occasions...he recorded a career-high 16 rebounds, including 13 defensive boards, in the Pacers’ win over Oklahoma City, 4/6...fourth on the team with an average of 12.2 ppg, he scored in double figures in 30 of his first 40 games, but then hit for at least 10 points in 13 of the last 26 games...after having shot 94-198 FG (.475) in the first 22 games, he canned just 187-441 (.424) the rest of the season, including 2-12 FG in the finale against Chicago...he averaged nearly two 3-pt FG a game in the first 22, having canned 40-83 (.482) from beyond the arc. But, he was just 50-151 (.331) the rest of the season...he was 7-11 from beyond the 3-pt line on his way to a career-best 30 points at Dallas, 2/3...not only was that his most ever, he was one short of the franchise record...in scoring 21 points at New Jersey, 1/2, he was 5-5 from beyond the 3-pt line and he made four or more 3-pt FG on five occasions...second on the team with 158 assists (2.4), he handed out a career-high six in the win over New Orleans at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, 2/21...after having no assists in consecutive games vs. Philadelphia, 3/14, and at New York, 3/16, he averaged 2.88 apg and had three or more in all but six of the season’s last 24 games...he passed out four or more assists 13 times...he led Indiana in assists (including ties) in eight games...fifth on the team with 38 blocked shots, he had more than one seven times...he scored the 1,000th point of his NBA career against the Knicks, 3/17, and the first of his eight rebounds against New York, 4/2, was the 500th of his career...during All-Star Weekend in Orlando, he participated in both the Rising Stars Challenge and the Slam Dunk Contest...he scored 23 points for the victorious Team Chuck in the Rising Stars Challenge, including a spectacular dunk off an alley-oop pass from Cleveland’s Kyrie Irving in the opening seconds of the game...he finished the regular season having played in 119 straight games and starting 85 in a row, the longest active streaks on the team.

After making appearances in just eight of the season’s first 29 games, and being on the Pacers’ inactive list for 15 straight (11/28 to 12/28), he played in every one of the team’s remaining 53 games and started the final 19...in just the second of those 53 appearances, he recorded a career-best five steals vs. Washington, 12/31, tying the most by any Indiana player in 2010-11…to go along with those five steals against the Wizards, he scored 13 points and collected seven rebounds with an assist and just one turnover in 18 minutes...after scoring a total of five points and shooting 2-6 FG (1-3 3-pt FG) in the ensuing two games (at New York, 1/2, and vs. San Antonio, 1/7), he scored in double figures in 14 of the next 26 games, culminating with a 12-point effort vs. Golden State, 3/1...in those 26 games, he averaged 9.7 ppg and shot 93-197 from the floor (.472), including 19-68 3-pt FG (.279)...he also shot 46-60 FT (.767) from the foul line in those 26 games...in his best outing of the season, he scored 23 points on 9-15 FG and 5-6 3-pt FG to go with six rebounds, four assists, two steals, a blocked shot and just one turnover in 26 minutes vs. Washington, 4/6...the game with the Wizards was one of eight in which he had more than one 3-pt FG and he shot 29.7 percent from 3-pt range, ranking 10th among rookies with 50 or more appearances...including 5-6 against the Wizards, 4/6, he was 7-11 from beyond the arc in the last six games...he shot 76.2 percent (77-101) from the foul line in 2011-12 and ranked eigth best among NBA rookies with 50 or more games...for the season, he was third on the team with 62 steals and his average of 1.02 spg ranked fifth best among all NBA rookies with 50 or more appearances...averaging 3.67 rpg, he had at least five boards 19 times with a season-high 10 vs. Philadelphia, 3/8...that game against the Sixers was the second of an 18-game stretch (3/5-4/6) in which he had five or more rebounds nine times and averaged 4.6 rpg...his eight rebounds vs. Sacramento, 3/25, included a season-high four offensive boards...as a starter, he averaged 7.3 ppg and 3.8 rpg, in contrast to averages of 8.0 ppg and 3.6 rpg off the bench...in his 19 starts, he shot better than 34 percent from 3-pt range (13-38), as opposed to 28 percent (28-100) from long range in 42 games as a reserve.

2011-12: In double figures in a playoff game for the first time in his career, he scored a postseason career-high 17 points in Game 2 vs. Orlando, 4/30, hitting 7-10 FG and 3-3 FT...that was one of two games in the playoffs in which he made at least half his shots and he connected on 37-95 FG (.389) in the playoffs overall...he scored 10+ points six times in 11 games and registered two double-doubles...his 11 rebounds at Miami, 5/15, included a postseason career-high 10 defensive rebounds...among players that made at least 10 appearances in the 2012 postseason, he ranked sixth in the NBA with a team-leading 1.64 spg...he also averaged 9.7 points and 6.6 rebounds per game during the playoffs...2010-11: A starter in all five games of the Pacers’ first round series with Chicago, he had his best offensive production in the Game 4 win vs. the Bulls, 4/23, tallying nine points on 4-7 FG and 1-3 3-pt FG…that was one of his three 3-pt FG in the series and the only game in which he attempted at least five shots and hit at least half of them…for the series, he averaged 6.0 ppg and shot 10-33 FG (.303)…in Game 3 at the Fieldhouse, he led the Pacers with a career-high 12 rebounds, including four offensive rebounds…that was the most rebounds by a Pacers’ player in the series and he averaged 5.0 rpg in the five games…he had a series-best three steals in Game 2 at Chicago, 4/18, and his seven steals in the series led the Pacers.

2009-10: In a sensational sophomore season, he cemented his place in Bulldog history as the program’s premier free throw shooter, an astute defender, multi-dimensional scorer and leader by example...the second most efficient sophomore free throw shooter, he registered the fifth-most steals by a sophomore and was one of the top 20 sophomore NCAA scorers...one of two Bulldogs to start all games played (29), he recorded four doubledoubles...after suffering a right ankle sprain against Utah State, 1/21, he missed four games and part of another...he averaged 16.8 points, 7.2 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 2.2 steals and 0.8 blocks per game while shooting 42.4 percent (154-363) from the field and 35.3 percent (122-308) from 3-pt range...he completed the best single-season free throw percentage in program history, hitting 120-132 FT (.909)...he scored a career-high 30 points and converted all nine free throw attempts in an 83-64 victory over eventual WAC Tournament champion New Mexico State, 2/11, to join the Bulldogs’ elite 30-point club in his first game back from an ankle injury...he dished out a career-high seven assists with only one turnover in a 79-68 win over CSU-Bakersfield, 2/23...he drained a career-high 15 free throws on 17 attempts on the road at Nevada, 2/17..he was second in the WAC in free throw percentage (.909), steals (64) and steals per game (2.2)…he was fourth in the WAC in defensive rebounds (5.3), sixth in points per game (16.8), eighth in 3-pt FG made per game (2.0), points scored (487) and rebounds per game (7.2)…he also ranked tenth in minutes played (962) and was 11th in rebounds (210), 12th in 3-pt FG made (59) and blocks per game (0.8), 13th in the WAC in blocked shots (24), 14th in the WAC in assists/game (3.0) and 15th in the WAC in assists (88) and assist-to-turnover ratio (0.9)...he registered two perfect performances at the free throw (10-10 vs. San Francisco State on Nov. 13, 2009 and 9-9 vs. New Mexico State on Feb. 11, 2010)...he was the only WAC player to register six steals in two different games, doing so vs. BYU, 12/12, and vs. UC-Davis, 12/17...2008-09: He ranked as one of the top 15 freshmen scorers in the NCAA and was one of only two Bulldogs to start all 34 games...he averaged 14.3 points, a team-high 6.2 rebounds, 2.0 assists and a team-high 1.7 steals per game while shooting 47 percent from the field...he recorded the third-best season 3-pt field goal percentage (.446) in Bulldog history...he led the team with six double-doubles...on the season, he led the WAC in minutes played (1176) and finished second in the conference in 3-pt shooting (.447), steals (59) and steals per game (1.74)…he was third in the WAC in minutes played per game (34.59), fifth in defensive rebounds (149) and 3-pt FG made (63)…he was sixth in the WAC in 3-pt FG made per game (1.85), seventh in rebounds (212), eighth in defensive rebounds per game (4.38), ninth in points scored (487) and scoring per game (14.3), and 10th in blocked shots (34) and blocks per game (1.00)...he scored a career-high 29 points, the fifth highest scoring WAC performance in a conference game, with a perfect tally (8-8) from the charity stripe, one of ten perfect WAC performances from the free throw line on the season, and the fifth highest field goal percentage in a 2008-09 conference game by drilling nine of eleven field goal attempts (.818) to lead the Bulldogs to an 88-82 victory over Boise State, 2/9/09...he posted a career-high five steals in the Bulldogs’ quarterfinal bout with Utah State in the 2009 WAC Tournament...he earned ESPN Sportscenter’s No. 1 “Play of the Day for Nov. 18, 2009 with an emphatic one-handed slam dunk on the road at Saint Mary’s College...in WAC contests, he averaged 14.3 points and 6.4 rebounds per games while shooting 42 percent from the field.