On this day 20 years ago John Stockton passed Magic Johnson as assist leader.

[The Blue Elephant]

February 1st, 1995

https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/199502010UTA.html

16 assist game that day to go along with 12 points.

He ended up finishing career with 15,806 assists which is 3,715 more than Jason Kidd who is #2 on that list.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCoWteuLKaQ&feature=youtu.be

Stocktons highlights of that game.

credit for find goes to jwbt123 on /r/utahjazz on reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/UtahJazz/comments/2uf29m/20_years_ago_today_john_stockton_passed_magic/

 

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

Lol I like it he end where Larry H Miller says Stock should stick around for 15 thousand. Stocks reaction to that is priceless. Lol

 

[Douchebag K]

a post entry pass in an assist ??? No wonder he got 15 thousand !!

 

[infection]

Great find. I remember watching this.

 

[freakazoid]

I wonder what happened on this day 21 years ago doe.

 

[freakazoid]

I wonder what happened on this day 21 years ago doe.

Just looked it up. On this day 21 years ago, John Stockton hit the assist mark of being one year away from breaking the record.

 

[Doublea]

Haha "Passed" Magic lol I get it. Cuz it's an assist.

 

[Gameface]

20 Years ago, ugh. Thanks for reminding me how old I am.

 

[freakazoid]

20 Years ago, ugh. Thanks for reminding me how old I am.

Don't worry, you'll probably forget it again in a few minutes.

 

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

a post entry pass in an assist ??? No wonder he got 15 thousand !!

U probably don't know but a catch and made shot counts as an assist weather it's a post entry pass or not.

 

[nightmare3983]

Lol I like it he end where Larry H Miller says Stock should stick around for 15 thousand. Stocks reaction to that is priceless. Lol

Great observation. I'm glad he managed to do it.

 

[Zulu]

Wonder what Don Stockton was doing 20 years ago???

 

[LogGrad98]

U probably don't know but a catch and made shot counts as an assist weather it's a post entry pass or not.

As well it should. That is the point of an assist, that you got the other player the ball in a position to score with minimal actions from the scoring player. That means the assister did the bulk of the work, and the other player had to just focus on making the shot, as opposed to creating his own offense which is much less efficient.

 

[LogGrad98]

Wonder what Don Stockton was doing 20 years ago???

With a great 'stache like that he doesn't have to "do" anything, man.

 

[homeytennis]

With a great 'stache like that he doesn't have to "do" anything, man.

On Saturday night in the DLeague David Stockton had 30 points and 10 assists and his team won as they set a 3 point record for field goals made.

 

[Stifle Tower]

Wonder what Don Stockton was doing 20 years ago???

With a great 'stache like that he doesn't have to "do" anything, man.

But maybe he starred in an adult film.

 

[JAZZGASM]

U probably don't know but a catch and made shot counts as an assist weather it's a post entry pass or not.

Yep. The problem is the definition of assist is somewhat subjective, and is ultimately determined on a case by case basis by the game statisticians, which work for the home team. An assist can still happen after dribbles, pump-fakes, etc., as long as the pass "assisted" the making of the basket. Assists are the most subjective stat in the game. You can imagine how many get missed when Gobert doesn't even get credit for all of the shots he clearly blocks.

 

[freakazoid]

U probably don't know but a catch and made shot counts as an assist weather it's a post entry pass or not.

Cloudy with a chance of meatballs.

 

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

Cloudy with a chance of meatballs.

A catch and shoot scenario is cloudy to you?


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[Douchebag K]

As well it should. That is the point of an assist, that you got the other player the ball in a position to score with minimal actions from the scoring player. That means the assister did the bulk of the work, and the other player had to just focus on making the shot, as opposed to creating his own offense which is much less efficient.

thank you captain and field marshall obvious.