Nick Van Exel (8pts/8rebs/23asts) vs. Grizzlies (1997)

The infamous 23-assist game by Nick Van Exel. As told by a Grizzlies scorekeeper to Deadspin, he basically threw his hands up due to the stat keeping inconsistency in NBA and awarded Van Exel with assists for the heck of it. An unnecessary breakdown done by me concluded that Nick the Quick should have had 17 assists at best. 15 would probably be the most precise total. You can find the breakdown here:

https://lamarmatic.com/2016/03/17/an-...

As I wrote in it though, something that probably is lost in all of this is that Nick Van Exel was a cool player.

You can disregard the shaky assists and watch the highlight reel just for the four alley-oops with Shaq, the acrobatics by Eddie Jones, the scores by an 18-year-old Kobe Bryant and the man with dimes for all of them. Nick Van Exel. January 5, 1997.