For the final time of the season, San Antonio Spurs veteran Chris Paul made NBA history for the Silver & Black. All he had to do was line up for the opening tipoff. The Spurs played host to the Toronto Raptors Sunday afternoon,

Paul — who turns 40 in less than a month — is one of three players to have a season with 82 appearances at his age. Stockton did it in the seasons where he turned 39 and 40, and Michael Jordan turned 39 in his final season while playing in all 82 games and starting 67 of them.

Only six days remain in the 20th NBA season of Chris Paul’s career, and it is not concluding quite the way the 39-year-old Point God had hoped. When he signed a one-year, $10 million free-agent contract last summer,