Chris Paul climbs to third in all-time assists as Suns top Pelicans

Chris Paul posted a double-double and reached a career milestone as the host Phoenix Suns defeated the New Orleans Pelicans 112-100 on Tuesday night.

Paul scored 12 of his 14 points in the fourth quarter and finished with 18 assists while passing Mark Jackson and former Sun Steve Nash to move into third place in the NBA's all-time assist list.

Paul, 36, ended the night with 10,346 assists as he topped Jackson (10,334) a