Career highs in Points, FGM, FGA, 3PA, R, A and even doubled his career blocks on the night.

Oh, its also the most points scored by an Australian in an NBA game

Super effort that!

And it was against Bogut's new team Golden State too...

Gold!

Good to see he is taking his oppurtunities when they come.

Hopefully he can do well in the minutes he gets during the playoffs and sets himself up for next season.

Realistically he won't get many minutes but he just needs to perfom well and run the team the way the coaching staff expect.

Congrats Patty, could not have happened to a more friendly and energetic player.

Go you good thing!

What Patty always does is take advantage of his opportunities, whenever and however they're presented to him. He'll play in the NBA for a very long time.

Also the most assists by an Aussie...

ummmm, dammmmm! that good looking stat line for anyone!!!

How many players have their NBA career highs greater than their NBL career highs? Says something about Perth's defence, he averaged 13p at 35% and 4a against them!!

While his recent performances mightnt have been against the NBA elite, it does make me laugh thinking about people in the past who have posted that he would never make it in the NBA. It seemed he had the talent from the moment he burnt the USA in the pre-Olympic game in 2008, good to see him really making the most of it now.

Congrats to Patty. But has anyone seen the opposition. Bunch of rooks and scrubs.

Still a great effort though!

If you wanna be like that then technically Mills is a "rookie scrub". To have that kinda game against anyone is a huge effort.

paul, maybe Rob Beveridge was right when he said that Damian Martin is an NBA level defender.

Shaqfu - there were 15 other NBA players on the court, and Patty outplayed every one of them by a country mile.

He also hit three big shots down the stretch to ice the game.

He's ended up averaging 10.3ppg for the season too, which is not a bad effort for a third-stringer. Great work Patty!!!

Vart, not on his current ankle!

I love it! Great idea by brett Brown & Patty is getting it done!!

beveridge " martin is an nba level defender"

?

did martin sleep with bevo's wife or something. i guess martins been called worse than that in his lifetime though.

ive never seen martin display the nba predilection to moonwalk backwards whenever someone gets a run at the basket.

great thread, great comments - how it should be! hope to see some patty playoff highlights

I think the best thing about his stat line are his assists...If he can really bring that number up and keep his points steady then hes got a great chance of moving up in the lineup.

lets just hope gary neal is injured for a bit longer...

Great effort my Patty, looks like he has become really comfortable in the Spurs system. Tony Parker would be the perfect role model for Patty in showing Patty the balance between looking for your own shot & when it's time to get your team mates involved offensively. I had no doubt Patty could make a positive contribution in the right NBA team. It's also good news for the Boomers program that Patty could bring in this type of form in to the Olympics in London!

I'm looking forward to seeing Patty playing for the Boomers against Greece in Melbourne!

Re Perth's defence - I wonder how many points Mills would have scored on them if he'd played 43 minutes against them, they used the NBL 3 point line and didn't allow defenders to camp in the paint?

Nonetheless, a brilliant stat line - well done to Mills.

Still a few haters on the thread gritting their teeth with their 'fake' congratulations. He will only get better as he continues to grow, so there will be more of these threads popping up. I'm backing the Spurs for the playoffs, like what they have going in Texas!

PeterJohn, understand the concept of a longer game and the illegal defense points, but can you please explain your reference to 'the NBL 3 point line'?

I think he meant NBA 3 point line and consequently more space for offence?

Does anyone know if I can download a torrent of this game anywhere? DAVKA has it up, but its missing the last qtr.