Almost every NBA player's ultimate dream is to win a championship, so when they stand on the stage of the Finals, they will become very focused on both ends of the attack and defense, and some players can withstand the high intensity of defense in the Finals, creating some records that are difficult to surpass or even difficult to approach, such as the following five records:
The most steals - 7
Robert Holly is one of the best role players in NBA history, he has excellent defensive ability, ball quotient is also very high, and most importantly, he has a big heart, repeatedly scored key goals in important games, is a perfect championship puzzle, never been selected as an All-Star, he won 7 championships, which is enviable.
In the 1994-1995 Finals, rockets vs. magic, Horry was working hard for his second championship. In the second game of the Finals, Horry played a very amazing performance - contributing 7 steals in the whole game, becoming the holder of the finals steal record. In addition, he had 11 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals to help the Rockets win the game.
Top rebounds – 40
Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell dominated the rebounding list, Chamberlain was the NBA regular season historical rebounding king, Russell was the NBA playoff historical rebounding king, and the rebounding record in the Finals was also created by Russell.
In the 1962 Finals, the Celtics and Lakers played their seventh game, and in the final moments of regular time, Russell was isolated. Several Celtic scorers Tom Heinthom, Jim Luskotov, Frank Lambsey and Tom Sanders all left the game due to full fouls. Russell had to score points alone. As always, he did not stop rebounding in the whole game, but also experienced the test of overtime, slashing 30 points and 40 rebounds, and finally led the Green Army to a 110-107 victory over the Lakers at home, winning the sixth consecutive NBA championship.
The highest number of blocks – 9 times
Olajuwon, Duncan and O'Neal have all delivered eight blocks in a single game in the Finals, but none of them are the holders of the Finals block record, and the person who broke the record set by the three of them is Dwight Howard.
In the 2008-2009 season, the outside world is expecting Kobe Bryant and James to meet in the Finals, but Howard led the Magic team to defeat the Cavaliers and meet with the Lakers in the Finals, although the Magic team eventually lost to the Lakers and did not win the championship, but Howard played an excellent performance, especially in the fourth game, Howard cut 16 points, 21 rebounds, 2 assists and 9 blocks, surpassing Olajuwon, Duncan and O'Neal, becoming the holder of the single-game block record in the Finals. It is puzzling that he lost the 75 biggest stars.
The highest number of assists – 21
If a player gets a triple-double in the Finals, that's big news, and if he gets a triple-double with 14 points, 11 rebounds and 21 assists, how flowery rhetoric should be used to describe his greatness? This god-man is "Magician" Johnson.
On June 3, 1984, in the third game of the Los Angeles Lakers against the Celtics, the Magic delivered 21 assists, setting a record for the number of assists in a single game in the history of the NBA Finals, helping the Lakers to a 137-104 victory over the Celtics. The top 8 assists in a single game in history belong to the "Magician", who has twice delivered 20 assists in a single game, 19 assists in two single games, and 17 assists in three single games, which is why he has always been the top 1 point guard.
The highest score - 61 points
Michael Jordan and Rick Barry both scored 55 points in the Finals, but they can only tie for the second place in the Finals single-game scoring list, the highest single-game score in the Finals is 61 points, since the establishment of the NBA, only one player has cut 60+ in a single game on the stage of the Finals, which is difficult to imagine.
This player is Elgin Baylor, in the 1962 finals, the Lakers against the Celtics, the first four games between the two sides to draw 2-2, in the key Battle of The King Mountain, Baylor played a full 48 minutes, shot 46 times to slash 61 points, leading the Lakers to a narrow victory over the Celtics, unfortunately the Celtics won two consecutive games, Baylor once again missed the championship.
It is said that the playoffs are the stage to test the superstars, in fact, the defensive intensity of the finals is higher, more attention to detail, and it is the superstars who can play well under this kind of defense, some players perform better than the playoffs in the regular season, and some players are the opposite, the more important the game performance, Jordan is one of them. The above few can create records that are difficult for future generations to break in the finals, which of these five records do you think is relatively easy to break?