Dominique Wilkins is 2.03 meters tall and weighs 105 kilograms, he is particularly strong, explosive, good at attacking the inside line and dunks, because his dunks are particularly ornamental, and the audience seems to be watching the wonderful scenes of the movie, so he has won the title of "human film essence".
In addition to attacking the inside line and dunks, Wilkins can also shoot points, also has a good shooting rate outside the three-point line, is a strong scoring ability of the forward, professional average of 24.8 points per game, has been in 2 seasons averaged 30+ per game, there are 3 seasons of 29+ per game, 198-1986 season, he averaged 30.3 points per game, elected the league's leading scorer.
Good opponents inspire a stronger version of themselves, and Wilkins' best opponent is Jordan. Speaking about Jordan in an interview recently, he said: "Of all the players I've played against, he's probably the most interesting guy and he can improve your game. He's playing with me and I'm excited, he's a great player, we're all very competitive, we all want to kick each other's butts, we've had a lot of tough games. ”
When Michael Jordan, the "god of basketball", meets Dominic Wilkins, the "essence of human cinema", what kind of spark will collide? Let's take a look at the regular season hand-to-hand stats:
Jordan and Wilkins played each other 39 times in the regular season, averaging 37.8 minutes per game, averaging 31.7 points, 7.3 rebounds, 6.3 assists, 2.6 steals and 0.9 blocks per game, shooting 50.8 percent from the field, shooting 36.2 percent from three-point range, and shooting 85.4 percent from the free throw line, leading the team to a record of 24 wins and 15 losses.
Wilkins averaged 37.9 minutes per game, averaged 30.2 points, 6.9 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 1.4 steals and 0.5 blocks per game, shooting 48.3 percent from the field, 33.3 percent from three-point range and 83 percent from the free throw line, leading the team to a record of 15 wins and 24 losses.
From the perspective of regular season meetings, Wilkins has no data better than Jordan, scoring, rebounding, assists, steals, blocks, shooting percentage, three-point shooting rate and free throw shooting rate are lower than Jordan, and the team record is worse than Jordan, but his scoring ability is indeed outstanding, only 1.5 points less than Jordan, which is very remarkable.
Let's take a look at the playoffs' hand-to-hand stats:
Jordan and Wilkins played each other three times in the playoffs, averaging 35.7 minutes per game, averaging 34.3 points, 6.7 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 1.7 steals and 1.7 blocks per game, shooting 52.6 percent from the field, 46.2 percent from three-point range and 88.2 percent from the free throw line, leading the Bulls to a 3-0 sweep of the Hawks.
Wilkins averaged 37.7 minutes per game, averaging 30 points, 5.3 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, 0.3 blocks, shooting 42.7 percent from the field, 25 percent from three-point range, 76.7 percent from the free throw line, and the team's record was 0-3.
As in the regular season, Wilkins was completely crushed by Jordan, Jordan performed better than Wilkins on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, his performance in the playoffs was better than in the regular season, he could withstand the higher level of defensive intensity in the playoffs, this is the superstar, and Wilkins' performance was also excellent, but his performance in the playoffs was worse than that in the regular season, the scoring efficiency was very low, and he could not compare with Jordan in this regard.
Comprehensive comparison of regular season and playoff 42 meetings:
Jordan averaged 31.9 points, 7.2 rebounds, 6.1 assists, 2.6 steals and 1 block per game, shooting 51.8% from the field, 37.8% from three-point range and 85.5% from the free throw line, leading the team to a record of 27 wins and 15 losses.
Wilkins averaged 30.1 points, 6.8 rebounds, 3 assists, 1.4 steals and 0.5 blocks per game, shooting 47.9 percent from the field, 32.5 percent from three-point range and 82.5 percent from the free throw line, leading the team to a 15-27 record.
Compared to the gap at a glance, Wilkins as a forward, grab the rebound to grab Jordan, block the block does not win Jordan, these two should be his position advantages, but still can not beat Jordan, it can be seen that Jordan is a very versatile player. Jordan averaged more than twice as many assists per game as Wilkins, nearly twice as many steals, and averaged more points and scoring efficiency than Wilkins, and the advantage was obvious.
Jordan is after all the god of basketball, Wilkins can play such a performance when playing against Jordan is very rare, he is one of the few players who have come and gone when playing with Jordan, his scoring ability can not be underestimated, recently he said in an interview that defenders are now not allowed to use their hands against offensive players, the defensive intensity is much lower than their time, he can cut 35 points per game in this league now, do you think he can do it?