The NBA playoffs have begun, and fans on all teams hope that their home team's stars can have a good performance in the playoffs, and the US media FW has taken stock of the NBA's top ten playoff records. Some of these records have been held for 55 years, and this article will take you to understand which ten records are.
Tenth: 13 turnovers in a single game Harden
NBA development so far, the importance of the double guard on the court is greater, a team has a good double guard, the promotion of the team is huge, and Harden is a very capable double guard, can attack and pass, can affect the trend of the game.
At the same time that Harden sent a wonderful pass, accompanied by the risk of mistakes, if the opponent observed, with defense, the probability of mistakes is greatly increased, but Harden must not pass, because that is a self-defeating martial art, but when catching up with the poor state and targeted defense, Harden can only hand over a single game of 13 mistakes, setting a new playoff single-game error record.
Ninth: 19 three-point shots in a single game
After the advent of the small-ball era, shooting a lot of three-pointers on the court is not a crazy move, players with projection ability will decisively shoot three-pointers, and some players, they use three-pointers as the main means of scoring, and constantly shoot three-pointers.
On April 27, 2018, in the game between the Thunder and the Jazz, Westbrook won the ball and kept shooting three-pointers, even though he was not a skilled shooter. Westbrook's three-point performance in this game is OK, 7 of 19 shooting, setting a playoff single-game three-point shooting record, but the Thunder lost, this record is meaningless.
Eighth: 48 shots in a single game Chamberlain Barry
The playoffs are a stage for the stars, and the star of each team has to take on the heavy responsibility, perform well on the offensive end, break the opponent's defense, which requires him to shoot many times, and in some extreme cases, the home star has to shoot many times to keep the team's offensive threat.
On March 22, 1962, Chamberlain won the ball exclusively against the Syracuse Nation, took 48 shots, cut 56 points and 22 rebounds, this was the first time in the NBA that someone shot 48 times in a single game, and five years later, in the third game of the 67 Finals, the Warriors star Rick Barry made 48 shots and scored 55 points, replicating Chamberlain's performance, after which no one made another 48 shots in a single game.
Seventh: 10 blocks in a single game
At the critical moment of the game, giving the opponent a big hat can not only hinder the opponent's attack, but also boost the morale of the opponent, and if it can be frequently blocked, it can effectively hit the opponent's confidence, change the opponent's tactics, and make the opponent afraid to enter the forbidden area.
The NBA has a lot of block masters, Eaton is one, on April 26, 1085, Eaton hat 10 opponents under the basket, becoming the first player in the NBA to block 10 blocks in a single game in the playoffs, the past 5 years, Olajuwon also sent 10 blocks in the game, after 12 years, Bynum copied the performance of two predecessors, and the three of them held this record together.
Sixth: 10 steals in a single game Iverson
The player dribbling skills of the NBA players are very good, even if they are more than 2.10 meters tall, they also dribble better than many professional players, and the coach also requires them to protect the ball, so it is difficult to break their ball, but when encountering a skilled stealer, you can't protect the ball.
On May 13, 1995, in the game between the 76ers and the Magic, Iverson frantically stole the Magic ball, even if the Magic players have been very careful, but still can not avoid being robbed, the whole game, Iverson a total of 10 steals, set a new playoff single-game steal record, ahead of the second place 2, this record, Iverson has maintained to this day.
Fifth: 19 assists in a single game Magician Stockton
Playoffs game intensity is high, defense is more tight, only rely on individual singles, is unable to break the opponent's defense, to achieve the victory of the game, need to have strong organizational ability, good passing people, with passing teammates, break the opponent's defense, the playoffs are a stage to test the ability of point guards.
On May 15, 1984, Magic Johnson represented the Lakers against the Suns, in the game, he used the pass to dismantle the opponent's defense, in Johnson's passing, the Suns' defense line gradually disintegrated, in the end, the Lakers won the Suns, Magic Johnson set a new single-game assist record in the playoffs, on May 17, 1988, another legendary guard Stockton also achieved 24 assists in a single game, and the two held this record together until now.
Fourth: 41 rebounds in a single game Oxlade-Chamberlain
Basketball board is very important in basketball games, so there is a rebound is the lifeline of the sentence, can grab a lot of basketball players, in which team are welcome, in the playoffs this game of every ball must be contested, rebounding is very important.
On April 5, 1967, Chamberlain dominated the rebounding game against the Celtics, and he single-handedly grabbed 41 rebounds, setting a single-game rebounding record in the playoffs, which surprised Celtic players such as Russell, and this record has been held by Chamberlain for 55 years, and no one has been able to break it, and according to this trend, this record is likely to keep Chamberlain for another 55 years.
Third: 12 three-pointers in a single game Lillard
Compared to scoring 2 points in the low position through back-to-back singles, it is more efficient to score 3 points from a quick shot on the outside, so many players have changed their playing style, and coaches will also arrange some three-point tactics, in this environment, it is more important to be able to hit three-pointers efficiently on the court.
On June 1, 211, Lillard played in the Blazers and Nuggets, this game, the Blazers and others did not play well, all supported by Lillard's scoring on the court, and Lillard's performance was really outstanding, especially the three-pointer, this game, he shot 12 of 17 three-pointers, creating a playoff single-game hit three-point record, but unfortunately the Blazers lost this game.
Second: 24 goals in a single game
Scoring goals in the playoffs is not an easy task, because the playoffs defense is more targeted, many players can't adapt to the playoff defense, can't score the ball, and some players, they face targeted and high-intensity defense, they are not affected at all, but scored a lot of goals.
On March 14, 1960, Chamberlain faced the Defense of the Nationals and scored 24 goals, setting a single-game playoff goal record, which no one touched for the next ten years, and on April 1, 1973, Havriček hit 24 goals in the game, alongside Zhang Bo, and on May 1, 188, Jordan hit 24 goals, holding this record with Chamberlain and Havlicek.
First: 63 points in a single game Jordan
Basketball is a sport in which scoring determines victory or defeat, which details are done well, are not as good as the opponents, so everything players and coaches do on the court is to score, only to score, this is a good player, but there are too few players who can cut 60+ in the playoffs.
In the 60s and 70s of the last century, there was a player with a particularly strong scoring ability, his name was Baylor, he cut 60+ in the playoffs, breaking the single-game scoring record in the playoffs, this record is known to be broken by Jordan in the 85-86 season, he scored 63 points in the playoffs, creating a new single-game scoring record in the playoffs, this record has not only been broken by no one, but no one can approach it.