The Lone Ranger lost to the Suns 114-121 in the Western Conference Semifinals, encountering a series "black opening", but Luka Doncic efficiently got a comprehensive statistic of 45 points, 12 rebounds and 8 assists, which can be said to be the last bullet. With 45+10+8 in a single game in the playoffs, who else but Doncic in the long history of the NBA?
In this game, Doncic played 44 minutes and 23 seconds, 15 shots from 30 shots, shooting 50.0%, including 11 shots 4-of-1 outside the three-point line, 14 free throw opportunities and 11 hits among all the players in the game, and a comprehensive statistic of 45 points, 12 rebounds and 8 assists, and the plus-minus of -4 is also the highest among the Lone Rangers' starters. Unfortunately, his beautiful stats did not help the Lone Ranger to win the game.
It's not easy to get 45+10+8 stats in a playoff game, and Alphabet Brother, who has won the regular season MVP and won the Finals MVP, has not played such a performance so far, and the most recent performance is Kevin Durant. The Grim Reaper, who was the MVP of the Finals, played 48 minutes in the Eastern Conference Semifinals Battle of Tianwangshan on June 15, 2021, shooting 69.6% from the field and 44.4% from three-point range, with 49 points, 17 rebounds, 10 assists, three steals and two blocks.
Durant has only had 45+ points, 10 rebounds and 8+ assists in just one playoff game so far, and LeBron James has played this twice. James finished with 47 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists from 60.0 percent shooting in the Cavaliers' victory over the Hawks on May 9, 2009, and also had 46 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists from 51.5 percent shooting in the Cavaliers' victory over the Celtics on May 25, 2018.
In addition to James, Russell Westbrook has also played 45+10+8 in the playoffs twice, namely the triple-double of 51 points, 10 rebounds and 13 assists in the Thunder's Game against the Rockets on April 19, 2017, and the Triple-double of 47 points, 11 rebounds and 9 assists in the Thunder's Game against the Rockets on April 25, 2017. Unfortunately, Wei Shao eventually lost both games, and Wei Shao is also the first player in the long history of the NBA to get 45+10+8 data in the playoffs and still lose.
In addition to the four people mentioned above, only Michael Jordan has ever scored 45+10+8 in the playoffs in NBA history, and the "basketball god" once scored 46 points, 11 rebounds and 9 assists with 61.8% shooting in the Bulls' victory over the Heat on April 24, 1992.
Doncic became the fifth player in NBA history to get 45+ points, 10 rebounds and 8+ assists in the playoffs, and now that Doncic is only 23 years and 64 days old, he has become the youngest player in NBA history to get such data in the playoffs, bringing forward james's record of the youngest in NBA history by more than a year. Although there are few wins in this series between the Lone Rangers and the Suns, Doncic's future is still bright.