On May 5, Beijing time, the NBA playoff division final g2 continued, and the Lone Ranger challenged the Suns away. The first three quarters of the game were very anxious, but Paul suddenly made a force in the final quarter, scoring 14 points in a single quarter, leading the Suns to 40 points in a single quarter, and a 20-point victory over the Lone Ranger. Doncic can be described as a single player in the game, he scored 35 points on 12 of 22 shots, but his teammates only scored in double figures, so he still regrettably lost.
However, Doncic still achieved an all-time first after this game, that is, the playoffs averaged 33.5 points per game, surpassing Jordan's 33.4 points and temporarily ranking first. In this year's playoffs, Doncic scored 45 points against the Suns' G1, while against the Clippers last year, Doncic scored 46 and 44 points respectively, which was his highest single-game scoring in the playoffs. With only 18 playoff games and 6 40+, it's no wonder Doncic has won a game for three consecutive years, and he will undoubtedly be one of the future facades of the NBA. And when Doncic became the first in history, you knew how great Jordan was
Doncic is strong, but after all, the sample of 18 games is too small, and 16 of them are in the first round, not at a higher level. And now is the era of small ball, the game is fast-paced, the defensive intensity is small, a game often gets 110 points, 120 points, and the difficulty of getting high scores is much less than before.
Jordan averaged 33.4 points per game, but played 179 playoff games, which is 10 times that of Doncic, and 35 of them were Finals. Jordan's opponents, from the Celtics, to the Lakers Pistons, and then to the Jazz and Supersonics, may have a team that can win him in the series, but it is really impossible to limit him, 13 playoff trips, only 84-85 seasons, averaging less than 30 points per game, but also 29.3 points high, and this year, it is only Jordan's rookie season.
In the 90s, the intensity of the NBA's defense was unprecedented, and the league encouraged physical confrontation with high-pressure defense, taking the 1998 Finals, playing 6 games and scoring hundreds of games. Jordan is facing an unprecedented defensive intensity, and the Pistons even specially formulated Jordan's rules to limit him, but the effect is minimal, and Jordan can come up with a super performance no matter what kind of opponent he faces. In this case, Jordan also maintained an efficient shooting percentage, averaging 48.7% per game in the playoffs.
Doncic has 4.8 turnovers, Jordan has only 3.1, and he consumes even less ball. And today Doncic was clearly targeted by the Suns on the defensive end, and how many goals Paul scored against Doncic singles. Jordan is a true offensive and defensive body, averaging 2.1 steals and 0.9 blocks per game in the playoffs, always being the outside scorer who actively defends opponents.
So, while Doncic can temporarily surpass Jordan in scoring, the supergiant between the two is undoubtedly huge, and it also shows us that Jordan is almost impossible to achieve.