In the NBA, the world's highest basketball league, playing time often means the ability and importance of a player, especially in the playoffs. Many players are reused by coaches in the regular season because of their own ability defects, but once they reach the playoffs, they will be greatly reduced by coaches, or even abandoned, and this season's Rondo and last season's McGee are two very typical examples. So, in the long history of the NBA's 75 years, which players can become the players who have the most average playing time per game in the playoffs and are most needed by the team?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > tenth place: Larry Bird</h1>
Before LeBron James made his debut, the first small forward in history undoubtedly belonged to Larry Bird. In the decade of the 1980s, Larry Bird led the team to win three championships, arguably the brightest star among the most powerful giants of the era.
In the playoffs, he played in 164 games, averaging 23.8 points, 10.3 rebounds and 6.5 assists per game, shooting 47.9% from the field, which may not seem like much now, but it will look very dazzling compared to the outside stars of the last century.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="5" > ninth place: LeBron James</h1>
As of this year, LeBron James has played 267 playoff games, with 174 of them winning. In those years of the Heat and Cavaliers 2.0, as long as there was him, his team basically wouldn't have a Finals.
Since his debut, he has always been known as "Iron Man" and "Physical Fitness". Although his average playing time is "only" 42.1 minutes per game, "can only" rank ninth in history, his total number of appearances in 267 games can undoubtedly rank first in history, which shows his dominance over the sport.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="7" > eighth place: Dave Cowens</h1>
In such a talent-only league, white athletes like Larry Bird and Dave Coff Coarnes, who are physically less talented, but who have their own place in NBA history, are truly admirable.
In a career spanning more than a decade, has twice led the Celtics to championships. In 42.3 minutes of average playing time, the Celtics star averaged 18.9 points, 3.7 assists and 14.4 rebounds per game, and thanks to his excellent performance, the Boston giants, who had fallen after the retirement of Bill Russell, rebuilt the dynasty again, and he became a member of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="9" > seventh place: Walter-Fraser</h1>
Walter Fraser, known as "Freke the Rogue", can be said to be the hero of the New Yorkers, who helped the New York Knicks win the championship twice in his career, making New York the most brilliant team in the NBA in the 70s.
As a number one, he has excellent scoring and rebounding skills. In his 93 playoff trips, he averaged 21+6+7 per game, 51.1 percent shooting percentage, and was the second-highest-average player in the league in terms of playoff average playtime.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="11" > sixth place: Oscar Robertson</h1>
As a player who played in the NBA in the 60s and 70s, Robertson took out a comprehensive range that was rare for a guard of his time, averaging 30+10+9 per game in his rookie season, and 31+12+11 in the second season. And for nine consecutive years, it has ranked in the top five of the single-season scoring list and assist list, and has been selected for the NBA for nine consecutive years.
In 86 playoff games, Robertson averaged 22+9+6 per game, but even with such excellent statistics, in the first half of his career, he did not win any championships, until he was 32 years old, he concentrated on playing for Abdul-Abdul-Jabbar, and achieved his dream of a championship.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="13" > fifth place: Jojo White</h1>
In the 1969 draft, the Celtics selected Jojo White with the 9th pick in the first round, after which White played for the team for 10 seasons, during which time he was selected seven All-Stars, led the team to two championships, and won the Finals MVP in 1976.
White played a total of 80 playoff games, and in these 80 playoff games, he averaged 21+6+4 per game, arguably one of the Celtics' most important weapons in the playoffs.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="15" > fourth place: Elvin Hayes</h1>
In the NBA's all-time rebounding list, Elvin Hayes ranks fourth in history after the three ancient gods of Chamberlain, Russell and Abdul-Jabbar. In a sixteen-year career, Hayes was named to the All-Star twelve times and to the All-Team five times.
As one of the most talented big forwards in NBA history, Hayes has earned his place in the NBA with his strong style and outstanding ability. In the 96 playoff games of his career, he averaged 43.4 minutes per game, averaging 22 points and 13 rebounds per game, combined with the record of only missing 9 games in his 16-year career, Hayes is really an Iron Man!
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="17" > third place: Aaron Iverson</h1>
As a short guard of 1.8 meters 8, Aaron Iverson has become a general presence in the hearts of countless fans, a regular season MVP, four scoring champions, eleven All-Stars, as the shortest show in NBA history, Iverson has undoubtedly changed the NBA.
The playoffs averaged 30 points per game, which is the highest scoring player among the top ten players per game, especially in that year's Finals, where he led a group of "old and sick" and struggled to fight against the powerful Lakers, which is still unforgettable.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="19" > second place: Bill Russell</h1>
As the player with the most championships in NBA history, Russell has been named the regular season MVP five times, the All-Star 12 times, the All-Team three times, and the league's Best Defensive Team at one point.
He played 165 regular-season games in his career, averaged 45.4 minutes per game, and got 16 points and 25 rebounds, and if you have time, you can look at some videos of Russell's previous games, and you will be shocked by his physical talent. The Celtics player who played with Russell once said: If you know that russell is behind you, then your defense will definitely become more confident.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="21" > first place: Wilt Chamberlain</h1>
There may not be many people who have actually watched Chamberlain play now, but basically know that he has scored 100 points in a single game, once averaged 50 points per game in a season, once had 55 rebounds in a single game, combined with these data on a basketball player, you really don't think he is an Earthling.
47.2 playoff average playtime, it is estimated that no posterity can surpass, 24.5 rebounds per game, in addition to his nemesis Chamberlain, basically no one can pose a threat to him, he is a monster that constantly breaks records, but in his entire career, there are only two championship rings, which really makes people feel sorry for him.