As we all know, the NBA's playoffs are a huge meat grinder, and the defensive intensity is not at all a level compared to the regular season, and many super scorers who can score 30+ in the regular season can no longer maintain this state to lead the team forward in the playoffs. Therefore, some people say that a superstar who can prove himself in the playoffs is a real superstar, just like Allen Iverson who carries the team to the Finals! Today, the author will take you to take a look at those ruthless people who can score 700+ in a single season in the playoffs, and appreciate their superstar style.
6. Shaquille O'Neal, 707 points in the playoffs in the 99-00 season
Why do many people say that the Lakers' first two championships in a row Kobe Bryant is just a foil, and O'Neal is the well-deserved boss? In the 99-00 season and the 00-01 season playoffs, O'Neal's average of 30+15 per game and 700 points in a single season playoff is proof!
As Shaquille O'Neal, who signed a 100 million yuan contract with the Lakers in the summer of 1996, although the first three seasons of joining the Lakers were strong, they still did not reach their peak, and in the playoffs in the 97-98 season, he averaged 30.5 points, 10.2 rebounds and 2.6 blocks per game, but he could only lead the team to the Western Conference finals. In the 99-00 season playoffs per game, O'Neal was completely ruthless, averaging 30.7 points, 15.4 rebounds and 2.4 blocks per game with 30+15 data that made the Lakers he led all the way to the finals, and finally defeated the Pacers 4-2 to win the championship trophy. Throughout the playoffs, they played a total of 23 games, and O'Neal scored an exaggerated 707 points. In the 00-01 season, the Lakers were even more invincible, and O'Neal's stats were almost unchanged from the previous year, averaging 30.4 points, 15.4 rebounds and 2.4 blocks per game, and winning the championship in only 16 games in the playoffs. It can be said that if he plays a few more games, I am afraid that O'Neal will have another playoff 700-point experience.
5. Allen Iverson, 723 points in the 00-01 playoffs
As mentioned above, O'Neal's Lakers were invincible in the 00-01 season, winning the championship in just 16 games, which means they only lost one game in the playoffs that year, and that loss was against Allen Iverson's 75 team. Since entering the league in 96, Iverson has led the previous fish belly team to the playoffs one after another, and the 00-01 season is his pinnacle after the game, not only won the NBA regular season MVP award that season, but also led the team to the finals in 17 games with an average of 32.9 points, 4.7 rebounds, 6.1 assists and 2.4 steals per game, although he lost 1-4 to the Lakers led by O'Neal in the finals, but the feat of scoring 723 points in 22 games in the playoffs this season and the victory over the Lakers can be said to have made future generations remember him completely.
4. Hakim Olajuwon, 725 points in the playoffs in the 94-95 season
Jordan's strong rise in 91 has pressed everyone to establish a three-game Bulls dynasty, and as his contemporary, Olajuwon has never been able to lead the team to break through the West, so some people thought that Olajuwon did not have the strength of a superstar. However, Olajuwon proved that he is also a superstar, and after Jordan announced his retirement after completing his first three-game championship, Olajuwon took over his banner and led the team to a championship in the 93-94 season, becoming the only player in league history to win the regular season MVP, Finals MVP and Defensive Player of the Year awards in a single season. The following year, Olajuwon led the team to two consecutive championships with an average of 33 points, 10.3 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 2.8 blocks per game in the playoffs, and scored an astonishing 725 points in the playoffs throughout the season.
3. Kawhi Leonard, 732 points in the 18-19 playoffs
In addition to the above three superstars of the last century, there are also players on the current list. Kawhi Leonard, as a potential small forward who won the FMVP in 2014 by defending James, completely liberated his scoring ability after coming to the Raptors in 18, leading a group of untitled veterans to enter the Finals in six or seven games, and finally won the championship with an average of 30.5 points, 9.1 rebounds and 1.7 steals per game, and in that season, Leonard scored 732 points alone, showing his superstar style.
2. LeBron James, 748 points in the playoffs in the 17-18 season
Like Leonard, the current emperor LeBron James has accomplished such a feat, but like Iverson, he did not win the championship that season. The 17-18 season was James' fourth season back in Cleveland, and the team was full of old and sick. It can be said that that season was almost James a super Warrior team who led the team to the championship, although in the end it was not low with Kevin Durant, but the average of 34 points, 9.1 rebounds and 9 assists per game in the playoffs, as well as the feat of scoring a total of 748 points, are enough to make the world remember this super player who is as fierce as Thanos.
1. Jordan, 91-92 playoffs with a total of 759 points
As Michael Jordan, the well-deserved number one person in the league, it is natural that his name will be on such a list. The 91-92 season was the second year of Jordan's first three-in-a-row dynasty, and there were important main players in the team who were injured, so they played very hard, but Jordan stood up as the team's boss and scored 759 points with an average of 34.5 points, 6.2 rebounds, 5.8 assists and 2 steals per game in the playoffs, and finally led the team to win the championship trophy. It was then that the old rascal who was as strong as the god of basketball in the playoffs was thoroughly remembered.