There are many famous empty slash group leaders in the NBA, such as Kobe Bryant's 58-point loss to the Bobcats, Beal's 60-point loss to Philadelphia, Lillard's 60-point loss to the Nets, Booker's 70-point loss to the Celtics, etc., in addition, Anthony Davis and Cousins are frequent visitors to the air-cutting group, but these all happened during the regular season after all, so what are the cases of high-scoring losses in the playoffs? Let's take a look!
No. 10: Jordan, lost to the Cavaliers in the first round of G4 in '89, data: 50 points, 4 assists, 3 steals!
In the 89 season, the Cavaliers had a 57-25 record and ranked second in the East, when the Bulls only had 47 wins in the lower half of the East, but after the first round of the series, Jordan took a 2:1 lead, and the first round of the playoffs was still a best-of-5 system, and in the fourth game of the series, Jordan scored 50 points in 14 of 28 in the fourth game of the series and tried to win the opponent in one go, but his teammates were inefficient and finally lost in overtime, and then the fifth game of life and death Jordan's repeatedly played "the shot" was killed, In the entire series, Jordan had 39.8 points, 5.8 rebounds, 8.2 assists and 3 steals, which was a heavenly performance.
The number of replays of this ball is second only to the first shot of the century in '98
Ninth place: Kobe Bryant, lost to the Suns in the first round of G6 in 06, data: 50 points, 5 assists and 3 steals!
This year, the Suns were second in the West, the Lakers won 45 and the seventh in the West, the Lakers took the lead in the first four games of the series 3:1, and the Suns pulled back a game at home in the fifth game, and then in the sixth game Kobe Bryant tried to end the series at the Lakers' home court, but Kobe Bryant scored 50 points in 20 of 35 at the same time, the Suns Nash scored 32 points, Barbossa 22 points, Marion 20 points, and the Lakers lost unfortunately after overtime.
One of Bryant's famous playoff scenes
Eighth place: Murray, lost to the Jazz in the first round of G4 in 20, data: 50 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists!
In this game, Murray scored 50 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists on 18-of-31, but Mitchell also scored 51 points on 15-of-27 from the field, plus Mike Conley contributed 26 points on 8-of-13, and the Nuggets lost 127-129 in the end.
Seventh place: Ray Allen, lost to the Bulls in the first round of G6 in 09, data: 51 points, 3 assists and 3 steals!
In the 09 season, the Celtics won a 62-20 record, but Kevin Garnett's sudden injury near the playoffs cast a shadow on the Celtics' prospects, and the first round of the Celtics and the 41-win Bulls played seven games to separate the winners, including the sixth game Ray Allen scored 51 points and fought three overtimes to lose 127-128.
The Bulls were centered on Gordon and rookie Rose at the time
Sixth place: Wei Shao, lost to the Rockets in the first round of G2 in 17, data: 51 points, 10 rebounds and 13 assists!
In this year's playoffs, Wei Shao averaged 37.4 points, 11.6 rebounds and 10.8 assists per game, including a 50+ triple-double in the second game of the series, but Wei Shao only hit 17 of 43 shots in the whole game, and the scoring efficiency was slightly worse.
Fifth place: James, lost to the Warriors in G1 in the 18 Finals, data: 51 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists!
After Kyrie Irving was replaced by George Hill, the Cavaliers' overall strength declined further in 18 years, but the first game of the Finals Cavaliers still scared the Warriors into a cold sweat, George Hill got two free throws with 4 seconds left in the fourth quarter, at this time the Cavaliers only trailed by 1 point at 106:107, and as a result, Hill made one of the two free throws and the two sides entered overtime, and then in overtime, James only scored 2 points on 0 of 4 shots, and finally the Cavaliers lost four games in a row and were swept 0:4.
James failed to win by 51 points, and the next three games were all over the place
Fourth place: Jokic, lost to the Suns in the second round G4 in '23, data: 53 points, 4 rebounds and 11 assists!
In this game, Jokic scored 53 points and 11 assists on 20-of-30 shooting, but the Suns' dual-core Durant and Booker both scored 36 points, of which Durant was 11-of-19 and Devin Booker was 14-of-18 efficient, which was the last playoff game the Suns won this year.
Third place: Lillard, lost to the Nuggets in the first round of G5 in '21, data: 55 points, 6 rebounds and 10 assists!
In the first four games of the series, the Trail Blazers and Nuggets tied 2:2, so the fifth game of Tianwang Mountain was extremely critical, and finally the two sides fought two overtimes, Lillard scored 55 points and still lost to the Nuggets 140:147, Lillard averaged 34.3 points and 10.2 assists per game in this series, although the Nuggets had MVP Jokic, but teammate Jamal Murray was reimbursed for the season and failed to play, so not only did the first round play difficult, but the second round was 0:4 swept out by the Suns.
When it was over, the two broke up
Second place: Mitchell, lost to the Nuggets in the first round of G1 in 20, data: 57 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists!
In this game, Mitchell was completely held back by his teammates, and the starter Royce O'Neal only scored 3 points on 1-of-6 and Morgan only scored 3 points on 1-of-5, so Mitchell still lost to the opponent after fighting for an overtime.
The league's top interior line
No. 1: Jordan, lost to the Celtics in the first round of G2 in '86, data: 63 points, 6 assists and 3 steals!
This game is familiar, the NBA playoffs personal single-game high score came from this game, 41 shooting 22 of 53.7% shooting rate cut 63 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks, but opposite Larry Bird 36 points and 12 rebounds, McHale 27 points and 15 rebounds, Danny Aegie 24 points three scored 20+, and finally the Bulls lost to the opponent after two overtime.