How hard is it to have 7 40 points and 10 boards in the playoffs? In the past 62 years, only 5 people in the NBA have done it, and two active players are on the list

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2024-05-15 18:21Posted in Henan Sports Creators

The NBA playoffs are considered to have the role of testing the quality of stars, some stars in the regular season "call for wind and rain", but in the more intensive playoffs, there is a shrinkage of data, through the playoff play can also see which players are "real thighs" and which are not worthy of the name.

There are not many players who can still deliver excellent data on the stage of the playoffs, and there may be only a few scattered every season, after all, as long as there is an excellent performance, the opponent may face the general study as if placed under a magnifying glass, and it is even more difficult to continue the previous performance, but some stars can withstand the pressure, continue to help the team from different aspects, and hand over "beautiful" data, looking back on the history of the NBA in the past 62 years, there are 5 people who have played at least 40 points and 10 boards in a single game in the playoffs 7 times!

No. 5: Olajuwon (7 times)

Olajuwon is a historical center who can do the integration of offense and defense, in the "84 Diamond Generation" draft, Olajuwon is the top pick, the second season of his career, Jordan suffered a round of playoff in the same year, Olajuwon led the Rockets all the way to the finals, during which he received the first playoff 40 points and 10 boards in his career.

Facing the Lakers led by "Magic" Johnson in the West Finals, the Rockets were defeated by Olajuwon with 4 consecutive wins to defeat the opponent in the first game, and in the series G3, Olajuwon overturned the river on the inside, scoring 40 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks.

After the second round of the 1987 playoffs between the Rockets and the SuperSonics series G6, facing a "battle of life and death", Olajuwon did his best, slashing 49 points and 25 rebounds like a rage, and one person fought for 11 frontcourt rebounds, and the SuperSonics team only had 13 frontcourt rebounds, but Olajuwon was unable to support it alone, and the Rockets unfortunately lost by 3 points.

In the 1988 playoffs, the Rockets faced the Mavericks in the first round, and Olajuwon exploded with amazing energy in this round of the series, averaging 37.5 points, 16.8 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 2.3 steals and 2.8 blocks per game, G2 and G4 got 41 points, 26 rebounds and 40 points and 15 rebounds respectively.

In 1994, Olajuwon became a more skilled team leader, winning MVP and DPOY this season, and leading the team to the Trail Blazers and Suns to the Western Conference finals in the playoffs.

In the head-to-head conversation between the Western Conference and the Jazz interior group led by Karl Malone, Olajuwon averaged 27.8 points, 10.2 rebounds, 4.4 assists, 2.6 steals and 4.6 blocks per game, of which G2, Olajuwon scored 41 points and 13 rebounds, led the team to victory, helped the team take a 2-0 lead in the series, and finally advanced.

In this season's finals, Olajuwon and Ewing had a peak showdown, the Rockets and the Knicks fought to tie-break, and Olajuwon's Rockets had the last laugh, and he won the championship trophy as he wished.

In 1995, the Rockets won the championship again with the help of Olajuwon, this season they experienced ups and downs, lineup changes, injuries, the Rockets only ranked sixth in the West in the regular season, but they became the only team in history to win the championship with such a ranking, the West final against the Spurs, Olajuwon in the competition against another great center in the league, David Robinson, almost completely defeated the opponent.

Olajuwon averaged 35.3 points, 12.5 rebounds, 5 assists, 1.3 steals and 4.2 blocks per game in the series, while David Robinson had 23.8 points, 11.3 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 1.5 steals and 2.2 blocks.

4th place: Brother Alphabet (7 times)

The former skinny guy Brother Alphabet has been trained into a "Greek monster" with horizontal meat, Brother Alphabet is full of destructive power to the opponent's defense line in the game, and the difficulty of single defense is quite high, and his influence on the game can be carried out in the playoffs.

In the 2020-21 season, Brother Alphabet led the Bucks to win the second championship in team history, and in just one playoffs, Brother Alphabet has blasted at least 40 points and 10 boards 4 times.

In the second round of the playoffs, the Bucks vs. the Nets, Brother Alphabet and Durant each led the team to stage a "Mars Collides with Earth" matchup in the series, and the two sides fought to tie-break, and Brother Alphabet scored 40 points and 13 rebounds to help the Bucks beat the Nets in overtime to advance.

And in the finals, after the first two games of the series, the Bucks fell into a disadvantageous situation with a total score of 0-2, and G2 did not prevent the opponent from winning even though he struggled to score 42 points and 12 rebounds.

G3 returned to the home court, Brother Alphabet still maintained a high level of competitive state, and led the team to a 20-point victory with a high of 41 points and 13 rebounds from the two teams, the Bucks' counterattack horn officially sounded, the team's morale was greatly boosted, and the turnaround was completed, and G6 Brother Alphabet used 50 points and 14 rebounds to help the Bucks end the series.

In the second round of the 2022 playoffs, the Bucks faced the Celtics, who conceded 104.5 points per game in the regular season that season, the best in the league, even in the face of such a defensive line, Brother Alphabet could still average 33.9 points per game, and at least 40 points and 10 boards in a single game three times, but the Celtics, who had thicker bench depth and a better overall balance, had the last laugh.

3rd place: Abdul-Jabbar (8 times)

Abdul-Jabbar can be described as one of the representative players of the NBA's debut. In his rookie season, he averaged 28.8 points and 14.5 rebounds per game, and was selected to the All-NBA and All-Defensive Team, and in the playoffs, Abdul-Jabbar was not afraid at all, scoring 36 points and 20 rebounds in his career playoff debut, and in this series with the Bucks across the 76ers, Abdul-Jabbar averaged 36.2 points and 15.8 rebounds per game, G5 returned home with a 3-1 overall score advantage, and he slashed 46 points and 25 rebounds to help the Bucks end the series.

In 1974, Abdul-Jabbar brought the Bucks to the Finals for the second time in four years, in which in the series against the Bulls in the division finals, Abdul-Jabbar completely destroyed the opponent's interior line and helped the Bucks complete the sweep of the opponent, and the series G2 scored 44 points and 21 rebounds on the opponent's home court, incarnating as a "home silencer".

In 1977, Abdul-Jabbar, who was already wearing the Lakers jersey, led the team to the playoffs, and in the first round staged a "scoring battle" with the league's famous outside "scoring expert" Rick Barry.

In the series, Abdul-Jabbar's limelight completely overshadowed Rick Barry, the Lakers and the Warriors played 7 games, Abdul-Jabbar blasted at least 40 points and 10 rebounds four times, averaging 37.1 points and 18.7 rebounds per game in the series, in addition to averaging 4.3 assists, 2 steals and 3.6 blocks per game.

Later, against the 1977 NBA championship team Trail Blazers, Abdul-Jabbar averaged 30.3 points and 16 rebounds per game in a head-to-head confrontation with young and excellent interior Bill Wharton, and G2 scored 40 points and 17 rebounds.

In the 1979-80 season, Abdul-Jabbar won the MVP for the last time in his career, which was also his sixth MVP, and he also helped the Lakers win the championship this season, perhaps for this year's finals, many fans have the impression that G6 "Magic" Johnson cut 42 points and 15 rebounds with the remnants to win, and looking back at the first 5 games of the series, it will be found that Abdul-Jabbar's performance cannot be ignored, he can average 33.4 points, 13.6 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 4.6 blocks per game.

In the key "Battle of Kings Mountain", Abdul-Jabbar scored at least 40 points and 10 rebounds in the playoffs for the last time in his career, he hit 16 of 24 shots in the game, got 40 points and 15 rebounds, and helped the Lakers win and get the match point when "Magic" Johnson was inaccurate and only 4 of 13 shots, and then it was "Magic" Johnson who won G6 with the injured Lakers of Abdul-Jabbar and completed the championship.

No. 2: O'Neill (12 times)

On the list of the most dominant centers in the NBA, O'Neal is often not absent, and at his peak he was almost an unstoppable "inside monster", and even affected his team's direct championship rivals to hoard a large number of "heavy centers" to a certain extent.

In the second round of the 1996 playoffs, O'Neal scored at least 40 points and 10 rebounds in a single playoff game for the first time in his career. The Magic competed with the Hawks in the second round, the Hawks were led by Steve Smith, and there was Leitner, who had won gold in the Barcelona Olympics with the "Dream Team", but he couldn't limit O'Neal's play at all, and he was beaten by O'Neal with 41 points and 13 rebounds, and finally only lasted 5 games and was eliminated.

O'Neal's remaining 11 40-point-and-10-rebound appearances in his playoff career came with the Lakers, when he gave a first-round lesson to the young "Roaring Heaven" Rasheed Wallace in the first round of the 1997 series, scoring 46 points and 11 rebounds in the first game of the series, leading the Lakers to a 3-1 overall victory over the Trail Blazers in the format at the time.

In the 2000 playoffs, O'Neal scored at least 40 points and 10 rebounds in a single game five times before and after.

Whether it is the Kings with Webb and Divac inside, or the Trail Blazers who have experienced reinforcement and have the "roof of the world" Avitas Sabonis, with Rasheed Wallace and Brian Grant on his side, or the 2.24 meters Schmitz Pacers on the inside are difficult to limit O'Neal, and the Pacers have experienced O'Neal at least 40 points and 10 boards three times in the series, all of these teams have become stepping stones for O'Neal to help the Lakers complete the three-game championship.

In the 2001 playoffs and the 2002 playoffs, O'Neal played at least 40 points and 10 rebounds three and two times respectively, one of which came from the 2001 Finals G1, some fans are familiar with this game may be because of Iverson's amazing individual performance, he scored 48 points in the game, looking back at that game, O'Neal also contributed a wonderful performance, he still scored 44 points and grabbed 20 rebounds under the main defense of Mutombo on the DPOY inside line that season.

No. 1: James (15 times)

Beating out four other stars who have played mainly inside in their careers, James ranks first in the list of at least 40 points and 10 rebounds in a single game in his nearly 62 playoff career.

Although James has also denied being described as a "scorer", there is no doubt that when it comes to the game, he is often the reliable player when the team needs to score, and in the 2018 playoffs, James scored 40+ in a single game 8 times, tied with Jerry West for the first time in history, and they are the two players with the most 40+ games in an NBA playoffs.

And James can also help the team from a variety of angles, including of course, rebounding, his judgment of the rebound landing point, card position awareness is quite impressive, and he also contributed a lot of shots of successfully picking up rebounds with half a head of his own inside. In the 2023 playoffs, James has achieved at least 40 points and 10 rebounds in a single playoff game for the 15th time in his career, and a 39-year-old veteran has done this under the defense of the Nuggets, the champions of the season.

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