Only 6 people in the NBA have scored 5,000 points in the playoffs, which of them is the fastest? James was second

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2024-05-21 14:42Posted in Henan Sports Creators

Every player involved in the playoffs faces a lot of challenges, players who can still provide stable offensive firepower for the team in a high-pressure environment can often influence the trend of the series, and some stars can still deliver explosive scoring performances under the opponent's tight defense, this season's playoffs, Edwards, who led the Timberwolves to return to the Western Conference after 20 years, hit 40+ in a single game three times, the second most in the league.

It's not easy to score 30 points in a single game at the intensity of the playoffs, and because of this, it's not easy to hit the 5,000-point milestone, and only 6 players have done it in the NBA's more than 70-year history, so who are they, and which star has the fastest to reach 5,000 points in the playoffs? Let's find out!

Sixth, Duncan (236 games)

Playoff averages:

20.6 points, 11.4 rebounds and 3 assists, shooting 50.1% from the field

Duncan attracted the attention of a large number of NBA team scouts before entering the league, and many NBA teams did not hesitate to compete for the top pick in order to get him, and after entering the league, Duncan also successfully cashed in on his talent, and was selected to the All-Star Team and the All-Defensive Team in his rookie season, ranking fifth on the MVP final list, and he helped the Spurs improve their regular season record from 20-62 in the previous season to 56-26.

In his playoff debut, Duncan shot 57.1% from the field and scored 32 points efficiently, as if he didn't have any discomfort in the high-pressure game environment, and played with ease, without the jerkiness of a rookie, in the competition with the long-established legendary power forward Carl Malone, Duncan's performance was also eye-catching, with a 59.1% shooting rate in a single game and a brilliant moment of 33 points.

In the second season of his career, Duncan took the Spurs to win the championship, and after competing with him, Garnett called himself so tired that he was going to cramp, and then confronted another great power forward Nowitzki in the series, Duncan even beat Nowitzki, who is known for his offensive ability, in the second round of the Spurs against the Mavericks in 2006, Duncan averaged 32 points per game, and Nowitzki was 5 points lower.

Duncan has the ability to be the team's offensive axis, when the Spurs win the championship, he often has a shot of him playing unpredictable footwork in the low post to break the opponent's defense and score the ball for the team, leading the team to win the championship five times, Duncan has been the Spurs' scoring champion in the playoffs four times, the only time he is not was in the 2013-14 season, he is 37 years old, and still has an average of 16.3 points per game, and the offensive victory contribution value is 2.0, second only to the 39-year-old James, who has led the team to two consecutive championships.

At the age of 38, Duncan scored more than 5,000 points in his playoff career, scoring 28 points on 60.9 percent shooting against Griffin, a 13-year-old Beastist power forward, and 5,172 points in the playoffs in Game 251 and final of his career.

Fifth, O'Neill (196 games)

Playoff averages:

24.3 points, 11.6 rebounds and 2.7 assists, shooting 56.3% from the field

O'Neal showed amazing destructive power under the basket in his rookie year, not only to tear the basket, but also to target the opponent's defense, and in the second season of his career, he was already the league's top scorer in shooting percentage, leading the league in shooting percentage, and won the scoring title one year after that.

While with the Magic, O'Neal made his first trip to the Finals on the inside, allowing Jordan to experience his only playoff series loss between 1991 and his retirement. From the 1999-00 season to the 2001-02 season, O'Neal was the team's central axis and the team's well-deserved leading scorer, he lifted three championship trophies, also won three FMVPs, and scored 5,250 points in his playoff career.

Even after experiencing injuries and declining athleticism due to age, O'Neal is still the focus of many championship teams in the league when reinforcing them, and the Mavericks who reached the finals in 2006 have three centers at least 2.13 meters tall, as well as the self-proclaimed "second center in the West" 2.11 meters tall defensive interior Dampier, even so, O'Neal still helped the Heat complete the championship.

No. 4, Kobe Bryant (196 games)

Playoff averages:

25.6 points, 5.1 rebounds and 4.7 assists while shooting 44.8% from the field and 33.1% from three-point range

Kobe Bryant did not play the role of the peak of the show, he used to call the wind and rain in the high school league, and in the first period after going to the NBA, he even experienced a three-in-a-row shooting in the playoffs facing elimination, of course, this will not defeat him, but become a stronger power source. Kobe Bryant recalled that experience in an interview that he was already thinking about how he could improve his leg strength.

As a result, we saw Kobe Bryant grow from a dunk player with excellent ball sense to a breakthrough sharp attacker, and grew into an offensive all-rounder with both low-post offensive skills and mid-to-long-range shooting, and in this way, Kobe Bryant scored 5,640 points in his playoff career.

Kobe Bryant can score 50 points in a playoff game, 49 points in a single game against Anthony, the "offensive kaleidoscope", can average 32 points per game in a series in front of defensive titan Bruce Bowen, and also played with an injury in the Finals, and scored six points in the team's last eight minutes when O'Neal was full of fouls to ensure that the team won the game.

Kobe Bryant's fiery and ferocious destructive power, and his all-round offensive skills, which helped the Lakers bring back five championships, and those five championship flags fluttered over the Lakers' home court.

No. 3, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (185 games)

Playoff averages:

24.3 points, 10.5 rebounds and 3.2 assists while shooting 53.3% from the field

Abdul-Jabbar's scoring ability, stability, and endurance can be said to be irreproachably strong, and his career season performance can be called quality and quantity, with a total of 5,762 points in the playoffs. Abdul-Jabbar showed outstanding scoring ability early in his career, winning the scoring title in both 1970-71 and 1971-72, and in the 1969-70 season, as a rookie in the playoffs, Abdul-Jabbar delivered 56.7%, leading the league in shooting percentage and averaging a playoff high of 35.2 points per game.

In the 1970-71 season, Abdul-Jabbar, as the interior axis of the Bucks, was not only responsible for the team's interior rim, but also undertook the task of organizing and tearing apart the opponent's defense on the offensive end, and in this way, he could also shoot 51.5% from the field, averaging 26.6 points per game, bringing back the first championship in team history for the Bucks, and in the playoffs at that time, Abdul-Jabbar's player efficiency value of 25.3 was the highest in the league, and his offensive victory contribution value of 1.9 was also the first.

Abdul-Jabbar is not only the signature sky hook, the pace after turning towards the baseline, the turnover board near the blue frame, and the mid-to-long range shooting are quite proficient, so that at the age of 35, he can still play a league-high 27.1 points in the playoffs, and at the age of 38, he led the Lakers to win the championship in front of the top frontcourt combination in history such as Bird, McHale and Parish, shooting an average of 60.4% per game in six games. He averaged 25.7 points per game and was elected FMVP, the oldest player in NBA history to win the award.

No. 2, James (178 games)

Playoff averages:

28.4 points, 9 rebounds and 7.2 assists while shooting 49.7% from the field and 33.2% from three-point range

James' offensive methods were more like the traditional swingman style when he first entered the league, and he could be seen in the game with many mid-range shots, turnover shots, and layups after breaking through the bottom line, after that, James was stronger, and the breakthrough was more destructive, like a train, which could destroy the opponent's defense to "smithereens", and the defender paid fouls but it was likely that it only gave James a 2+1 chance.

After becoming more proficient in pace and mid-range shooting, James was able to average 35.3 points per game in a playoff trip, the league's leading scoring performance in the playoffs at the time, and over time, James continued to add new things to his arsenal of offensive skills, his off-ball movement made opponents unguardable, and his low back was also a great threat, leading the Heat to the Finals for the fourth consecutive year in a row in 2013-14, where James shot a whopping 40.7 percent three-point shooting.

In the 2015 Finals G6, James's playoff career total points exceeded 5,000 points, and the Cavaliers with a short major general faced the Warriors, he hit 40+ three times in the first five games of the series, one 39 points, and G6 also had 32 points, averaging 35.8 points per game in the series, the highest between the two teams, 9.8 points higher than the second Curry.

James's regular season total score is already the first in history, sprinting towards 40,000 points, and in his playoff career, he scored 8,162 points, which is also the highest in the NBA's more than 70-year history, and even the lead in the break, there are no players with 7,000 points or 6,000 points.

No. 1, Jordan (149 games)

Playoff averages:

33.4 points, 6.4 rebounds and 5.7 assists while shooting 48.7% from the field and 33.2% from three-point range

The 7 consecutive scoring titles in the regular season are enough to prove that a player's scoring ability is strong, but Chamberlain did this, and the average points per game in his playoff career were 7.6 points lower than in the regular season, so what about the average score per game in the 5 series of playoffs 40+? Not only did Jordan do that, but his playoff average of 33.4 points per game was higher than the 3.3 points per game in the regular season and the highest in history, and Jordan also holds the record for the highest single-game scoring in playoff history - 63 points.

Since Jordan's debut in the NBA, he has shown the power of left-handed breakthroughs, in addition, he also has a top-level mid-range shooting level, finishing ability under the basket, skillful dribbling skills, accurate jump shots and threatening back-to-back offensive methods, Jordan has all of them, in the game, Jordan will always give the opponent huge psychological pressure, that is, "if he wants, we may be finished at any time" pressure.

In 1997, Jordan at that time had readjusted after more than a year away from the NBA, and was able to win the MVP, scoring title, and lead the team to win the championship again, and in the process of chasing the second triple championship, he reached the 5,000-point milestone in Jordan's playoff career in the 1997 playoffs East Final and the Heat's series G2, scoring 23 points in the game, and the total playoff career score climbed to 5,022 points.

After that, Jordan only played 30 more playoff games, and his playoff career total eventually stopped at 5,987 points, which might not have been impossible for him to increase to 8,000 points without two retirements in his career.

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