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Shai now has the 2nd most 30-point playoff games in OKC Thunder history!
39 - KD
27 - SGA
26 - Westbrook
5 - Paul George
3 - Jalen Williams
Kyrie Irving in game 5 of the NBA Finals to avoid elimination: 41 PTS | 6 ASTS | 2 STLS | 17/24 FG | 5/7 3P | 82 TS One of the single greatest performances there has ever been in The Finals
Michael Jordan , 28 years ago (1998 ECF, Game 2): 41 PTS, 5 AST, 4 REB, 4 STL, 0 TOV, 69% TS, 13/22 FGA (59%), 15/18 FTA (83%)
Shai led the way for OKC as he dropped a game-high 30 PTS to tie the series at 1-1!
Richard Hamilton has the weirdest unbreakable record: He led his team in scoring without making a single FG. 14 PTS 0-10 FG 14-14 FT
Sunday’s matchup between the Las Vegas Aces and Atlanta Dream averaged 1.24 million viewers, making it the most-watched WNBA Sunday game ever in May. ✨
when Kevin Martin absolutely caught fire. He dropped 50 on Golden State back in 2009. One of those forgotten scoring explosions.
On this day in 1996, Michael Jordan won his 4th MVP award after receiving 109 of 113 first-place votes (96.5%).
MJ finished his career with 5 MVPs, and starting in 2022-23, the NBA renamed the award the Michael Jordan Trophy.
Since 1996, only four players have received a higher share of first-place MVP votes:
• LeBron James (2012-13)
• Shaquille O'Neal (1999-00)
• Kevin Garnett (2003-04)
• Stephen Curry (2015-16)
In 1987, Michael Jordan scored 3,000 points... Nearly 40 years later, no player has managed to match that figure in a single season. The players who came closest are: - Michael Jordan (1988): 2,868 points - Kobe Bryant (2006): 2,832 points
The Knicks ended tonight’s game on a 44-11 run. No other NBA team in the last 20 years has scored at least 44 of the game’s final 55 points (reg or post).
46 points, 10 assists,1 turnover in a Game 7 - Kevin Johnson had a huge night but Mario’s “Kiss of Death” ended up stealing the story.
Let’s try this again, last night was fun. Best team of players that never won a ring 💍 What’s your 5?
NOTE: This game is called Draftbattle - https://draftbattle.app and it was built by a couple of friends of mine who love these discussions (posting here because on the last post I got asked about it).
Context: this is a game in which each round I get a team (eg at PF I got the Mavs, so I could only pick a player from the Mavs that was never a champion)
The game is called Draftbattle - https://draftbattle.app and it was built by a couple of friends of mine who love these discussions (mentioning here because on the last post I got asked about it).
So you could either tell me a better team of players without a ring no restrictions or a better team with the following restrictions:
PG - (LAL)
SG - (NYK)
SF - (NOP)
PF - (DAL)
C - (PHI)
Curious to hear your thoughts on this 🫡
Shaq’s MVP season in 2000 (121 out of 122 MVP votes)
Scoring: 1st
FG%: 1st
REB: 2nd
BLK: 3rd
He also averaged 38 PTS, 17 REB, 3 BLK in the Finals
Players with 40 PTS and 20 REB in a Conference or NBA Finals game in the last 25 years
Victor Wembanyama
Shaquille O'Neal
Victor Wembanyama (22 years, 134 days) passes Lew Alcindor (22 years, 352 days) as the youngest player with 40 points and 20 rebounds in a playoff game
The Spurs are owning the Thunder at a historic rate
This is the first time the Eastern and Western Conference finals Game 1s have both gone to overtime
Building a team with no-all stars. What’s the best 5 you can think of?
Context: this is a game in which each round I get a team (eg at PG I got the Grizzlies, so I could only pick a player from the Grizzlies)
I’m curious to hear opinions though as almost all great players were all stars
EDIT: The game is called Draftbattle- https://draftbattle.app and it was built by a couple of friends of mine who love these discussions (posting here because on the post I got asked about it).