The NBA’s all-time main scorer and its only postseason scorer every personal a playoff report that will likely be tough to match.
However that does not imply it’s not possible.
Again in 1993, Michael Jordan had a Recreation 4 for the ages within the convention finals towards the New York Knicks (who else?), dropping 54 factors in a 105-95 win for the Chicago Bulls.
That convention finals single-game scoring report nonetheless stands as we speak.
Quick-forward to 2012, and then-Warmth member LeBron James scored 235 factors in a seven-game convention finals sequence towards the Celtics, earlier than scoring 235 once more in 2018, then as a member of the Cavaliers, in a six-game sequence towards Orlando.
That report additionally stands as we speak.
Can any NBA famous person problem both of these data within the 2025 convention finals?
Let’s take a look at the percentages at DraftKings Sportsbook as of Might 19.
Any participant to interrupt Michael Jordan’s single-game convention finals factors report (55+ factors)
Sure: +2000 (guess $10 to win $210 whole)
Any participant to interrupt LeBron James’ convention finals factors in sequence report (236+ factors)
Sure: +1500 (guess $10 to win $160 whole)
When it comes to playoff factors per recreation common, Jordan is the all-time chief at 33.5 factors per recreation. Along with proudly owning that report and the report for many factors in a convention finals recreation, he additionally owns the report for many factors in a playoff recreation in NBA historical past (63).
Fairly the bucket, huh?
Properly, James is not far behind. His all-time NBA playoff factors per recreation common is 28.4 (sixth), and he holds the report for many postseason factors all time with 8,289.
For context, second all-time on the postseason scoring listing is Jordan — with 5,987 factors.
Nonetheless remaining on this yr’s postseason is the No. 1 regular-season scorer from this yr, Oklahoma Metropolis’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the participant that many have in comparison with Jordan since he entered the league, Minnesota’s Anthony Edwards, and the NBA’s Clutch Participant of the 12 months, New York’s Jalen Brunson.
SGA had video games of 54, 52, 51 and 50 in the course of the 2024-25 common season, and his excessive in the course of the playoffs is 38 (Recreation 4 @ MEM, first spherical).
As for Edwards, he had 53 and 49 in a regular-season recreation this season, and on this playoffs, he topped out at 43 (Recreation 4 vs. LAL, first spherical).
Lastly, Brunson had a 55-point recreation in the course of the common season, and had 40 in Recreation 6 towards Detroit within the first spherical.
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