40 point playoff games(Active leaders

[ShaqAttack3234]

Kobe- 11 (208 playoff games)
Lebron- 9 (92 playoff games)
Dirk- 7 (124 playoff games)
Wade- 6 (87 playoff games)
Duncan- 4 (176 playoff games)
T-Mac- 4 (38 playoff games)
Amare- 4 (56 playoff games)
Durant- 3 (23 playoff games)
Melo- 3 (49 playoff games)
Pierce- 3 (110 playoff games)
Ray Allen- 3 (110 playoff games)
Dwight- 2 (57 playoff games)
VC- 2 (56 playoff games)
Tony Parker- 2 (138 playoff games)

I only included players who have had multiple 40 point games. I was surprised that Lebron already has 9, he's surprisingly close to Shaq and Kobe already.

Note: Iverson isn't active anymore, but he had 10 of them.

Edit: Updated after the 2011 playoffs. Shaq is no longer active and finished his career with 12 40+ point playoff games in 216 playoff games. Durant had 3 during last year's playoffs, Dirk had 2 and Melo, Dwight, Rose and Westbrook each had 1.

[LilBTheBasedGod]

He probably won't get as much anymore since hes sharing usage with Wade.

[BuGzBuNNy]

I didn't know Ray Allen and TP had any.

But I'd suggest including the amount of playoff games played.

[Hulk Hogan]

He probably won't get as much anymore since hes sharing usage with Wade.

Exactly, this is the reason Kobe doesn't have more, he was sharing usage with Shaq!

[Noob Saibot]

LeBron already with 9. hell easily pass Shaq pretty soon.

[jlauber]

Good post. Lebron will probably pass Shaq, but still, to have more than all of those guys speaks volumes about just how dominant Shaq was at his peak. BTW, how many of them came from 00-02?

[ShaqAttack3234]

I didn't know Ray Allen and TP had any.

But I'd suggest including the amount of playoff games played.

Good idea, I added games played


Exactly, this is the reason Kobe doesn't have more, he was sharing usage with Shaq!

Possible considering only 3 of his 40+ playoff games came with Shaq. Then again, it's also possible that he wouldn't have played nearly as many playoff games, so possibly less opportunities for that reason.


BTW, how many of them came from 00-02?

10

[YouCallILose]

Jordan had 38

[B-Easy]

Lebron only has 3 less than Shaq and 2 less than Kobe in 100+ less games played:eek:


Lebron has so many playoff games left in his prime .. even with Wade hell easily surpass them

[jlauber]

10 in a three year span in which he was arguably as great as any player who ever played. And three straight titles, including a 15-1 playoff record in '01. I have long maintained that his "Three-peat" Finals were quite possibly the greatest Finals ever played.

[Walduś]

kobe has 8 w/o shaq. :pimp:

[jlauber]

Jordan had 38

No doubt the greatest post-season scorer, and by a mile. Still, Shaq's Finals, from 00-02 were, IMHO, 1-3 as the greatest in NBA history.

[DuMa]

did amare score most of those 40pt games against the spurs pre-microfracture?

[ShaqAttack3234]

did amare score most of those 40pt games against the spurs pre-microfracture?

Yes, 3 of his 4 came in that series. 1 of them came last year vs the Lakers, so all 4 have been in the WCF.

[RoseCity07]

Roy had 40+ in his 2nd playoff game. Probably would have had 40 in his 1st if it wasn't a blowout. He would have had many more too if he had knees.

[Pointguard]

He probably won't get as much anymore since hes sharing usage with Wade.

I used to think that, but now I don't see it that way. One will be hot and will likely be more dominant in the scoring. I see more 40 points for one and 25 for the other. Not so much both getting around 30 points. If they sense one of them is the opposing coaches target, the other one will go off. But this takes awhile to develop. I don't see it working on Boston but that's another thread.

[Jacks3]

LeBron is incredible. :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

[cp3mvp2011]

MJ >>>>>>>>>>>> KOBE >>>>>>>> LBJ :rockon:

[SCdac]

was just as impressive for Lebron is almost half of his 40 point games have been damn near 50 point games.. (albeit like 2-2 in those games).

49 points VS. Orlando May 20 '09
48 points @ Detroit May 31 '07
45 points @ Boston May 18 '08
45 points VS. Washington May 3 '06

In his first ever playoff series against Gilbert Arenas and Caron Butler's Wizards, Lebron wasn't that far from averaging 40 points a game finishing the series with 35.6 PPG / 50.9 FG%.

[-23-]

Now what about 50 pt games?

[momo]

I'm surprised I guessed 4 of the top five right. (I had Timmah! at 5 rather than Irk) I'm not usually good at that sort of thing. I did guess way off on Shaq's total tho. Figured him for 20ish.

[ShaqAttack3234]

Now what about 50 pt games?

Only 4 active players have done it. VC, Kobe, Dirk and Ray Allen.


I'm surprised I guessed 4 of the top five right. (I had Timmah! at 5 rather than Irk) I'm not usually good at that sort of thing. I did guess way off on Shaq's total tho. Figured him for 20ish.

I thought Dirk had more than Duncan, but what's surprising is that Dirk has had multiple 20/20 playoff games. Maybe some will appreciate Dirk a little more, he's been a great playoff performer, one of the best of his era.

Active leaders for career 20/20 playoff games.

Shaq- 15
Duncan- 10
Dwight- 5
KG- 4
Boozer- 3
Dirk- 2

No active player has had a 20 point/20 assist playoff game.

Only 4 active players have had 30/20 playoff games. Shaq did it 10 times, Duncan did it 4 times, KG did it 3 times and Marion did it once. Shaq is the only active player with a 40/20 playoff game, he did it 4 times, three of them came in the 2001 playoffs.

[blablabla]

Now what about 50 pt games?
Barkley,Ray ray,VC kobe Dirk and Karl Malone have one
A.I has two i think
and MJ about 4 or 5

[Irish]

Kobe got 50 against the Suns in 06

[necya]

No doubt the greatest post-season scorer, and by a mile. Still, Shaq's Finals, from 00-02 were, IMHO, 1-3 as the greatest in NBA history.

Shaq was just fortunate. he met Olajuwon, Malone and Jordan, result : 0-4, 0-4, 1-4 and 0-4. then those guys were done and the league became so weak for some more reasons. His peak has happened at the best moment.

i'm not contesting his performances and his domination, but i think there was not enough competition to put his perf at the top in my list.

[BEAST Griffin]

Interesting.

Kobe has only 1 50 point game in his long playoff career.

Not what you'd expect considering the hype he gets.

[necya]

by numbers, just take a look at Barkley's amazing 93 playoffs run :
3 +40pts games
2 20-20 (38-21 and 44-24)
1 40-20
2 triple double (32-12-10 and 43-15-10)
game series winner against spurs
:bowdown:

[ShaqAttack3234]

Shaq was just fortunate. he met Olajuwon, Malone and Jordan, result : 0-4, 0-4, 1-4 and 0-4. then those guys were done and the league became so weak for some more reasons. His peak has happened at the best moment.

i'm not contesting his performances and his domination, but i think there was not enough competition to put his perf at the top in my list.

I don't think that's fair, Olajuwon, Malone and Jordan all had more mature, experienced casts. Not to mention that Shaq was in his 3rd year when he faced Hakeem and Hakeem was at his peak.

If you break down each series he faced that guy, you'll see that the difference usually wasn't because of Shaq. And he did beat Jordan's Bulls in '95. Technically he beat Hakeem in '99, though he wasn't the same Hakeem.

I don't see how he could've beaten Malone's Jazz in '98 with how terrible his teammates were in the series. Van Exel shot 24% from the field, Kobe shot 37%, Horry shot 36%, Fisher shot 35% and even his second option Eddie Jones shot just 41% and averaged 15 ppg. Shaq was the only guy on the Lakers who could score consistently in that series, he carried almost the entire scoring load with 32 ppg on 56% shooting.

And in '96? He faced a 72-10 Bulls teams and to make matters worse, Horace Grant wasn't 100% going into the series and he was done midway through game 1, so they got 0 points and 1 rebound out of Grant in the series, Nick Anderson and Dennis Scott didn't produce at all and I believe both Anderson and Brian Shaw got injured midway through the series. I don't know any player who could've beaten the '96 Bulls with that many injuries to their team.

Of course, Shaq took the next step as a player with Phil coaching and Shaq turning 27 which is around the time most players play their best basketball.


Interesting.

Kobe has only 1 50 point game in his long playoff career.

Not what you'd expect considering the hype he gets.

Not really, the playoffs aren't about being a one man show. You don't win in the playoffs that way. Kobe has had phenomenal playoff runs the last 3 years and his 2001 run was amazing as well. Look how rare 50 point playoff games are these days, the fact that only 4 active players have them and none of them have more than one should tell you something. The fact that Kobe is second among active players in 40+ point playoff games is impressive itself.

[DTD]

Interesting.

Kobe has only 1 50 point game in his long playoff career.

Not what you'd expect considering the hype he gets.

The Lakers are 10-1 in the Playoffs when Kobe scores 40 or more. A 90% winning percentage.

[necya]

I don't think that's fair, Olajuwon, Malone and Jordan all had more mature, experienced casts. Not to mention that Shaq was in his 3rd year when he faced Hakeem and Hakeem was at his peak.

If you break down each series he faced that guy, you'll see that the difference usually wasn't because of Shaq. And he did beat Jordan's Bulls in '95. Technically he beat Hakeem in '99, though he wasn't the same Hakeem.

I don't see how he could've beaten Malone's Jazz in '98 with how terrible his teammates were in the series. Van Exel shot 24% from the field, Kobe shot 37%, Horry shot 36%, Fisher shot 35% and even his second option Eddie Jones shot just 41% and averaged 15 ppg. Shaq was the only guy on the Lakers who could score consistently in that series, he carried almost the entire scoring load with 32 ppg on 56% shooting.

And in '96? He faced a 72-10 Bulls teams and to make matters worse, Horace Grant wasn't 100% going into the series and he was done midway through game 1, so they got 0 points and 1 rebound out of Grant in the series, Nick Anderson and Dennis Scott didn't produce at all and I believe both Anderson and Brian Shaw got injured midway through the series. I don't know any player who could've beaten the '96 Bulls with that many injuries to their team.

Of course, Shaq took the next step as a player with Phil coaching and Shaq turning 27 which is around the time most players play their best basketball.

you know well that i know all those things dude.
i'm not saying he was choking, he was so tough for every teams and has performed in playoffs since the 95 campaign, but you have to admit that once the superstars have left, the road was much more easier to dominate. plus, he was at his peak so it was perfect to set his reign.
but seriously, wasn't tougher to battle the 00 pacers and the 01 sixers than the 97-98 jazz? see my point?

you are unfair with shaq versus hakeem 99, he was well past his prime :oldlol:

[strike]

daymm lebron coming close

[ShaqAttack3234]

you know well that i know all those things dude.
i'm not saying he was choking, he was so tough for every teams and has performed in playoffs since the 95 campaign, but you have to admit that once the superstars have left, the road was much more easier to dominate. plus, he was at his peak so it was perfect to set his reign.
but seriously, wasn't tougher to battle the 00 pacers and the 01 sixers than the 97-98 jazz? see my point?

you are unfair with shaq versus hakeem 99, he was well past his prime :oldlol:

But who is to say that he couldn't have beaten the '98 Jazz if his cast was more clutch like his title teams?

Shaq's casts when he won titles were actually less talented than the ones he had with Orlando and the late 90's Lakers so it's not like he was always on a much more talented team than the teams he beat.

In his book More Than A Game, Phil Jackson said that he thought the Lakers weren't the most talented team in the league. He thought that the Blazers, Pacers, Kings, Suns and Knicks all were more talented as far as their top 8 or 9 guys.

Part of the difference was competition, teams were less stacked in the early 00's, but so was Shaq's team compared to the '95 Magic. And having Phil as the coach instead of Brian Hill was also a big difference.

I already said Hakeem was past his prime, but that Rockets team was still talented, Hakeem was all-nba 3rd team and Barkley destroyed the Lakers power forwards in that series. Remember the expectations that Rockets team had?

[PHILA]

by numbers, just take a look at Barkley's amazing 93 playoffs run :
3 +40pts games
2 20-20 (38-21 and 44-24)
1 40-20
2 triple double (32-12-10 and 43-15-10)
game series winner against spurs
:bowdown:

Also had 24-19 in G3 vs Horace Grant & the Bulls. :applause:


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[jrong]

Can you break down when these 40 pt games occurred by series? It seems to me like players should get more respect for having them in the Finals than in the 1st round, for example.

[asdf1990]

Jordan had 38

durant has 0 .

[imlmf]

lebron is great, kobe sucks

[magnax1]

Shaq- 12 (214 playoff games)
Kobe- 11 (198 playoff games)
The number of playoff games of these two is actually the most interesting to me. Has any played racked up playoff games as fast as Kobe? He's played a huge amount of playoff games for his age. I was actually really surpirsed he's played more games then Duncan.

[L.Kizzle]

was just as impressive for Lebron is almost half of his 40 point games have been damn near 50 point games.. (albeit like 2-2 in those games).

49 points VS. Orlando May 20 '09
48 points @ Detroit May 31 '07
45 points @ Boston May 18 '08
45 points VS. Washington May 3 '06

In his first ever playoff series against Gilbert Arenas and Caron Butler's Wizards, Lebron wasn't that far from averaging 40 points a game finishing the series with 35.6 PPG / 50.9 FG%.
45 is as close to 50 as it is to 40.

[Basketball Dirk]

I don't think that's fair, Olajuwon, Malone and Jordan all had more mature, experienced casts. Not to mention that Shaq was in his 3rd year when he faced Hakeem and Hakeem was at his peak.

If you break down each series he faced that guy, you'll see that the difference usually wasn't because of Shaq. And he did beat Jordan's Bulls in '95. Technically he beat Hakeem in '99, though he wasn't the same Hakeem.

I don't see how he could've beaten Malone's Jazz in '98 with how terrible his teammates were in the series. Van Exel shot 24% from the field, Kobe shot 37%, Horry shot 36%, Fisher shot 35% and even his second option Eddie Jones shot just 41% and averaged 15 ppg. Shaq was the only guy on the Lakers who could score consistently in that series, he carried almost the entire scoring load with 32 ppg on 56% shooting.

And in '96? He faced a 72-10 Bulls teams and to make matters worse, Horace Grant wasn't 100% going into the series and he was done midway through game 1, so they got 0 points and 1 rebound out of Grant in the series, Nick Anderson and Dennis Scott didn't produce at all and I believe both Anderson and Brian Shaw got injured midway through the series. I don't know any player who could've beaten the '96 Bulls with that many injuries to their team.

Of course, Shaq took the next step as a player with Phil coaching and Shaq turning 27 which is around the time most players play their best basketball.



Not really, the playoffs aren't about being a one man show. You don't win in the playoffs that way. Kobe has had phenomenal playoff runs the last 3 years and his 2001 run was amazing as well. Look how rare 50 point playoff games are these days, the fact that only 4 active players have them and none of them have more than one should tell you something. The fact that Kobe is second among active players in 40+ point playoff games is impressive itself.

How many more playoff games than the other active players does Kobe have?

[Lebron23]

Also had 24-19 in G3 vs Horace Grant & the Bulls. :applause:


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Nice Spin move.

[ShaqAttack3234]

Can you break down when these 40 pt games occurred by series? It seems to me like players should get more respect for having them in the Finals than in the 1st round, for example.


Shaq
1st round- 2
semifinals- 3
conference finals- 2
finals- 5

Kobe
1st round- 3
semifinals- 3
conference finals- 4
finals- 1

Lebron
1st round- 3
semifinals- 2
conference finals- 4

Wade
1st round- 2
semifinals- 1
conference finals- 1
finals- 2

Dirk
1st round- 2
semifinals- 2
conference finals- 1

Duncan
1st round- 1
semifinals- 1
conference finals- 2

T-Mac
1st round- 4

Pierce
1st round- 2
semifinals- 1

Ray Allen
1st round- 2
conference finals- 1

VC
semifinals- 2

Melo
1st round- 1
semifinals- 1

Parker
1st round- 2


How many more playoff games than the other active players does Kobe have?

So...playing more playoff games is a bad thing?

[Basketball Dirk]

So...playing more playoff games is a bad thing?

Huh??? No such thing was implied in my post. It's just relevant information when talking about Kobe having the 2nd most 40pt playoff games of all active players.

[SCdac]

45 is as close to 50 as it is to 40.

not a Lebron fan, or just felt like pointing out the obvious?.... it's called "rounding up" :rolleyes:

[jlip]

People can criticize his post game and argue over whether he is a skilled scorer or not, but at the end of the day, in terms of per game averages, Lebron is presently the 3rd highest scorer in both the regular season and playoffs in all of NBA history. His scoring in the playoffs is actually higher than the regular season.

[IGOTGAME]

People can criticize his post game and argue over whether he is a skilled scorer or not, but at the end of the day, in terms of per game averages, Lebron is presently the 3rd highest scorer in both the regular season and playoffs in all of NBA history. His scoring in the playoffs is actually higher than the regular season.

and when the defenses tighten up what happens? what happens when he cant get into the paint against Boston or old Spurs?

[Indian guy]

and when the defenses tighten up what happens?

This isn't 2007. Almost no one has performed better against top defenses the last 2 years than LeBron. Certainly not your boy.

[Lebron23]

This isn't 2007. Almost no one has performed better against top defenses the last 2 years than LeBron. Certainly not your boy.

This

[asdf1990]

and when the defenses tighten up what happens? what happens when he cant get into the paint against Boston or old Spurs?

look at what happens to kobe/durant/melo when the defense tightens. they all shoot bricks non stop. Those players are considered the best scorers in the game right now.

[Bring-Your-Js]

by numbers, just take a look at Barkley's amazing 93 playoffs run :
3 +40pts games All In WCF or Finals
2 20-20 (38-21 and 44-24)
1 40-20 WCF GAME 7
2 triple double (32-12-10 and 43-15-10) FINALS and WCF GAME 5 (2-2 series)
game series winner against spurs
:bowdown:

God Shit.

As for 50-point games...

1) Jordan 8
2) Wilt 4
3) Iverson 3
4) Y'all gotta go home now.

[dude77]

Jordan had 38

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[B-Easy8]

Durant will finish the top out of the list. He has 3 in 23 games.

[28renyoy]

Durant will finish the top out of the list. He has 3 in 23 games.

Also had 2 other 39 point games. I wouldn't be surprised if he had 20 40 point games by the time he reached 100

[DMAVS41]

If the Thunder trade Westbrook....Durant will shatter everyone on that active list easily.

He'll end up with 30 at least for his career if he stays healthy.

[Bring-Your-Js]

http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc494/steelermia/dfdsd.jpg

:roll: :roll: :roll:

[Boston C's]

I didn't know Ray Allen and TP had any.

But I'd suggest including the amount of playoff games played.

ray dropped 51 not that long ago against the bulls in that epic series...when he gets hot hes freakin dangerous

[francesco totti]

any updated listed with last year playoffs included?

[Tenchi Ryu]

any updated listed with last year playoffs included?
Rose had one against the Hawks
:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

[RoseCity07]

Makes me sad Brandon Roy is retired. I know he had that one with Artest and Battier guarding him. He probably would have scored 40 in his first playoff game if he didn't rest most of the second half during that blow out.

[PTB Fan]

LeBron has 9 like already.

He'll surpass them all.

[PTB Fan]

Makes me sad Brandon Roy is retired. I know he had that one with Artest and Battier guarding him. He probably would have scored 40 in his first playoff game if he didn't rest most of the second half during that blow out.

Yeah, nice memories.. :cry:

Roy had a 42 point game if i'm not wrong vs Battier/Artest couple years ago and that's when Ron said that Roy is the toughest player in the league to guard..