If Jordan wasn't 1-9 in the 1st round Pre-Pip

[TheCorporation]

This information will undoubtedly shock some of you and will just make others say "well, duh, it's the King."

Here it is, the updated GmScore rank for the top 5 best Finals performances in NBA history:




LeBron is the only player in NBA history who appears more than once in the top 5.

[SouBeachTalents]

Magic's Game 6 in 1980 had a higher gamescore than LeBron's Game 5 in 2016

[TheCorporation]

Magic's Game 6 in 1980 had a higher gamescore than LeBron's Game 5 in 2016

You are correct sir, thanks for that

[And1AllDay]

Hol up where is MJ?

#1 Bron
#2 Bron
#3 Duncan
#4 Durant
#5 Magic
#6 Bron
#7 Mike


Oh there he is

[LostCause]

What happens if you do it for entire series? How's that Top 5 look I wonder

(Also LOL@ Ranking by GameScore anyway)

[SouBeachTalents]

What happens if you do it for entire series? How's that Top 5 look I wonder

(Also LOL@ Ranking by GameScore anyway)

Top 5 Finals by gamescore

1. 2000 Shaq
2. 2017 Durant
3. 2002 Shaq
4. 2017 LeBron
5. 1993 Jordan

Next 5

6. 1991 Jordan
7. 2018 LeBron
8. 1987 Magic
9. 2001 Shaq
10. 2018 Durant

[Manny98]

This information will undoubtedly shock some of you and will just make others say "well, duh, it's the King."

Here it is, the updated GmScore rank for the top 5 best Finals performances in NBA history:




LeBron is the only player in NBA history who appears more than once in the top 5.

[Doranku]

Top 5 Finals by gamescore

1. 2000 Shaq
2. 2017 Durant
3. 2002 Shaq
4. 2017 LeBron
5. 1993 Jordan

Next 5

6. 1991 Jordan
7. 2018 LeBron
8. 1987 Magic
9. 2001 Shaq
10. 2018 Durant

2 of these are not like the others

[SouBeachTalents]

2 of these are not like the others

I actually think gamescore is more accurate than others believe it to be, but when you see shit like LeBron & Durant from last year in the top 10 and ranked ahead of LeBron's 2016, you see the obvious flaws on ranking it strictly by that. Like any other stat, context is definitely needed

[LostCause]

Top 5 Finals by gamescore

1. 2000 Shaq
2. 2017 Durant
3. 2002 Shaq
4. 2017 LeBron
5. 1993 Jordan

4 and 5 should be equal at 29.6

But I'm curious why the sudden favor toward GameScore though, it's basically just a simplified version of PER without accounting for pace

[TheCorporation]

Top 5 Finals by gamescore

1. 2000 Shaq
2. 2017 Durant
3. 2002 Shaq
4. 2017 LeBron
5. 1993 Jordan

Next 5

6. 1991 Jordan
7. 2018 LeBron
8. 1987 Magic
9. 2001 Shaq
10. 2018 Durant

Also, top 10 greatest 3-game stretch in NBA history:

[TheCorporation]

Top 2 greatest Finals games ever
PLUS
Greatest 3 game stretch in NBA history

[LostCause]

Also, top 10 greatest 3-game stretch in NBA history:



Kobe is honorable mention

Lol what kind of obscure, bottom-of-the-barrel stat-hunting is this? Who cares about a 3-game stretch . Why not just the series

What's next: LeBron has the greatest GameScore of any player who has 3 kids from the same woman he went to highschool with?

[FKAri]

Oh come on, don't tell me you're in a wheelchair.

I don't blame people, I just focus on facts, cause and effect. Pippen had a bad headache, shot 1 for 10 as a result. If not perhaps the Bulls would have beaten the eventual world champions. Thus why they could have 4peated. (Though who knows, it changes the course of history.)

Now I've talked to you about Jordan's focus before. And what always pops into my mind when that moment where Nick Anderson stole the ball from him is how high of a level the NBA really is, more so than the fans can imagine, because despite scoring those 55 points against the Knicks, and how skillful Jordan looked superficially, Jordan talked about how that was a turnover that would have never happened in the past, a mistake that wouldn't had happened in the past, that mentally he was not at the level he's accustomed to be.

To me that's insane, beyond interesting. That mental level that a Jordan played with, and a 17 games comeback was just not enough to be at that level. It's just something that we are not going to be able to relate, understand, because we don't get to play basketball for so many hours, at such a high level, and at such skills. (For the record, here's the 55 point game https://youtu.be/oyzoqM4k78k?t=9 that person with such skills is still not mentally there to dominate at that level.)

That focus is my interest, so it's something that I think a lot about with Lebron. Not only did Jordan had a level of focus that not many humans have. Not even Larry Bird. Perhaps it's a genetic mutation. But Lebron doesn't have that level of focus, nobody does, yet he's trying to go Hollywood right now in LA, with so many off the court activities, Twitter, etc.

Look at this gif



Again, it's my interest, so when I first saw that happened I thought of Jordan and how optimal Jordan always was. It's just abnormal and Lebron James cannot compare mentally. (Again, nobody can.)

Well, yea MJ's the GOAT. I watched him play. I just don't like how he's become mythologized. He's not untouchable.

[TheCorporation]

Lol what kind of obscure, bottom-of-the-barrel stat-hunting is this? Who cares about a 3-game stretch . Why not just the series

What's next: LeBron has the greatest GameScore of any player who has 3 kids from the same woman he went to highschool with?

-Greatest single game
-Second greatest single game
-Greatest 2 game stretch (random, but sure)
-Greatest 3 game stretch