Aside from MJ, which ATG never had a teammate average 22 for a playoff run?

[3ba11]

Humphrey Bogart

Huh?

[3ba11]

Was Jordan beating teams with multiple 22 PPG scorers though?

During 6 rings I can think of 1996 magic but thats about it

Nearly everyone in Jordan's era at some point in their career had a teammate average 22 for a playoff run or 25 in a series outside the 1st Round - only Jordan lacked either or both of these things, yet he won more chips than anyone in his era or any era that included threes.

And MJ beat tons of teams where Pippen was outscored by the opposing 2nd leading scorer, including the 88' Cavs, 89' Cavs (#1 SRS team, historic upset), 89' Knicks, 92' Knicks, 93' Hawks, 95' Hornets, 96' Magic, 96' Sonics, 97' Wizards, 98' Pacers.. And Jordan never had a 3rd scorer, so he was usually outmatched at that spot

Furthermore, Pippen's true shooting was below league-average in the playoffs every year of his career except 89-91' and 02', including worst-ever efficiency in the 93' and 96-98' Playoffs.. So when you include Pippen's worst-ever "westbrook" efficiency, he was outplayed in the majority of playoff series, since he almost never scored more than 1-2 points above the opposing 2nd leading scorer.

Ultimately, Pippen was only a 2nd option alongside Jordan - otherwise, he was outscored by the opposing 2nd leading scorer in 17 of 17 series that he didn't play with MJ or play 1st option.. His worst-ever efficiency further confirms that he could rarely handle a 2nd option load

[ELITEpower23]

What about 15.9?

2013 Wade

[3ba11]

What about 15.9?

2013 Wade

That's expected with a super-team (Big 3) in a weak conference - but Wade averaged 20/5/5 against the West in the Finals and outscored the opposing 1st option, while being a near-equal scoring partner to Lebron and therefore attract equal defensive attention (1b status)

Heck, the East is so weak that Lebron won it twice with barely 20 ppg, while his sidekicks matched him (14' ECF) and even outplayed the league MVP (11' ECF).. But don't be surprised - Kyrie outplayed the league MVP in the 16' Finals, while AD outplayed future MVP Jokic in 2020.. outplaying the league MVP is the best help possible