Top playoff performances modern era

[dynasty1978]

Shaq, Kobe, and Magic have only 1 mention each on that list.

That's how you know it's utter rubbish.

[jlauber]

When you have to separate with "pre", it makes the list shit.

And why draw the line from '78? '76-77 was the first year of the ABA merger (only six teams BTW.) Why not '80, or '70, or 60?

In any case, there were MANY sensational performances before '78, and there were a considerable number of performances pre-'78 that were the equal, or better, than those listed in that time frame.

[jlauber]

BTW, no mention of West's game seven of the '69 Finals, in which he hung a 42-13-12 game?

[Psileas]

weird that they did not include the games from the 60s and 70s.
Elgin Baylors 61 and 22 has to be ranked amongst the greates of all time....not just "honorable mention"

Even worse, they add the titles:

"NBA playoffs - Top 25 performances ever".
"We rank the top 25 single-game performances in NBA postseason history".


Apart from this, as already explained, this list has too many ommisions: Shaq with only 1 game? Magic with 1? Kareem and Bird with 0? Hakeem with 0 performances from the 1988 or 1995 playoffs? Duncan's near QD and defensive domination in 2003 Finals' Game 6 nowhere to be seen? Nope, no "small guy" bias here.
Needless to say, the "honorable mention" is not any better.

BTW, the only reason I see for posting performances only after 1977 is in order to be able to get full stats for all of them. From 1978 and on started the modern boxscores era, not the modern NBA era.

[markymark]

AI has AT LEAST 2 performances that were top 25-worthy in that 01 run. BS list. Fck ESPN.

[Da_Realist]

1992 ECSF Knicks vs Bulls Game 7 might be better than all of MJ's playoff games.

[Rake2204]

Stupid hypothetical: As great as LeBron James' performance was in 2007 against the Pistons, do you guys believe it would have turned out differently if Ben Wallace was still playing for Detroit that year? Further, even without Ben, would it have made a difference if Antonio McDyess had not been ejected early in the first half?

I imagine LeBron still would have done LeBron things, and the most spectacular of his buckets were his insane 23 foot pull-ups and fallaways over double teams (of which there were many). But just in theory, if it were Ben Wallace responsible for coming from the helpside and not Jason Maxiell, could James have been curbed enough to allow Detroit to prevail, considering Detroit almost won already, even with James' performance?

[pauk]

Where is 1984 Larry Bird?

[pauk]

Stupid hypothetical: As great as LeBron James' performance was in 2007 against the Pistons, do you guys believe it would have turned out differently if Ben Wallace was still playing for Detroit that year? Further, even without Ben, would it have made a difference if Antonio McDyess had not been ejected early in the first half?

I imagine LeBron still would have done LeBron things, and the most spectacular of his buckets were his insane 23 foot pull-ups and fallaways over double teams (of which there were many). But just in theory, if it were Ben Wallace responsible for coming from the helpside and not Jason Maxiell, could James have been curbed enough to allow Detroit to prevail, considering Detroit almost won already, even with James' performance?

That game wouldnt have turned differently for Lebron even if Hakeem, Wilt, Jordan, Malone and Magic or Jesus or Mohammed were playing............. he was simply on fire and thats an understatement....

[RaininTwos]

AI has AT LEAST 2 performances that were top 25-worthy in that 01 run. BS list. Fck ESPN.

Yeah AI's Finals Game 1 performance should have been top 10 easy.

I think his 55 point game on 65% shooting against the Hornets should be up there as well.I think that was 03.

[TheMarkMadsen]

Do people actually take ESPN seriously anymore? Their just there to push an agenda.



How does Kobe's 2010 series against PHX not even get mentioned?

[PickernRoller]

Do people actually take ESPN seriously anymore? Their just there to push an agenda.



How does Kobe's 2010 series against PHX not even get mentioned?

They are there to push an agenda?

Fox sleeps with GOP, MSNBC, ABC with the Dems...everyone tries to push an agenda. It's a matter of you caring or not. At the end of the day it was people like you and me who decided on it....no perfect answer.

[I LUV KOBE]

That list sucks.. Two from Lebrick in the top ten, no way..

[guy]

Do people actually take ESPN seriously anymore? Their just there to push an agenda.



How does Kobe's 2010 series against PHX not even get mentioned?

It's games not series. Kobe had an all time great series but there was no game in that series that deserved to be on that list.

For what reason would espn have an agenda against Kobe, probably a top 3 most popular athlete in the world? That makes no sense at all. He just didn't really deserve anymore on that list.

[Freedom Kid7]

How does Duncan's game 6 in the '03 finals not get on there?