Underrated NBA Playoff Performances

[Newzz]

Michael Jordan only had 2 points at the end of the 1st quarter......then turned it up and scored a total of 54 points in the next 3 quarters



Oh yeah, just for balancing out his numbers, he had 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals, and 2 blocks in this game as well



Statline: 56 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals, and 2 blocks.....THAT'S an underrated NBA playoff performance. People never talk about this game

 

[AlbertPullhoez]

MICHAEL JORDAN: 56 pts vs Miami Heat (1992 Playoffs-Game 3) - YouTube


Michael Jordan only had 2 points at the end of the 1st quarter......then turned it up and scored a total of 54 points in the next 3 quarters



Oh yeah, just for balancing out his numbers, he had 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals, and 2 blocks in this game as well



Statline: 56 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals, and 2 blocks.....THAT'S an underrated NBA playoff performance. People never talk about this game

It's not talked about cause it was a blowout sweep over a scrub Miami team. Great game though

 

[K-Deini]

42/17/6

they couldnt stop him. fukking jeffries ruined it though.

 

[labelplant]

Great thread, I'm going to watch all these right now but I wanted to add a couple real quick before someone else does here is Some more recent ones

 

[Newzz]

Kobe had 49 points, 10 assists, 4 rebounds, 1 steal, and 1 block in this game against the Nuggets.....including scoring 19 points in the 4th quarter

 

[labelplant]

Here are some older ones



This is the underrated playoff performance and most people know about Barkley's 56 vs Warriors, in Game 1 of that series he had 38/19/7. He pretty much dominated the warriors that series period.




Another huge 1st round performance, one of Shaq's most dominant individual performances.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6L8Pl9oAEQ"]Karl Malone: Playoff High Performance (50 points, 2000 Playoffs) - YouTube[/ame]

Karl Malone had some of his best years in his mid 30s. That's almost unheard of in NBA, I still have a feeling he took some kind of performance enhancement stuff or something. It was popular in sports around that time, right before the MLB scandal.

 

[mbewane]

Great thread

 

[Big Blue]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRtd0rP6rvM]Amare Stoudemire 28pts vs. Celtics (04.17.11)[Sick 360 layup + Dunk over J-O'Neal] - YouTube[/ame]
He was just unstoppable. I know they lost but, no one was seeing Stat in that game. He abused KG, one of the best defenders of all time.

 

[cleanface coney]

Jason Terry the year the Mavericks won the ship

 

[Reggie]

Some of Bron's performances in his early playoff appearances against the Wizards are underrated and rarely talked about. And though his performance against Detroit is often brought up i still don't think it is talked about as much as it should when it comes to dominant performances. The man scored 25 points in a row at one point and was in a zone that i have never seen another player in ever. And that includes Jordan and Kobe. Ray Allen's 51 point game in 2009 was a great one too.

 

[K-Deini]

Amare Stoudemire 28pts vs. Celtics (04.17.11)[Sick 360 layup + Dunk over J-O'Neal] - YouTube
He was just unstoppable. I know they lost but, no one was seeing Stat in that game. He abused KG, one of the best defenders of all time.

he hasn't been the same since injuring his back in warmups

 

[WC_Wolfpak]

Any game by Tracy Mcgrady in the second round. Oh, wait a second....

 

[Street Knowledge]

[ame=http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xQe0fFakJr0][5.14.87] Hakeem Olajuwon - 49 Points Vs Sonics (Complete Highlights) - YouTube[/ame]

The rockets took an L but One of the goat elimination game Performances.

49/26/5/6 on 19/33 shooting, including scoring 17 of the last 25 points for the Rockets.

Double and triple teamed on almost every single possession too

 

[superunknown23]

MJ's individual playoffs performances are kinda underrated too because he made them so routine.
nikka averaged 33PPG and had eight 50pts playoff games in his career (nobody else has more than 3)
One of my all-time favorites is the 54 he dropped on the Knicks in 1993

 

[BamdaDon]

Got to be that game one finals by iverson. nikka was hot ,cold and clutch at the same Damn time [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rmi91E3SMiI&feature=youtube_gdata_player"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rmi91E3SMiI&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/ame]