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Youngest/Oldest player to log a triple-double in a playoff game Youngest: Magic Johnson is the youngest player to log a triple-double in a playoff game, he had a total of 13 points, 12 rebounds and 16 assists in the game for the Los Angeles Lakers against the Phoenix Suns at the age of 20 years, 238 days on April 8, 1980.
Jordan did this in each of his 9 playoff appearances from 1986 to 1995 (Jordan was retired during the 1994 Playoffs) Tracy McGrady is the only other player to average at least 30 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals in a playoff run, when he lost in the first round of the 2003 Playoffs.
The 1993 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 1992–93 season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs.It featured the two-time defending NBA champion and Eastern Conference champion Chicago Bulls, led by Michael Jordan, and the Western Conference playoff champion Phoenix Suns, winners of 62 games and led by regular season MVP Charles Barkley.
Rank Player Position(s) Playoff team(s) played for (years) [2] Total points Games played Points per game average [3] Field goals made Three-point field goals
Second-year player Michael Jordan put on a record-setting performance in Game 2 of the Bulls' first-round series against the Celtics, scoring 63 points in a 2-OT loss, which surpassed Elgin Baylor's 61-point performance from the 1962 NBA Finals and still stands as the NBA Playoff scoring record. Jordan averaged 44.7 points per game in the ...
Only four players have scored 50 or more points more than once in the same series: Michael Jordan (vs. Cleveland, 1988), Allen Iverson (vs. Toronto, 2001), Donovan Mitchell (vs. Denver, 2020), and Jamal Murray (vs. Utah, 2020). Jordan has five of the ten highest-scoring playoff games in NBA history.
Michael Jordan: Chicago Bulls: 50 Michael Jordan: Chicago Bulls: 34.8: 17 Rebounds: Karl Malone: Utah Jazz: 22 Karl Malone: Utah Jazz: 16.3: 3 Assists: Magic Johnson: Los Angeles Lakers: 20 John Stockton: Utah Jazz: 13.7: 3 Steals: Michael Jordan Byron Scott Sedale Threatt John Stockton: Chicago Bulls Los Angeles Lakers Seattle SuperSonics Utah ...
The Chicago Bulls entered the NBA playoffs with a record of 72–10 (the best regular season record until the 2016 Golden State Warriors went 73–9), eclipsing the 1972 Los Angeles Lakers record of 69–13, helped by Michael Jordan's first full season back from his mid-1990's retirement and the addition of another future Hall of Famer to the Bulls, Dennis Rodman.