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Jalen Brunson became the third player in NBA history with four consecutive playoff games of 35+ points and 5+ assists in a single postseason, joining LeBron James and Michael Jordan. [17] The Cavaliers–Magic series was the first of the 2024 playoffs to have a game 7, making it the 25th consecutive NBA postseason to feature a game 7.
In American team sports, the NFL playoffs and WNBA playoffs employ re-seeding, and the NBA playoffs and the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament do not. The Stanley Cup Playoffs used re-seeding between 1975 and 1981 and again from 1994 and 2013, and the MLS Cup Playoffs used re-seeding until 2018.
Here's a complete look at the NBA's play-in and playoff bracket: More: OKC Thunder is back in NBA Playoffs, but which play-in team would be scariest foe? 2024 NBA play-in tournament Western Conference
Players are eligible to be on a team's playoff roster as long as they were on the team for at least one regular season game, and were not on another NBA team's roster after March 1. [21] Prior to the 2005–06 season, [citation needed] playoff rosters were limited to 12 players who were named before the playoffs began. [20] [22]
The 2024-25 NBA season opens Tuesday night. USA TODAY Sports’ annual list of the league’s top 30 players is here, starting with Nos. 30-16:
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 made [4] Free throws made 1 LeBron James ^ SF: Cleveland Cavaliers (2006–2010, 2015–2018) Miami Heat (2011–2014) Los Angeles Lakers (2020–2021, 2023–2024) 8,162 287 28.4 2,928 470 ...
Factors like inferior athleticism obviously benefitted players of several decades ago, which has to be accounted for, too. Below, we tried our hand at ranking the 25 best NBA players ever.
The Heat became the first play–in team in NBA history to win a playoff series. The eighth-seeded Heat defeated the top-seeded Milwaukee Bucks in five games, marking the sixth instance in NBA history of an 8th-seeded team defeating a 1st-seeded team in the first round, following previous instances in 1994 , 1999 , 2007 , 2011 , and 2012 .