TOO wrote:lilfishi22 wrote:sunskerr wrote:
But were they actually historic? I mean they were sick ass numbers no doubt. But the dude that beat us averaged 30/13/5 lol. Maybe that was more historic.
First player since Tim Duncan to put up at least 15/15 in his Finals debut.
And
Doesn't look as impressive as 30/13 but historic nonetheless
Having a couple of decent games doesn't mean he was historic. It's not like he was Olajuwon out there, c'mon now.
There's also this
At age 22, Deandre Ayton is the first player in NBA history to average 15/10 on 65% in a postseason run. Ayton also had the most efficient postseason in NBA history.
(Minimum 600 minutes or 150 fga)
Deandre Ayton averaged 15.8/11.8/1.1/0.8/1.1 on 65.8% shooting. This makes Ayton the first player in NBA playoff history to average 15/10 on 65+% shooting, minimum 300 minutes. (Deandre Jordan, David Robinson, and Buck Williams each did it in first round losses)
Ayton also had the most efficient postseason in NBA history with a minimum of 150 fga or 600 min. The next closest came from James Worthy at 62.2% shooting. Additionally, Ayton had the 4th highest true shooting percentage for a single postseason run, behind Mitchell (2020), KD (2017), and Kawhi (21). The next highest big man is Kevin McHale at #6 for his 1988 run.
Ayton is also now the 3rd all time playoff leader in field goal percentage, shooting 65.8%. Gobert (66.5%) and Deandre Jordan (66.2%) both edge Ayton out, but Gobert is averaging 13.6 ppg while Jordan only averaged 9.8, compared to Ayton’s 15.8 ppg.
Shooting 65.8% on 15.8 ppg at age 22 is absurd. The only centers in NBA history to average more points in a single postseason before the age of 23 (min 5 games, @Ed Macauley and Ilgauska) are Kareem, Bob McAdoo, Amare Stoudemire, Hakeem, Shaq, Moses Malone, Alvan Adams, Mitch Kupchak, and Brad Daugherty. Out of those 9 players, 3 averaged less rebounds, none averaged above 60% shooting, and 6 averaged over 10% lower fg% than Ayton.
Ayton had 8 games of 20+ points in this postseason. That means that in 22 playoff games, Ayton has:
• 3 more 20+ point playoff games than Gobert (43 games)
• 3 more 20+ point playoff games than DJ (57 games)
• 7 more 20+ point playoff games than Domantas Sabonis (13 games)
• 5 more 20+ point playoff games than Kristaps Porzingis (10 games)
• 2 more 20+ point playoff games than Vucevic (11 games)
• 1 less 20+ point playoff game than Bam Adebayo (28 games)
• 6 less 20+ point playoff games than Pascal Siakam (47 games; Siakam every 3.4 games, every Ayton every 2.8 games)
• 12 less 20+ point playoff games than Kevin Love (63 games; KLove every 3.2 games, Ayton every 2.8 games)
• 15 less 20+ point playoff games than Chris Bosh (89 games; Bosh every 3.9 games, Ayton every 2.8 games)
For reference to the minimums, 150 fga is good differentiator between role player and star/high level starter. For a reference, AI holds the record for single postseason fga at 661. Seth Curry, a non-star who lost in the second round, shot 149 fga. Paul George shot 152 3s this postseason.
DA was REALLY good in that playoff run.
