How many great players have had a great Game 7?

[Rasho_libre]

He's not clutch man. Remember that kids.

[cpower]

But Ray Allen carried him to game 7....

[KobeDwightPau]

But Ray Allen carried him to game 7....

thats assuming none of lebron or the rest of his team mates points and efforts count for nothing. LeBron freakin carried the heat to that position, ray allen simply made a play that happened to be at the last possible moment.

[Winsome Gerbil]

The truly great don't even need to reach Game 7.

[DavidSterned]

Walt Frazier

I was going to say. His 36/19 Game 7 performance, along with Worthy's triple double, are the first two that came to my mind.

Incidentally those two guys were HOF'ers but not franchise players.

[Donald Kaufman]

Truly great players shouldn't need a game 7 to begin with. MJ didn't need 7 games in the Finals.

so MJ is the only true great then? is that what you're implying?

Well he is the GOAT for a reason.

[Showtime:Part2]

In 2000 Kobe lead the Lakers in points, rebs, blocks & assists in the WCFs to start a 3-peat. That was the real NBA Finals. There was no way the East would beat either the Lakers or Blazers.

In 2002 Kobe had 30, 10, 7 & 2 against the Kings. Again this was the real NBA Finals. There is no way the Nets would beat either the Kings or Lakers.

So Kobe has had great game 7s.

Cant defend his O in the 2010 FInals game 7 aka the game where everyone was completely gassed, but in the series he averaged 29/8/4/2. Bill Simmons wanted to give Kobe the Finals MVP if the Celtics won. But at least guard Kobe out rebounded both Celtics bigs combined. Warrior.

His ts percent was also the same as lebrons vs the spurs and the 10 celts were a better defensive squad imo. 8rpg was kind of nuts for Kobe and he wasn't surrounded by midgets like lbj

[Rasho_libre]

In 2000 Kobe lead the Lakers in points, rebs, blocks & assists in the WCFs to start a 3-peat. That was the real NBA Finals. There was no way the East would beat either the Lakers or Blazers.

In 2002 Kobe had 30, 10, 7 & 2 against the Kings. Again this was the real NBA Finals. There is no way the Nets would beat either the Kings or Lakers.

So Kobe has had great game 7s.

Cant defend his O in the 2010 FInals game 7 aka the game where everyone was completely gassed, but in the series he averaged 29/8/4/2. Bill Simmons wanted to give Kobe the Finals MVP if the Celtics won. But at least guard Kobe out rebounded both Celtics bigs combined. Warrior.

His ts percent was also the same as lebrons vs the spurs and the 10 celts were a better defensive squad imo. 8rpg was kind of nuts for Kobe and he wasn't surrounded by midgets like lbj

Nah he wasnt, just around the most imposing figure in all of the nba.

[wallsfamily]

The all time game seven scorer in NBA history is Lebron. 34 pts per game.

[Rasho_libre]

The all time game seven scorer in NBA history is Lebron. 34 pts per game.

Shhhhh

[BattleTested]

I think it would be more interesting if you only looked at games which were competitive in the 4th quarter (within 10 points, for example). Many of the games listed were complete blowouts heading into the 4th quarter so that can skew things if we're trying to determine who played well or who played poorly in a tight deciding game.

Every game I looked at was decided by single digits.

[Mamba Venom]

In game 7s:

Kobe is 5-1
Jordan is 2-1
LeBron is 1-2

3 of Kobes game 7s determined the championship IMHO 2000 Blazers, 2002 Kings & obviously 2010 -Back then the lEAST couldnt win. Stacked Blazers FTW and the pass happy Kings would destroy the Nets

The eye test doesnt always translate into stats. For example Odom did a lot of things to help my Lakers win like the pass before the pass, hustle on team D... that are not on a stat sheet. LeBron has the highest ppg. LeBron has the best $tats because LeBron is the king of $tats. No one is denying that. But the Ws speak for themselves. MJ didnt let the Finals go to a 7th game = greatness.

[LikeABosh]

Truly great players shouldn't need a game 7 to begin with. MJ didn't need 7 games in the Finals.

So what happens when 2 great players meet each other in the finals?

[LikeABosh]

In game 7s:

Kobe is 5-1
Jordan is 2-1
LeBron is 1-2

You really think Lebron only won a game 7 once?

[Wooderson]

In game 7s:

Kobe is 5-1
Jordan is 2-1
LeBron is 1-2

Yeah...LeBron is 3-2...two of which happened two months ago...

[ClintonDemocrat]

Kobe's weakness was his court vision and passing skills.

Disagree mightily. His court vision and passing are actually very good. Definitely underrated. The weakness is that he doesn't like using them unless he can get extra attention out of it or he's intentionally trying to stat pad for a triple double like he was doing during that streak last year. He doesn't spend games actively searching out teammates over his own scoring looks unless he's gonna get something out of it. He'd rather have 45 and 2 assists than 20 pts and 13 assists.

[MartyCONLONNN]

In game 7s:

Kobe is 5-1
Jordan is 2-1
LeBron is 1-2

3 of Kobes game 7s determined the championship IMHO 2000 Blazers, 2002 Kings & obviously 2010 -Back then the lEAST couldnt win. Stacked Blazers FTW and the pass happy Kings would destroy the Nets

The eye test doesnt always translate into stats. For example Odom did a lot of things to help my Lakers win like the pass before the pass, hustle on team D... that are not on a stat sheet. LeBron has the highest ppg. LeBron has the best $tats because LeBron is the king of $tats. No one is denying that. But the Ws speak for themselves. MJ didnt let the Finals go to a 7th game = greatness.

yuck, smells like insecurity

[BattleTested]

In game 7s:

Kobe is 5-1
Jordan is 2-1
LeBron is 1-2

Lebron won multiple Game 7's this year alone. Where did you get this 1-2 nonsense from. Off of memory Lebron's been in

06 ECSF Loss to Detroit
08 ECSF Loss to Boston
12 ECF Win vs Boston
13 ECF Win vs Indiana
13 Finals Win vs San Antonio.

So he's 3-2.

[NBA4EVA2010]

In game 7s:

Kobe is 5-1
Jordan is 2-1
LeBron is 1-2

3 of Kobes game 7s determined the championship IMHO 2000 Blazers, 2002 Kings & obviously 2010 -Back then the lEAST couldnt win. Stacked Blazers FTW and the pass happy Kings would destroy the Nets

The eye test doesnt always translate into stats. For example Odom did a lot of things to help my Lakers win like the pass before the pass, hustle on team D... that are not on a stat sheet. LeBron has the highest ppg. LeBron has the best $tats because LeBron is the king of $tats. No one is denying that. But the Ws speak for themselves. MJ didnt let the Finals go to a 7th game = greatness.

wtf..all kinds of false stats being posted. Some real game 7 (or game 5's) stats


Some game 7 stats


MJ, LBJ, Kobe, Wade, Duncan, Shaq, & Dirk.

Michael Jordan’s Games: 4 Wins, 1 Loss
88’ G5 vs. CLE – 39 PTS, 4 RBS, 6 AST, 2 STL, 2 BLK, 7 TOV, 12/22 FG, 0/0 3P, 15/18 FT W
89’ G5 vs. CLE – 44 PTS, 9 RBS, 6 AST, 1 STL, 0 BLK, 2 TOV, 17/32 FG, 1/1 3P, 9/13 FT W
90’ G7 vs. DET – 31 PTS, 8 RBS, 9 AST, 1 STL, 0 BLK, 4 TOV, 13/27 FG, 0/2 3P, 5/5 FT L
92’ G7 vs. NYK – 42 PTS, 6 RBS, 4 AST, 2 STL, 3 BLK, 5 TOV, 15/29 FG, 0/0 3P, 12/13 FT W
98’ G7 vs. IND – 28 PTS, 9 RBS, 8 AST, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 2 TOV, 9/25 FG, 0/0 3P, 10/15 FT W

Kobe Bryant’s Games: 6 Wins, 1 Losses
00’ G5 vs. SAC – 17 PTS, 2 RBS, 6 AST, 0 STL, 3 BLK, 1 TOV, 7/16 FG, 1/5 3P, 2/2 FT W
00’ G7 vs. POR – 25 PTS, 11 RBS, 7 AST, 0 STL, 4 BLK, 2 TOV, 9/19 FG, 1/4 3P, 6/12 FT W
02’ G7 vs. SAC – 30 PTS, 10 RBS, 7 AST, 2 STL, 0 BLK, 0 TOV, 10/26 FG, 2/3 3P, 8/10 FT W
06’ G7 vs. PHX – 24 PTS, 4 RBS, 1 AST, 0 STL, 1 BLK, 3 TOV, 8/16 FG, 4/8 3P, 4/5 FT L
09’ G7 vs. HOU – 14 PTS, 7 RBS, 5 AST, 3 STL, 2 BLK, 1 TOV, 4/12 FG, 1/4 3P, 5/6 FT W
10’ G7 vs. BOS – 23 PTS, 15 RBS, 2 AST, 1 STL, 0 BLK, 4 TOV, 6/24 FG, 0/6 3P, 11/15 FT W
12’ G7 vs. DEN – 17 PTS, 1 RBS, 8 AST, 0 STL, 1 BLK, 3 TOV, 7/16 FG, 2/4 3P, 1/4 FT W

Dwyane Wade’s Games: 4 Wins, 2 Losses
04’ G7 vs. NOH – 12 PTS, 4 RBS, 7 AST, 2 STL, 0 BLK, 4 TOV, 5/18 FG, 0/1 3P, 2/2 FT W
05’ G7 vs. DET – 20 PTS, 1 RBS, 4 AST, 1 STL, 0 BLK, 5 TOV, 7/20 FG, 0/1 3P, 6/7 FT L
09’ G7 vs. ATL – 31 PTS, 3 RBS, 4 AST, 1 STL, 2 BLK, 4TOV, 10/25 FG, 2/9 3P, 9/9 FT L
12’ G7 vs. BOS – 23 PTS, 6 RBS, 6 AST, 1 STL, 0 BLK, 3 TOV, 8/17 FG, 0/2 3P, 7/8 FT W
13’ G7 vs. IND – 21 PTS, 9 RBS, 1 AST, 2 STL, 1 BLK, 4 TOV, 7/17 FG, 0/0 3P, 7/7 FT W
13’ G7 vs. SAS – 23 PTS, 10 RBS, 1 AST, 1 STL, 2 BLK, 4 TOV, 11/21 FG, 0/0 3P, 1/2 FT W

LeBron James’ Games: 3 Wins, 2 Losses
06’ G7 vs. DET – 27 PTS, 8 RBS, 2 AST, 1 STL, 0 BLK, 3 TOV, 11/24 FG, 0/4 3P, 5/8 FT L
08’ G7 vs. BOS – 45 PTS, 5 RBS, 6 AST, 2 STL, 0 BLK, 2 TOV, 14/29 FG, 3/11 3P, 14/19 FT L
12’ G7 vs. BOS – 31 PTS, 12 RBS, 2 AST, 1 STL, 1 BLK, 3 TOV, 9/21 FG, 1/5 3P, 12/17 FT W
13’ G7 vs. IND – 32 PTS, 8 RBS, 4 AST, 2 STL, 1 BLK, 2 TOV, 8/17 FG, 1/2 3P, 15/16 FT W
13’ G7 vs. SAS – 37 PTS, 12 RBS, 4 AST, 2 STL, 0 BLK, 2 TOV, 12/23 FG, 5/10 3P, 8/8 FT W

Tim Duncan’s Games: 3 Wins, 2 Losses
02’ G5 vs. SEA – 23 PTS, 9 RBS, 3 AST, 0 STL, 7 BLK, 2 TOV, 9/19 FG, 0/0 3P, 5/5 FT W
05’ G7 vs. DET – 25 PTS, 11 RBS, 3 AST, 0 STL, 2 BLK, 5 TOV, 10/27 FG, 0/0 3P, 6/6 FT W
06’ G7 vs. DAL – 41 PTS, 15 RBS, 6 AST, 1 STL, 3 BLK, 3 TOV, 12/24 FG, 0/1 3P, 17/23 FT L
08’ G7 vs. NOH – 16 PTS, 14 RBS, 3 AST, 1 STL, 0 BLK, 4 TOV, 5/17 FG, 0/1 3P, 6/6 FT W
13’ G7 vs. MIA – 24 PTS, 12 RBS, 2 ST, 4 STL, 1 BLK, 3 TOV, 8/18 FG, 0/0 3P, 8/8 FT L

Shaquille O’Neal’s Games: 4 Wins, 1 Loss
95’ G7 vs. IND – 25 PTS, 11 RBS, 2 AST, 0 STL, 2 BLK, 4 TOV, 11/15 FG, 3/11 FT W
00’ G5 vs. SAC – 32 PTS, 18 RBS, 4 AST, 1 STL, 3 BLK, 3 TOV, 15/24 FG, 2/7 FT W
00’ G7 vs. POR – 18 PTS, 9 RBS, 5 AST, 0 STL, 1 BLK, 4 TOV, 5/9 FG, 8/12 FT W
02’ G7 vs. SAC – 35 PTS, 13 RBS, 2 AST, 0 STL, 4 BLK, 3 TOV, 12/25 FG, 11/15 FT W
05’ G7 vs. DET – 27 PTS, 9 RBS, 1 AST, 2 STL, 3 BLK, 5 TOV, 12/19 FG, 3/6 FT L

Dirk Nowitzki’s Games: 5 Wins, 0 Losses
01’ G5 vs. UTA – 18 PTS, 4 RBS, 1 AST, 1 STL, 0 BLK, 1 TOV, 3/11 FG, 2/4 3P, 10/10 FT W
03’ G7 vs. POR – 31 PTS, 11 RBS, 1 AST, 2 STL, 3 BLK, 1 TOV, 12/21 FG, 1/4 3P, 6/6 FT W
03’ G7 vs. SAC – 30 PTS, 19 RBS, 2 AST, 1 STL, 1 BLK, 0 TOV, 12/20 FG, 3/4 3P, 2/3 FT W
05’ G7 vs. HOU – 14 PTS, 14 RBS, 2 AST, 1 STL, 3 BLK, 2 TOV, 5/14 FG, 0/1 3P, 4/6 FT W
06’ G7 vs. SAS – 37 PTS, 15 RBS, 3 AST, 1 STL, 1 BLK, 0 TOV, 11/20 FG, 0/1 3P, 15/16 FT W

Michael Jordan G7 Stats:
36.8 PPG, 7.2 RPG, 6.6 APG, 1.2 SPG, 1.0 BPG, 4.0 TOPG, 48.9 FG%, 33.3 FG%, 79.7 FT%
-W/out Game 5’s
33.7 PPG, 7.7 RPG, 7.0 APG, 1.0 SPG, 1.0 BPG, 3.7 TOPG, 45.7 FG%, 0.0 3P%, 81.8 FT%

Kobe Bryant G7 Stats:
21.4 PPG, 7.1 RPG, 5.1 APG, .9 SPG, 1.6 BPG, 2.0 TOPG, 39.5 FG%, 32.4 3P%, 70.2 FT%
-W/out Game 5’s
22.2 PPG, 8.0 RPG, 5.0 APG, 1.0 SPG, 1.3 BPG, 2.2 TOPG, 38.9 FG%, 35.8 3P%, 67.3 FT%

Dwyane Wade G7 Stats:
21.7 PPG, 5.5 RPG, 3.8 APG, 1.3 SPG, .8 BPG, 4.0 TOPG, 40.7 FG%, 15.4 3P%, 91.4 FT%

LeBron James G7 Stats:
34.4 PPG, 9.0 RPG, 3.6 APG, 1.6 SPG, .4 BPG, 2.4 TOPG, 47.4 FG%, 31.3 3P%, 79.4 FT%

Tim Duncan G7 Stats:
25.8 PPG, 12.2 RPG, 3.4 APG, 1.2 SPG, 2.6 BPG, 3.4 TOPG, 42.6 FG%, 0.0 3P%, 87.5 FT%
-W/out Game 5’s
26.5 PPG, 13.0 RPG, 3.5 APG, 1.5 SPG, 1.5 BPG, 3.8 TOPG, 40.7 FG%, 0.0 3P%, 86.0 FT%

Shaquille O’Neal G7 Stats:
27.4 PPG, 12.0 RPG, 2.8 APG, .6 SPG, 2.6 BPG, 3.8 TOPG, 59.8 FG%, 52.9 FT%
-W/out Game 5’s
26.7 PPG, 10.3 RPG, 2.7 APG, .7 SPG, 2.6 BPG, 4.0 TOPG, 54.7 FG%, 66.7 FT%

Dirk Nowitzki G7 Stats:
26.0 PPG, 12.6 RPG, 1.8 APG, 1.2 SPG, 1.6 BPG, .8 TOPG, 50.0 FG%, 42.9 3P%, 90.2 FT%
-W/out Game 5’s
28.0 PPG, 14.8 RPG, 2.0 APG, 1.3 SPG, 2.0 BPG, .8 TOPG, 53.3 FG%, 40.0 3P%, 87.1 FT%

-Game 5’s excluded-

Best PPG: LeBron James – 34.4 Best RPG: Dirk Nowitzki – 14.8

Best APG: Michael Jordan – 7.0 Best SPG: LeBron James – 1.3

Best BPG: Shaquille O’Neal – 2.6 Best TOPG: Dirk Nowitzki – .8

Best FG%: Shaquille O’Neal 54.7% Best 3P%: Dirk Nowitzki – 40.0%

Best FT%: Dwyane Wade – 91.4% Best Win%: Dirk Nowitzki – 100%

Singe Game Highs-

Most Points: LeBron James – 45 Most Rebounds: Dirk Nowitzki – 19

Most Assists: Michael Jordan – 9 Most Steals: Tim Duncan – 4

Most Blocks: Shaquille O’Neal – 4 Most Turnovers: Michael Jordan – 7
Kobe Bryant – 4
Most FG Made: Michael Jordan – 17 Most FG ATT: Michael Jordan – 32

Most 3P Made: LeBron James – 5 Most 3P ATT: LeBron James – 11

Most FT Made: Tim Duncan – 17 Most FT ATT: Tim Duncan – 23

-Game 5’s included-

Best PPG: Michael Jordan – 36.8 Best RPG: Tim Duncan – 13.0

Best APG: Michael Jordan – 6.6 Best SPG: LeBron James – 1.3

Best BPG: Shaquille O’Neal – 2.6 Best TOPG: Dirk Nowitzki – .8
Tim Duncan - 2.6
Best FG%: Shaquille O’Neal – 59.8% Best 3P%: Dirk Nowitzki – 42.9%

Best FT%: Dwyane Wade – 91.4% Best Win %: Dirk Nowitzki – 100%

Single Game Highs-

Most Points: LeBron James – 45 Most Rebounds: Dirk Nowitzki – 19

Most Assists: Michael Jordan – 9 Most Steals: Tim Duncan – 4

Most Blocks: Tim Duncan – 7 Most Turnovers: Michael Jordan – 5
-Most Turnovers: Dwyane Wade – 5
-Most Turnovers: Tim Duncan – 5
-Most Turnovers: Shaquille O’Neal – 5

Most FG Made: Michael Jordan – 15 Most FG ATT: Michael Jordan – 29

Most 3P Made: LeBron James – 5 Most 3P ATT: LeBron James – 11

Most FT Made: Tim Duncan – 17 Most FT ATT: Tim Duncan - 23




I was going to do Carmelo Anthony, but shockingly enough, he has never played in a Game 7, ever! So I went with Dirk, and I was stunned, Dirk just balls in Game 7's.
As for the Game 5's that are mixed in, I didn't know whether or not to include them since they aren't technically Game 7's, but they give both teams the same condition of Game 7's in that, you either win and advance, or lose and go home. For those who think Game 5's shouldn't count, I did averages both with and without Game 5's mixed in. As for the bolded sections, that just shows where a player took over another players (best/highest) spot with the Game 5's mixed in.

All stats come from Basketball Reference.

[Rasho_libre]

In game 7s:

Kobe is 5-1
Jordan is 2-1
LeBron is 1-2

3 of Kobes game 7s determined the championship IMHO 2000 Blazers, 2002 Kings & obviously 2010 -Back then the lEAST couldnt win. Stacked Blazers FTW and the pass happy Kings would destroy the Nets

The eye test doesnt always translate into stats. For example Odom did a lot of things to help my Lakers win like the pass before the pass, hustle on team D... that are not on a stat sheet. LeBron has the highest ppg. LeBron has the best $tats because LeBron is the king of $tats. No one is denying that. But the Ws speak for themselves. MJ didnt let the Finals go to a 7th game = greatness.

Almost everything is wrong. Why are we always creating special criterias for him? No matter how you spin it stats and Kobe don't agree. It even shows how he wasnt once in his career the man on these game 7s