Has a basketball player ever had a better individual performance than Dirk Nowitski did in the 2011 playoffs?

Has a basketball player ever had a better individual performance than Dirk Nowitski did in the 2011 playoffs?

that wasn't that impressive. dirk even admitted after the finals that he got lucky that miami had continuity issues still.

When Jordan buttfucked the Suns in the Finals

yes

It's right up there. Dirk's 2011 Playoff averages were:

27 points on 48%/46%/94%, 8 rebounds in 21 games

All-time great numbers but plenty of players have done better statistically. However if you consider the competition (2-time defending champion Lakers, Big Three Thunder, Big Three Heat in their prime), you can make a case it's the greatest playoff run ever. His numbers weren't as good in the Finals but he made clutch shots in multiple games and put a permanent mark on LeBron's legacy. Maybe only Hakeem's '95 run could compete.

nah, that was too easy for the Bulls. the Knicks were much more difficult that year.

Don't disrespect the dirk like that

Shaw for all 3 early 00s Laker playoff runs
2003 playoff Tim Duncan
2016 playoff LeBron (you can count 17 playoffs too, those numbers were insane)

Oh please, this Neanderthal had one good 3 months and has been entire shit ever since.

Lelbron plz

It's true you fucking moron. If you made this thread just to blow Dirk instead of actually discuss it then you should have said so

Suck the dick of the greatest white player of all time you sad little bitch

no one brought up Larry though

1980 NBA Finals game 6.
Laker’s star KAJ out with an injury.
Magic Johnson (Then a 20 year old rookie) scores 42 points on 14-of-14 FT’s with 15 rebounds 7 assists 3 steals and one block. I feel like I should state again that Magic was a ROOKIE. Dirk is maybe a top 50 player all time has been washed up since 2010-11’ you could hardly call his performance “the best of all time” it’s not even close.

All of Lebron's title runs were better.

I can think of 2. Dirk is definitely top 3 though and anyone who thinks otherwise is a bitchass lebum fan

>playing in the eastern conference
>difficult

His only challenge is in the finals. He would never make it in the west.

Throughout an entire series?

16 LeBron
93 Jordan
2000 Shaw
03 Duncan

those immediately come to mind

you wish

2011 was the last time the NBA playoffs were fun to watch

When was the last legit seeding upset in the NBA? 2012 Philly

Yeah when Wade shat on him in 06

as a sixers fan, that's not exactly true- derrick rose got injured in game one.
the sixers probably would have gotten destroyed otherwised

Hakeem against the Knicks and Shaw back to back.

Oh yeah I thought he got injured facing Miami for some reason. Nevermind, in that case yeah the last legit upset was 2011.

Miami Spurs first go was fun.

That series was almost as big a travesty as the infamous Kings v Lakers series.

imagine how good his mulatto son is going to be, shooting and dunking

>that wasn't that impressive

lol you're dum

>Big Three in there prime
No it was there first year and the offense was awful they got by with sheer talent and athleticism, people forget they were a defensive powerhouse. Bulls and Celtics were favored in both those series. Who remembers "MVP" rose getting BTFO by evil lebron?

>actually believing Bill Simmons lies
Absolutely fucking disgusting.

lolno