clyde drexler has the most double doubles in nba playoff history.
clyde drexler has the most double doubles in nba playoff history.
who has the most double doubles in nba playoff history?
clyde drexler
the san antonio spurs had met the miami heat the previous year in the finals, and on the brink of winning the championship title with seconds left, the spurs blew a 5-point lead with 28 seconds left in game 6. thus, it was quite clear that the spurs wanted redemption. in game 1, it was quite tight for the first 3 quarters, but mid-way in the 4th quarter, lebron james had a cramp, forcing him to leave the game with 25 points. the spurs then went on an 18–2 run in james' absence, and comfortably won 110–95 and take a 1–0 lead. game 2 was quite similar, being very close for almost all of the game, despite lebron's 14 points in the 3rd quarter on 6 straight jumpshots and 35 points for the game. in the 4th quarter, chris bosh made several clutch plays, including a 3-pointer, and setting up dwyane wade to put up miami by 5 with less than 10 seconds left. miami tied the series, winning 98–96. as the series shifted to miami, their perfect 8–0 playoff home record seemed very threatening to every opponent. however, it was all san antonio, scoring 41 points in the first quarter and 71 points at the half on 76% shooting, an nba finals record. the heat, down 21 points at the half and down as much 25 throughout the game, cut the lead to 7, but never come closer. big performances from kawhi leonard (career-high 29 points on 10–13 shooting) and danny green (15 points on 7–8 shooting & 5 steals in 21 minutes) helped ease the spurs to a 111–92 blowout, taking a 2–1 series lead and handing miami their first home loss of the playoffs. game 4 was strikingly similar, with san antonio dominating the first half 55–36, and never looking back. another good performance by kawhi leonard (20 points, 14 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 blocks, 3 steals), tony parker (19 points) and patty mills (14 points in 16 minutes) helped the spurs to a 107–86 blowout and take a commanding 3–1 lead in the series. this was also the first time miami had lost 2 consecutive playoff games since 2012. tim duncan also made history, having played the most minutes in nba playoff history while also passing magic johnson for the most double-doubles in the playoffs with 158. in game 5, miami got off to a fast start, once leading 22–6, while lebron james having a 17-point and 6-rebound first quarter. however, san antonio outscored miami by 14 in the second quarter, sneaking their way back into the game. in the third quarter, the spurs outscored miami 30–18, with patty mills scoring 14 points in the quarter with 4 3-point shots, and from there on it was a blowout. despite a 31–10–5 performance from lebron james, poor performances came from chris bosh, dwyane wade and ray allen (combining for 11–34 shooting). kawhi leonard shot 70% from the field and 75% from 3-point land and score 22 points while also going along with 10 rebounds, ginobili and mills shot a combined 8–14 from 3-point territory, and the spurs shot 46% from 3-point land, and the san antonio spurs blew out the heat again 104–87 to win their fifth title in franchise history and avenge the previous year's heartbreaking loss.
2014 nba playoffs
with carmelo anthony averaging 22.8 points per game and billups averaging 6.4 assists in the 2008–09 nba season the nuggets accomplished a great number of franchise milestones. their 54–28 record matched the most wins the franchise had gotten since their induction in the nba; their 27–14 start was also a record for wins in the first half of a season. this also marked the first time in the franchise's history the team had back-to-back 50-win seasons. they led the northwest division for much of the season, eventually winning the division and placing #2 in the western conference, matching the highest the team has ever been seeded for the playoffs. general manager mark warkentien won the nba executive of the year award for the nuggets' improvement. they won game 1 of the playoffs in a blowout victory against the new orleans hornets, the first time they had home-court advantage since 1988 and also, the 29-point victory was the largest victory for any team for game 1 of the first round of the 2009 nba playoffs. chauncey billups set a nuggets franchise record with the most three-pointers in a playoff game with 8, and his 19 three-pointers in total is also a nuggets record for threes made in a playoff series. they went on to beat the hornets in 5, including a 58-point victory in game 4 which matched the most lopsided win in nba playoff history. they then went on to beat the 6th seed dallas mavericks 4 games to 1 in the conference semifinals to make their first trip to the western conference finals since 1985. that was also the first time the nuggets had ever led 3–0 in a best-of-seven series. up to that point, they held an nba playoffs-high in three-pointers made and a 16-point average margin of victory, the largest average margin of victory in the first 10 playoff games in nba playoff history. they lost the first game of the western conference finals against the los angeles lakers but won the second game to tie the series. anthony became the first denver player to score at least 30 points in five consecutive playoff games since the nuggets joined the nba in 1976. they lost the series 4–2, ending denver's longest playoff run in team history.
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