Best playoff Runs in NBA History

[ambchang]

http://espn.go.com/nba/truehoop/miamiheat/story/_/id/8100287/nba-playoffs-greatest-individual-playoff-runs

Jordan made it four times - tough to argue against.
Shaq twice - I would argue 2001 run should rank Shaq higher
Lebron actually ended number 2, which doesn't look that good, as the Heat wasn't all that dominant in the playoffs. But his stats were really eye-popping.
Hakeem, Duncan and Wade rounded out the top 10 - not much of an argument from me.

Pretty good list.

[clambake]

best had to be the mavs last year.

[lefty]

The 1995 Rockets run was pretty epic

[TIMMYtoZO]

95 Rockets, tbh. They played/beat the top 4 teams record wise without HCA. That alone makes it the most impressive.

[JoeTait75]

Count me in on the '95 Rockets. Every team they beat in the playoffs was capable of winning the title that year, IMO.

[InTheCrust]

The piece is on individual runs, not team runs.

[lefty]

Hakeem then


He destroyed Robinson, then dominated Shaq


It's no small feat

[OKC Thunderstorm]

2013 Kevin Durant

[Halberto]

Surprising to see just how many people post before reading the article.

[Lincoln]

How can it not include 2011 Dirk?

[Samuel Eto'o]

91 Jordan

[JoeTait75]

Surprising to see just how many people post before reading the article.

Sorry, I meant to say Hakeem Olajuwon and the 1995 Houston Rockets.

[Budkin]

Houston 1995 takes the cake.

Thunder would have been near the top had they won this year.

[TE]

Surprising to see just how many people post before reading the article.

:lol people think this is a team based ranking when it's based on players

[cheguevara]

Rodman 1996. dude was intoxicated the entire playoffs

[DAF86]

How can it not include 2011 Dirk?

Look at the article. You can't place Dirk's '11 higher than any of those runs.

[mavs>spurs]

put dirk in at #10 over wade's rigged performance

[TIMMYtoZO]

Hakeem in 95 then. He was a beast.

[DMC]

K:lolbe

[Seventyniner]

2012 Spurs for the first 10 games.

:depressed

[HarlemHeat37]

I'm in the minority, but I actually thought Dirk's 2006 run was better than his 2011 run..the 2006 Finals, particularly Wade, changed the perception of Nowitzki's run..

Jordan in '91 is easily the best of all-time, no other run is close..

I don't have any problems with the list, distinguishing the performances from 7/8 to 14/15 is challenging IMO..Kareem in '71, Bird in '86, Magic in '87, Shaq in '02 and Nowitzki in '11 deserve strong consideration..

[Stalin]

shaq daddy makes two appearances, but where's kobe?

[Sean Cagney]

I liked Hakeems 95 run to be up there, Spurs fan myself I witnessed that damn run lol.

[ambchang]

Moses Malone in 83 deserves some consideration, can probably switch out Wade at 10.

The other ones doesn't get much of an argument from me, although I think there are too many Jordans. But it's sort of hard to switch out Jordan because he was really that dominant.

On the loser side, 93 Barkley was great, too bad he ran into 93 Jordan.

[ambchang]

Great quote btw:



One could argue that points per game should be the ultimate barometer, but the currency of basketball is efficient team scoring, not individual scoring.

[Clipper Nation]

CP3 in 2013... straight beasting, tbh...

[100%duncan]

Dirk's 2011 should replace Wade's imo.

[DMC]

2012 Spurs for the first 10 games.

:depressed
Not reading the article :depressed

[Clipper Nation]

:( Their class percentage was off the charts