wilt chamberlain has the most points in nba playoff history.
who has the most points in nba playoff history?
wilt chamberlain
after winning three of the first four games in the finals with relative ease, the warriors appeared to be overwhelming the cavaliers as they moved to being within one win from back-to-back championships. however, the series shifted dramatically after golden state's all-star forward, draymond green, was suspended for game 5 after an altercation with cleveland's lebron james in game 4. absent green, the warriors were lacking defensively, as kyrie irving and lebron james became the first teammates to score 40 or more points each in a finals game and led the cavaliers to a 112–97 win to force game 6. back in the quicken loans arena for their final home game of the season, the cavaliers tied the series at 3 games apiece by defeating golden state, 115–101. after receiving his sixth personal foul in the fourth quarter, stephen curry was ejected for the first time in his career after throwing his mouthpiece at a cavaliers fan. game 7 came down to the wire. late in the fourth quarter, with the score tied at 89, andre iguodala received a bounce pass from curry. as iguodala went up for the layup, he was blocked from behind by james, in what has since been recognized as one of the most memorable blocks in nba playoff history, and among the most iconic plays of james's career. with less than a minute to play, kyrie irving converted a 3-point shot to give the cavaliers the lead. on their next possession, james was fouled by green while attempting a dunk, and made one of his two free throws to increase the lead to four. while the warriors managed to get the ball into the hands of curry for a chance to cut the deficit to one, he was guarded well by cavaliers guard iman shumpert, and curry was forced to take a sub par shot that missed, sealing the game as the city of cleveland, ohio's 52-year sports curse finally ended. the cavaliers became the eleventh team to win an nba playoff series after trailing 3 games to 1, and the first to do so in the nba finals. the warriors became the best team (by regular season record) to fail to capture an nba championship. cleveland also became only the fourth team to win game 7 of the nba finals on the road. this was the first nba championship for the cavaliers.
2016 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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