‘Michael Jordan has 23 45-point playoff games, LeBron James just 11’: Redditor brings out crazy MJ stat that puts him above Lakers star in GOAT debate

Michael Jordan

Michael Jordan used to dominate the game of basketball like nobody else, so much so that even his closest competitor LeBron James can’t touch him in this stat.

The Miami Heat and Boston Celtics played a tight knit game six which saw Jimmy Butler erupt for 47 points in a 111-103 victory. Now, the two will meet in Miami for a final game seven bout to see who advances to the Finals.

The Golden State Warriors are waiting for them there. Butler’s massive performance was all anyone could talk about after the game, and it brought up memories of other great scoring performances in the playoffs.

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Michael Jordan used to absolutely dominate the playoffs

Seeing the way Butler dominated the Celtics today called back to the times other legends have scored 45+ points in playoff games. Butler himself has two of those games, scoring 45 points in the Heat’s first round series against the Hawks this year in game two.

Other young stars like Ja Morant, Jayson Tatum, Luka Doncic, and Donovan Mitchell all have two as well. More experienced players like Russell Westbrook, four, and Kevin Durant, five, have had their fair share of memorable playoff performances as well.

Then you have legends of the game like Allen Iverson with seven and Wilt Chamberlain with eight, earning the reputation of being some of the best playoff performers of all time.

Of course, leading the way amongst active players is LeBron James. He has 11 of these games, showing just how much of a force he is when he makes it to the playoffs. The Lakers were eliminated from contention this year after a number of things went wrong with the team, starting right at the roster makeup.

However, nobody can touch Michael Jordan who has a whopping 23 45-point playoff games. That’s more than twice the number LeBron has and is more than LeBron and Wilt combined. Right from an early age Jordan showed he was going to be a scorer in the playoffs.

In 1986, just his second year in the league, Jordan scored 63 points against the Larry Bird-led Boston Celtics. That team used to run the East back in the day and would win the Finals in the same season. Jordan’s performance had Larry Bird saying “I would never have called him the greatest player I’d ever seen if I didn’t mean it. It’s just God disguised as Michael Jordan.”

This stat just exemplifies why Jordan is considered the GOAT.

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Ashish Priyadarshi is The SportsRush's content manager and editor. Ashish freelanced for 1 year in the NFL division before taking on an editorial role in the company. He then tacked on managing content while adding on a writing role in the NBA division. Ashish has been closely following the NFL and NBA since the 2012 season when the Patriots lost the Super Bowl and Derrick Rose was at the height of his powers. Since then, Ashish has focused on honing his knowledge for both leagues in, even writing crossover pieces. In his free time, Ashish is an avid basketball player, he loves to watch movies and TV shows, immersing himself in the cinematic world. Ashish studies computer science and data science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and would love to mesh his love for sports with his technical skills.

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