Quick Quiz

Basketball Digest, May, 2001

1. Five players have scored 30-plus pints in every game of an NBA Finals series. Can you name them? And can you name the player with the top scoring average in Finals play?

2. Nearly half of the 26 games of 50-plus points in playoff history have been accomplished by two players. Name them.

3. Two players have recorded 40-plus rebounds in a playoff game. Who are they?

4. Can you name the two players who account for more than three-quarters of the 17 20-plus assists games in the playoffs?

5. Only one player has shot 60% or better from the floor in his playoff career. Only one player has shot 50% or better from the arc in his playoff career. Can you name them?

6. Who passed Michael Jordan last year for first place on the all-time postseason steals list?

7. What team that has won at least one playoff game has the lowest all-time postseason winning percentage?

8. Match the player to his playoff distinction:

1. Michael Jordan   a. Most consecutive 40-plus scoring games (6)
2. Elgin Baylor     b. Most consecutive 30-plus scoring games (11)
3. Jerry West       c. Most consecutive 20-plus scoring games (60)

9. A Los Angeles Laker holds the distinction of being disqualified from a game fastest in playoff history. Was it Shaquille O'Neal, Jamaal Wilkes, Travis Knight, Sedale Threatt, Happy Hairston, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Pat Riley, or A.C. Green?

10. Has a team ever gone an entire playoff game without recording a blocked shot?

Quick Quiz Answers

1. Elgin Baylor (1962), Rick Barry (1967), Michael Jordan (1993), Hakeem Olajuwon (1995), and Shaquille O'Neal (2000). Of the five, Barry holds the top scoring average in Finals play, 36.3. 2. Wilt Chamberlain scored 50-plus eight times, Michael Jordan four times. 3. Bill Russell gathered 40 rebounds in a game three times, but Wilt Chamberlain holds the all-time playoff mark with 41 vs. Russell on April 5, 1967. 4. Magic Johnson had 10 games of 20-plus assists in the playoffs, while John Stockton has four. 5. James Donaldson shot 62.7% in the postseason, while Bobby Hansen shot 50% from the three-point line. 6. Jordan's teammate Scottie Pippen's 383 steals rank first on the all-time list. Jordan, with 376, ranks second. 7. The New Jersey Nets are 9-30 in postseason play, for an NBA-worst .231 winning percentage. The Toronto Raptors are 0-3 in postseason play. 8. 1-c, 2-b, 3-a 9. Travis Knight was tossed from a game vs. the San Antonio Spurs on May 23, 1999, after playing only six minutes. 10. Yes. In fact, it's happened 47 times in postseason history. Photo: Eric "Sleepy" Floyd holds the record for most points scored in one quarter of a playoff game, with 29 vs. the Los Angeles Lakers on May 10, 1987.

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