Over 950 Minutes in a Playoff Season

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Interesting note -- of the 29 guys to log 950+ MP, only 11 played on teams who won the NBA title.  18 were losers. 


Richard Hamilton played 1079 playoff minutes in 2004-05 and yet couldn't log even TWO playoff Win Shares!!!  Other just super shitty (but durable) efforts - Jalen Rose 2000; Dan Majerle 1993.  Dennis Johnson 1987.


The 5 Best Big-Minute Playoff performances?


#5 -- Larry Bird 1984 -- won the title, 4.7 WS, .236 WS/48


#4 -- Dwyane Wade 2006 -- won the title, 4.8 WS, .240 WS/48


#3 -- LeBron James 2013 -- won the title, 5.2 WS, .260 WS/48


#2 -- Tim Duncan 2003 -- won the title, 5.9 WS (the all-time playoff record), .279 WS/48


#1 -- LeBron James -- 2012, won the title, 5.8 WS, .284 WS/48. 




Sadly, Dirk Nowitzki, who had Dwyane Wade on the ropes in 2006 in the Finals before "Letting him off the hook!" (RIP Denny Green), had a tremendous playoff season (5.4 WS, .263 WS/48) end in failure, or he would have displaced Bird from the list.




HM