He led the team in points (27.5), rebounds (11.0), assists (5.9) and steals (2.3) per game.
Cousy contributed 20.0 points, 8.6 assists and 5.5 rebounds. Coach Erik Spoelstra had learned, too, and fully unveiled the Bosh-at-center strategy that catapulted the Heat to the stratosphere. "Bill Russell and Larry Bird get the bulk of the historical attention paid to this organization—and rightfully so—but the John Havlicek, Dave Cowens and Jo Jo White, all Hall of Famers, were the top three scorers.
Rick Fox and Robert Horry were both growing into the roles they'd enjoy for much of the three-peat.That wasn't all, though. He did a little bit of everything for L.A. during those playoffs, averaging 9.8 points, 5.4 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.1 steals. And it couldn't have gone through the rim much cleaner.The three effectively sent Game 6 into overtime.
"Elsewhere on this roster, the Heat had solid depth and experience from the likes of Jason Williams, Antoine Walker, Alonzo Mourning, Gary Payton and James Posey.
His 23.9 points per game led the team, and he managed 8.7 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.7 blocks in his age-34 season.Hall of Famer Jamaal Wilkes added another 21.1 points. Both had skill sets that were ahead of their time. Mike Breen, take it away.What happens when a team wins a record number of regular-season games and then, thanks in large part to an unprecedented salary cap spike, replaces Harrison Barnes with the best individual scorer in the league? HisThen there's Kevin Love, who was played off the floor by fast-paced Golden State on more than one occasion. "It's the greatest upset in the history of the NBA, by far, there's nothing even comparable to it," Barry The Warriors had eight players who averaged at least six points in the playoffs. But the team lost more on that side of the ball than any team in nearly two decades. And in the Finals, he hit one of the biggest and most memorableWith time winding down in Game 6 against the San Antonio Spurs, Allen scrambled to the corner following an offensive rebound from Chris Bosh. He averaged 18.3 points, 12.6 assists and 6.2 rebounds. Dennis Johnson, who made five All-Star teams prior to 1985-86, was good for 15.6 points and 5.8 assists. In fact, Wade finishedThe 2011-12 season was also Shane Battier's first in Miami. And Greer shot up to 27.7. The Spurs won the last two games of the series before cruising through the rest of the postseason.The 1989-90 Detroit Pistons won the organization's second consecutive title behind Isiah Thomas, one of the greatest postseason performers in NBA history.From the champions who opened the decade to the ones who closed it, theSan Antonio's so-called Twin Towers boasted Tim Duncan and David Robinson, two defensive juggernauts with plenty of offensive skill to boot.In just his second season, Duncan averaged 21.7 points, 11.4 rebounds, 2.5 blocks and 2.4 assists. The league average that season wasAnd then, of course, there was Magic. The do-it-all forward averaged 21.0 points, 7.7 rebounds, 7.0 assists, 1.9 steals and 1.1 blocks. All-Decade Team: Some names to watch in 2020s As a new NBA decade nears, these players may be poised to rise to the top He averaged 24.7 rebounds and 15.0 points.
The Spurs had nine players between 16.7 and 8.2 points per game. They were a whopping plus-230 over those 17 games, theFrom the moment Durant announced his intentions to join Golden State through the title-sealing Game 5 against Cleveland, the final result of 2016-17 felt inevitable.Then, the entire remaining group was sorted by the average of their ranks in the numbers above with extra weight given to regular-season and postseason winning percentage and postseason net rating.
The team's two leading scorers, Abdul-Jabbar (24.8 points per game) and Wilkes (20.0), are both in the Hall of Fame.Though he was in his age-32 season, Kareem was still perhaps the NBA's best player.
And theirThe chemistry of these Spurs was palpable. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories . He also managed 7.9 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 2.1 blocks.
"This went way beyond just passing the torch," ESPN'sWade would go on to have better individual seasons (though he never won a regular-season MVP) and win two more titles, but 2005-06 may well have been his narrative peak.