Even more outrageous than Jordan! 8 wins and 0 losses in the finals! Only three players in the NBA can do it

As we all know, there are all kinds of records in the NBA. Today I will introduce you to a record related to the Finals: players who have never lost in the Finals, that is, players who can win the championship by entering the Finals, as many as 12 people with 5 wins and 0 losses (only counting players who have played in the Finals), Jordan can only tie for sixth in history with 6 wins and 0 losses!

Many people think there will be Bill Russell, but in fact Russell lost once in the finals. Russell has been a 13-year player career, reached the Finals 12 times and won 11 NBA championships. In the 1957-58 season, Russell and the Celtics lost to the Hawks led by Bob Pettit, which was also Russell's only finals defeat.

Although there is no Russell in this list, the top three Russell's teammates: John Haflicke, KC Jones and Tom Sanders, both of whom were 8 wins and 0 losses in the finals. However, the years of winning the championship of the three of them are not exactly the same. Only KC-Jones runs through the Celtics' eight consecutive championships, and the other two are a little later.

Let's take a look at the detailed championship years: KC-Jones (1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966); Tom Sanders (1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969); Haflicek (1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1976). There were two people in the finals of 7 wins and 0 losses, one of whom was also a Celtic player: Jim Loskutov (1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964). Another person is more familiar with: Robert Horry (1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007). There are two people with 6 wins and 0 losses in the finals, and everyone is more familiar with them: Jordan and Pippen (1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998). They have never played tiebreak in the finals. Jordan averaged 33.6 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists and 1.8 steals per game in his career in the finals, with three shooting percentages: 48.1%, 36.8%, and 80.6%.

In the 1993 Finals, the Bulls defeated the Suns 4-2, and Jordan averaged 41 points, 8.5 rebounds, 6.3 assists and 1.7 steals per game. How lonely it is to be invincible. Pippen averaged 19 points, 8.3 rebounds, 5.9 assists, 1.9 steals and 1.1 blocks in his career in the finals, with three shooting percentages: 42.5%, 25.6%, and 74.7%. He and Jordan averaged more than 41 minutes per game! There are five players with 5 wins and 0 losses in the finals: George McCann and Jim Pollard, who are teammates of the Minneapolis Lakers, and they won the same championship year (1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954); Larry Siegfried (Celtics, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969);

Ron Harper (1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001);

Steve Cole (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003).

Finally, there is a reverse record, that is, Lakers' legend Elkin Baylor, with 0 wins and 8 losses in the finals. Six of them lost to the Celtics and the other two to the Knicks. In the 1971-72 season, Baylor only played 9 regular season games and retired due to injury. West, Chamberlain and Gudridge led the Lakers to win the championship in the season.

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