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Before he was an NBA champion and two-time league MVP, Nikola Jokić was hard at work becoming a triple-double savant. Although he had yet to begin his reign as annual league leader in triple-doubles, the Joker was starting to show flashes of his all-around brilliance on a nightly basis. Against the Milwaukee Bucks in his third season, Jokić did his standard little bit of everything, but what stuck out was the speed in which he compiled his 10th triple-double of the season. Jokić’s versatility was on full display in the first half as he connected on a midrange pull-up and a catch-and-shoot 3-pointer while also spinning his way to a driving layup in traffic. He facilitated for his teammates in a variety of ways, whipping a pass down low for an easy layup, dishing a swing pass for an open triple and making a no-look, behind-the-back pass look effortless. Just over a year after recording his first career triple-double in Milwaukee, Jokić logged the fastest triple-double in NBA history, achieving the feat with 1:54 to go before halftime in 14 minutes, 33 seconds of game time. He broke the previous record of 17 minutes that had stood since 1955, and ended up with 30 points, 15 rebounds and 17 assists in Denver’s 134-123 win on February 15, 2018.

Nikola Jokić

The long wait came to an end — thanks to Kyrie Irving and one of the biggest shots in NBA Finals history, the Cleveland Cavaliers finally joined the ranks of world champions in 2016, snapping a drought that dated back to the franchise’s inception in 1970. The team’s hopes of pulling off the feat looked bleak after falling into a 3-1 series hole against the 73-win defending champion Golden State Warriors, but Irving and company forced Game 7 thanks to convincing victories in Games 5 and 6. With the game deadlocked at 89 in the fourth quarter, the 2012 Rookie of the Year dribbled around a screen until he was one-on-one with two-time MVP Steph Curry. Keeping Curry at bay with evasive handles until it was his time to strike, Irving pulled up from 25 feet and buried an iconic go-ahead 3-pointer with 53 seconds remaining to silence a stunned home crowd. The shot heard round the NBA world capped an epic night and series for Irving, who shot 10 for 23 for 26 points to go with six rebounds in Cleveland’s unforgettable 93-89 win on June 19, 2016. Irving averaged 27.1 points per game in the series on better than 40 percent shooting from downtown as the Cavs became the first team to rally from a 3-1 deficit and win in the Finals.

Kyrie Irving

He’s added layers to his craft since his rookie campaign in 2016-17 but Jaylen Brown has known how to impact both ends of the floor since Day 1. In the midst of a Game 7 battle in the first postseason run of his career, Brown blows up a pass into the post then drops into high gear to convert an acrobatic transition bucket on the opposite end. Brown, a member of the All-Rookie Second Team in his first season, finished the series-clinching contest on May 15, 2017 with nine points and three boards in 20 minutes of action, helping the Boston Celtics secure a spot in the 2017 Eastern Conference Finals.

Jaylen Brown

Joel Embiid’s presence in the paint has been felt since he set foot on the hardwood. Beat by his check out of a pick-and-roll on January 13, 2017, the cornerstone of the Philadelphia 76ers franchise recovers in time to demolish a Cody Zeller dunk attempt. Embiid’s block, one of three on the night, and 24 points helped guide Philly to its third consecutive win, marking the first three-game win streak the processing team had experienced in over three years. Despite playing only 31 games in his first active season, Embiid won Rookie of the Month three times and qualified for the 2016-17 All-Rookie First Team.

Joel Embiid

First year, 10th year, rookie or veteran, reputations are earned in the postseason. Enter Norman Powell. Thrown into the fire of a heated playoff series between the upstart Toronto Raptors and Indiana Pacers, the rookie reserve answered the call to help jumpstart a squad facing a 13-point deficit in the fourth quarter of a pivotal Game 5. With the Air Canada Centre crowd on their feet applauding a resilient effort to draw within two, Powell lunges into a passing lane to pick off a Monta Ellis dish then sprints down the floor for an unforgettable, superhero-esque, game-tying cram. The dunk knotted the game at 92-92, the Raps secured the win shortly thereafter and would go on to win the First Round series in seven, their first series win since 2001. Powell finished with 10 points in 28 minutes of action in the April 26, 2016 battle.

Norman Powell

Give it up for the ones who never give up on a play. Kyle Anderson’s intangible grasp on the game of basketball has been apparent since the early days of his career. Sensing an opportunity for a fastbreak, Anderson breaks out in transition but has to track down an errant pass. Corralling the rock in the corner, the skilled forward spins and sidearms a lob pass to a trailing Davis Bertans for an unlikely alley-oop. Anderson racked up 11 points, four assists and an impressive five steals in the San Antonio Spurs win on March 5, 2018.

Kyle Anderson

You can game plan for Jimmy Butler but you can’t stop him. Corralling an inbound pass with 12 seconds on the clock in a knotted game between the Chicago Bulls and Brooklyn Nets on December 28, 2016, Butler prods his defender in isolation before stepping back into a deep two as the final horn sounds. Butler’s game-winner, two of the nine points he scored in the last two and a half minutes of the game, put a finishing touch on a 40-point gem that was briefly interrupted in the fourth quarter when the All-Star swingman went down with an ankle injury. Butler finished the 2016-17 campaign with a career-first All-NBA Third Team nod.

Jimmy Butler

First, Russell Westbrook broke the record for most triple-doubles in a single season. Then he shattered the hearts of the Denver Nuggets. When the Oklahoma City Thunder star point guard grabbed a rebound off a missed Nikola Jokić runner, his team trailed by two with only two seconds left on the clock. No matter, as the soon-to-be-named NBA MVP came out of a timeout, corralled a pass from Steven Adams and buried a dagger 3-pointer from 36 feet that won the Thunder the game while eliminating the Nuggets from playoff contention. The clutch game-winner capped a historic day for Westbrook, who notched his NBA-record 42nd triple-double of the season with 50 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists, breaking a mark that had stood since 1962. Westbrook scored the Thunder’s final 15 points while shooting 17 of 32 from the field, 5 of 12 from downtown and 11 of 11 from the stripe on April 9, 2017. Fittingly, Westbrook averaged a triple-double that season at 31.6 points, 10.7 rebounds and 10.4 assists and would later become the league’s all-time leader in career triple-doubles. 

Russell Westbrook

Do it as long as Shaun Livingston did and it starts to look easy. Sailing smooth in the final quarter of what would go on to be the largest postseason blowout in franchise history, the Golden State Warriors veteran strings an in-and-out, behind-the-back combo together to leave James Harden planted in the dirt. The perpetually smooth Livingston tallied nine points and four rebounds in the Western Conference Finals victory on May 20, 2018 and would go on to win the third and final ring of his NBA career.

Shaun Livingston

You’ve known him as a world-class dunker since the day he set foot in the league but Zach LaVine’s pull-up jumper has been on point since the beginning. Embroiled in a battle with the eventual-champion Golden State Warriors on April 11, 2015, the electric guard racked up a Minnesota Timberwolves franchise record 37 points on six treys in 45 grueling minutes of action. LaVine finished the 2014-15 campaign on the All-Rookie Second Team.

Zach LaVine

The first start of Anfernee Simons’ career could not have gone any better. The Portland Trail Blazers rookie guard was limited to just 20 games and one start in his first campaign, so he made sure to make it count. Having already locked up a postseason spot, Portland decided to give its young players a longer look, allowing Simons to showcase his passing prowess and sling a perfect bounce pass around two Sacramento Kings defenders to a cutter. Simons filled up the stat sheet while playing all 48 minutes, shooting 13 of 21 from the field and 7 of 11 from downtown for a game-high 37 points while also chipping in six rebounds and nine assists in the 136-131 triumph on April 10, 2019.

Anfernee Simons

Underestimate Kristaps Porzingis’ aggression above the rim at your own peril. Left unchecked as a teammates’ shot caromed off the heel of the net, Porzingis leaps through the paint and flushes a putback slam to the dismay of an unprepared Milwaukee Bucks frontcourt. The New York Knicks unicorn poured in 14 points and 13 rebounds in the November 6, 2015 contest and would ultimately win three Rookie of the Month honors and secure a spot on the 2015-16 All-Rookie First Team.

Kristaps Porziņģis

Playing with a heavy heart and a newly-reconstructed mouth, Isaiah Thomas responded with the game of his life. The Boston Celtics guard had a tooth knocked out during a Game 1 victory over the Washington Wizards in the Eastern Conference semifinals and spent several hours in a dentist’s chair in the two days leading up to Game 2 — which was played on what would have been his late sister’s 23rd birthday. All that was left to do was go win a playoff game in her memory, and boy, did he ever. In a superhero effort, Thomas carved up the Wizards with a barrage of shifty dribbles and smooth shots: he scored on a driving layup, a catch-and-shoot 3-pointer and thrice victimized defender Markieff Morris with unguardable midrange pull-ups. For his grand finale in overtime, Thomas ran the give-and-go with Jae Crowder before burying an elbow jumper with 15 seconds remaining that gave Boston a 10-point lead and sent the Celtics down to Washington with a 2-0 series advantage. Thomas shot a scintillating 18 for 33 from the field for 53 points, one shy of the postseason franchise record. He scored 24 in the second half and another nine in overtime, with the Celtics needing every last one in an emotional 129-119 win on May 2, 2017. The two-time All-Star also mixed in four rebounds, four assists, three steals and five triples in 12 attempts.  

Isaiah Thomas

Give him space to get downhill and Alex Caruso’s throwing down a poster. Left unchecked when a teammate on the far side of the court drives baseline, Caruso flashes into the paint, corrals a pass and plants a one-handed poster dunk down on the Indiana Pacers. Caruso finished the January 19, 2018 contest with five points and four dimes.

Alex Caruso

It was two sweeps in two tries for Kevin Love and the soon-to-be-champion Cleveland Cavaliers. Before the Cavs met the Golden State Warriors in an epic seven-game NBA Finals, they were making short work of the Atlanta Hawks following a first-round sweep over the Detroit Pistons. In a tightly-contested Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, LeBron James whipped a pass into the corner to a determined Love, who dribbled once to his left before pump-faking his defender and draining a 3-pointer to give the Cavs a three-point advantage late in the third quarter. Love connected on 8 of his 15 attempts from downtown, posting a team-high 27 points and 13 rebounds to go along with four assists in the 100-99 victory on May 8, 2016.

Kevin Love

Malik Monk’s evolution as a spark plug off the bench began during his rookie season with the Charlotte Hornets. The 11th overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft inbounded the ball to Jeremy Lamb before reclaiming it on a quick handoff, splitting a pair of Chicago Bulls defenders with a shrewd spin move and finishing with an open layup for his efforts. Monk scored 16 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter, adding two rebounds, two assists and five 3-pointers in 24 minutes of run off the bench on April 3, 2018. 

Malik Monk

Indiana Pacers forward Paul George is one of the smoothest in-game dunkers of his generation but challenging Houston Rockets big Clint Capela at the rim takes as much courage as skill. Seizing an opportunity to slip past an aggressive perimeter defender, George torpedoes into the paint, braces for contact, then throws down a poster on the late help-side challenge. George finished the January 29, 2017 battle with 33 points – his fourth straight game north of 30 – and nine rebounds.

Paul George

Still fighting to find his footing as a rookie, Spencer Dinwiddie snuck up on the Washington Wizards and announced his arrival in style. In the second half of a long season, the 38th overall pick in the 2014 draft flew under the radar in Washington’s game plan but over its defense. After a midrange jumper came up short, the first-year pro immediately sprung into action following his shot, collecting the miss and hammering home a putback slam. Dinwiddie shot 8 of 14 for a season-high 20 points off the bench to go with four rebounds and eight assists for the Detroit Pistons on February 28, 2015. 

Spencer Dinwiddie

Even the most adept perimeter defender struggles to contain Jordan Clarkson, give him the rock with a mismatched big and it’s over. Challenged at the key by a center, the Los Angeles Lakers rookie patiently waits for an opening then darts into the paint for an acrobatic up-and-under finish. Clarkson racked up 20 points and six assists in the April 7, 2015 battle and would finish the season with a Rookie of the Month nod and a spot on the 2014-15 All-Rookie First Team.

Jordan Clarkson

Scorers and leaders become scorers and leaders by delivering when it matters most. Kemba Walker checks both boxes. After a quiet first half in a November 18, 2016 contest, Walker started to heat up in the second. Seizing an opportunity off a rebound in the fourth quarter, the veteran guard pushes the rock down the floor, slaloms around multiple Atlanta Hawks defenders then sinks an off-balance layup to keep pressure on his opponents. Walker scored 19 of his 21 points in the second half as his team secured a victory and would be named to his first All-Star team later that season.

Kemba Walker

Big time players make big time plays and what better stage to do exactly that than Game 1 of the NBA playoffs? In front of a raucous Golden State Warriors crowd, do-everything big man Draymond Green hustles back on defense to hold the fort after a turnover, scrambles to cover a 2-on-1 dish then leaps to snuff out a Noah Vonleh dunk attempt. Green’s Warriors would hold on to win the first match of the First Round on April 16, 2017, thanks in no small part to the 2016-17 All-Star’s robust 19-point, 12-rebound, 9-assist, 3-steal, 5-block stat line.

Draymond Green

Like a perfectly orchestrated symphony, a well-executed sideline out-of-bounds scheme is meant to be played on repeat. With the ball in the hands of legendary distributor Andre Miller, Bradley Beal exhausts every off-ball tactic available before hurtling toward the rim to catch and guide a high-arcing lob pass into the hoop for a game-winning two. Beal’s buzzer-beating conversion broke an 89-89 tie with the Orlando Magic, giving the third-year wing nine points and the Washington Wizards a much-appreciated W.

Bradley Beal

Desperate heaves aren’t so desperate if they hit the bottom of the net. With his Memphis Grizzlies down a pair in the final seconds against the Detroit Pistons, Matt Barnes collected a late-game rebound off the rim and set out to make a miracle. In his backcourt with only five seconds to play, the veteran forward took three dribbles and pulled the trigger on a halfcourt prayer that fell through with one second left on the clock. Barnes racked up eight points, 11 rebounds and three assists during a 30-minute run off the bench as the Grizzlies shocked the host Pistons 93-92 on December 9, 2015. 

Matt Barnes

There’s a celestial event called a super blue blood moon that’s occurred just once in our lives and hadn’t previously aligned in the night sky since the mid-1800s. We’ll be gone by the time it returns, unless my math is off, a fleeting but somber reminder of our ephemeral place in the infinitely vast universe where physics, magic and general folly coalesce together to create this mysterious thing we call existence. You see, when the second full moon of a single calendar month occurs at the moon’s orbital perigee whilst the earth transits directly between the moon’s position and the sun’s, the result is an abnormally large and oddly red-tinged moon illuminating the night sky. It doesn’t necessarily mean all that much in the grand scheme of things but it's a humbling reminder of the powers at play in the universe. Anyhoo, Trevor Booker did this once in a January 9, 2015 contest between the Utah Jazz and Oklahoma City Thunder. Racked up nine points and 11 boards in the process.

Trevor Booker

With the size and skill to make plays anywhere on the court, the defense has no choice but to react. After battling to receive an inbound pass down two points with 5.6 seconds left in an overtime slugfest, Blake Griffin fakes a hand-off to a cutting Reggie Bullock before blowing past his defender and going hard to the rack. Challenged at the rim, Griffin sinks the off-balance layup through contact and delivers the game-winning free-throw to put the Detroit Pistons ahead by one. Griffin finished the October 23, 2018 contest with a career-high 50 points, setting the tone for a resurgent season in which he averaged a career-best 24.5 points and 7.5 rebounds per game, earning a place on the All-NBA Third Team for the first time in four seasons.

Blake Griffin

Zach LaVine was not playing around when it came to defending his Slam Dunk Contest crown. After winning the event as a rookie in 2015, the talented Minnesota Timberwolves dunk artist was back the next year in Toronto to participate in one of the most memorable iterations of the event featuring a showdown between he and Aaron Gordon. LaVine kicked things off in the first round with a lobbed, behind-the-back, reverse one-handed throwdown that earned the first of several perfect scores from the judges. Thanks to a helpful teammate who threw him the next lob, LaVine landed a one-handed alley-oop from the free throw line that fell short of a perfect 50 by one point. Once he advanced to the finals against Gordon, LaVine reached further into his bag of tricks and pulled out a one-handed 360-degree slam that scored him another flawless score. LaVine was far from finished as he also stuck a windmill dunk from the foul line that earned him another 50 and forced sudden death. In overtime, LaVine shifted to behind the basket on the baseline and threw down a sensational between-the-legs slam, much to the delight of his NBA peers watching from the sidelines. LaVine clinched his repeat championship with a through-the-legs dunk from near the free-throw line that registered as his fourth perfect dunk in five attempts on February 13, 2016. 

There’s court vision, and then there’s Ricky Rubio court vision. The Minnesota Timberwolves point guard flashed his elite passing ability against the Los Angeles Lakers after a teammate jarred the ball loose from D’Angelo Russell and into the hands of Rubio underneath the opponents’ basket. Before anybody else even realized what had transpired, Rubio flicked a behind-the-back pass half the court’s length to an in-stride Brandon Rush, who traversed the rest of the way for a fastbreak throwdown. Rubio produced 19 points, three rebounds, a game-high 15 assists and three steals on March 24, 2017, and his 9.1 assists per game average during the 2016-17 season represented a career high. 

Ricky Rubio

Command respect as a slasher and the defense has no choice but to react. Poised to strike in transition, New York Knicks wing Arron Afflalo probes defender Kentavious Caldwell-Pope beyond the arc before sending him tumbling into the paint with a crossover. The highlight gods smiled on the Afflalo handle, rewarding the nine-year vet with a generous bounce off the rim for two memorable points. When the dust settled, Afflalo racked up 20 points and seven rebounds in the March 5, 2016 victory.

Arron Afflalo

While it would take an extra period to settle the score, there was no way J.J. Barea was ending his career night without a victory. The gritty undrafted guard, who played 11 of his 14 NBA seasons across two stints with the Dallas Mavericks, had the ball in his hands in a tie game with time winding down in regulation against the Brooklyn Nets. Barea blew past his defender at the top of the key before burying a one-handed running floater while absorbing a foul by Brook Lopez to give Dallas a three-point lead with 12 seconds remaining. Brooklyn ultimately forced overtime but Barea in turn hit a clutch triple with 2:04 left to help deliver the Mavs a 119-118 win on December 23, 2015. The 2011 NBA champion posted a career-high 32 points on 13 of 21 shooting, while also mixing in 11 assists and five treys.

J.J. Barea

A Christmas Day game in the Big Apple was the perfect stage for a showman like John Wall. The Washington Wizards star was a thorn in the side of the New York Knicks all game long as evidenced by when he split a pair of defenders with the help of a screen from Marcin Gortat before driving hard into the lane and finishing with a 360-degree layup. In the midst of his second of five consecutive All-Star seasons, Wall shot 10 of 17 for a team-high 24 points, adding six rebounds and 11 assists in Washington’s wire-to-wire 102-91 victory on December 25, 2014. 

John Wall

No passing lane is safe when Dejounte Murray is on duty. Even as a rookie, the 6-foot-5 San Antonio Spurs guard with a 6-foot-9 wingspan knew exactly how to disrupt an offense. Backpedaling to combat a Denver Nuggets transition attack, Murray instantly hoovers up a no-look Nikola Jokic dime and gets his offense rocking back the other way. In addition to the defense, Murray chipped in 24 points in the January 19, 2017 victory.

Dejounte Murray

Make an impact across the board and the rest will work itself out. It didn’t take long into Philadelphia 76ers rookie Jerami Grant’s career for observers to recognize his value as a utility forward. After setting a screen at the top of the key, Grant showcases his flexibility, popping out beyond the arc and back cutting into the paint for a hammer dunk on multiple defenders. Grant racked up 13 points on a perfect 4-for-4 from the floor in the January 31, 2015 victory over the Atlanta Hawks.

Jerami Grant

On a night when his teammates needed extra support on the offensive end, Nenê provided. The veteran big man, who averaged a shade over nine points per game in the regular season, erupted with a perfect night at the most opportune time for the Houston Rockets. Holding a 2-1 series lead and playing before a raucous Oklahoma City Thunder crowd late in a one-point game, Steven Adams drifted out to the 3-point line to guard the ball and left Nenê all alone underneath the basket. Trevor Ariza found his teammate for an open and-1 layup, and the subsequent free-throw conversion gave the Rockets a four-point lead with 11 seconds to play. Nenê went nuclear to the tune of a team-high 28 points on a flawless 12-for-12 from the field, adding 10 rebounds in the 113-109 win on April 23, 2017 to take a commanding lead in the series.

Nenê

Even when the Cleveland Cavaliers built a 26-point lead through three quarters, Paul Millsap and the Atlanta Hawks kept pushing. The Hawks mounted a furious fourth-quarter comeback that saw them creep within two points of Cleveland following three Millsap free throws with eight seconds remaining. Then, after an ensuing jump ball with four seconds left resulted in a late scramble, Millsap capitalized on the chaos with an overtime-forcing fade. In his fourth straight All-Star season for the Hawks, Millsap scored 14 of his team-high 22 points in the fourth quarter and overtime while also mixing in nine rebounds and two assists in the exciting 126-125 victory on April 9, 2017. Millsap averaged a career-high 18.1 points per game during the 2016-17 season.

Paul Millsap

The Utah Jazz wouldn’t let the Indiana Pacers defeat them — not when Derrick Favors was in the midst of a career night. After logging a game-tying three-point play with 10 seconds remaining in regulation, Favors followed up the act with some additional overtime heroics working out of the two-man game for a supremely difficult layup against double coverage. Those were the final two points of the game, as Favors converted 14 of 24 field goals for a career-best 35 points to go with 13 rebounds on December 5, 2015, allowing the Jazz to win 122-119. Favors went on to average a career-high 16.4 points and 1.2 steals per game during the 2015-16 campaign.

Derrick Favors

Protecting the rim is easy against layups and floaters - against power dunkers with a full head of steam it requires hazard pay. Unphased by LeBron James’ surge through a gap into the paint, Myles Turner shuffles into help-side position and turns away a dunk powerful enough to break fingers. The rejection was one of four for the first-year center on the night and he finished the February 1, 2016 contest with a 14-point, 10-board double-double. Over the course of his rookie season, the Indiana Pacers big man racked up a Rookie of the Month nod and a selection to the 2015-16 All-Rookie Second Team.

Myles Turner

It didn’t take long for Atlanta Hawks fans to realize what they had on their hands in the 2017-18 season. With the footwork and speed of a guard, rookie forward John Collins surveys an ill-prepared Minnesota Timberwolves defender before blasting into the paint with a spin move and unleashing a now customary power slam. Collins finished the March 28, 2018 contest with 10 points and five rebounds and would shortly thereafter go on to clinch a spot on the All-Rookie Second Team.

John Collins

Serge Ibaka and the Oklahoma City Thunder announced their arrival to the 2016 postseason with an iron fist. Ibaka summarized the Thunder’s pure dominance on both ends of the floor with one impressive sequence — first, the seventh-year center met Dirk Nowitzki at the rim and blocked the future Hall of Famer’s layup attempt. After grabbing the defensive board, Ibaka gave the ball to Kevin Durant before Durant quickly found his teammate for a catch-and-shoot 3-pointer that gave the Thunder a 26-point lead with 3:41 to play in the first half. Ibaka shot 7 of 8 from the field and made all three of his treys for 17 points to go along with nine rebounds and three blocks in Oklahoma City’s runaway 108-70 victory in Game 1 of the first round on April 16, 2016. The Thunder forced Dallas to shoot less than 30 percent from the field, and the Mavs’ 70 points were an Oklahoma City franchise record for fewest points allowed in a playoff game.

Serge Ibaka

There’s no better way to earn the affection of a new team or coach than to demonstrate an impact all over the floor. Bruce Brown has made a career of it. Challenged to mitigate the damage caused by James Harden, one of the generation’s most potent offensive threats, Brown shadows Harden’s every movement in a half-court set, fights through an off-ball screen and intercepts a pass before the recipient can even get his hands on it. In addition to flummoxing Harden, the rookie Brown racked up seven points and three steals in the Detroit Pistons’ November 23, 2018 victory.

Bruce Brown

Following a 38-point loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 1 of the first round, Raymond Felton and the Dallas Mavericks had to dig deep. As soon as Russell Westbrook’s missed 3-pointer with the game tied in the closing minute of the fourth quarter landed in Felton’s hands, the veteran guard was laser-focused on delivering his squad a much-needed win. Felton gained a step on Westbrook on a strong drive to the basket and managed to score a contested, go-ahead layup over Steven Adams with 28 seconds to play. The Thunder never led again, and Felton’s 21 points, 11 rebounds and three assists were critical in Dallas tying the series with an 85-84 Game 2 triumph on April 18, 2016. The 21 points were more than double Felton’s regular season average, and he averaged a playoff career-high 15.0 points per game that postseason.

Raymond Felton

Jarrett Jack beat Steph Curry at his own game. After the two-time Golden State Warriors MVP tied the game at 108 with 1:08 left in the fourth quarter following a stirring comeback against the Brooklyn Nets, the stage was set for Jack to enjoy a hero’s finish. Defended by Curry on Brooklyn’s final possession, Jack used his elusive handles and a few screens from Brook Lopez to hunt for a final shot that he ultimately drained over both Curry and Klay Thompson with one second left on the clock. It was just the 12th loss in 58 games for the future-champion Warriors, and Jack’s nine points and five assists off the bench were key cogs in the thrilling 110-108 triumph on March 2, 2015.

Jarrett Jack

Even when everybody in the building knew he was taking the final shot, there was no stopping James Harden. In what would become the highest-scoring NBA season in over 30 years, the Houston Rockets superstar was already coming off a 2017-18 MVP campaign and had posted four consecutive games of at least 40 points by the time he arrived in Oakland to do battle with the defending-champion Golden State Warriors. Having already forced overtime with a game-tying 3-pointer in regulation, Harden’s Rockets trailed the Warriors by two in the final seconds of the extra session when Harden dribbled searching for an open sliver. He managed to get off the game-winning trey despite the best defensive efforts of Klay Thompson and Draymond Green to thwart the attempt, bringing Houston all the way back from down 20 in the process. In the 2018 Western Conference Finals rematch, Harden posted 44 points, 10 rebounds, 15 assists, plus 10 triples in 23 tries, for his second straight triple-double in a breathtaking 135-134 victory on January 3, 2019. In addition to it being the Beard’s fifth consecutive 40-point game, the performance also came during a stretch of 32 consecutive games with at least 30 points — a run that included three 50-point outbursts as well as a career-high 61. Harden averaged 36.1 points per game in 2018-19, the highest-scoring campaign since 1987.

James Harden

Devin Booker’s sophomore season saw him accomplish a feat that only a handful before him in NBA history had ever done. At just 20 years old, the Phoenix Suns guard reached rarified air against the Boston Celtics with a signature sizzling shooting touch that would ultimately turn him into a three-time All-Star. Booker torched the Celtics all over their home court, wowing the crowd with a dazzling array of shots — a driving floater, midrange pull-ups, a post-up turnaround jumper, a driving pull-up from the foul line, a baseline fade off the glass and a spot-up 3-pointer from way downtown. With the poise of a 10-year veteran, the young but smooth guard shot 21 of 40 from the field and 24 of 26 at the stripe for a staggering 70 points to go with eight rebounds, six assists and three steals. Booker became just the sixth player in league history to put up 70 in a game, and it was the most points the Celtics had ever allowed to an opposing player. He scored 51 of his 70 after halftime, including 28 in the final period as his teammates fed him the rock virtually every possession in the March 24, 2017 contest. Booker broke a 27-year-old record for most points in a single game in Suns history and also shattered his previous career-high of 39. 

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