Hieman poimintoja Pippenin Playoff urasta.
89-90
Pippen was outstanding throughout the playoffs, averaging 19.3 points and 7.2 rebounds in 15 postseason games. He notched his first playoff triple-double with 17 points, 13 assists, and 10 rebounds in Game 1 of a first-round series against the Milwaukee Bucks.
90-91
Pippen used the 1991 postseason to prove that the Chicago Bulls were no one-man gang. Although Michael Jordan carried the Bulls at times en route to their first-ever NBA Championship, Pippen was equally indispensable. He averaged 21.6 points, 8.9 rebounds, 5.8 assists, and 2.47 steals in 17 postseason games, leading Chicago in both rebounding and steals. In the fifth and final game of the 1991 NBA Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers, Pippen contributed 32 points and 13 rebounds as the Bulls notched a 108-101 victory.
91-92
During Chicago's march to a second straight title, the Bulls encountered their greatest roadblock in the Eastern Conference Semifinals, needing seven games to move past the New York Knicks. Pippen was pivotal in Game 7, recording his second playoff triple-double with 17 points, 11 rebounds, and 11 assists.
92-93
Pippen played a workmanlike 41.5 minutes per game in the postseason, helping the Bulls to their third straight NBA title. He had his best series in the Eastern Conference Finals against the New York Knicks, averaging 22.5 points and 6.7 rebounds while shooting .510 from the floor.
93-94
In Chicago's 10 postseason games, Pippen led the club in scoring (22.8 ppg), rebounding (8.3 rpg), and assists (4.6 apg).
94-95
With Jordan back on the club, Pippen wasn't called on to provide quite as much of the offense, and his playoff scoring (17.8 ppg) was down a bit compared with his regular-season numbers. He led the club in rebounding (8.6 rpg) and assists (5.8 apg).
95-96
Pippen started all 18 games of the playoffs and averaged 16.9 points, 8.5 rebounds, 5.9 assists and 2.61 steals in 41.3 minutes per game. He led the Bulls in assists, steals and three-pointers made (30) and attempted (105) in the playoffs and was second on the team in scoring and rebounding. He got his fourth career playoff triple double in Game 3 at Miami when he had 22 points, a career-high 18 rebounds and 10 assists.
96-97
Pippen started all 19 playoff games and averaged 19.2 pooints, 6.8 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.47 steals per game, leading the Bulls with 39 three-pointers. He averaged 20.0 points, a team-high 8.3 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.67 steals per game in the Finals against Utah, getting 27 points in Game 1 and again in Game 3, when he matched an NBA record with seven three-pointers.
97-98
1998 Playoffs: Helped the Bulls to the franchise’s sixth NBA World Championship in eight seasons … In 21 games, averaged 16.8 ppg, 7.1 rpg and 5.2 apg and shot .415 from the field.
Second in NBA history with 208 playoff appearances (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, 237)
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