MJ's Stats in Each Playoff Series Against Top 5 Ranked Defenses

[Quickening]

Nice try bud.. League-wide pace today is 93.8... The Bulls pace was equivalent:


1985: 99.4..... 6% higher
1986: 99.7..... 6%
1987: 95.8..... 2%
1988: 95.5..... 2%
1989: 97.0..... 4%
1990: 96.7..... 4%
1991: 95.6..... 2%
1992: 94.4..... 1%
1993: 92.5... (1%) lower
1995: 92.0... (2%)
1996: 91.1... (3%)
1997: 90.0... (4%)
1998: 89.0... (5%)


6% difference in 1985 and 1986, and then after that, it's the same as today, and actually a SLOWER pace from 1993-1998.

As you can see, Jordan showed he can 3-peat with a faster OR slower pace than today's game.

I was purely talking about stats, not about MJ winning all his championships after his peak in a weak 90s era.

[Roundball_Rock]

What is the OP supposed to prove? Here are his FG %'s in the listed series:

44%, 51%, 56%, 49%, 52%, 46%, 47%, 54%, 55%, 53%, 48%, 40%, 44%, 42%, 45%, 39%, 47%. Good, especially given the opposition, but not numbers that show him as immune to the limits of being human against elite defenses.

League-wide pace today is 93.8... The Bulls pace was equivalent:

And league-wide scoring? You know what those numbers will show.

1985: 111.
1986: 110.
1987: 110.
1988: 108.
1989: 109.
1990: 107.
1991: 106.
1992: 105.
1993: 105.

1995: 101.
1996: 100.
1997: 97.
1998: 96.

Scoring has ranged from 96-101 in the past decade--after slipping to as low as 93 in the 2004 season. So any of the figures listed for 1985-1993 have to be adjusted to reflect the substantially higher scoring during those years.