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**each year is a link to source data (bballref)**
PLAYOFFS:
1991:[COLOR="White"].[/COLOR] 93.3
1992:[COLOR="White"].[/COLOR] 91.7
1993:[COLOR="White"].[/COLOR] 90.8
1996:[COLOR="White"].[/COLOR] 87.1
1997:[COLOR="White"].[/COLOR] 87.2
1998:[COLOR="White"].[/COLOR] 85.9
2007:[COLOR="White"].[/COLOR] 89.5
2011:[COLOR="White"].[/COLOR] 87.8
2012:[COLOR="White"].[/COLOR] 89.0
2013:[COLOR="White"].[/COLOR] 89.5
2014:[COLOR="White"].[/COLOR] 90.6
2015:[COLOR="White"].[/COLOR] 94.4
2016:[COLOR="White"].[/COLOR] 93.0
FINALS:
1991:[COLOR="White"].[/COLOR] 85.8
1992:[COLOR="White"].[/COLOR] 92.3
1993:[COLOR="White"].[/COLOR] 89.7
1996:[COLOR="White"].[/COLOR] 83.5
1997:[COLOR="White"].[/COLOR] 84.0
1998:[COLOR="White"].[/COLOR] 82.0
2007:[COLOR="White"].[/COLOR] 82.8
2011:[COLOR="White"].[/COLOR] 85.5
2012:[COLOR="White"].[/COLOR] 88.6
2013:[COLOR="White"].[/COLOR] 88.1
2014:[COLOR="White"].[/COLOR] 87.4
2015:[COLOR="White"].[/COLOR] 90.7
2016:[COLOR="White"].[/COLOR] 92.0
Summary:
Pace was THE SAME during Jordan and Lebron's championship runs.
Also, Jordan only averaged 1 less assist than Lebron in the Finals, with less turnovers.. So the Finals comparison comes down to Jordan's 7 more points (with better efficiency) versus Lebron's 4 more defensive rebounds.
Can you imagine if Lebron averaged 7 more points with better efficiency?.. He'd be on a different level... So Jordan's 7 points is more important than Lebron's 4 defensive rebounds.. Let some unskilled big man grab the boards.