best player record facing elimination at least 5 games and 15 ppg

Sam Jones and Tom Heinsohn were tied for the best record in elimination games when playing 5+ games and scoring 15.0+ points per game, with a record of 16-2.

Interpreted as:
best player record facing elimination at least 5 games and 15 or higher ppg
NAMERECGPPPGW%MPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Sam Jones
S. Jones
16-2
18
25.8
.889
4.7
10.8
21.3
50.9
4.2
5.4
76.5
54.6
465
84
59
2Tom Heinsohn
T. Heinsohn
8-1
9
20.3
.889
31.4
8.9
7.7
18.2
42.1
5.0
7.3
68.2
47.4
283
183
80
44
3Jim Pollard
J. Pollard
7-2
9
15.2
.778
5.8
14.6
39.7
3.7
5.1
71.7
45.3
137
27
4John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
16-5
21
20.7
.762
8.0
4.4
7.8
19.5
40.0
5.1
6.5
78.1
46.2
435
168
93
73
5George Mikan
G. Mikan
6-2
8
19.4
.750
6.4
15.1
42.1
6.6
8.5
77.9
51.4
155
36
6Jamal Murray
J. Murray
9-4
13
26.5
.692
40.4
4.9
5.1
0.7
0.2
9.9
20.5
48.5
2.5
6.7
37.9
4.1
4.5
89.8
58.9
0.9
4.0
2.8
525
344
64
66
9
3
36
28
+73
7Stephen Curry
S. Curry
10-5
15
28.9
.667
41.2
6.1
7.0
1.5
0.7
10.1
22.8
44.4
4.3
11.9
36.5
4.3
4.7
90.1
58.0
0.7
5.4
3.0
619
433
92
105
22
11
45
32
+95
8Bud Palmer
B. Palmer
6-3
9
15.8
.667
6.0
3.8
4.9
77.3
142
9Jaylen Brown
J. Brown
13-7
20
19.4
.650
35.2
5.7
3.1
1.4
0.3
7.3
15.5
47.2
2.0
6.1
32.2
2.9
4.1
70.4
56.3
1.2
4.5
2.9
703
388
113
62
28
6
57
47
+41
10Jayson Tatum
J. Tatum
11-6
17
26.5
.647
41.1
8.8
5.9
1.1
1.0
9.0
20.5
43.8
3.0
7.9
37.8
5.5
6.6
83.2
56.6
0.9
7.9
3.2
699
451
149
100
18
17
54
42
+85
11Klay Thompson
K. Thompson
9-5
14
20.1
.643
38.3
3.6
2.1
1.1
0.4
6.7
17.2
39.0
3.9
9.2
42.6
2.7
3.3
82.6
53.8
0.6
3.1
1.6
537
281
51
30
16
6
23
32
+32
12Ron Harper
R. Harper
9-5
14
15.9
.643
35.1
4.1
3.6
2.1
0.9
6.6
13.3
50.0
0.2
1.1
20.0
2.4
3.4
72.3
53.9
1.1
3.1
1.6
492
223
58
50
30
12
23
32
+14
13Dennis Johnson
D. Johnson
17-10
27
18.7
.630
39.1
5.1
5.6
1.3
0.9
7.0
16.1
43.2
0.3
0.9
30.0
4.6
5.5
83.1
50.5
2.9
1,056
505
138
152
36
23
78
90
14Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
10-6
16
25.8
.625
38.0
12.4
6.7
1.1
1.3
9.7
18.6
52.0
1.9
4.9
38.0
4.6
5.5
83.0
61.3
2.3
10.2
3.3
608
413
199
107
17
20
52
59
+42
15Larry Bird
L. Bird
15-9
24
23.3
.625
42.8
10.7
6.1
1.8
1.1
8.8
19.8
44.2
0.3
1.3
22.6
5.5
6.1
90.5
51.9
3.2
1,027
560
256
147
42
26
76
64
16Fred Carter
F. Carter
5-3
8
18.3
.625
38.0
4.5
3.6
7.8
16.3
47.7
2.8
3.8
73.3
51.0
304
146
36
29
30
17Andrew Nembhard
A. Nembhard
3-2
5
18.2
.600
35.6
4.4
6.4
1.0
0.4
6.6
11.4
57.9
2.4
4.0
60.0
2.6
3.0
86.7
71.5
1.0
3.4
2.0
178
91
22
32
5
2
10
14
+22
18Chandler Parsons
C. Parsons
3-2
5
19.6
.600
42.6
7.6
4.4
0.2
0.2
7.6
17.2
44.2
2.8
6.2
45.2
1.6
2.6
61.5
53.4
1.2
6.4
2.6
213
98
38
22
1
1
13
13
+17
19Richard Hamilton
R. Hamilton
12-8
20
19.7
.600
37.9
4.7
2.8
0.7
0.4
8.0
17.6
45.6
0.6
2.1
26.2
3.2
3.5
90.0
51.6
1.6
3.1
2.2
759
394
93
56
14
8
44
59
+89
20Kevin McHale
K. McHale
15-10
25
18.3
.600
32.2
7.9
1.4
1.4
6.9
12.3
56.0
0.1
0.2
40.0
4.5
5.9
75.7
61.5
804
458
197
34
36
86
21Gus Williams
G. Williams
12-8
20
19.4
.600
34.7
2.8
4.7
1.4
0.5
8.1
16.8
48.2
0.3
1.1
23.1
3.0
3.8
80.0
52.4
1.3
1.5
2.5
694
387
56
94
28
9
40
52
22Willis Reed
W. Reed
6-4
10
19.0
.600
34.9
9.0
2.2
0.0
7.5
14.7
51.0
4.0
5.2
76.9
55.9
349
190
90
22
0
41
23Gary Payton
G. Payton
19-13
32
17.4
.594
39.8
4.9
6.9
1.7
0.2
6.6
15.2
43.2
1.1
3.2
34.0
3.2
4.3
74.1
51.0
1.3
3.7
2.2
1,272
558
158
222
54
7
70
98
+10
24Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
19-13
32
24.0
.594
39.8
11.5
3.0
1.5
2.9
9.8
18.6
52.5
0.0
0.2
0.0
4.5
6.5
69.1
56.0
3.0
8.5
2.8
1,275
767
368
95
49
94
89
123
-19
25Hersey Hawkins
H. Hawkins
10-7
17
15.8
.588
37.5
4.5
2.6
1.8
0.2
5.1
11.1
45.7
1.9
4.6
42.3
3.8
4.2
90.1
61.3
1.2
3.2
1.7
638
269
76
44
30
3
29
50
+33

More Celtics Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

28.7

Brown

Jaylen Brown

RPG

8.4

Queta

Neemias Queta

APG

5.4

White

Derrick White
Team Rankings

ORTG

121.0

2nd

DRTG

112.8

4th

NETRTG

8.1

3rd

3P%

36.7

8th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
1
59
22
.728
2
Celtics Celtics
55
26
.679
4.0
3
53
28
.654
6.0
4
51
30
.630
8.0
5
46
35
.568
13.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
4/12
@
6:00 PM
Last Game
NOP Pelicans

26 - 55

118

Final

144

BOS Celtics

55 - 26

Fri 10 Apr 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
59
22
.728
2
55
26
.679
4.0
3
53
28
.654
6.0
4
51
30
.630
8.0
5
Hawks Hawks - x
46
35
.568
13.0
6
45
36
.556
14.0
7
45
36
.556
14.0
8
44
37
.543
15.0
9
43
38
.531
16.0
10
42
39
.519
17.0
11
Bucks Bucks - e
32
49
.395
27.0
12
Bulls Bulls - e
31
50
.383
28.0
13
Nets Nets - e
20
61
.247
39.0
14
19
62
.235
40.0
15
17
64
.210
42.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
64
17
.790
2
Spurs Spurs - x
62
19
.765
2.0
3
53
28
.654
11.0
4
52
29
.642
12.0
5
51
30
.630
13.0
6
48
33
.593
16.0
7
44
37
.543
20.0
8
41
40
.506
23.0
9
41
40
.506
23.0
10
37
44
.457
27.0
11
26
55
.321
38.0
12
25
56
.309
39.0
13
25
56
.309
39.0
14
Kings Kings - e
22
59
.272
42.0
15
Jazz Jazz - e
22
59
.272
42.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sun
3/15
@
112-120
Sun
3/15
@
107-132
Sun
3/15
@
100-92
Sun
3/15
@
119-115
Mon
3/16
@
106-136

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
4/12
@
6:00 PM
Sun
4/12
@
6:00 PM
Sun
4/12
@
6:00 PM
Sun
4/12
@
6:00 PM
Sun
4/12
@
6:00 PM