Here’s a fun list that’s about to change with the start of the NBA’s conference finals, because it’s a list about the NBA’s conference finals.
Among active players, LeBron James has appeared in the most career conference finals games, with 64. It’s a long way to second place, which is 38… can you guess by whom? Here’s the rest of the top 10.
3. Kevin Durant (35)
T4. Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, and Klay Thompson (32)
7. Danny Green (31)
8. Serge Ibaka (28)
9. Andre Iguodala (27)
George Hill (26)
Did you get it yet? Did you figure out which active player trails only King James in conference finals games played?
Would it help if you had the rest of the top 25?
25 conference finals games: Jaylen Brown
24: Russell Westbrook
23: James Harden, Kawhi Leonard, Marcus Smart
22: Al Horford, Tristan Thompson
21: Trevor Ariza
20: Jayson Tatum, P.J. Tucker
19: Paul George
18: Clint Capela
17: Jae Crowder, Kevin Love, Kyle Lowry
Maybe this was too easy. Indeed, if you guessed Jimmy Butler, that’s wrong because he’s about to add to his total of 13, along with Bam Adebayo… and Grant Williams for that matter, but not Kyrie Irving.
The correct answer is someone who is still in this year’s playoffs, but has not scored a point… but has averaged 27.4 defensive rebounds per 100 possessions.
Udonis Haslem haș committed 2,455 combined personal fouls in his storied NBA career, between the regular season and playoffs. Surely he has more to give before calling it a career.
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