Jordan averaged 36+6+8 for the first three consecutive championships! How did Pippen perform? There are two games that are not worse than Jordan

In Jordan's career, he has won a total of 6 championship rings, and his 6 championships can also be divided into two periods. When he retired for the first time, Jordan had already led the Bulls to win three consecutive championships, and he also played absolute personal dominance during this period. At that time, he could average 36 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists per game in the finals. Among them, his average score was as high as 41 points in the series against the Suns in 1993, so he was elected as FMVP without any suspense in those years. So how did Pippen, who was the leader of the Bulls, perform at the beginning? In some aspects, he is no worse than Jordan!

First Championship:

1990-1991 season is an important node for the Bulls to officially announce their rise to the outside world. They have never been able to break out of the East before, but this time they finally took revenge in the Eastern Conference Finals and reached the finals for the first time. In the finals, facing the veteran Lakers, the Bulls lost one game first. In this game, Jordan also scored 36 points, 8 rebounds, 12 assists and 3 steals. However, because the defensive end could not limit the Lakers, the two opponents scored 20+, and the Magic even scored 19 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists with a triple-double data with an 80% shooting percentage. His performance made the Lakers' offense very easy.

So from G2, in order to defend Magic Johnson, the Bulls put Pippen in front of him. This change did work. Under his leadership, even Magic Johnson's performance also fluctuated. His shooting percentage failed to exceed 50% in the next four games, and in two of them the shooting percentage was as low as less than 40%. He only scored 14 points and 16 points respectively in these two games. In addition, the Magician made a lot of mistakes in these 4 games. For example, when G3 gave 10 assists, he also made 5 more mistakes. Such performance will obviously reduce the Lakers' offensive efficiency.

While performing well on the defensive end, Pippen still has a lot of output on the offensive end. He averaged 21 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists and 2.4 steals in the entire series. Therefore, his scoring and assists ranked second in the team. In G5, which ended the series, Pippen even scored 32 points, 13 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 steals and 1 block. Considering that the Bulls also narrowly won that game, if he hadn't had some explosion, the Bulls wouldn't have been able to defeat the Lakers 4-1.

Second champion:

After winning the championship in 1991, the Bulls did not relax at all. They continued their dominance from the regular season in the 1991-1992 season. At that time, they ranked first in the league with a record of 67 wins and 15 losses. In the playoffs, the Bulls even made it to the Finals. Faced with the Trail Blazers who rushed out of the West, due to the outstanding performance of the opposite star Drexler, many media advocated that he was a defender at the same level as Jordan, but such remarks also aroused the latter's dissatisfaction, so he defeated the Trail Blazers in this round of the series.

However, the Bulls' successful defending title is naturally due to Pippen's credit. He is still the number one candidate for defense in this round of the series. Under his restrictions, the latter's production efficiency has also declined significantly compared to the regular season. Pippen's personal performance is also very outstanding. He averaged 21 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists and 1.5 steals per game. It can be seen that it is still very comprehensive. In the final G6, Pippen stood up and scored 26 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists to help the team end the series. Under his defense, Drexler contributed 24 points in 8 of 24 shots.

The third championship:

After winning two consecutive championships, the Bulls have become the recognized overlord in the league. However, in the regular season of the 1992-1993 season, they failed to play their former dominance, and their record of 57 wins and 25 losses could only rank second in the East. Therefore, many media believed that the Knicks and Suns, who had won 60+ wins, had the chance to defeat the Bulls head-on in the playoffs. However, after the playoffs began, the Bulls got back to their previous form. When they were in the Eastern Conference Finals, they eliminated their opponents for the second consecutive year, and this time they used fewer games than in 1992 to end the series.

The Bulls' final opponent in the 1993 league was the Suns, the No. 1 in the regular season league. They achieved a record of 62 wins and 20 losses under the leadership of Barkley. Therefore, Barkley eventually beat Jordan and others to get the MVP, and Jordan naturally dissatisfied with this result, so it was precisely this reason that made him regard the finals of this year as a personal grudge. After the series against the Suns started, Jordan played very hard, and in the end he scored averaging 41 points per game, which also set a record in the finals.

, and Pippen's performance is still very stable, and he still has a 20+9+7+2 per game in the series. From this we can see that perhaps Pippen's score is very different from Jordan, but if he only looks at rebounds and assists, he is even better than that, and his defense is also a very dependent ability for the Bulls. Without him, the Bulls would definitely not have won this three-game championship.

Summary:

Finally, through the finals of the past three years, we can see that even if only Pippen's personal performance is revealed, he can be regarded as one of the best small forwards in the league. In that era, he was a very rare forward player who could hold the ball and attack, defend and pass the ball. Pippen's existence allows Jordan to focus more on the offensive end. After all, no matter how strong the latter is, he is still not a real god. If he puts all his strength into both offense and defense in every game, even if the Bulls can play the championship, Jordan's body will definitely not be able to withstand it if he continues like this for a long time.

After Jordan announced his retirement for the first time in 1993, Pippen became the leader of the Bulls, and he also showed his ability to lead the team through this opportunity.. In the 1993-1994 season, Pippen led the Bulls to the third place in the Eastern Conference with a record of 55 wins. He was selected for the Double First Team with his comprehensive performance of 22 points, 8.7 rebounds, 5.6 assists and 2.9 steals. It is also worth mentioning that this is not the only time he achieved this feat in his career. Later, he was selected for the Double First Team in 1995 and 1996. You should know that Leonard, as strong as Leonard, was selected for the Double First Team twice.