In this edition of Top-10 Stats, the championship-or-bust Brooklyn Nets are a profound disappointment, Doc Rivers pulls a Doc Rivers yet again, the Miami Heat do something they've never done before, and where has Chicago Bulls veteran DeMar DeRozan gone?
15 PPG -- Brooklyn Nets superstar Kyrie Irving dropped 39 points in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series against the Boston Celtics. In the final three games, however, he averaged just 15 points. A tough pill to swallow for fans, considering they lost by an average of just four points in a four-game sweep.
7-9 -- NBA superstar Kevin Durant now has a 7-9 playoff record with Brooklyn since leaving the Warriors in 2019. That's a far cry from Stephen Curry's mark of 38-10 in the postseason.
39-32 -- In Game 3 of their opening-round series, Celtics star forward Jayson Tatum outscored Durant and Irving, 39-32. That's not too shabby for a player who recently turned 24.
8 -- Philadelphia 76ers head coach Doc Rivers has now lost seven of his last eight opportunities to close out a postseason series. And his 31 such losses in those games are already the most by a coach in NBA history.
Single -- In two of the Atlanta Hawks' four opening-round games against the Miami Heat, superstar guard Trae Young has recorded underwhelming single-digit point totals. He averaged nearly 29 points per game this season.
Not Once -- Give the Heat a tremendous amount of credit. In their Game 4 win, they went the entire first half without turning the ball over once. It was the first time in franchise postseason history that they've accomplished the feat. And this is a team that's been to the playoffs 23 times and appeared in the NBA Finals six times.
10% -- The Utah Jazz shot a pitiful 10-percent from beyond the arc in their Game 5 loss to the Dallas Mavericks. It's the worst three-point percentage in NBA postseason history by a team that attempted at least 25 shots. Jazz star guard Donovan Mitchell has shot only 12-percent from three in his last three playoff games -- that certainly doesn't help.
20-plus -- Mavericks guard Jalen Brunson has been on the opposite end of the shooting spectrum. He's now recorded 20-plus points in five consecutive postseason games. And he's never even posted 20-plus points in more than two straight games in his entire regular-season career.
29 -- Chicago Bulls veteran DeMar DeRozan shot the ball 31 times on the road in Game 2 against the Milwaukee Bucks, and his team won by four points. But in Games 3 and 4 at home, he attempted just 29 shots combined and Chicago was outscored by 54 total points in the losses.
30/10/5 -- Bucks sensation Giannis Antetokounmpo recorded 32 points, 17 rebounds, and seven assists in their Game 4 victory over the Bulls. It was his 12th career postseason game with 30 points, 10 boards, and five dimes, and only LeBron James and Larry Bird have posted more 30/10/5 playoff games.