Trivia Question

[HurricaneDij39]

Without looking it up -

In his 13 years with the Bulls (including playoffs), How many times has Michael Jordan been held to single digits in scoring?

 

[bksballer89]

Random guess.

14

 

[Shanemansj13]

I think the number for Lebron AND MJ is 1.

I remember Lebron had 8 points or something like that in a playoff game once when he was on Miami.

 

[tlance]

Without looking it up -

In his 13 years with the Bulls (including playoffs), How many times has Michael Jordan been held to single digits in scoring?

I am going to guess 2. Both in the season he was playing limited minutes coming back from his injury.

 

[HurricaneDij39]

Anyone else?

 

[HurricaneDij39]

@bksballer89 @Shanemansj13 @tlance The correct answer is one time. It came during his second NBA season in a game that came just a week after he returned from his broken foot. The Bulls lost to the Cavs, the team they were battling for the final playoff spot in the east which they eventually got.

Chicago Bulls at Cleveland Cavaliers Box Score, March 22, 1986 | Basketball-Reference.com
http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198603220CLE.html
In case you were wondering, LeBron has nine of such games thus far in his career, while Jordan also had 12 single-digit scoring games in his two seasons with the Wizards.

Thanks for playing.

 

[Shanemansj13]

@bksballer89 @Shanemansj13 @tlance The correct answer is one time. It came during his second NBA season in a game that came just a week after he returned from his broken foot. The Bulls lost to the Cavs, the team they were battling for the final playoff spot in the east which they eventually got.

Chicago Bulls at Cleveland Cavaliers Box Score, March 22, 1986 | Basketball-Reference.com
In case you were wondering, LeBron has nine of such games thus far in his career, while Jordan also had 12 single-digit scoring games in his two seasons with the Wizards.

Thanks for playing.

That means I got it right and pretty sure Lebron ONLY has 1 single digit scoring game in his PLAYOFF career.

In their entire careers, Lebron has 12. Kobe has 32 and MJ has 20.

 

[Shanemansj13]

@HurricaneDij39 This is correct. This doesnt take minutes into account or anything like that. If we were going by less than 30 minutes played and not counting Lebron or MJ's rookie year.. The totals would be MJ - 4, Lebron - 3

Playoff career
Lebron - 2 - vs Dallas 2011, Indy 2013

Regular season career
Lebron in his rookie year he had 6 games with single digits scoring.
Other than his rookie year - 2,
vs Houston 2004 (only played 17 minutes), vs Milwaukee 2007

Combined playoff and regular season 10 games.

Playoff career
MJ - 0 times

Regular season career
vs Cleveland 1986 (played 18 minutes)
Vs Indy 2001 (25 mins)
Vs Miami 2001 (30 mins)
Vs Denver 2001 (16 mins)
Vs Denver 2001 again (20 mins)
Vs LA 2001 (12 mins)
Vs Toronto 2002 (25 mins)
Vs Cleveland 2002 (24 mins)
Vs Miami 2002 (19 mins)
Vs Houston 2002 (30 mins)
Vs Toronto 2002 (40 mins)
Vs New Jersey 2002 (37 mins)
Vs Toronto 2002 (15 mins)

Combined 13 times in his playoff (0) and regular season

Overall games with single digit scoring
MJ - 13
Lebron - 10

Playoff games with single digits scoring
Lebron - 2
MJ - 0

Regular season games started
Lebron - 1060
MJ - 1039

Playoff games started
Lebron - 214
MJ - 179

 

[HurricaneDij39]

@HurricaneDij39 This is correct. This doesnt take minutes into account or anything like that. If we were going by less than 30 minutes played and not counting Lebron or MJ's rookie year.. The totals would be MJ - 4, Lebron - 3

Playoff career
Lebron - 2 - vs Dallas 2011, Indy 2013

Regular season career
Lebron in his rookie year he had 6 games with single digits scoring.
Other than his rookie year - 2,
vs Houston 2004 (only played 17 minutes), vs Milwaukee 2007

Combined playoff and regular season 10 games.

Playoff career
MJ - 0 times

Regular season career
vs Cleveland 1986 (played 18 minutes)
Vs Indy 2001 (25 mins)
Vs Miami 2001 (30 mins)
Vs Denver 2001 (16 mins)
Vs Denver 2001 again (20 mins)
Vs LA 2001 (12 mins)
Vs Toronto 2002 (25 mins)
Vs Cleveland 2002 (24 mins)
Vs Miami 2002 (19 mins)
Vs Houston 2002 (30 mins)
Vs Toronto 2002 (40 mins)
Vs New Jersey 2002 (37 mins)
Vs Toronto 2002 (15 mins)

Combined 13 times in his playoff (0) and regular season

Overall games with single digit scoring
MJ - 13
Lebron - 10

Playoff games with single digits scoring
Lebron - 2
MJ - 0

Regular season games started
Lebron - 1060
MJ - 1039

Playoff games started
Lebron - 214
MJ - 179

Yeah I completely forgot that Pacers game in which we got him in extreme foul trouble, so his number is in fact 10. Even though the Pacers won the game, I remember there being some bad calls in that game. It was also the game in which Lance blew in his ear.