NBA playoff trivia

[micropolitan guy]

LeBron James, Magic Johnson and which former NBA coach are the only players in league history to record a triple-double in their playoff debuts?

 

[Chef2]

My initial guess is Isiah Thomas.......

 

[micropolitan guy]

Nope

 

[LongTimeListener]

Mark Jackson?

 

[Songbird]

Bill Russell?

 

[Webster]

Byron Scott?

 

[heyabbott]

Jason Kidd

 

[justgladtobehere]

Bob Cousy.

 

[poindexter]

Dan Issell

 

[Elliotte Friedman]

Scott Skiles

 

[micropolitan guy]

The correct answer is Johnny McCarthy. Former Buffalo Braves coach was 13-11-11 for SL Hawks against Minneapolis in his first game in the 1960 NBA playoffs.

 

[Starman]

Oh. I was gonna go with Lenny Wilkens. Jerry West rang up a few triple doubles in his playing days too.

 

[Riptide]

I drew a blank. Thought maybe it was Noah J. Thomas.

 

[Chef2]

Who was the first player to win 2 NBA Finals MVP awards?

 

[MisterCreosote]

Who was the first player to win 2 NBA Finals MVP awards?

 

[Chef2]

Correct.

 

[da man]

The Captain was awesome. Maybe my favorite NBA player ever.

 

[MisterCreosote]

Who has played in the most playoff games?

 

[da man]

If it isn't Tim Duncan, he's got to be close.

 

[MisterCreosote]

Tim Duncan has played the most minutes. Close.