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Jordan, Kobe, Duncan, James and Curry, who played the most difficult finals?

4:41am, 15 May 2025【Basketball】

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Considering that there is a shrinking season, we first look at the opponent's regular season winning rate -

Jordan's six career finals, the opponents are: the Lakers with a 70.7% winning rate, the Trail Blazers with a 69.5% winning rate, the Suns with a 75.6% winning rate, the Supersonics with a 78% winning rate, the Jazz with a 78% winning rate, and the Jazz with a 75.6% winning rate.

Kobe's seven career finals are: the Pacers with a 68.3% winning rate, the 76ers with a 68.1% winning rate, the Nets with a 63.4% winning rate, the Pistons with a 65.9% winning rate, the Celtics with a 80.5% winning rate, the Magic with a 72% winning rate, and the Celtics with a 61% winning rate.

Duncan's six career finals are: the Knicks with a 54% winning rate, the Nets with a 59.8% winning rate, the Pistons with a 65.9% winning rate, the Cavaliers with a 61% winning rate, the Heat with a 80.5% winning rate, and the Heat with a 65.9% winning rate.

James' 10 finals in his career, his opponents are: the Spurs with a 70.7% winning rate, the Mavericks with a 69.5% winning rate, the Thunder with a 71.2% winning rate, the Spurs with a 70.7% winning rate, the Spurs with a 75.6% winning rate, the Warriors with a 81.7% winning rate, the Warriors with a 89% winning rate, the Warriors with a 81.7% winning rate, the Warriors with a 70.7% winning rate, and the Heat with a 60.3% winning rate.

Curry's six career finals are: the Cavaliers with a 64.6% winning rate, the Cavaliers with a 69.5% winning rate, the Cavaliers with a 62.2% winning rate, the Cavaliers with a 61% winning rate, the Raptors with a 70.7% winning rate, and the Celtics with a 62.2% winning rate.

, that is, Jordan's opponents have an average winning rate of 74.6%;

Kobe's opponents have an average winning rate of 68.5%, while Duncan's opponents have an average winning rate of 64.5%;

Then, the opponents of James and Curry have an average winning rate of 74.1% and 65% respectively.

So this part became the Joe blowing link if you accidentally got the highest winning rate of the opponent, but Jordan didn't let go of any of them and pushed them down.

James is indeed in a difficult situation, with only 2 opponents with a winning rate of less than 70% - Kobe, Duncan and Curry all have 5.

Then look at the opponent's core quality - Jordan's 6 finals, with two season MVPs in his opponent: Barkley in 1993 and Postman in 1997.

The Magician in 1991, the glider in 1992, and the postman in 1998.

and 1996 DPOY, Glove Payton. In

Kobe's seven finals, he only had one MVP in the season: AI in 2001.

The ones selected for the first time in the season were Kidd in 2002 and KG in 2008.

and 2009 DPOY and Double First Team Center, Howard. In the 6 finals of Duncan, the MVP opponent he encountered was James in 2013.

In addition, only James was selected for a while in the season.

and DPOY in 2005, Big Book. In the 10 finals of James, the season MVPs he encountered were: Curry in 2015 and 2016.

The ones selected for a while in the season were Duncan in 2007, 2013, Durant in 2012, and 2018.

As for Curry, he has never encountered a season's MVP in the finals.

The ones selected for a while in the season include James in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and Tatum in 2022.

So counting, Jordan and James still encountered the most MVP opponents.

The difference is that Jordan all resolved the battles in 6 games, while James only won the toughest victory in 2016.

And the difficulty of the finals between Duncan and Curry is really relatively low - among Duncan's opponents, James has entered the season for a while; Curry has never encountered the season's MVP, and the intensity of the universe courage at the beginning is really exceeding the standard.

But then again, the Cavaliers' lineup in those years was also a bug-level existence for teams other than the Warriors - the three giants James, Irving and Love can really be bonded together, unlike the three players who were forced to come out later.

So in the final summary, of course, Jordan is the one who is the most difficult, but he has all been KOed one by one.

The second is James, who was tortured by Duncan's Spurs in the early stage, and later ravaged by Curry's Warriors...

Kobe, Duncan and Curry are about half a dozen - Kobe has sharks around him in the first four finals; Durant is also on the side of Curry's three finals.

, while Duncan, the overall strength of the opponent is average.

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