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2437413, Kevin Maurice Johnson resume
Posted by FILF, Fri Apr-17-15 02:01 PM
-Only player not named Zeke/Oscar to average 20/10 for 3 straight seasons! (Only one to do so while shooting 50%)
-Only player not named Zeke/Magic to average 20/12 for a season!
-Only player to defeat Magic/Stockton during the same postseason (w/ Tom Chambers playing wingman)
-First player in NBA history to average at least 20 points, 10 assists, a .500 field goal percentage, and 2 steals in a season (in 1990-91).
-Recorded the third-most seasons averaging at least 18 points and 9 assists with seven, behind only Oscar Robertson (nine) and Magic Johnson (eight). (Only injuries stopped him from breaking the record)
-First player in NBA history to rank in the top three in assists per game and three-point field goal percentage in the same season
-In K.J.'s first seven full seasons in Phoenix from 1989-1995, the Suns won the most regular season games in the NBA, constituting the only club to win at least 50 every year during that span, and they won the second-most playoff games (46), trailing only the Chicago Bulls.

-Despite the undiagnosed hernia problems, K.J. continued to thrive in the postseason like few other point guards in the 1990s-->:
--Would have beaten the Bulls in 93 if he wasn't hampered by the hernia injury
--In 1994, he averaged 26.6 points and 9.6 assists in the postseason, scoring 38 points three different times in ten games.
--In 1995, after an injury-riddled regular season, Johnson returned to form in the postseason. He averaged 24.8 points on 57.3% shooting from the field and 9.3 assists in ten games, including 43 points (18-24 FG) with 9 assists in Game Four of the Western Conference Semifinals versus Houston and 46 points (21-22 FT) with 10 assists in Game Seven.
--In Game Four of the previous year’s series with Houston, Johnson completed a remarkable play, driving the baseline and dunking over 7’0” Rockets center Hakeem Olajuwon. The shot became an oft-played highlight for the ages and was part of a second consecutive 38-point, 12-assist effort by the point guard.