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The 'Most career points in the NBA playoffs' quiz

Created on June 18, 2025 | Total tries: 1886 | Average Score: 34.0 out of 38 (90%) | Quiz FAQ

Happy 47th birthday to NBA Hall-of-Famer, 14-time All-Star, 12-time All-NBA selection, 2011 NBA Finals MVP and 2006-07 NBA MVP Dirk Nowitzki!

Dirk spent his entire 21-year career with the Dallas Mavericks, earning himself a statue outside of American Airlines Center. The Mavericks made the playoffs 15 times with Nowitzki, something they'd only done six previous times in franchise history before him.

Which brings us to today's quiz. How many of the 38 players in the NBA's Three-Point Era (since 1979-80) to score at least 2,500 career points in the postseason can you name in five minutes?

Good luck!

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Quiz Clue: Points / Playoff Team(s) / Most Recent Playoff Appearance | Created on June 18, 2025 | Total tries: 1886 | Average Score: 34.0 out of 38 (90%) | Quiz FAQ

SCORE:
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TIME:
5:00

8,289 / CLE, MIA, LAL / 2024-25

5,987 / CHI / 1997-98

5,640 / LAL / 2011-12

5,250 / BOS, CLE, LAL, MIA, ORL, PHX / 2010-11

5,172 / SA / 2015-16

4985 / BK, GSW, OKC, PHX / 2023-24

4,761 / LAL, UTAH / 2003-04

4,147 / GSW / 2024-25

4,045 / SA / 2017-18

3,954 / MIA, CHI / 2017-18

3,897 / BOS / 1991-92

3,895 / BK, HOU, LAC, OKC, PHI / 2024-25

3,755 / HOU, TOR / 2001-02

3,701 / LAL / 1995-96

3,663 / DAL / 2015-16

3,642 / CHI, HOU, POR / 2002-03

3,380 / LAL / 1988-89

3,182 / BOS / 1992-93

3,180 / BOS, BK, LAC, WAS / 2016-17

3,133 / SA, TOR, LAC / 2024-25

3,054 / SA / 2017-18

3,035 / HOU, LAC, OKC, WAS, DEN / 2024-25

3,032 / GSW / 2022-23

3,022 / LAL / 1992-93

2,981 / HOU, LAC, NO, OKC, PHX / 2022-23

2,972 / IND / 2004-05

2,963 / HOU, POR / 1997-98

2,936 / BOS / 2024-25

2,833 / HOU, PHI, PHX / 1998-99

2,813 / NYK, ORL / 2001-02

2,749 / BOS, MIA, MIL, SEA / 2013-14

2,745 / CHI, MIA, MIN, PHI, GSW / 2024-25

2,699 / BOS, CHA, CHI / 1996-97

2,608 / BOS / 2024-25

2,601 / BOS, BK, MIN / 2013-14

2,580 / DEN / 2024-25

2,571 / CHI, DET / 2012-13

2,526 / DEN, DET, LAC, MIN, NYK / 2012-13

Tommy Fradenburg is a freelance writer and an alumni of UNC Chapel Hill currently based in Charlotte, North Carolina. He religiously follows his favorite teams The New York Yankees and Dallas Cowboys (yes, he knows) as well as his alma mater the Tar Heels and West Ham United F.C. in the Premier League. See more of his work on Twitter @tommyfradenburg.

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