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Kevin Garnett- 1998 Western Round One, Game 5
1998- In an elimination game against the Supersonics, KG put up an atrocious statline. Sonics beat the T-Wolves by 13 and were subsequently eliminated in 5 games by the Lakers in the Western conference semi-finals, and also eliminated, eventually, by the NBA.
Statline: 3/11, 4 rebounds, 10 turnovers

Dennis Johnson- 1978 NBA Finals, Game 7
Supersonics had as good a chance as any of capturing their first title in 1978, but Dennis Johnson had a historically bad night (possibly the worst ever) to seal the devastating 6 point elimination loss.
Statline: 0/14, 4 pts. 4 rebounds, 3 turnovers

Kobe Bryant- 1997 Western Conference Finals, Game 5
While his stats in a game 5 loss to the Jazz weren't historically bad the way others on this were, context is important to this performance. When Shaq fouled out in the 4th Bryant started jacking. He missed the potential game-tying three in regulation, then airballed three 3-pointers in overtime while down 3. Lakers lost 98-93.
Statline: 4/14, 11 pts, 2 rebounds, 2 assists

John Starks- 1994 NBA Finals, Game 7
Not a superstar, but this list wouldn’t be complete without Stark’s heartbreaking performance against the Rockets in ‘94. Stark’s bad streak began in game 6 when he was blocked by Hakeem on a potential game (and series) winning three. Had he hit it he would have been the hero, instead he went on to miss 16/18 shots in the seven point game 7 loss.
Stat line: 8 points, 2/18, 0/11 from 3.

James Harden- '15 Western Conference Finals, Game 5
After leading the league in W/S in 14-15, Harden and the Rockets faced off against Golden State in the Western Conference Finals. The Rockets were eliminated in 5 games, with Harden seemingly giving up on the court in the final game. Could have quite a few on here (like his game 6 elimination against the Spurs in 2017 on 2/11, 7 turnovers) but this is the 'older' bad game.
Statline: 2/11, 12 turnovers, 14 points (10-13 free throws)

Reggie Miller- 2000 Finals Game 1
Reggie got off to a rough start in the Pacer's only Finals appearance to date. Lakers would win the series 4 games to 2, leaving Reggie forever on the wrong side of the 'ringz, erneh...' debate.
Statline: 7 pts, 1/16 fg

Lebron James- 2008 Conference Semifinals
Against the Celtics the King and his D-league ensemble came out cold in a game 1 loss and would eventually be beaten 4 games to 3. Similar to Harden, Bron has quite a few more recent games (Mavs, for example) we could included but did not.
Statline: 2/18, 0/6 3pt, 10 turnovers

Ray Allen- 2010 NBA Finals, Game 3
Celtics would lose the finals in 7 games, with Ray Ray putting up an all-time worst playoff shooting performance in a game 3 loss.
Statline: 0/13, 0/8 3pt, 2 pts, 2 turnovers.

Kenyon Martin- 2003 Finals
In one of the more underrated playoff meltdowns, Martin shot 5/31 in the final two games of the 2005 Finals. To be fair though, he did have Tim Duncan guarding him.
Stats: 3/23, 6 pts

It’s a crazy idea, but follow along with me for a second, but it’s almost like even great players can have bad nights or bad stretches.

Like in a normal season there are 328 quarters and maybe sometimes one or two of those are gonna be pretty bad when the right circumstances happen at once.

IDK, crazy thought, I know