10 Worst Single-Game NBA Playoff Performances Of All-Time

#3 John Starks, Game 7 1994 NBA Finals

John Starks #3

Stat Line: 8 Points, 2 Assists, 2 Rebounds, 2-18 FG

John Starks was a key component of those great Knicks teams in the 90s and they reached their first NBA Finals in more than 2 decades in 1994 to face the Rockets. Starks had come incredibly close to winning the title for the Knicks in Game 6. He scored 16 in the 4th quarter but had his potential game-winner blocked by Hakeem Olajuwon in the waning moments of the game. That play seemed to have haunted Starks in Game 7 as he shot the Knicks out of the game.

He shot 2-18, including 0-11 from 3 as the Knicks lost 84-90. Starks was 1-10 in the 4th quarter, unusual for a guy who had seemingly always stepped up in big moments for the Knicks. He missed three 3 pointers in the final minute of the game and almost fittingly, the last one was an airball which wasn't even close to hitting the basket.

Its, unfortunately, become the defining moment of his career with the Knicks and has overshadowed all the great performances over the years.