Top five players of the 2013 NBA Playoffs

LeBron James #6 of the Miami Heat (Getty Images)

1. LeBron James of the Miami Heat

To be LeBron James must be incredibly hard. Each time, the Heat lost, James was blamed even though the rest of the famed “Big 3” didn’t put the ball in the bucket. Night in, night out, James eclipsed his marvellous regular season performance to prove his critics. But everyone thought the Heat would lose to the Spurs. It was nerve-wracking but James showed us why is the best player of this generation, and definitely of the NBA playoffs.

Here is why: in 2007, he brought a mediocre team to the NBA Finals and in 2013, he won the NBA Championship with an elite team that played with the same level of mediocrity. Although, it is given that the likes of Dwayne Wade and Mario Chalmers stepped up to help James, the native of Akron, Ohio, added further talk to why he is leaps ahead of being the game’s best player.

Game 7 against the Spurs justified his mantle: 37 points in 12-23 shooting with the game winner. And who would not forget how he silenced Parker as the Finals went by. LeBron James’ performance in the playoffs only usurped his run in the regular season.