Carmelo Anthony put up the most points per game in closeouts, with 35.0 per game.

Interpreted as:

highest closeout game ppg by a player in 2009

	NAME	PPG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	35.0	2008-09	DEN	3	43.2	7.3	3.0	3.3	0.0	13.7	25.3	53.9	2.3	5.0	46.7	5.3	6.0	88.9	62.6	1.3	6.0	1.7	130	105	22	9	10	0	5	12	+39
2	Ben Gordon B. Gordon	33.0	2008-09	CHI	1	46.1	3.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	7.0	23.0	30.4	4.0	12.0	33.3	15.0	15.0	100.0	55.7	1.0	2.0	2.0	46	33	3	4	0	0	2	3	-6
3	LeBron James L. James	31.5	2008-09	CLE	2	42.0	10.5	8.0	1.5	0.5	9.5	23.0	41.3	1.5	4.5	33.3	11.0	13.0	84.6	54.8	0.5	10.0	2.5	84	63	21	16	3	1	5	6	+11
4	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	31.0	2008-09	MIA	1	42.1	3.0	4.0	1.0	2.0	10.0	25.0	40.0	2.0	9.0	22.2	9.0	9.0	100.0	53.5	0.0	3.0	4.0	42	31	3	4	1	2	4	2	-19
5	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	31.0	2008-09	DAL	1	41.9	9.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	11.0	17.0	64.7	1.0	1.0	100.0	8.0	8.0	100.0	75.5	2.0	7.0	2.0	42	31	9	3	1	0	2	2	+11
6	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	28.4	2008-09	LAL	5	39.8	4.6	5.4	2.0	2.2	9.4	20.6	45.6	1.8	4.4	40.9	7.8	8.4	92.9	58.4	0.4	4.2	2.0	199	142	23	27	10	11	10	11	+72
7	Ray Allen R. Allen	25.5	2008-09	BOS	4	44.4	5.8	2.5	1.3	0.5	8.8	18.8	46.7	3.5	9.0	38.9	4.5	4.8	94.7	61.2	2.3	3.5	2.0	178	102	23	10	5	2	8	12	-19
8	Dwight Howard D. Howard	25.3	2008-09	ORL	3	38.9	13.3	2.3	0.7	2.3	9.0	13.3	67.5	0.0	0.3	0.0	7.3	10.3	71.0	70.8	3.7	9.7	2.7	117	76	40	7	2	7	8	16	+32
9	Chauncey Billups C. Billups	21.7	2008-09	DEN	3	39.4	4.7	10.0	0.7	0.7	6.3	12.3	51.4	2.7	6.0	44.4	6.3	6.3	100.0	71.6	0.3	4.3	2.3	118	65	14	30	2	2	7	8	+37
10	Rashard Lewis R. Lewis	20.3	2008-09	ORL	4	40.6	7.0	3.0	1.5	1.3	6.5	15.5	41.9	1.5	4.8	31.6	5.8	7.8	74.2	53.5	1.5	5.5	2.5	162	81	28	12	6	5	10	7	+40
11	Joe Johnson J. Johnson	20.0	2008-09	ATL	2	38.1	5.0	3.0	2.5	0.0	8.0	16.5	48.5	3.5	5.0	70.0	0.5	1.5	33.3	58.3	0.5	4.5	2.0	76	40	10	6	5	0	4	4	0
12	Hedo Turkoglu H. Turkoglu	19.0	2008-09	ORL	4	36.3	5.3	6.0	0.8	0.3	6.8	12.5	54.0	2.3	4.5	50.0	3.3	3.8	86.7	67.1	0.5	4.8	2.8	145	76	21	24	3	1	11	15	+42
13	JR Smith	19.0	2008-09	DEN	3	28.3	3.0	3.0	0.7	0.0	6.3	11.7	54.3	3.7	7.0	52.4	2.7	3.7	72.7	71.5	0.7	2.3	1.3	85	57	9	9	2	0	4	9	+17
14	Jason Terry J. Terry	19.0	2008-09	DAL	1	33.0	2.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	7.0	14.0	50.0	3.0	5.0	60.0	2.0	2.0	100.0	63.8	0.0	2.0	0.0	33	19	2	4	0	0	0	2	-3
15	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	18.8	2008-09	BOS	4	43.5	7.3	3.5	0.5	0.8	5.3	14.3	36.8	0.8	4.3	17.6	7.5	9.5	78.9	50.9	0.5	6.8	2.5	174	75	29	14	2	3	10	14	-25
16	Derrick Rose D. Rose	18.0	2008-09	CHI	1	43.4	4.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	9.0	18.0	50.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		50.0	1.0	3.0	3.0	43	18	4	3	0	1	3	4	-12
17	Mo Williams M. Williams	18.0	2008-09	CLE	2	36.2	2.5	4.5	1.0	0.0	6.5	12.5	52.0	4.0	7.0	57.1	1.0	1.0	100.0	69.6	0.0	2.5	4.0	72	36	5	9	2	0	8	8	+46
18	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	17.2	2008-09	LAL	5	40.9	13.4	3.2	0.8	1.6	7.4	13.6	54.4	0.0	0.0		2.4	3.4	70.6	57.0	3.4	10.0	2.4	205	86	67	16	4	8	12	12	+51
19	Michael Beasley M. Beasley	17.0	2008-09	MIA	1	33.9	7.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	7.0	12.0	58.3	2.0	4.0	50.0	1.0	4.0	25.0	61.8	2.0	5.0	3.0	34	17	7	0	0	2	3	3	+10
20	Josh Howard J. Howard	17.0	2008-09	DAL	1	37.0	8.0	1.0	3.0	1.0	6.0	11.0	54.5	1.0	3.0	33.3	4.0	4.0	100.0	66.6	3.0	5.0	4.0	37	17	8	1	3	1	4	2	+11
21	Delonte West D. West	16.5	2008-09	CLE	2	44.1	3.5	5.5	1.5	0.5	6.0	11.5	52.2	1.5	2.5	60.0	3.0	4.5	66.7	61.2	0.5	3.0	2.0	88	33	7	11	3	1	4	4	+34
22	Kirk Hinrich K. Hinrich	16.0	2008-09	CHI	1	29.0	2.0	2.0	4.0	0.0	5.0	10.0	50.0	2.0	5.0	40.0	4.0	6.0	66.7	63.3	1.0	1.0	2.0	29	16	2	2	4	0	2	2	-13
23	Yao Ming Y. Ming	16.0	2008-09	HOU	2	40.3	11.0	1.0	0.5	1.0	7.5	14.0	53.6	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.5	66.7	54.6	1.5	9.5	1.5	81	32	22	2	1	2	3	5	+6
24	Mike Bibby M. Bibby	15.5	2008-09	ATL	2	37.7	5.5	4.5	1.5	0.0	4.5	11.0	40.9	2.5	5.0	50.0	4.0	4.5	88.9	59.7	0.0	5.5	2.5	75	31	11	9	3	0	5	5	+6
25	Lamar Odom L. Odom	15.4	2008-09	LAL	5	30.9	10.8	1.6	0.4	1.2	5.4	9.8	55.1	1.6	2.4	66.7	3.0	4.2	71.4	66.1	3.0	7.8	1.6	154	77	54	8	2	6	8	15	+60