highest ppg in finals minimum 12 games played per 36 minutes

Michael Jordan averaged the most points per game in the NBA Finals when playing 36+ minutes and playing 12+ games, with 33.7 per game.

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highest ppg by a player in finals minimum 12 games played per 36 or more minutes

	NAME	PPG	GP	MIN	SERIES	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	33.7	33	1,440	NBA Finals	43.6	6.2	5.9	1.8	0.7	12.6	26.4	47.7	1.1	3.2	34.6	7.5	9.3	80.2	55.3	1.6	4.6	2.9	1,113	205	196	59	22	96	102	+21
2	Kevin Durant K. Durant	31.7	14	577	NBA Finals	41.2	8.1	4.9	1.1	1.6	11.2	20.6	54.5	2.9	6.6	43.0	6.4	7.1	90.9	67.0	1.1	7.1	2.8	444	114	68	15	22	39	45	+99
3	Jerry West J. West	31.5	51	2,253	NBA Finals	44.2	5.2	5.7			11.5	24.8	46.4				8.6	10.4	82.6	53.7				1,609	263	290				150
4	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	31.3	26	1,145	NBA Finals	44.0	13.6	3.7	0.6	2.3	12.3	20.3	60.8	0.0	0.0		6.6	13.3	49.9	59.9	4.2	9.4	3.6	814	354	96	15	59	93	95	+58
5	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	29.6	23	968	NBA Finals	42.1	17.1				10.1	23.6	43.0				9.3	12.3	75.7	51.1				681	393					71
6	LeBron James L. James	28.6	53	2,270	NBA Finals	42.8	10.3	7.9	1.6	0.8	10.8	22.3	48.4	1.8	5.3	35.1	5.2	7.2	72.6	56.3	2.0	8.4	3.9	1,518	547	418	86	45	206	126	-66
7	Stephen Curry S. Curry	28.3	28	1,134	NBA Finals	40.5	6.0	6.3	1.6	0.4	9.1	21.1	43.1	4.5	11.6	38.6	5.6	6.1	91.9	59.4	1.1	4.9	3.5	793	167	176	46	10	97	75	+102
8	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	28.1	31	1,322	NBA Finals	42.6	11.4	4.3	1.0	2.7	11.6	22.1	52.7	0.0	0.0		4.8	6.9	69.2	55.8	2.9	7.7	3.2	870	353	133	27	76	68	108
9	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	27.6	38	1,652	NBA Finals	43.5	14.1				10.6	24.6	43.1				6.4	8.4	76.1	48.7				1,048	535					117
10	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	27.5	17	722	NBA Finals	42.5	10.6	3.4	1.9	3.2	11.0	22.5	48.8	0.1	0.1	100.0	5.4	7.2	74.0	53.4	3.0	7.6	3.1	467	181	58	33	54	52	70
11	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	26.9	15	614	NBA Finals	41.0	3.9	4.7	1.6	0.5	10.4	22.9	45.3	2.3	6.1	37.0	3.9	4.1	93.5	54.4	1.0	2.9	2.4	404	59	71	24	7	36	46	+13
12	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	26.9	21	857	NBA Finals	40.8	6.7	4.3	1.8	1.1	9.7	20.1	48.3	0.6	1.9	30.0	6.9	9.1	75.4	55.7	1.9	4.8	3.1	564	140	91	38	24	65	59	+8
13	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	26.1	35	1,538	NBA Finals	43.9	5.9	5.1	1.7	0.9	9.3	22.4	41.3	1.3	4.1	31.7	6.3	7.4	84.6	50.8	1.1	4.7	3.4	914	205	177	61	32	118	112	+42
14	Julius Erving J. Erving	25.8	20	809	NBA Finals	40.5	7.9	4.8	2.0	1.9	10.2	19.2	53.0	0.1	0.5	14.3	5.5	7.0	77.9	58.0	2.3	5.6	2.8	516	157	95	40	37	42	47
15	Cliff Hagan C. Hagan	25.5	15	621	NBA Finals	41.4	11.0				8.8	19.7	44.7				7.9	9.3	84.9	53.6				382	165					63
16	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	25.2	13	541	NBA Finals	41.6	8.8	6.0	1.4	0.6	8.8	19.1	46.0	0.5	3.3	16.3	7.2	8.6	83.0	55.2	3.0	5.8	2.8	328	114	78	18	8	36	53
17	Sam Jones S. Jones	25.0	25	1,003	NBA Finals	40.1	6.4	3.3			10.0	21.7	46.3				4.9	5.9	82.4	51.4				624	161	83				76
18	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	24.8	32	1,477	NBA Finals	46.2	8.9	5.0	1.3	0.3	9.3	22.1	42.2				6.1	7.0	87.1	49.2	1.9	5.3		793	285	159	14	3		118
19	Bill Sharman B. Sharman	24.7	12	500	NBA Finals	41.7	3.5				9.3	22.9	40.7				6.0	6.2	97.3	48.1				296	42					29
20	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	24.4	12	504	NBA Finals	42.0	10.3	2.3	0.7	0.7	7.8	19.2	40.4	1.1	3.6	30.2	7.8	8.4	93.1	53.4	0.9	9.3	2.5	293	123	27	8	8	30	35	+48
21	Kevin McHale K. McHale	24.1	16	658	NBA Finals	41.1	9.9	1.6	0.6	1.9	9.0	15.8	56.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.1	7.9	77.2	62.5	3.4	6.4	2.8	386	158	26	9	30	44	53
22	James Worthy J. Worthy	23.9	28	1,170	NBA Finals	41.8	5.4	3.5	1.1	0.6	10.0	18.3	54.5	0.1	0.5	21.4	3.9	5.6	69.9	57.7	2.1	3.4	2.1	670	152	99	32	18	59	64
23	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	23.7	14	552	NBA Finals	39.4	11.8				9.4	23.5	40.1				4.9	6.6	73.1	44.9				332	165					53
24	Larry Bird L. Bird	23.3	29	1,260	NBA Finals	43.4	12.0	6.0	2.0	0.8	8.4	18.4	45.8	0.6	1.5	41.9	5.9	6.8	87.2	54.7	2.6	9.4	3.0	677	348	175	59	24	86	78
25	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	22.8	25	1,056	NBA Finals	42.3	14.8	2.8	1.0	2.9	8.6	17.9	48.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	5.6	7.8	70.9	53.5	4.1	10.7	3.0	571	369	71	24	73	76	62	+103

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11	Bucks	26	32	.448	18.0
12	Bulls	24	36	.400	21.0
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14	Nets	15	44	.254	29.5
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