most 30 point games in nba finals before 2003

Before 2002-03, Jerry West had the most games in the NBA Finals with 30+ points, with 31 games.

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most 30 or more point games by a player in NBA finals before 2003

	NAME	GP	PTS	SERIES	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Jerry West J. West	31	1,150	NBA Finals	45.4	37.1	5.7	6.1			13.5	26.1	51.7				10.1	12.0	83.6	59.0				1,408	178	190				94
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	23	865	NBA Finals	43.4	37.6	6.4	6.4	1.8	0.7	14.3	28.3	50.5	1.5	3.5	42.5	7.5	9.6	78.3	57.7	1.7	4.7	2.8	999	147	147	42	15	65	66	+41
3	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	19	692	NBA Finals	45.1	36.4	15.8				13.3	29.2	45.6				9.8	12.2	80.2	52.7				856	301					61
4	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	16	543	NBA Finals	42.3	33.9	12.0	4.6	0.9	3.1	14.5	25.1	57.7	0.0	0.0		4.9	6.6	75.2	60.6	3.1	8.5	3.2	677	192	73	13	47	32	64
5	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	14	514	NBA Finals	44.2	36.7	14.8	3.5	0.6	2.2	14.2	24.0	59.2	0.0	0.0		8.3	15.9	52.3	59.3	4.8	10.0	2.9	619	207	49	9	31	41	45	+67
6	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	14	487	NBA Finals	43.9	34.8	18.5				11.8	25.8	45.7				11.2	13.8	81.3	54.6				615	259					49
7	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	8	258	NBA Finals	43.8	32.3	11.3	4.0	1.5	3.5	13.5	25.6	52.7	0.1	0.1	100.0	5.1	7.0	73.2	56.2	3.4	7.9	2.6	350	90	32	12	28	21	35
8	Rick Barry R. Barry	8	319	NBA Finals	43.4	39.9	8.3	3.8	4.0	1.5	15.0	36.1	41.5				9.9	12.0	82.3	48.2	1.0	5.5		347	66	30	8	3		32
9	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	8	286	NBA Finals	48.4	35.8	9.8	5.4	0.5	0.0	13.3	26.5	50.0				9.3	10.4	89.2	57.5	1.5	5.5		387	78	43	1	0		31
10	George Mikan G. Mikan	8	278	NBA Finals		34.8	16.7				12.0						10.8	13.1	81.9						50					37
11	Sam Jones S. Jones	7	240	NBA Finals	40.3	34.3	5.6	2.4			13.3	23.6	56.4				7.7	8.7	88.5	62.6				282	39	17				20
12	Larry Bird L. Bird	6	187	NBA Finals	41.8	31.2	10.5	4.0	2.0	1.2	11.5	20.8	55.2	1.0	1.8	54.5	7.2	8.2	87.8	63.8	2.0	8.5	3.2	251	63	24	12	7	19	11
13	James Worthy J. Worthy	5	172	NBA Finals	43.6	34.4	8.2	5.2	1.2	0.8	15.0	21.0	71.4	0.4	1.0	40.0	4.0	6.8	58.8	71.7	2.4	5.8	2.4	218	41	26	6	4	12	11
14	Julius Erving J. Erving	5	176	NBA Finals	43.4	35.2	7.4	5.6	3.0	1.2	13.4	25.6	52.3	0.0	1.0	0.0	8.4	10.2	82.4	58.5	2.8	4.6	3.0	217	37	28	15	6	6	11
15	Cliff Hagan C. Hagan	5	179	NBA Finals	42.4	35.8	12.6	4.0			12.4	23.2	53.4				11.0	13.0	84.6	61.9				212	63	20				23
16	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	5	166	NBA Finals	39.4	33.2	12.8	3.2			13.6	28.2	48.2				6.0	9.8	61.2	51.1				197	64	16				22
17	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	4	155	NBA Finals	47.5	38.8	6.0	4.0	2.0	0.3	14.0	33.3	42.1	2.0	7.3	27.6	8.8	11.0	79.5	50.9	1.3	4.8	2.3	190	24	16	8	1	9	9	-16
18	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	4	129	NBA Finals	41.8	32.3	7.5	4.8	1.0	0.3	11.3	19.3	58.4	0.8	2.5	30.0	9.0	10.8	83.7	67.2	2.3	5.3	4.0	167	30	19	4	1	16	15
19	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	4	142	NBA Finals	46.0	35.5	26.0	3.3			15.3	26.0	58.7				5.0	11.8	42.6	56.9				184	104	13				10
20	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	3	99	NBA Finals	47.0	33.0	6.7	4.3	1.7	1.3	12.7	25.3	50.0	0.7	2.3	28.6	7.0	8.0	87.5	57.2	0.7	6.0	3.7	141	20	13	5	4	11	9	+17
21	Karl Malone K. Malone	3	107	NBA Finals	43.0	35.7	10.0	5.0	2.0	0.3	14.3	25.0	57.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	7.0	9.0	77.8	61.6	4.0	6.0	2.7	129	30	15	6	1	8	8	+15
22	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	3	97	NBA Finals	38.0	32.3	1.7	5.3	0.7	0.3	11.0	19.7	55.9	0.7	1.7	40.0	9.7	10.0	96.7	67.2	0.7	1.0	2.3	114	5	16	2	1	7	6
23	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	3	108	NBA Finals	38.7	36.0	4.7	6.3	3.3	0.3	14.0	26.3	53.2	2.7	3.7	72.7	5.3	6.3	84.2	61.8	1.0	3.7	3.3	116	14	19	10	1	10	10
24	Kevin McHale K. McHale	3	96	NBA Finals	40.7	32.0	11.3	1.3	0.7	1.7	11.0	18.0	61.1	0.0	0.0		10.0	11.7	85.7	69.2	3.0	8.3	2.7	122	34	4	2	5	8	13
25	Gus Williams G. Williams	3	99	NBA Finals	37.7	33.0	4.3	3.3	0.0	0.7	12.7	24.0	52.8				7.7	11.7	65.7	56.6	2.3	2.0	1.7	113	13	10	0	2	5	5

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