Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has the most career starts in the NBA Finals, with 56 starts.

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most career NBA finals games started by a player

	NAME	GS	SERIES	GP	MPG	PPG	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	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	56	NBA Finals	56	37.2	23.5	9.1	3.2	0.9	2.2	9.7	18.6	52.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.1	5.8	70.0	55.6	2.4	5.9	2.7	2,082	1,317	507	181	45	116	121	196
2	LeBron James L. James	55	NBA Finals	55	42.5	28.4	10.2	7.8	1.7	0.8	10.7	22.1	48.4	1.8	5.2	35.2	5.2	7.1	73.1	56.3	1.9	8.3	3.9	2,337	1,562	561	430	93	46	217	130	-86
3	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	50	NBA Finals	50	40.9	19.4	7.9	11.7	2.0	0.3	6.8	13.1	51.6	0.2	0.8	23.7	5.7	6.5	87.4	60.7	1.8	6.2	3.8	2,044	971	397	584	102	16	190	147
4	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	37	NBA Finals	37	42.7	25.3	5.7	5.1	1.8	0.9	9.0	21.8	41.2	1.3	4.1	31.4	6.0	7.1	84.8	50.7	1.1	4.6	3.3	1,581	937	211	187	65	33	123	118	+36
5	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	37	NBA Finals	37	40.1	18.3	4.7	6.2	1.3	1.1	6.8	16.3	42.0	0.2	1.0	16.0	4.5	5.5	81.0	48.8	1.8	2.9	2.7	1,483	676	175	228	48	39	100	106
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	35	NBA Finals	35	43.0	33.6	6.0	6.0	1.8	0.7	12.5	26.0	48.1	1.2	3.3	36.8	7.4	9.1	80.6	55.9	1.6	4.4	2.8	1,506	1,176	211	209	62	23	99	103	+45
7	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	35	NBA Finals	35	42.0	19.0	8.3	5.9	1.9	1.1	7.0	16.5	42.5	0.9	3.3	25.6	4.1	5.4	74.7	50.1	2.8	5.6	3.3	1,470	664	292	207	67	39	117	118	+38
8	Stephen Curry S. Curry	34	NBA Finals	34	39.0	27.3	5.8	6.0	1.6	0.3	8.8	20.4	43.2	4.5	11.3	39.5	5.2	5.6	91.7	59.6	1.0	4.7	3.5	1,327	928	196	204	55	11	120	96	+138
9	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	34	NBA Finals	34	39.6	20.8	13.3	2.8	0.8	2.4	7.9	16.2	48.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.1	7.1	71.6	53.8	3.7	9.6	2.8	1,346	708	452	94	27	81	96	85	+157
10	James Worthy J. Worthy	34	NBA Finals	34	39.6	22.2	5.0	3.3	1.0	0.6	9.2	17.3	53.3	0.1	0.4	20.0	3.6	5.3	68.3	56.4	1.9	3.1	2.0	1,346	754	171	112	34	20	68	88
11	Draymond Green D. Green	33	NBA Finals	33	38.5	11.5	9.1	6.6	1.8	1.0	4.0	9.7	41.4	1.1	3.8	28.0	2.5	3.3	74.5	51.9	1.5	7.6	2.6	1,269	381	300	219	59	32	87	138	+140
12	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	33	NBA Finals	33	37.1	18.5	3.9	1.9	0.8	0.5	6.6	15.3	43.5	3.2	8.1	39.8	2.0	2.4	84.6	56.7	0.5	3.4	1.3	1,223	610	128	62	26	15	42	89	+59
13	Larry Bird L. Bird	31	NBA Finals	31	42.8	23.1	11.6	6.0	2.0	0.8	8.4	18.3	45.8	0.6	1.5	42.2	5.7	6.5	87.2	54.5	2.5	9.1	2.9	1,326	716	361	187	63	24	91	80
14	Robert Parish R. Parish	31	NBA Finals	31	32.9	15.4	8.4	1.3	1.0	1.7	6.3	13.1	48.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.7	4.4	63.0	51.2	2.8	5.6	2.1	1,020	477	260	40	32	54	65	108
15	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	30	NBA Finals	30	42.3	28.8	13.1	3.4	0.5	2.1	11.3	18.8	60.2	0.0	0.0		6.2	12.7	48.4	59.0	4.0	9.1	3.4	1,268	865	393	103	16	62	101	109	+34
16	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	29	NBA Finals	29	38.8	23.9	5.7	4.3	1.8	1.0	8.7	18.2	47.6	0.5	1.6	31.1	6.0	8.1	74.8	54.8	1.6	4.2	2.9	1,125	693	166	125	53	30	85	75	-51
17	Tony Parker T. Parker	29	NBA Finals	29	36.3	16.5	2.4	4.5	0.6	0.1	6.7	14.8	45.6	0.7	1.9	35.2	2.4	3.8	63.1	50.2	0.3	2.1	2.4	1,053	479	71	130	18	3	70	54	+50
18	Derek Fisher D. Fisher	27	NBA Finals	43	28.2	8.7	2.2	2.4	1.0	0.0	3.0	6.9	42.9	1.1	2.7	41.7	1.7	2.1	81.3	55.9	0.4	1.7	1.0	1,212	376	94	103	45	1	41	127	+110
19	Horace Grant H. Grant	26	NBA Finals	26	36.5	10.6	8.6	2.1	1.0	1.3	4.5	8.7	52.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	2.3	63.9	54.4	3.0	5.7	1.0	949	275	224	55	26	35	27	75	+14
20	Danny Green D. Green	24	NBA Finals	24	27.3	9.7	3.2	1.0	1.3	0.9	3.4	8.1	41.8	2.5	5.8	42.1	0.5	0.6	85.7	58.2	0.8	2.4	1.1	654	233	77	25	30	21	27	64	+78
21	A.C. Green	24	NBA Finals	28	26.3	7.5	6.3	0.4	0.5	0.1	2.8	5.8	47.8	0.1	0.2	33.3	2.0	2.8	70.5	54.0	2.3	4.0	0.9	736	211	177	11	13	3	26	73	-27
22	Byron Scott B. Scott	23	NBA Finals	30	30.5	11.0	3.0	1.8	1.2	0.2	4.4	10.0	44.5	0.3	1.3	25.0	1.8	2.4	75.0	49.9	0.8	2.2	1.3	915	330	89	53	35	5	39	82
23	Kurt Rambis K. Rambis	23	NBA Finals	34	17.1	5.6	5.2	0.6	0.6	0.4	2.3	4.3	53.1	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.7	57.6	54.9	1.7	3.4	1.1	582	190	176	22	19	14	36	92
24	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	23	NBA Finals	23	41.9	19.6	7.5	3.5	1.0	1.1	8.2	18.1	45.1				3.2	4.4	73.3	48.8	2.1	4.9	3.4	964	450	173	80	19	20	41	95
25	Tristan Thompson T. Thompson	22	NBA Finals	22	31.7	8.5	9.0	0.9	0.4	0.8	3.5	6.3	55.4	0.0	0.0		1.5	2.7	55.9	56.7	3.7	5.4	0.7	698	187	199	20	9	18	16	54	-101

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116.4

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2	Spurs	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves	49	33	.598	15.0

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Playoffs PPG Leaders

28.1

Cunningham

27.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

27.4

Brunson

Playoffs RPG Leaders

13.2

Jokić

10.7

Wembanyama

10.7

Tatum

Playoffs APG Leaders

9.5

Jokić

8.6

Barnes

7.9

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Playoffs SPG Leaders

2.8

Wagner

2.5

Eason

2.4

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Playoffs BPG Leaders

3.5

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1.8

Thompson

1.8

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Playoffs 3PM Leaders

3.6

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3.5

Brooks

3.3

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Playoffs TS% Leaders

150.0

Richardson

113.6

Davison

107.8

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111.5

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110.7

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757.7

Castle

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Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

1,069.8

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795.8

Castle

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Towns

Playoffs USG% Leaders

40.4

Smith

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Williams

34.9

Goodwin

Playoffs MPG Leaders

44.0

Thompson

42.0

Smith

41.0

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Playoffs FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.00

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1.66

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Playoffs DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.33

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1.58

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61-43

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Worst Record ATS

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	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

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1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0

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DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Mon 3/30	BOS	@	ATL	102-112
Mon 3/30	PHX	@	MEM	131-105
Mon 3/30	CHI	@	SAS	114-129
Mon 3/30	MIN	@	DAL	124-94
Mon 3/30	CLE	@	UTA	122-113

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Sat 6/13	NYK	@	SAS	8:30 PM
Tue 6/16	SAS	@	NYK	8:30 PM
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has the most career starts in the NBA Finals, with 56 starts.

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