most free throw attempts in a single playoff game by one player

Shaquille O'Neal has the most free-throw attempts in a playoff game, with 39 attempts in Game 2 of the 2000 NBA Finals versus the Pacers.

	NAME	FTA	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	39	6/9/2000	LAL	vs	IND	46	40	24	4	0	3	11	18	61.1	0	0		18	46.2	56.9	5	19	2	5	+14
2	DeAndre Jordan D. Jordan	34	5/10/2015	LAC	vs	HOU	30	26	17	2	2	1	6	7	85.7	0	0		14	41.2	59.2	4	13	0	3	+16
3	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	32	3/21/1953	BOS	vs	SYR	66	50	3	2			10	22	45.5				30	93.8	69.3				5
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	28	5/14/1989	CHI	vs	NYK	42	47	11	6	1	2	12	18	66.7	0	1	0.0	23	82.1	77.5	0	11	6	3
5	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	27	5/20/2000	LAL	vs	POR	47	41	11	7	0	5	14	25	56.0	0	0		13	48.1	55.6	1	10	0	2	+22
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	27	5/5/1989	CHI	vs	CLE	43	50	3	4	3	0	14	28	50.0	0	1	0.0	22	81.5	62.7	0	3	1	6
7	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	26	3/17/1954	BOS	vs	SYR	49	32	6	4			6	12	50.0				20	76.9	68.3				3
8	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	25	6/18/2006	MIA	vs	DAL	50	43	4	4	3	0	11	28	39.3	0	2	0.0	21	84.0	55.1	0	4	3	1	+1
9	Derrick Coleman D. Coleman	25	5/6/1994	NJN	vs	NYK	39	31	9	3	0	2	5	15	33.3	0	1	0.0	21	84.0	59.6	6	3	3	3
10	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	25	4/12/1966	PHI	vs	BOS	48	46	34	1			19	34	55.9				8	32.0	51.1				5
11	LeBron James L. James	24	5/30/2012	MIA	vs	BOS	48	34	10	7	1	1	7	20	35.0	2	6	33.3	18	75.0	55.6	4	6	1	2	+10
12	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	24	5/17/2011	DAL	vs	OKC	41	48	6	4	0	4	12	15	80.0	0	0		24	100.0	93.9	0	6	2	3	+12
13	LeBron James L. James	24	5/24/2009	CLE	@	ORL	42	41	7	9	2	1	11	28	39.3	1	8	12.5	18	75.0	53.2	0	7	2	3	-12
14	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	24	5/13/2006	DAL	vs	SAS	43	27	15	3	1	1	3	9	33.3	0	0		21	87.5	69.0	4	11	3	2	+3
15	Karl Malone K. Malone	24	5/3/1992	UTA	@	LAC	46	44	11	2	0	0	11	18	61.1	0	0		22	91.7	77.0	4	7	3	4
16	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	24	4/9/1958	STL	@	BOS	40	33	21				7	21	33.3				19	79.2	52.3				3
17	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	23	4/26/2023	MIL	vs	MIA	42	38	20	3	0	0	14	27	51.9	0	2	0.0	10	43.5	51.2	4	16	7	4	-8
18	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	23	4/23/2017	CHI	vs	BOS	46	33	5	9	1	0	7	16	43.8	0	3	0.0	19	82.6	63.2	1	4	1	4	-4
19	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	23	5/4/2008	LAL	vs	UTA	40	38	6	7	1	0	8	16	50.0	1	2	50.0	21	91.3	72.7	0	6	3	3	+7
20	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	23	5/22/2006	SAS	vs	DAL	50	41	15	6	1	3	12	24	50.0	0	1	0.0	17	73.9	60.1	6	9	3	4	-7
21	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	23	5/11/2003	LAL	vs	SAS	45	29	17	5	2	4	6	17	35.3	0	0		17	73.9	53.5	10	7	3	2	+10
22	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	23	5/23/1999	LAL	vs	SAS	45	36	14	0	1	1	12	23	52.2	0	0		12	52.2	54.3	8	6	1	5	-6
23	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	23	5/22/1999	SAS	@	LAL	45	37	14	4	3	1	9	19	47.4	0	0		19	82.6	63.5	5	9	4	6	+4
24	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	23	4/24/1998	CHI	vs	NJN	47	39	7	3	1	1	11	27	40.7	0	2	0.0	17	73.9	52.5	0	7	3	1	+9
25	David Robinson D. Robinson	23	5/16/1993	SAS	vs	PHX	40	36	16	0	1	3	9	20	45.0	0	0		18	78.3	59.8	3	13	3	4

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Tue 1/6	LAL	@	NOP	8:00 PM
Wed 1/7	LAL	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Fri 1/9	MIL	@	LAL	10:30 PM

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Shaquille O'Neal has the most free-throw attempts in a playoff game, with 39 attempts in Game 2 of the 2000 NBA Finals versus the Pacers.

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