most minutes per game in the 1980 finals

Magic Johnson had the most minutes per game in the 1980 NBA Finals with 42.7 minutes per game in his rookie season.

Interpreted as:
most minutes per game by a player in the 1980 finals
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1Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
42.7
1979-80
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
6
21.5
11.2
8.7
2.7
0.3
7.8
13.7
57.3
0.0
0.3
0.0
5.8
6.7
87.5
64.8
2.8
8.3
5.0
256
129
67
52
16
2
30
17
2Norm Nixon
N. Nixon
42.3
1979-80
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
6
15.5
3.7
7.0
2.2
0.2
6.2
14.2
43.5
0.0
0.2
0.0
3.2
4.2
76.0
48.4
1.0
2.7
3.7
254
93
22
42
13
1
22
19
3Jamaal Wilkes
J. Wilkes
42.0
1979-80
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
6
21.3
7.7
3.2
0.8
0.2
9.5
20.3
46.7
0.0
0.0
2.3
2.8
82.4
49.4
4.2
3.5
2.2
252
128
46
19
5
1
13
23
4Julius Erving
J. Erving
40.7
1979-80
NBA Finals
PHI PHI
6
25.5
7.0
5.0
2.0
2.3
9.8
18.8
52.2
0.2
0.7
25.0
5.7
8.0
70.8
57.0
1.8
5.2
2.8
244
153
42
30
12
14
17
16
5Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
40.6
1979-80
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
5
33.4
13.6
3.2
0.6
4.6
14.6
26.6
54.9
0.0
0.0
4.2
5.2
80.8
57.8
3.2
10.4
4.2
203
167
68
16
3
23
21
20
6Maurice Cheeks
M. Cheeks
36.8
1979-80
NBA Finals
PHI PHI
6
14.7
3.2
6.7
2.5
0.2
6.8
11.8
57.7
0.0
0.2
0.0
1.0
1.5
66.7
58.7
0.5
2.7
2.0
221
88
19
40
15
1
12
14
7Lionel Hollins
L. Hollins
36.0
1979-80
NBA Finals
PHI PHI
6
12.8
3.7
8.8
2.0
0.3
5.3
14.0
38.1
0.0
0.7
0.0
2.2
2.3
92.9
42.7
0.7
3.0
2.7
216
77
22
53
12
2
16
17
8Darryl Dawkins
D. Dawkins
33.8
1979-80
NBA Finals
PHI PHI
6
20.2
6.0
2.2
1.2
2.3
8.7
16.3
53.1
0.0
0.3
0.0
2.8
4.3
65.4
55.3
2.0
4.0
3.2
203
121
36
13
7
14
19
29
9Caldwell Jones
C. Jones
33.7
1979-80
NBA Finals
PHI PHI
6
9.0
8.3
1.8
0.2
2.7
3.3
7.0
47.6
0.0
0.0
2.3
3.3
70.0
53.1
1.8
6.5
1.5
202
54
50
11
1
16
9
24
10Jim Chones
J. Chones
30.8
1979-80
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
6
8.3
7.0
1.5
0.8
0.7
3.2
6.0
52.8
0.0
0.0
2.0
2.7
75.0
58.1
2.3
4.7
2.5
185
50
42
9
5
4
15
22
11Michael Cooper
M. Cooper
30.8
1979-80
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
6
8.8
4.2
3.3
1.2
0.7
3.3
9.3
35.7
0.0
0.0
2.2
2.7
81.3
42.0
1.8
2.3
2.0
185
53
25
20
7
4
12
22
12Bobby Jones
B. Jones
26.8
1979-80
NBA Finals
PHI PHI
6
11.0
5.7
2.0
1.2
1.8
4.7
9.3
50.0
0.0
0.0
1.7
1.8
90.9
54.2
1.7
4.0
1.3
161
66
34
12
7
11
8
19
13Henry Bibby
H. Bibby
19.0
1979-80
NBA Finals
PHI PHI
6
5.0
1.8
3.2
0.2
0.0
2.0
6.0
33.3
0.0
0.7
0.0
1.0
1.3
75.0
38.0
0.5
1.3
1.2
114
30
11
19
1
0
7
9
14Steve Mix
S. Mix
15.2
1979-80
NBA Finals
PHI PHI
5
7.2
1.8
1.4
0.2
0.4
2.8
5.8
48.3
0.0
0.0
1.6
1.6
100.0
55.4
0.6
1.2
0.6
76
36
9
7
1
2
3
6
15Mark Landsberger
M. Landsberger
14.3
1979-80
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
6
4.2
6.2
0.2
0.5
0.3
2.0
5.2
38.7
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.2
0.3
50.0
39.2
2.3
3.8
0.8
86
25
37
1
3
2
5
21
16Brad Holland
B. Holland
4.3
1979-80
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
3
3.3
0.3
0.3
1.0
0.0
1.3
2.0
66.7
0.0
0.0
0.7
0.7
100.0
72.7
0.0
0.3
0.3
13
10
1
1
3
0
1
3
17Spencer Haywood
S. Haywood
2.5
1979-80
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
2
1.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.5
0.5
100.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
100.0
0.0
0.0
0.5
5
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
18Marty Byrnes
M. Byrnes
1.0
1979-80
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
19Clint Richardson
C. Richardson
1.0
1979-80
NBA Finals
PHI PHI
1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
20Jim Spanarkel
J. Spanarkel
1.0
1979-80
NBA Finals
PHI PHI
1
0.0
0.0
1.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
21Bernard Toone
B. Toone
1.0
1979-80
NBA Finals
PHI PHI
1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
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10:00 PM
Sat
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8:00 PM
Mon
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Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
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7:00 PM
Wed
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