most misses by a player in 1 elimination game

Elgin Baylor has missed the most field goals in an elimination game, with 27 misses in Game 7 of the 1962 NBA Finals versus the Celtics.

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most field goal misses by a player in 1 elimination game

	NAME	FG MISS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	27	4/18/1962	LAL	@	BOS	51	41	22	4			13	40	32.5				15	21	71.4	41.6				6
2	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	26	3/22/1962	PHI	vs	SYR	48	56	35	1			22	48	45.8				12	22	54.5	48.5				2
3	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	25	4/27/2018	OKC	@	UTA	44	46	10	5	2	0	18	43	41.9	7	19	36.8	3	6	50.0	50.4	1	9	5	3	-1
4	John Williamson J. Williamson	25	4/13/1979	NJN	vs	PHI	46	21	2	5	3	0	9	34	26.5				3	4	75.0	29.4	1	1	3	4
5	Joe Fulks J. Fulks	24	4/21/1948	PHI	@	BAL		28		0			8	32	25.0				12	14	85.7	36.7				3
6	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	23	5/12/2019	TOR	vs	PHI	43	41	8	3	3	0	16	39	41.0	2	9	22.2	7	8	87.5	48.2	4	4	4	1	-2
7	Rick Barry R. Barry	23	4/23/1967	SFW	@	PHI	38	36	10	2			14	37	37.8				8	8	100.0	44.4				4
8	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	22	4/25/2018	OKC	vs	UTA	44	45	15	7	0	0	17	39	43.6	5	9	55.6	6	6	100.0	54.0	3	12	5	3	+10
9	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	22	5/1/2016	TOR	vs	IND	40	30	5	2	3	2	10	32	31.3	1	5	20.0	9	9	100.0	41.7	0	5	1	2	+5
10	Rick Barry R. Barry	22	4/24/1967	SFW	vs	PHI	44	44	6	2			16	38	42.1				12	13	92.3	50.3				5
11	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	21	4/30/1992	GSW	@	SEA	48	27	5	11	8	0	8	29	27.6	3	13	23.1	8	15	53.3	37.9	2	3	1	3
12	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	21	4/28/1987	CHI	vs	BOS	39	30	11	7	2	1	9	30	30.0	0	1	0.0	12	14	85.7	41.5	6	5	2	4
13	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	21	4/22/1972	MIL	vs	LAL	48	37	25	8			16	37	43.2				5	5	100.0	47.2				5
14	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	21	3/30/1964	LAL	@	STL	45	28	11	1			11	32	34.4				6	11	54.5	38.0				3
15	Joe Fulks J. Fulks	21	4/3/1948	PHI	vs	STL		23		0			6	27	22.2				11	13	84.6	35.1				2
16	Joe Fulks J. Fulks	21	4/6/1947	PHI	@	STL		24					8	29	27.6				8	10	80.0	35.9				3
17	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	20	4/23/2019	OKC	@	POR	45	29	12	14	4	2	11	31	35.5	4	11	36.4	3	3	100.0	44.9	2	10	5	5	-4
18	LeBron James L. James	20	6/16/2015	CLE	vs	GSW	47	32	18	9	2	0	13	33	39.4	2	10	20.0	4	8	50.0	43.8	3	15	6	3	-3
19	Derrick Rose D. Rose	20	5/26/2011	CHI	vs	MIA	42	25	5	8	1	1	9	29	31.0	2	8	25.0	5	6	83.3	39.5	2	3	4	5	-7
20	LeBron James L. James	20	6/14/2007	CLE	vs	SAS	46	24	6	10	0	0	10	30	33.3	2	7	28.6	2	6	33.3	36.8	0	6	6	1	+2
21	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	20	5/2/2007	LAL	@	PHX	46	34	4	1	1	0	13	33	39.4	2	8	25.0	6	7	85.7	47.1	0	4	6	2	-1
22	Kenyon Martin K. Martin	20	6/15/2003	NJN	@	SAS	39	6	10	1	1	2	3	23	13.0	0	2	0.0	0	0		13.0	0	10	2	3	-8
23	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	20	5/2/1990	NYK	vs	BOS	40	33	19	1	1	0	14	34	41.2	0	0		5	10	50.0	43.0	5	14	1	5
24	Bob Love B. Love	20	5/14/1975	CHI	@	GSW	48	17	7	2	1	0	6	26	23.1				5	6	83.3	29.7	4	3		4
25	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	20	4/25/1975	BUF	@	WAS	44	36	11	1			16	36	44.4				4	6	66.7	46.6				3

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