most nba finals games played before age 28

Tom Heinsohn has the most career games by a player younger than 28 in the NBA Finals, with 36 games.

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most NBA finals games played by a player before age 28

	NAME	GP	SERIES	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	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	36	NBA Finals	31.7	21.2	9.5				8.3	20.3	40.8				4.6	6.2	74.6	46.0				1,142	763	342					153
2	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	35	NBA Finals	41.5	19.9	8.7	11.6	2.3	0.4	7.4	14.1	52.3	0.1	0.4	15.4	5.1	5.9	85.9	59.5	2.1	6.7	4.1	1,451	695	306	407	79	15	144	110
3	Tom Sanders T. Sanders	35	NBA Finals	30.9	12.5	7.7	1.4			5.1	11.0	46.4				2.3	3.2	73.0	50.5				1,080	439	269	49				164
4	Bill Russell B. Russell	27	NBA Finals	43.0	14.6	24.9				5.1	13.0	39.4				4.3	7.8	55.5	44.4				1,162	393	673					76
5	Byron Scott B. Scott	26	NBA Finals	29.8	12.0	3.2	1.8	1.2	0.2	4.9	10.8	45.6	0.3	1.3	25.7	1.8	2.4	75.8	50.6	0.9	2.3	1.3	775	312	82	46	32	5	35	66
6	James Worthy J. Worthy	26	NBA Finals	38.9	22.1	5.5	3.5	1.1	0.5	9.2	16.7	55.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	3.7	5.4	67.9	57.9	2.1	3.3	2.1	1,012	575	142	90	28	14	54	72
7	Jerry West J. West	25	NBA Finals	44.2	32.0	6.0	4.0			11.8	25.0	47.4				8.4	9.9	84.6	54.6				1,106	801	149	99				69
8	Vern Mikkelsen V. Mikkelsen	25	NBA Finals		12.0					4.6						2.9	3.8	77.7						301						119
9	Kurt Rambis K. Rambis	23	NBA Finals	21.4	7.5	6.7	0.8	0.8	0.6	3.2	6.0	53.3	0.0	0.0		1.2	2.1	56.3	54.7	2.3	4.3	1.4	493	173	153	19	18	14	33	72
10	Tristan Thompson T. Thompson	22	NBA Finals	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
11	A.C. Green	22	NBA Finals	28.8	8.2	7.1	0.4	0.5	0.1	3.0	6.4	46.4	0.1	0.3	33.3	2.2	3.2	69.0	52.8	2.5	4.6	1.1	633	181	157	8	12	3	24	62
12	Greg Kite G. Kite	21	NBA Finals	7.8	1.0	1.7	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.4	1.1	37.5	0.0	0.0		0.2	0.3	66.7	41.3	0.7	1.0	0.2	163	22	35	12	4	7	5	43
13	Mel Counts M. Counts	21	NBA Finals	17.0	7.9	6.5	0.9			3.1	6.9	45.8				1.6	2.1	77.3	50.8				356	166	136	19				77
14	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	21	NBA Finals	31.9	18.1	6.4	3.0			7.1	17.4	41.1				3.8	4.5	84.2	46.7				669	380	134	64				66
15	Sam Jones S. Jones	21	NBA Finals	17.3	9.5	4.3				3.9	8.9	43.9				1.7	2.1	79.5	48.2				363	199	91					24
16	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	20	NBA Finals	41.5	28.4	16.7				9.7	22.9	42.5				9.0	12.1	74.3	50.4				829	567	334					59
17	Dolph Schayes D. Schayes	20	NBA Finals		15.1					4.6						6.0	8.1	74.1						302						72
18	Paul Seymour P. Seymour	20	NBA Finals		11.6					3.8						4.0	4.6	86.8						231						43
19	Connie Simmons C. Simmons	20	NBA Finals		14.0	6.8	1.4			4.9	13.1	37.0				4.3	6.2	68.5	44.1					279	95	28				78
20	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	19	NBA Finals	42.9	22.2	5.2	4.9	1.4	1.1	8.2	19.9	41.2	0.8	2.8	28.3	4.9	5.8	85.5	49.3	0.8	4.4	3.0	816	421	99	93	27	20	57	59	+18
21	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	19	NBA Finals	27.1	10.3	2.5	4.7	1.7	0.1	4.4	9.3	46.9	0.3	0.8	40.0	1.2	1.6	74.2	51.1	0.6	1.9	1.5	514	195	47	90	32	1	28	59
22	Kevin McHale K. McHale	19	NBA Finals	28.3	14.6	6.6	1.1	0.2	1.2	5.4	10.6	51.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.8	5.2	73.5	56.9	2.5	4.1	1.8	537	278	125	21	4	23	35	57
23	Harry Gallatin H. Gallatin	19	NBA Finals		10.0					3.2	8.4	37.5				3.7	4.7	77.8	47.6					190						61
24	Dick McGuire D. McGuire	19	NBA Finals		6.4					2.3	5.6	40.2				1.9	3.4	56.3	45.1					122						52
25	Ernie Vandeweghe E. Vandeweghe	19	NBA Finals		9.9					3.5	8.6	40.5				2.9	3.6	81.2	48.6					188						74

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2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
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6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
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Tom Heinsohn has the most career games by a player younger than 28 in the NBA Finals, with 36 games.

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