most playoff games played before winning a nba title

5 players are tied for the most games with more than 0 championships in a single NBA playoff run, with 26 games in 2007-08. The first three are Ray Allen, Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce.

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most playoff games played before winning a NBA title in a season by a player

	NAME	GP	Champs	SEASON	TM	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	Ray Allen R. Allen	26	1	2007-08	BOS	38.0	15.6	3.8	2.7	0.9	0.3	5.1	12.0	42.8	2.1	5.3	39.6	3.2	3.5	91.3	57.6	1.0	2.8	1.5	987	405	98	71	24	8	38	63	+152
2	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	26	1	2007-08	BOS	37.9	20.4	10.5	3.3	1.3	1.1	8.3	16.8	49.5	0.1	0.3	25.0	3.6	4.5	81.0	54.2	2.8	7.8	2.1	987	530	274	87	35	29	55	74	+186
3	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	26	1	2007-08	BOS	38.1	19.7	5.0	4.6	1.1	0.3	6.3	14.2	44.1	1.7	4.6	36.1	5.5	6.8	80.2	57.0	0.8	4.2	3.2	990	511	129	119	28	8	82	90	+135
4	James Posey J. Posey	26	1	2007-08	BOS	22.1	6.7	3.6	1.1	1.0	0.3	2.0	4.6	43.7	1.3	3.4	39.8	1.3	1.5	87.5	63.7	0.5	3.1	0.5	573	174	93	28	26	8	14	61	+11
5	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	26	1	2007-08	BOS	31.9	10.2	4.1	6.6	1.7	0.3	4.1	10.1	40.7	0.2	0.8	25.0	1.8	2.6	69.1	45.4	1.5	2.6	1.8	831	266	107	172	45	8	47	74	+62
6	P.J. Brown	25	1	2007-08	BOS	13.6	2.9	2.4	0.5	0.2	0.4	1.0	2.2	46.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.0	84.0	54.5	0.7	1.6	0.5	341	73	59	12	5	10	12	58	-52
7	Kendrick Perkins K. Perkins	25	1	2007-08	BOS	25.2	6.6	6.1	0.5	0.6	1.3	2.5	4.2	58.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.6	2.4	67.8	62.1	2.1	4.0	1.2	631	164	153	13	15	32	31	91	+122
8	Marc Gasol M. Gasol	24	1	2018-19	TOR	30.6	9.4	6.4	3.0	0.9	1.1	3.2	7.5	42.2	1.4	3.7	38.2	1.7	1.9	87.0	56.4	0.7	5.8	0.9	735	226	154	73	21	26	21	84	+77
9	Danny Green D. Green	24	1	2018-19	TOR	28.5	6.9	3.6	1.1	1.3	0.5	2.2	6.5	34.2	1.6	5.0	32.8	0.9	1.0	91.3	50.3	0.7	2.9	1.1	684	166	87	26	32	11	26	60	+109
10	Serge Ibaka S. Ibaka	24	1	2018-19	TOR	20.8	9.4	6.0	0.9	0.5	1.0	3.8	8.0	47.7	0.4	1.6	23.7	1.3	1.8	76.2	53.2	1.5	4.5	1.0	500	225	143	22	11	23	25	79	+81
11	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	24	1	2018-19	TOR	39.1	30.5	9.1	3.9	1.7	0.7	10.1	20.7	49.0	2.3	6.0	37.9	8.0	9.0	88.4	61.9	2.3	6.8	3.1	939	732	218	94	40	17	74	56	+156
12	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	24	1	2018-19	TOR	37.5	15.0	4.9	6.6	1.3	0.3	5.1	11.5	44.0	2.2	6.0	35.9	2.7	3.4	80.2	57.7	0.9	4.0	2.3	900	361	117	159	31	7	54	96	+161
13	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	24	1	2018-19	TOR	37.1	19.0	7.1	2.8	1.0	0.7	7.5	16.0	47.0	1.2	4.3	27.9	2.8	3.6	75.9	54.0	1.7	5.5	1.4	891	455	171	66	24	17	33	67	+97
14	Fred VanVleet F. VanVleet	24	1	2018-19	TOR	24.7	8.0	1.7	2.6	0.8	0.3	2.7	6.9	39.2	1.6	4.1	38.8	1.0	1.3	77.4	53.4	0.3	1.4	0.9	592	192	40	62	18	6	21	49	+33
15	Bruce Bowen B. Bowen	24	1	2002-03	SAS	31.3	6.9	2.9	1.6	0.8	0.7	2.3	6.0	37.2	1.5	3.3	43.8	1.0	1.8	54.8	50.8	0.6	2.3	0.6	750	166	69	39	20	17	15	52	+6
16	Speedy Claxton S. Claxton	24	1	2002-03	SAS	13.6	5.2	1.9	1.9	0.7	0.2	1.9	4.4	43.8	0.0	0.0		1.4	1.8	75.0	50.3	0.3	1.6	1.0	326	125	45	45	16	5	24	38	+100
17	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	24	1	2002-03	SAS	42.5	24.7	15.4	5.3	0.6	3.3	9.1	17.2	52.9	0.0	0.3	0.0	6.5	9.7	67.7	57.7	4.0	11.4	3.2	1,021	593	369	127	15	79	76	78	+181
18	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	24	1	2002-03	SAS	27.5	9.4	3.8	2.9	1.7	0.4	3.0	7.7	38.6	1.2	3.0	38.4	2.3	3.1	75.7	52.2	1.2	2.6	1.5	660	226	92	70	41	9	36	62	+191
19	Stephen Jackson S. Jackson	24	1	2002-03	SAS	33.8	12.8	4.1	2.7	1.4	0.4	4.5	10.9	41.4	1.6	4.7	33.6	2.2	2.8	80.3	52.9	0.8	3.3	2.8	811	307	98	65	33	9	68	53	+47
20	Tony Parker T. Parker	24	1	2002-03	SAS	33.9	14.7	2.8	3.5	0.9	0.1	5.6	14.0	40.3	0.6	2.3	26.8	2.8	3.9	71.3	46.8	0.3	2.4	2.0	814	352	66	85	22	3	47	51	+19
21	Malik Rose M. Rose	24	1	2002-03	SAS	23.3	9.3	5.8	1.0	0.7	0.5	3.1	7.5	41.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.0	3.9	76.6	50.4	2.0	3.7	1.8	560	222	138	24	16	11	43	72	+41
22	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	24	1	1987-88	LAL	29.9	14.1	5.5	1.5	0.6	1.5	5.9	12.7	46.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.3	3.0	78.9	50.4	2.0	3.4	1.9	718	338	131	36	15	37	46	81
23	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	24	1	1987-88	LAL	24.5	6.4	2.4	2.8	0.8	0.4	2.3	5.5	41.2	1.0	2.6	40.3	0.8	1.1	74.1	53.5	0.6	1.8	0.9	588	153	58	66	19	9	21	57
24	A.C. Green	24	1	1987-88	LAL	30.3	10.0	7.3	0.8	0.5	0.5	3.8	7.0	54.4	0.0	0.0		2.3	3.0	75.3	59.4	2.4	4.9	1.1	726	239	175	20	11	12	26	61
25	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	24	1	1987-88	LAL	40.2	19.9	5.4	12.6	1.4	0.2	7.0	13.7	51.4	0.3	0.6	50.0	5.5	6.5	85.2	60.0	1.3	4.1	3.5	965	477	130	303	34	4	83	61

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1	Pistons	60	22	.732
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4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
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Sun 4/19	PHI	@	BOS	1:00 PM
Tue 4/21	PHI	@	BOS	7:00 PM
Fri 4/24	BOS	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Sun 4/26	BOS	@	PHI	7:00 PM
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BPG Leaders

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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
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8	Magic	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
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14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
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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	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