most points by an nba player in their final game in the playoffs 1998

Michael Jordan posted the most points in the 1998 playoffs in his last game, with 45 points in the 1998 NBA Finals.

	NAME	PTS	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	45	1997-98	CHI	1	44.0	45.0	1.0	1.0	4.0	0.0	15.0	35.0	42.9	3.0	7.0	42.9	12.0	15.0	80.0	54.1	0.0	1.0	1.0	44	1	1	4	0	1	2	+2
2	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	38	1997-98	LAL	1	39.0	38.0	7.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	14.0	24.0	58.3	0.0	0.0		10.0	18.0	55.6	59.5	3.0	4.0	0.0	39	7	1	1	1	0	4	+1
3	Allan Houston A. Houston	33	1997-98	NYK	1	40.0	33.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	14.0	25.0	56.0	3.0	4.0	75.0	2.0	2.0	100.0	63.8	0.0	2.0	2.0	40	2	1	0	0	2	5	-9
4	Karl Malone K. Malone	31	1997-98	UTA	1	43.0	31.0	11.0	7.0	1.0	0.0	11.0	19.0	57.9	0.0	0.0		9.0	11.0	81.8	65.0	5.0	6.0	5.0	43	11	7	1	0	5	2	-2
5	Glen Rice G. Rice	30	1997-98	CHA	1	48.0	30.0	8.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	13.0	21.0	61.9	2.0	5.0	40.0	2.0	2.0	100.0	68.6	1.0	7.0	3.0	48	8	2	0	0	3	3	-9
6	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	29	1997-98	MIA	1	38.0	29.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	11.0	14.0	78.6	0.0	0.0		7.0	11.0	63.6	77.0	0.0	6.0	2.0	38	6	0	0	1	2	5	+4
7	Vin Baker V. Baker	28	1997-98	SEA	1	37.0	28.0	9.0	3.0	4.0	1.0	12.0	19.0	63.2	0.0	0.0		4.0	7.0	57.1	63.4	4.0	5.0	0.0	37	9	3	4	1	0	5	-11
8	Anthony Peeler A. Peeler	28	1997-98	MIN	1	43.0	28.0	5.0	6.0	4.0	2.0	10.0	15.0	66.7	6.0	8.0	75.0	2.0	2.0	100.0	88.2	0.0	5.0	3.0	43	5	6	4	2	3	5	-10
9	Steve Smith S. Smith	27	1997-98	ATL	1	40.0	27.0	2.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	11.0	18.0	61.1	2.0	6.0	33.3	3.0	4.0	75.0	68.3	1.0	1.0	4.0	40	2	3	0	0	4	4	-11
10	Damon Stoudamire D. Stoudamire	24	1997-98	POR	1	46.0	24.0	5.0	8.0	1.0	0.0	9.0	22.0	40.9	4.0	9.0	44.4	2.0	2.0	100.0	52.4	2.0	3.0	1.0	46	5	8	1	0	1	4	-6
11	Reggie Miller R. Miller	22	1997-98	IND	1	41.0	22.0	0.0	4.0	2.0	0.0	7.0	13.0	53.8	4.0	7.0	57.1	4.0	4.0	100.0	74.5	0.0	0.0	2.0	41	0	4	2	0	2	3	-1
12	David Robinson D. Robinson	21	1997-98	SAS	1	39.0	21.0	13.0	4.0	2.0	1.0	5.0	16.0	31.3	0.0	0.0		11.0	15.0	73.3	46.5	5.0	8.0	2.0	39	13	4	2	1	2	4	+1
13	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	21	1997-98	MIA	1	48.0	21.0	3.0	8.0	1.0	0.0	8.0	20.0	40.0	3.0	10.0	30.0	2.0	3.0	66.7	49.2	1.0	2.0	4.0	48	3	8	1	0	4	2	-17
14	Shawn Kemp S. Kemp	21	1997-98	CLE	1	41.0	21.0	12.0	4.0	3.0	1.0	6.0	16.0	37.5	0.0	0.0		9.0	12.0	75.0	49.3	5.0	7.0	6.0	41	12	4	3	1	6	4	-2
15	Gary Payton G. Payton	20	1997-98	SEA	1	48.0	20.0	3.0	5.0	3.0	0.0	5.0	16.0	31.3	2.0	7.0	28.6	8.0	8.0	100.0	51.2	1.0	2.0	3.0	48	3	5	3	0	3	3	-15
16	Eddie Jones E. Jones	19	1997-98	LAL	1	46.0	19.0	4.0	6.0	1.0	3.0	8.0	16.0	50.0	1.0	5.0	20.0	2.0	2.0	100.0	56.3	1.0	3.0	1.0	46	4	6	1	3	1	2	+1
17	Sherman Douglas S. Douglas	19	1997-98	NJN	1	45.0	19.0	0.0	8.0	1.0	0.0	9.0	15.0	60.0	1.0	2.0	50.0	0.0	0.0		63.3	0.0	0.0	2.0	45	0	8	1	0	2	1	-12
18	P.J. Brown	18	1997-98	MIA	1	47.0	18.0	10.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	8.0	11.0	72.7	0.0	0.0		2.0	7.0	28.6	63.9	4.0	6.0	1.0	47	10	0	2	0	1	5	-17
19	Derek Anderson D. Anderson	18	1997-98	CLE	1	30.0	18.0	2.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	5.0	8.0	62.5	0.0	0.0		8.0	10.0	80.0	72.6	0.0	2.0	0.0	30	2	3	1	0	0	1	-7
20	Brian Grant B. Grant	18	1997-98	POR	1	33.0	18.0	12.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	5.0	10.0	50.0	0.0	0.0		8.0	8.0	100.0	66.6	6.0	6.0	0.0	33	12	1	1	0	0	5	+1
21	Chris Gatling C. Gatling	18	1997-98	NJN	1	28.0	18.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	7.0	12.0	58.3	0.0	0.0		4.0	6.0	66.7	61.5	2.0	1.0	3.0	28	3	1	1	0	3	3	-14
22	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	18	1997-98	PHX	1	28.0	18.0	5.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	8.0	13.0	61.5	1.0	2.0	50.0	1.0	2.0	50.0	64.8	2.0	3.0	3.0	28	5	2	2	1	3	2	-19
23	Keith Van Horn K. Van Horn	18	1997-98	NJN	1	32.0	18.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	9.0	55.6	0.0	0.0		8.0	11.0	72.7	65.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	32	0	0	0	0	1	2	-10
24	Jeff Hornacek J. Hornacek	17	1997-98	UTA	1	37.0	17.0	6.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	6.0	12.0	50.0	1.0	3.0	33.3	4.0	4.0	100.0	61.8	1.0	5.0	3.0	37	6	0	1	0	3	0	+5
25	Larry Johnson L. Johnson	17	1997-98	NYK	1	38.0	17.0	7.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	6.0	13.0	46.2	1.0	3.0	33.3	4.0	5.0	80.0	55.9	5.0	2.0	4.0	38	7	1	2	1	4	5	-10