most points in a closeout game post 2000

Shaquille O'Neal dropped the most points by a big man in closeouts, with 259 points.

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most points by a player in a closeout game post 2000

	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	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	259	1999-00	LAL	10	41.9	25.9	14.5	3.0	0.3	1.8	11.0	20.7	53.1	0.0	0.0		3.9	10.1	38.6	51.5	5.3	9.2	2.8	419	145	30	3	18	28	23	-13
2	Rasheed Wallace R. Wallace	86	1999-00	POR	5	40.0	17.2	4.8	1.6	1.0	2.2	7.4	14.6	50.7	0.6	0.8	75.0	1.8	2.8	64.3	54.3	1.6	3.2	1.4	200	24	8	5	11	7	15	-10
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	80	1999-00	UTA	3	39.7	26.7	9.3	3.0	0.0	0.7	11.3	20.0	56.7	0.3	0.3	100.0	3.7	5.0	73.3	60.1	1.7	7.7	4.3	119	28	9	0	2	13	10	-6
4	Rik Smits R. Smits	67	1999-00	IND	6	21.8	11.2	3.7	1.5	0.3	0.8	4.0	8.8	45.3	0.0	0.0		3.2	3.3	95.0	54.2	0.8	2.8	1.7	131	22	9	2	5	10	17	-24
5	Robert Horry R. Horry	65	1999-00	LAL	10	26.3	6.5	5.7	2.3	0.7	0.8	2.2	6.1	36.1	0.7	2.7	25.9	1.4	2.4	58.3	45.4	2.0	3.7	1.3	263	57	23	7	8	13	42	-13
6	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	63	1999-00	MIA	3	36.0	21.0	10.7	1.3	0.0	3.7	7.0	13.3	52.5	0.0	0.0		7.0	10.7	65.6	58.2	2.7	8.0	2.3	108	32	4	0	11	7	10	+3
7	Arvydas Sabonis A. Sabonis	60	1999-00	POR	5	31.4	12.0	7.2	0.8	0.8	1.0	4.8	9.4	51.1	0.6	1.8	33.3	1.8	2.6	69.2	56.9	0.8	6.4	1.8	157	36	4	4	5	9	19	+14
8	Dale Davis D. Davis	53	1999-00	IND	6	30.8	8.8	11.3	0.5	0.3	1.8	3.5	6.2	56.8	0.0	0.0		1.8	3.0	61.1	59.0	3.7	7.7	1.2	185	68	3	2	11	7	18	-6
9	Brian Grant B. Grant	41	1999-00	POR	5	22.4	8.2	6.6	0.4	0.6	0.4	2.4	5.2	46.2	0.0	0.0		3.4	4.4	77.3	57.5	2.8	3.8	1.8	112	33	2	3	2	9	17	-11
10	A.C. Green	34	1999-00	LAL	10	19.0	3.4	4.3	0.7	0.9	0.3	1.2	3.7	32.4	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.5	66.7	39.0	2.2	2.1	0.3	190	43	7	9	3	3	20	-19
11	Austin Croshere A. Croshere	32	1999-00	IND	6	16.5	5.3	3.2	0.3	0.2	0.2	1.7	6.0	27.8	0.2	1.0	16.7	1.8	2.3	78.6	38.0	1.0	2.2	0.8	99	19	2	1	1	5	10	-30
12	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	32	1999-00	NYK	2	34.5	16.0	10.5	0.5	1.5	3.0	3.5	9.0	38.9	0.0	0.0		9.0	11.0	81.8	57.8	2.0	8.5	2.0	69	21	1	3	6	4	8	+2
13	Clarence Weatherspoon C. Weatherspoon	30	1999-00	MIA	3	21.7	10.0	6.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	4.0	7.7	52.2	0.0	0.0		2.0	4.0	50.0	53.0	2.7	3.3	1.0	65	18	0	1	1	3	7	+11
14	Sam Perkins S. Perkins	29	1999-00	IND	6	18.5	4.8	3.2	0.2	0.0	0.5	1.7	5.8	28.6	0.7	3.5	19.0	0.8	0.8	100.0	39.0	0.8	2.3	0.2	111	19	1	0	3	1	12	+25
15	Rodney Rogers R. Rogers	23	1999-00	PHX	1	33.0	23.0	10.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	9.0	15.0	60.0	1.0	4.0	25.0	4.0	6.0	66.7	65.2	2.0	8.0	0.0	33	10	3	2	1	0	1	+23
16	Larry Johnson L. Johnson	22	1999-00	NYK	2	36.5	11.0	4.5	1.0	0.5	0.5	4.0	10.5	38.1	1.0	3.0	33.3	2.0	2.0	100.0	48.3	1.0	3.5	1.5	73	9	2	1	1	3	5	-6
17	Chris Webber C. Webber	20	1999-00	SAC	1	38.0	20.0	4.0	4.0	1.0	1.0	7.0	21.0	33.3	1.0	3.0	33.3	5.0	6.0	83.3	42.3	1.0	3.0	1.0	38	4	4	1	1	1	2	-35
18	Olden Polynice O. Polynice	19	1999-00	UTA	3	20.7	6.3	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	3.0	4.7	64.3	0.0	0.0		0.3	1.0	33.3	62.0	1.0	4.0	1.3	62	15	0	0	1	4	9	+12
19	Vin Baker V. Baker	17	1999-00	SEA	1	31.0	17.0	2.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	8.0	15.0	53.3	0.0	0.0		1.0	2.0	50.0	53.5	1.0	1.0	1.0	31	2	3	0	0	1	4	+11
20	Matt Geiger M. Geiger	17	1999-00	PHI	1	25.0	17.0	10.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	7.0	10.0	70.0	0.0	0.0		3.0	3.0	100.0	75.1	5.0	5.0	0.0	25	10	2	2	1	0	4	+9
21	John Salley J. Salley	15	1999-00	LAL	9	5.2	1.7	2.0	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.4	1.0	44.4	0.0	0.0		0.8	0.9	87.5	59.9	0.9	1.1	0.3	47	18	3	0	4	3	11	-15
22	P.J. Brown	15	1999-00	MIA	3	21.7	5.0	4.7	0.7	0.3	0.0	2.3	4.7	50.0	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.3	100.0	51.9	1.7	3.0	0.3	65	14	2	1	0	1	17	-5
23	Otis Thorpe O. Thorpe	14	1999-00	MIA	3	17.7	4.7	4.3	0.7	0.0	0.3	2.0	3.0	66.7	0.0	0.0		0.7	2.0	33.3	60.1	1.0	3.3	1.3	53	13	2	0	1	4	10	+16
24	Travis Knight T. Knight	12	1999-00	LAL	5	5.0	2.4	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.4	1.0	1.6	62.5	0.0	0.0		0.4	1.2	33.3	56.4	0.2	0.0	0.6	25	1	0	1	2	3	6	+7
25	Greg Ostertag G. Ostertag	11	1999-00	UTA	3	20.3	3.7	5.3	0.3	0.3	1.3	1.0	2.0	50.0	0.0	0.0		1.7	2.7	62.5	57.8	3.3	2.0	1.3	61	16	1	1	4	4	7	-17

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