most points in a finals closeout game ever by an nba player

Giannis Antetokounmpo and Bob Pettit are tied for the most points in the NBA Finals in closeouts, with 50 points.

	NAME	PTS	DATE	SEASON	SERIES	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	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	50	7/20/2021	2020-21	NBA Finals	1	42.4	50.0	14.0	2.0	0.0	5.0	16.0	25.0	64.0	1.0	3.0	33.3	17.0	19.0	89.5	74.9	4.0	10.0	6.0	42	14	2	0	5	6	2	+10
2	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	50	4/12/1958	1957-58	NBA Finals	1	42.0	50.0	19.0				19.0	34.0	55.9				12.0	15.0	80.0	61.6				42	19					1
3	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	45	6/13/2026	2025-26	NBA Finals	1	41.1	45.0	3.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	14.0	27.0	51.9	4.0	7.0	57.1	13.0	15.0	86.7	67.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	41	3	3	2	0	3	1	+10
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	45	6/14/1998	1997-98	NBA Finals	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
5	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	43	6/19/1988	1987-88	NBA Finals	1	44.0	43.0	3.0	8.0	6.0	1.0	18.0	32.0	56.3	2.0	3.0	66.7	5.0	7.0	71.4	61.3	1.0	2.0	5.0	44	3	8	6	1	5	4
6	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	42	5/16/1980	1979-80	NBA Finals	1	47.0	42.0	15.0	7.0	3.0	1.0	14.0	23.0	60.9	0.0	1.0	0.0	14.0	14.0	100.0	72.0	3.0	12.0	5.0	47	15	7	3	1	5	3
7	Jerry West J. West	42	5/5/1969	1968-69	NBA Finals	1	48.0	42.0	13.0	12.0			14.0	29.0	48.3				14.0	18.0	77.8	56.9				48	13	12				2
8	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	41	6/19/2000	1999-00	NBA Finals	1	47.0	41.0	12.0	1.0	0.0	4.0	19.0	32.0	59.4	0.0	0.0		3.0	12.0	25.0	55.0	5.0	7.0	0.0	47	12	1	0	4	0	2	+6
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	41	6/18/1993	1992-93	NBA Finals	1	44.0	41.0	7.0	7.0	0.0	2.0	16.0	29.0	55.2	2.0	7.0	28.6	7.0	10.0	70.0	61.4	1.0	6.0	2.0	44	7	7	0	2	2	5
10	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	41	4/18/1962	1961-62	NBA Finals	1	51.0	41.0	22.0	4.0			13.0	40.0	32.5				15.0	21.0	71.4	41.6				51	22	4				6
11	LeBron James L. James	40	10/9/2020	2019-20	NBA Finals	1	41.9	40.0	13.0	7.0	3.0	0.0	15.0	21.0	71.4	6.0	9.0	66.7	4.0	6.0	66.7	84.6	3.0	10.0	4.0	42	13	7	3	0	4	1	+7
12	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	40	5/2/1968	1967-68	NBA Finals	1	47.0	40.0	10.0	7.0			14.0	28.0	50.0				12.0	12.0	100.0	60.1				47	10	7				4
13	George Mikan G. Mikan	40	4/23/1950	1949-50	NBA Finals	1		40.0		2.0			13.0	20.0	65.0				14.0	17.0	82.4	72.8						2				6
14	Kevin Durant K. Durant	39	6/12/2017	2016-17	NBA Finals	1	40.3	39.0	6.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	14.0	20.0	70.0	5.0	8.0	62.5	6.0	6.0	100.0	86.1	1.0	5.0	4.0	40	6	5	1	0	4	3	+18
15	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	39	6/13/1997	1996-97	NBA Finals	1	44.0	39.0	11.0	4.0	1.0	1.0	15.0	35.0	42.9	1.0	4.0	25.0	8.0	10.0	80.0	49.5	1.0	10.0	1.0	44	11	4	1	1	1	2	0
16	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	39	4/13/1957	1956-57	NBA Finals	1	56.0	39.0	19.0	3.0			14.0	34.0	41.2				11.0	13.0	84.6	49.1				56	19	3				4
17	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	38	6/15/2008	2007-08	NBA Finals	1	48.0	38.0	6.0	8.0	1.0	0.0	10.0	22.0	45.5	2.0	6.0	33.3	16.0	19.0	84.2	62.6	1.0	5.0	5.0	48	6	8	1	0	5	5	-4
18	Stephen Curry S. Curry	37	6/8/2018	2017-18	NBA Finals	1	38.7	37.0	6.0	4.0	3.0	3.0	12.0	27.0	44.4	7.0	15.0	46.7	6.0	6.0	100.0	62.4	2.0	4.0	2.0	39	6	4	3	3	2	4	+18
19	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	37	6/13/2016	2015-16	NBA Finals	1	40.5	37.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	11.0	20.0	55.0	6.0	11.0	54.5	9.0	9.0	100.0	77.2	0.0	3.0	1.0	41	3	1	0	0	1	2	-21
20	LeBron James L. James	37	6/20/2013	2012-13	NBA Finals	1	45.0	37.0	12.0	4.0	2.0	0.0	12.0	23.0	52.2	5.0	10.0	50.0	8.0	8.0	100.0	69.8	3.0	9.0	2.0	45	12	4	2	0	2	2	+8
21	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	37	5/16/1980	1979-80	NBA Finals	1	42.0	37.0	10.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	16.0	30.0	53.3	0.0	0.0		5.0	5.0	100.0	57.5	6.0	4.0	3.0	42	10	2	1	0	3	4
22	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	37	4/13/1957	1956-57	NBA Finals	1	45.0	37.0	23.0	2.0			17.0	33.0	51.5				3.0	11.0	27.3	48.9				45	23	2				6
23	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	36	6/20/2006	2005-06	NBA Finals	1	45.4	36.0	10.0	5.0	4.0	3.0	10.0	18.0	55.6	0.0	0.0		16.0	21.0	76.2	66.1	3.0	7.0	5.0	45	10	5	4	3	5	4	+9
24	James Worthy J. Worthy	36	6/21/1988	1987-88	NBA Finals	1	44.0	36.0	16.0	10.0	2.0	0.0	15.0	22.0	68.2	0.0	0.0		6.0	10.0	60.0	68.2	5.0	11.0	5.0	44	16	10	2	0	5	2
25	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	36	5/10/1974	1973-74	NBA Finals	1	58.0	36.0	9.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	14.0	29.0	48.3				8.0	10.0	80.0	53.9	2.0	7.0		58	9	4	0	0		2

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