most points in a finals game as a 32 year old

LeBron James has dropped the most points by a 32-year-old player in an NBA Finals game, with 41 points versus the Warriors on June 12, 2017.

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most points by a player in a finals game as a 32 year old

	NAME	PTS	Age	DATE	SEASON	SERIES	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	41	32-164	6/12/2017	2016-17	NBA Finals	CLE	@	GSW	46	13	8	2	1	19	30	63.3	2	5	40.0	1	4	25.0	64.5	2	11	2	3	-13
2	LeBron James L. James	39	32-159	6/7/2017	2016-17	NBA Finals	CLE	vs	GSW	46	11	9	1	1	15	27	55.6	4	9	44.4	5	6	83.3	65.8	3	8	5	2	+7
3	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	36	32-099	6/13/2004	2003-04	NBA Finals	LAL	@	DET	47	20	2	0	1	16	21	76.2	0	0		4	11	36.4	69.7	3	17	2	4	-8
4	Sam Jones S. Jones	36	32-300	4/20/1966	1965-66	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	38	5	2			12	22	54.5				12	13	92.3	64.9				4
5	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	35	32-081	6/12/2024	2023-24	NBA Finals	DAL	vs	BOS	45	3	2	0	0	13	28	46.4	4	6	66.7	5	5	100.0	57.9	0	3	2	3	-3
6	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	35	32-144	6/14/1995	1994-95	NBA Finals	HOU	vs	ORL	44	15	6	3	0	15	30	50.0	1	1	100.0	4	5	80.0	54.3	3	12	4	4
7	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	34	32-351	6/5/2011	2010-11	NBA Finals	DAL	vs	MIA	42	11	1	1	3	11	21	52.4	3	5	60.0	9	9	100.0	68.1	1	10	3	1	+12
8	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	34	32-092	6/6/2004	2003-04	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	DET	45	11	1	0	1	13	16	81.3	0	0		8	12	66.7	79.9	5	6	6	4	-8
9	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	34	32-139	6/9/1995	1994-95	NBA Finals	HOU	@	ORL	42	11	2	1	4	14	30	46.7	0	0		6	9	66.7	50.1	3	8	3	5
10	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	33	32-269	6/14/1987	1986-87	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	46	10	5	0	1	11	22	50.0	0	2	0.0	11	11	100.0	61.5	6	4	0	1
11	Dave DeBusschere D. DeBusschere	33	32-204	5/8/1973	1972-73	NBA Finals	NYK	vs	LAL	44	14	2			13	21	61.9				7	8	87.5	67.3				4
12	Bill Russell B. Russell	32	32-071	4/24/1966	1965-66	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	48	28	4			13	23	56.5				6	7	85.7	61.3				5
13	LeBron James L. James	31	32-161	6/9/2017	2016-17	NBA Finals	CLE	vs	GSW	41	10	11	1	0	11	22	50.0	3	8	37.5	6	10	60.0	58.7	1	9	2	2	+32
14	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	31	32-141	6/11/1995	1994-95	NBA Finals	HOU	vs	ORL	45	14	7	2	0	14	30	46.7	0	0		3	5	60.0	48.1	4	10	1	4
15	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	31	32-137	6/7/1995	1994-95	NBA Finals	HOU	@	ORL	48	6	7	2	4	13	26	50.0	0	0		5	7	71.4	53.3	1	5	3	5
16	Julius Erving J. Erving	30	32-106	6/8/1982	1981-82	NBA Finals	PHI	@	LAL	43	8	3	5	1	11	24	45.8	0	1	0.0	8	10	80.0	52.8	6	2	4	0
17	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	30	32-157	4/30/1971	1970-71	NBA Finals	MIL	@	BAL	38	3	9			11	15	73.3				8	9	88.9	79.1				2
18	LeBron James L. James	29	32-156	6/4/2017	2016-17	NBA Finals	CLE	@	GSW	39	11	14	3	1	12	18	66.7	1	3	33.3	4	5	80.0	71.8	0	11	4	2	-11
19	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	29	32-355	6/9/2011	2010-11	NBA Finals	DAL	vs	MIA	40	6	3	1	0	9	18	50.0	1	1	100.0	10	10	100.0	64.7	0	6	2	2	+14
20	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	29	32-094	6/8/2004	2003-04	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	DET	48	7	3	0	1	10	20	50.0	0	0		9	14	64.3	55.4	3	4	3	5	+16
21	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	29	32-192	5/28/1978	1977-78	NBA Finals	WAS	vs	SEA	42	20	0	2	0	12	24	50.0				5	10	50.0	51.1	9	11	0	5
22	Bill Sharman B. Sharman	29	32-319	4/9/1959	1958-59	NBA Finals	BOS	@	MIN	41	2				14	30	46.7				1	2	50.0	47.0				3
23	LeBron James L. James	28	32-153	6/1/2017	2016-17	NBA Finals	CLE	@	GSW	40	15	8	0	2	9	20	45.0	2	6	33.3	8	12	66.7	55.4	3	12	8	4	-22
24	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	28	32-258	6/10/1998	1997-98	NBA Finals	CHI	vs	UTA	46	9	5	1	0	9	18	50.0	5	10	50.0	5	8	62.5	65.1	5	4	1	2	+2
25	Bill Russell B. Russell	28	32-064	4/17/1966	1965-66	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	53	26	5			12	18	66.7				4	7	57.1	66.4				4

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