most points in game 1 of nba finals history

LeBron James has posted the most career points in the NBA Finals, with 282 points.

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most points by a player in game 1 of NBA finals history

	NAME	PTS	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	LeBron James L. James	282	NBA Finals	10	42.0	28.2	10.5	6.6	1.3	0.5	10.4	21.7	47.9	2.1	5.1	41.2	5.3	6.8	77.9	57.1	1.9	8.6	4.0	420	105	66	13	5	40	20	-47
2	Jerry West J. West	260	NBA Finals	9	41.9	28.9	4.0	4.3			10.0	25.2	39.6				8.9	10.3	86.0	48.5				377	36	39				30
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	216	NBA Finals	10	33.0	21.6	8.1	2.5	0.7	2.6	9.0	15.9	56.6	0.0	0.0		3.6	4.3	83.7	60.7	1.4	5.7	2.1	330	81	25	6	23	17	33
4	Sam Jones S. Jones	210	NBA Finals	10	32.9	21.0	7.1	3.7			8.6	19.1	45.0				3.8	4.3	88.4	50.0				329	71	37				20
5	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	207	NBA Finals	7	42.3	29.6	14.0	2.6			12.0	26.0	46.2				5.6	7.9	70.9	50.2				296	98	18				25
6	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	200	NBA Finals	6	43.9	33.3	14.8	4.2	0.3	1.8	13.5	20.7	65.3	0.0	0.0		6.3	13.2	48.1	63.0	4.2	10.7	4.3	263	89	25	2	11	26	20	-3
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	198	NBA Finals	6	40.8	33.0	5.3	6.7	2.0	0.8	13.2	25.5	51.6	1.5	3.0	50.0	5.2	6.5	79.5	58.2	1.3	4.0	1.5	245	32	40	12	5	9	17	+4
8	Bill Russell B. Russell	183	NBA Finals	12	42.3	15.3	26.1				5.8	13.9	41.9				3.6	6.6	54.4	45.4				508	313					43
9	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	175	NBA Finals	9	40.8	19.4	7.8	11.1	2.2	0.1	7.3	12.8	57.4	0.4	0.8	57.1	4.3	4.8	90.7	65.3	1.9	5.9	3.1	367	70	100	20	1	28	24
10	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	175	NBA Finals	8	33.8	21.9	6.9	3.9	0.5	0.5	9.0	16.9	53.3				3.9	4.0	96.9	58.7	0.5	6.5		270	55	31	1	1		21
11	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	170	NBA Finals	7	42.7	24.3	4.4	5.7	1.6	1.6	9.1	22.9	40.0	0.3	2.3	12.5	5.7	6.0	95.2	47.6	0.6	3.9	3.4	299	31	40	11	11	24	20	+22
12	Stephen Curry S. Curry	162	NBA Finals	6	39.7	27.0	5.2	7.2	1.7	0.0	9.3	20.5	45.5	4.5	9.8	45.8	3.8	4.0	95.8	60.6	0.5	4.7	3.0	238	31	43	10	0	18	14	+15
13	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	159	NBA Finals	9	32.9	17.7	10.1				6.9	20.0	34.4				3.9	5.0	77.8	39.8				296	91					26
14	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	154	NBA Finals	6	39.7	25.7	15.0	3.0	1.3	3.2	10.2	17.7	57.5	0.0	0.0		5.3	7.0	76.2	61.9	3.5	11.5	2.3	238	90	18	8	19	14	14	+59
15	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	139	NBA Finals	6	40.7	23.2	8.2	4.3	2.0	1.8	8.3	17.7	47.2	1.2	4.5	25.9	5.3	7.0	76.2	55.8	2.7	5.5	3.0	244	49	26	12	11	18	16	0
16	George Mikan G. Mikan	134	NBA Finals	5		26.8					8.6						9.6	12.2	78.7											25
17	James Worthy J. Worthy	131	NBA Finals	6	39.7	21.8	5.0	3.8	1.3	0.2	9.3	19.7	47.5	0.0	0.8	0.0	3.2	4.5	70.4	50.4	1.5	3.5	2.0	238	30	23	8	1	12	9
18	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	120	NBA Finals	7	36.3	17.1	4.0	7.6			6.6	19.1	34.3				4.0	5.0	80.0	40.2				254	28	53				14
19	Larry Bird L. Bird	114	NBA Finals	5	40.6	22.8	11.2	8.4	2.4	0.0	9.2	18.2	50.5	0.4	1.0	40.0	4.0	4.6	87.0	56.4	2.8	8.4	3.6	203	56	42	12	0	18	10
20	Bill Sharman B. Sharman	114	NBA Finals	5	33.6	22.8	3.6				8.6	20.4	42.2				5.6	5.8	96.6	49.7				168	18					8
21	Frank Ramsey F. Ramsey	106	NBA Finals	8	22.3	13.3	3.1				4.4	10.8	40.7				4.5	5.6	80.0	50.1				178	25					23
22	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	105	NBA Finals	5	38.5	21.0	5.0	4.8	1.4	0.6	8.4	19.2	43.8	0.6	2.2	27.3	3.6	5.2	69.2	48.9	2.2	2.8	2.8	192	25	24	7	3	14	12	-30
23	Cliff Hagan C. Hagan	105	NBA Finals	4	35.8	26.3	10.3				10.3	20.5	50.0				5.8	7.5	76.7	55.1				143	41					19
24	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	104	NBA Finals	4	40.8	26.0	15.0				8.3	20.3	40.7				9.5	12.0	79.2	50.9				163	60					13
25	Kevin Durant K. Durant	100	NBA Finals	3	43.2	33.3	8.7	6.0	0.3	1.3	11.3	22.7	50.0	2.7	7.0	38.1	8.0	9.0	88.9	62.6	1.0	7.7	1.0	130	26	18	1	4	3	6	+48