most points in game 3 of nba finals history

Jerry West has the most career points in the NBA Finals, with 283 points.

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most points by a player in game 3 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	Jerry West J. West	283	NBA Finals	9	43.1	31.4	4.6	5.7			11.2	23.6	47.6				9.0	11.1	81.0	55.3				388	41	51				24
2	LeBron James L. James	277	NBA Finals	10	42.8	27.7	9.5	7.3	1.9	1.0	10.7	22.6	47.3	1.4	5.0	28.0	4.9	6.2	79.0	54.7	1.7	7.8	4.8	428	95	73	19	10	48	21	-14
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	234	NBA Finals	10	37.2	23.4	11.6	2.8	1.1	2.2	9.2	18.2	50.5	0.0	0.0		5.0	7.3	68.5	54.6	2.7	7.9	2.8	372	116	28	10	20	22	33
4	Bill Russell B. Russell	196	NBA Finals	12	45.3	16.3	20.8				6.0	13.6	44.2				4.3	7.8	55.9	48.1				544	250					35
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	185	NBA Finals	6	43.8	30.8	5.7	5.3	2.2	1.0	11.3	25.3	44.7	1.8	4.2	44.0	6.3	7.2	88.4	54.1	2.0	3.7	2.8	263	34	32	13	6	17	17	+14
6	Sam Jones S. Jones	184	NBA Finals	11	28.4	16.7	3.7				6.2	13.5	45.6				4.4	5.1	85.7	53.0				312	41					28
7	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	175	NBA Finals	6	44.7	29.2	5.3	4.2	1.3	1.0	10.7	23.3	45.7	1.2	4.5	25.9	6.7	9.2	72.7	53.3	1.2	4.2	3.5	268	32	25	8	6	21	19	-5
8	Stephen Curry S. Curry	161	NBA Finals	6	39.0	26.8	6.2	5.0	2.0	0.2	8.8	20.2	43.8	4.7	11.0	42.4	4.5	4.7	96.4	60.4	1.7	4.5	3.5	234	37	30	12	1	21	17	-39
9	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	161	NBA Finals	7	41.9	23.0	16.4				8.7	23.0	37.9				5.6	6.6	84.8	44.4				293	115					20
10	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	161	NBA Finals	9	28.6	17.9	5.6				7.3	18.3	40.0				3.2	5.0	64.4	43.6				257	50					39
11	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	159	NBA Finals	9	37.6	17.7	7.8	10.8	1.8	0.2	5.9	10.6	55.8	0.1	0.7	16.7	5.8	6.9	83.9	65.0	1.8	6.0	3.1	338	70	97	16	2	28	20
12	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	156	NBA Finals	6	41.7	26.0	10.8	3.0	0.8	2.5	10.3	17.2	60.2	0.0	0.0		5.3	9.7	55.2	60.7	3.2	7.7	3.5	250	65	18	5	15	21	21	-33
13	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	156	NBA Finals	7	41.4	22.3	8.6	5.0	3.5	0.0	8.4	22.6	37.3				5.4	6.9	79.2	43.5	0.5	7.5		290	60	35	7	0		21
14	George Mikan G. Mikan	139	NBA Finals	5		27.8					9.4						9.0	10.8	83.3											20
15	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	134	NBA Finals	5	39.4	26.8	7.0	3.8	2.2	0.4	9.8	19.2	51.0	0.6	1.4	42.9	6.6	8.6	76.7	58.3	1.6	5.4	2.6	197	35	19	11	2	13	14	-31
16	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	129	NBA Finals	6	48.5	21.5	22.7	3.7			8.5	13.2	64.6				4.5	9.8	45.8	61.5				291	136	22				18
17	James Worthy J. Worthy	124	NBA Finals	6	40.2	20.7	4.2	3.2	1.5	0.5	8.3	17.5	47.6	0.0	0.5	0.0	4.0	5.3	75.0	52.1	1.8	2.3	2.0	241	25	19	9	3	12	11
18	Larry Bird L. Bird	113	NBA Finals	5	41.2	22.6	10.8	6.0	2.6	0.8	8.0	19.6	40.8	0.0	0.8	0.0	6.6	8.0	82.5	48.9	2.6	8.2	2.8	206	54	30	13	4	14	14
19	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	112	NBA Finals	6	43.2	18.7	7.8	6.3	2.0	1.2	7.2	17.3	41.3	1.3	3.0	44.4	3.0	4.5	66.7	48.3	2.3	5.5	2.8	259	47	38	12	7	17	21	+3
20	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	112	NBA Finals	7	38.1	16.0	5.0	9.4			5.1	17.1	30.0				5.7	7.4	76.9	39.2				267	35	66				26
21	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	112	NBA Finals	4	42.8	28.0	22.3				9.8	25.8	37.9				8.5	11.0	77.3	45.8				171	89					12
22	Frank Ramsey F. Ramsey	109	NBA Finals	8	27.3	13.6	4.9				4.8	11.3	42.2				4.1	5.4	76.7	50.0				218	39					32
23	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	103	NBA Finals	3	42.1	34.3	4.3	4.3	0.3	0.0	13.7	27.3	50.0	2.3	6.7	35.0	4.7	4.7	100.0	58.4	0.7	3.7	2.0	126	13	13	1	0	6	12	+12
24	Kevin Durant K. Durant	99	NBA Finals	3	41.1	33.0	9.3	3.7	1.0	1.3	12.0	20.0	60.0	3.7	6.7	55.0	5.3	6.3	84.2	72.4	1.0	8.3	3.7	123	28	11	3	4	11	10	+12
25	Bill Sharman B. Sharman	99	NBA Finals	5	30.4	19.8	2.4				7.6	13.8	55.1				4.6	4.6	100.0	62.6				152	12					17