most points per game by a player in a finals in 2000s

Between the 1999-00 and 2008-09 seasons, Shaquille O'Neal had the most points per game in an NBA Finals, with 38.0 per game.

	NAME	PPG	SEASON	SERIES	TM	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	38.0	1999-00	NBA Finals	LAL	6	45.5	16.7	2.3	1.0	2.7	16.0	26.2	61.1	0.0	0.0		6.0	15.5	38.7	57.6	5.7	11.0	2.2	273	228	100	14	6	16	13	20	+8
2	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	36.3	2001-02	NBA Finals	LAL	4	41.5	12.3	3.8	0.5	2.8	12.5	21.0	59.5	0.0	0.0		11.3	17.0	66.2	63.6	3.3	9.0	3.5	166	145	49	15	2	11	14	7	+45
3	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	35.6	2000-01	NBA Finals	PHI	5	47.4	5.6	3.8	1.8	0.2	13.2	32.4	40.7	2.2	7.8	28.2	7.0	9.6	72.9	48.6	1.0	4.6	2.4	237	178	28	19	9	1	12	12	-25
4	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	34.7	2005-06	NBA Finals	MIA	6	43.5	7.8	3.8	2.7	1.0	10.8	23.2	46.8	0.5	1.8	27.3	12.5	16.2	77.3	57.2	2.0	5.8	3.7	261	208	47	23	16	6	22	22	+22
5	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	33.0	2000-01	NBA Finals	LAL	5	45.0	15.8	4.8	0.4	3.4	12.6	22.0	57.3	0.0	0.0		7.8	15.2	51.3	57.5	6.2	9.6	4.0	225	165	79	24	2	17	20	20	+40
6	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	32.4	2008-09	NBA Finals	LAL	5	43.8	5.6	7.4	1.4	1.4	11.6	27.0	43.0	1.8	5.0	36.0	7.4	8.8	84.1	52.5	0.6	5.0	3.2	219	162	28	37	7	7	16	13	+49
7	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	26.8	2001-02	NBA Finals	LAL	4	43.8	5.8	5.3	1.5	0.8	9.0	17.5	51.4	1.5	2.8	54.5	7.3	9.0	80.6	62.3	0.8	5.0	3.8	175	107	23	21	6	3	15	11	+34
8	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	26.6	2003-04	NBA Finals	LAL	5	42.6	10.8	1.6	0.4	0.6	10.6	16.8	63.1	0.0	0.0		5.4	11.0	49.1	61.5	3.0	7.8	2.8	213	133	54	8	2	3	14	22	-31
9	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	25.7	2007-08	NBA Finals	LAL	6	43.0	4.7	5.0	2.7	0.2	8.8	21.8	40.5	1.5	4.7	32.1	6.5	8.2	79.6	50.5	1.3	3.3	3.8	258	154	28	30	16	1	23	19	-39
10	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	24.6	2000-01	NBA Finals	LAL	5	46.8	7.8	5.8	1.4	1.4	8.8	21.2	41.5	0.6	1.8	33.3	6.4	7.6	84.2	50.1	1.0	6.8	3.6	234	123	39	29	7	7	18	15	+31
11	Tony Parker T. Parker	24.5	2006-07	NBA Finals	SAS	4	37.8	5.0	3.3	0.8	0.0	10.5	18.5	56.8	1.0	1.8	57.1	2.5	4.8	52.6	59.5	0.8	4.3	3.0	151	98	20	13	3	0	12	5	+16
12	Reggie Miller R. Miller	24.3	1999-00	NBA Finals	IND	6	42.0	2.7	3.7	0.8	0.3	7.2	17.3	41.3	2.5	6.7	37.5	7.5	7.7	97.8	58.8	0.0	2.7	1.3	252	146	16	22	5	2	8	8	+23
13	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	24.2	2002-03	NBA Finals	SAS	6	43.8	17.0	5.3	1.0	5.3	9.0	18.2	49.5	0.0	0.3	0.0	6.2	9.0	68.5	54.6	3.8	13.2	3.8	263	145	102	32	6	32	23	16	+42
14	Jalen Rose J. Rose	23.0	1999-00	NBA Finals	IND	6	43.2	4.5	3.0	0.8	0.3	8.3	17.8	46.7	1.3	2.7	50.0	5.0	6.0	83.3	56.2	0.3	4.2	2.8	259	138	27	18	5	2	17	19	+10
15	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	22.8	2005-06	NBA Finals	DAL	6	43.7	10.8	2.5	0.7	0.7	6.8	17.5	39.0	1.0	4.0	25.0	8.2	9.2	89.1	53.0	1.5	9.3	2.2	262	137	65	15	4	4	13	20	+8
16	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	22.6	2003-04	NBA Finals	LAL	5	46.2	2.8	4.4	1.8	0.6	8.6	22.6	38.1	0.8	4.6	17.4	4.6	5.0	92.0	45.6	0.4	2.4	3.6	231	113	14	22	9	3	18	15	-52
17	LeBron James L. James	22.0	2006-07	NBA Finals	CLE	4	42.6	7.0	6.8	1.0	0.5	8.0	22.5	35.6	1.0	5.0	20.0	5.0	7.3	69.0	42.8	1.0	6.0	5.8	170	88	28	27	4	2	23	8	-4
18	Jason Terry J. Terry	22.0	2005-06	NBA Finals	DAL	6	40.0	2.2	3.5	1.8	0.0	9.0	18.8	47.8	2.2	6.8	31.7	1.8	2.5	73.3	55.2	0.2	2.0	2.5	240	132	13	21	11	0	15	11	-11
19	Kenyon Martin K. Martin	22.0	2001-02	NBA Finals	NJN	4	39.5	6.5	2.5	1.5	1.0	8.8	18.8	46.7	0.3	1.3	20.0	4.3	6.5	65.4	50.9	2.0	4.5	3.5	158	88	26	10	6	4	14	15	-4
20	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	21.8	2007-08	NBA Finals	BOS	6	38.8	4.5	6.3	1.2	0.3	6.3	14.7	43.2	1.8	4.7	39.3	7.3	8.8	83.0	58.8	0.5	4.0	3.7	233	131	27	38	7	2	22	24	+52
21	Richard Hamilton R. Hamilton	21.4	2003-04	NBA Finals	DET	5	44.4	5.2	4.0	0.8	0.0	7.4	18.4	40.2	0.8	2.0	40.0	5.8	6.8	85.3	50.0	2.4	2.8	4.6	222	107	26	20	4	0	23	9	+41
22	Chauncey Billups C. Billups	21.0	2003-04	NBA Finals	DET	5	38.4	3.2	5.2	1.2	0.0	5.8	11.4	50.9	1.6	3.4	47.1	7.8	8.4	92.9	69.6	0.6	2.6	2.6	192	105	16	26	6	0	13	8	+45
23	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	20.8	2001-02	NBA Finals	NJN	4	42.0	7.3	9.8	2.3	0.8	8.8	20.0	43.8	1.5	5.0	30.0	1.8	2.8	63.6	48.9	3.0	4.3	3.0	168	83	29	39	9	3	12	8	-12
24	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	20.6	2004-05	NBA Finals	SAS	7	40.7	14.1	2.1	0.4	2.1	7.7	18.4	41.9	0.0	0.0		5.1	7.7	66.7	47.1	4.7	9.4	2.4	285	144	99	15	3	15	17	16	-8
25	Chauncey Billups C. Billups	20.4	2004-05	NBA Finals	DET	7	40.1	5.0	6.3	1.0	0.1	6.6	15.1	43.4	1.6	5.3	29.7	5.7	6.3	90.9	57.0	1.3	3.7	1.3	281	143	35	44	7	1	9	20	+15

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