Michael Jordan put up the most points per game in the 1997 NBA Finals, with 32.3 per game.

Interpreted as:

most points per game by a player in 1997 finals

	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	32.3	1996-97	NBA Finals	CHI	6	42.7	7.0	6.0	1.2	0.8	12.0	26.3	45.6	1.3	4.2	32.0	7.0	9.2	76.4	53.2	1.5	5.5	2.2	256	194	42	36	7	5	13	14	+6
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	23.8	1996-97	NBA Finals	UTA	6	40.8	10.3	3.5	1.7	0.3	9.0	20.3	44.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	5.8	9.7	60.3	48.5	3.2	7.2	2.3	245	143	62	21	10	2	14	19	+12
3	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	20.0	1996-97	NBA Finals	CHI	6	42.8	8.3	3.5	1.7	1.8	6.7	15.8	42.1	2.0	5.3	37.5	4.7	6.0	77.8	54.1	2.0	6.3	3.5	257	120	50	21	10	11	21	17	+10
4	John Stockton J. Stockton	15.0	1996-97	NBA Finals	UTA	6	37.5	4.0	8.8	2.0	0.5	5.2	10.3	50.0	1.0	2.5	40.0	3.7	4.3	84.6	61.3	0.5	3.5	3.8	225	90	24	53	12	3	23	11	-37
5	Jeff Hornacek J. Hornacek	12.0	1996-97	NBA Finals	UTA	6	34.3	3.5	2.2	0.7	0.0	3.7	9.7	37.9	1.0	2.7	37.5	3.7	4.3	84.6	51.8	0.7	2.8	1.5	206	72	21	13	4	0	9	20	-1
6	Bryon Russell B. Russell	11.3	1996-97	NBA Finals	UTA	6	38.7	5.8	0.7	0.8	0.2	3.8	9.8	39.0	2.5	5.7	44.1	1.2	1.3	87.5	54.4	1.0	4.8	1.0	232	68	35	4	5	1	6	19	+9
7	Toni Kukoc T. Kukoc	8.0	1996-97	NBA Finals	CHI	6	23.3	3.2	2.7	0.2	0.5	2.5	6.2	40.5	1.7	3.0	55.6	1.3	1.7	80.0	58.0	0.3	2.8	0.8	140	48	19	16	1	3	5	8	+40
8	Bison Dele B. Dele	6.8	1996-97	NBA Finals	CHI	6	20.2	3.3	0.8	1.0	0.2	2.8	6.0	47.2	0.0	0.0		1.2	2.2	53.8	49.1	1.0	2.3	0.8	121	41	20	5	6	1	5	19	-6
9	Luc Longley L. Longley	6.8	1996-97	NBA Finals	CHI	6	21.8	3.8	1.2	0.7	0.5	3.3	5.5	60.6	0.0	0.0		0.2	0.8	20.0	58.2	1.8	2.0	1.8	131	41	23	7	4	3	11	16	+11
10	Greg Foster G. Foster	5.5	1996-97	NBA Finals	UTA	6	16.0	3.5	0.7	0.3	0.3	1.7	3.5	47.6	0.2	0.5	33.3	2.0	2.2	92.3	61.8	0.7	2.8	0.7	96	33	21	4	2	2	4	13	-10
11	Howard Eisley H. Eisley	5.3	1996-97	NBA Finals	UTA	6	10.5	0.7	2.5	0.2	0.0	1.8	3.7	50.0	0.2	0.3	50.0	1.5	1.7	90.0	60.6	0.0	0.7	1.2	63	32	4	15	1	0	7	6	+33
12	Ron Harper R. Harper	4.8	1996-97	NBA Finals	CHI	6	27.0	4.5	2.3	1.0	1.0	1.8	5.3	34.4	0.5	1.8	27.3	0.7	1.0	66.7	41.9	1.3	3.2	0.3	162	29	27	14	6	6	2	16	+14
13	Steve Kerr S. Kerr	4.3	1996-97	NBA Finals	CHI	6	19.5	0.8	1.0	0.7	0.2	1.5	4.2	36.0	0.7	2.7	25.0	0.7	0.7	100.0	48.6	0.2	0.7	0.3	117	26	5	6	4	1	2	10	+3
14	Greg Ostertag G. Ostertag	4.3	1996-97	NBA Finals	UTA	6	21.8	7.3	0.3	0.5	1.5	1.7	4.2	40.0	0.0	0.0		1.0	2.0	50.0	42.9	3.0	4.3	1.0	131	26	44	2	3	9	6	19	+7
15	Shandon Anderson S. Anderson	4.3	1996-97	NBA Finals	UTA	4	21.0	1.8	0.5	1.0	0.0	1.5	4.8	31.6	0.3	1.0	25.0	1.0	1.5	66.7	39.3	0.5	1.3	0.5	84	17	7	2	4	0	2	8	-10
16	Chris Morris C. Morris	3.5	1996-97	NBA Finals	UTA	6	11.5	1.7	0.2	0.3	0.5	1.3	2.8	47.1	0.8	1.7	50.0	0.0	0.0		61.8	0.2	1.5	0.2	69	21	10	1	2	3	1	9	-7
17	Antoine Carr A. Carr	3.0	1996-97	NBA Finals	UTA	6	9.8	1.7	0.8	0.0	0.0	1.5	3.7	40.9	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		40.9	0.3	1.3	0.7	59	18	10	5	0	0	4	10	-15
18	Dennis Rodman D. Rodman	2.3	1996-97	NBA Finals	CHI	6	27.2	7.7	1.5	0.7	0.2	0.8	3.3	25.0	0.2	1.0	16.7	0.5	1.3	37.5	29.8	1.7	6.0	1.0	163	14	46	9	4	1	6	21	-23
19	Jud Buechler J. Buechler	1.7	1996-97	NBA Finals	CHI	6	8.7	1.2	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.7	1.3	50.0	0.2	0.7	25.0	0.2	0.3	50.0	56.3	0.5	0.7	0.2	52	10	7	2	3	0	1	5	-8
20	Randy Brown R. Brown	0.8	1996-97	NBA Finals	CHI	5	4.8	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.0	20.0	0.0	0.0		0.4	0.4	100.0	34.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	24	4	1	1	1	1	0	6	-16
21	Adam Keefe A. Keefe	0.8	1996-97	NBA Finals	UTA	4	7.5	1.8	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.8	33.3	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.5	50.0	38.7	0.3	1.5	0.3	30	3	7	1	1	1	1	3	-1