most points per game in nba finals closeout games

Giannis Antetokounmpo has scored the most career points per game in the NBA Finals, with 50.0 per game.

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most points per game by a player in NBA finals closeout games

	NAME	PPG	SERIES	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	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	50.0	NBA Finals	1	42.4	14.0	2.0	0.0	5.0	16.0	25.0	64.0	1.0	3.0	33.3	17.0	19.0	89.5	74.9	4.0	10.0	6.0	42	50	14	2	0	5	6	2	+10
2	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	37.0	NBA Finals	3	47.0	17.3				13.7	28.7	47.7				9.7	13.7	70.7	53.3				141	111	52					9
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	32.0	NBA Finals	10	43.9	5.5	4.7	2.2	0.6	11.5	25.8	44.6	1.2	3.7	32.4	7.8	9.5	82.1	53.4	1.3	4.2	3.2	439	320	55	47	22	6	32	29	-2
4	Jerry West J. West	32.0	NBA Finals	7	46.3	7.1	5.3			11.4	24.4	46.8				9.1	11.7	78.0	54.1				324	224	50	37				23
5	LeBron James L. James	31.6	NBA Finals	5	43.8	12.2	9.0	1.8	1.0	11.6	21.4	54.2	2.6	6.4	40.6	5.8	7.4	78.4	64.1	2.8	9.4	3.6	219	158	61	45	9	5	18	9	+57
6	Kevin Durant K. Durant	31.3	NBA Finals	3	39.1	7.3	6.3	0.7	1.7	10.0	19.7	50.8	2.3	6.7	35.0	9.0	9.3	96.4	65.9	1.3	6.0	2.3	117	94	22	19	2	5	7	9	+26
7	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	30.0	NBA Finals	2	45.0	12.5	6.5	2.0	1.5	12.5	27.5	45.5	0.5	0.5	100.0	4.5	6.0	75.0	49.8	1.5	11.0	3.0	90	60	25	13	4	3	6	9
8	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	29.6	NBA Finals	5	41.5	11.6	2.2	0.6	2.8	12.4	21.6	57.4	0.0	0.0		4.8	11.4	42.1	55.6	4.8	6.8	2.6	207	148	58	11	3	14	13	13	-2
9	Joe Graboski J. Graboski	29.0	NBA Finals	1		16.0	1.0			14.0	27.0	51.9				1.0	4.0	25.0	50.4					29	16	1				5
10	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	28.0	NBA Finals	1	42.3	16.0	4.0	0.0	1.0	12.0	16.0	75.0	1.0	3.0	33.3	3.0	5.0	60.0	76.9	1.0	15.0	4.0	42	28	16	4	0	1	4	3	+12
11	Joe Fulks J. Fulks	27.5	NBA Finals	2			0.0			9.0	29.5	30.5				9.5	12.5	76.0	39.3					55		0				9
12	Stephen Curry S. Curry	27.0	NBA Finals	8	39.4	5.5	5.8	1.9	1.0	8.5	20.0	42.5	4.4	12.1	36.1	5.6	6.5	86.5	59.1	0.9	4.6	3.4	315	216	44	46	15	8	27	28	-1
13	Jason Terry J. Terry	27.0	NBA Finals	1	33.9	3.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	11.0	16.0	68.8	3.0	7.0	42.9	2.0	4.0	50.0	76.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	34	27	3	2	2	0	3	1	+13
14	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	26.3	NBA Finals	3	39.6	9.3	3.0	2.3	2.7	9.3	17.0	54.9	0.0	0.0		7.7	10.7	71.9	60.7	2.0	7.3	3.3	119	79	28	9	7	8	10	8	+32
15	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	26.3	NBA Finals	6	42.5	13.5	2.7			9.3	24.3	38.4				7.7	9.7	79.3	46.1				255	158	81	16				22
16	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	26.0	NBA Finals	1	43.0	6.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	10.0	23.0	43.5	2.0	5.0	40.0	4.0	4.0	100.0	52.5	3.0	3.0	2.0	43	26	6	1	1	1	2	3	+10
17	Paul Arizin P. Arizin	26.0	NBA Finals	1	47.0	13.0	5.0			10.0	33.0	30.3				6.0	6.0	100.0	36.5				47	26	13	5				1
18	George Mikan G. Mikan	25.1	NBA Finals	10		12.8				8.1						8.9	11.2	79.5						251	64					47
19	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	25.0	NBA Finals	2	35.6	4.5	7.0	0.5	1.0	7.5	21.0	35.7	1.0	6.5	15.4	9.0	10.0	90.0	49.2	0.0	4.5	4.5	71	50	9	14	1	2	9	7	-6
20	Charlie Scott C. Scott	25.0	NBA Finals	1	42.0	11.0	3.0	5.0	0.0	9.0	24.0	37.5				7.0	9.0	77.8	44.7	5.0	6.0		42	25	11	3	5	0		5
21	Larry Bird L. Bird	24.2	NBA Finals	5	43.4	11.4	6.4	1.4	0.8	7.8	15.8	49.4	0.8	1.6	50.0	7.8	8.4	92.9	62.1	2.2	9.2	2.2	217	121	57	32	7	4	11	14
22	Bennedict Mathurin B. Mathurin	24.0	NBA Finals	1	33.4	13.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	6.0	14.0	42.9	2.0	5.0	40.0	10.0	10.0	100.0	65.2	7.0	6.0	3.0	33	24	13	3	2	0	3	3	-14
23	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	24.0	NBA Finals	4	34.8	2.3	6.3	3.5	0.3	10.0	18.3	54.8	1.3	2.0	62.5	2.8	4.3	64.7	59.6	0.8	1.5	4.5	139	96	9	25	14	1	18	13
24	Moses Malone M. Malone	24.0	NBA Finals	1	45.0	23.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	9.0	22.0	40.9	0.0	0.0		6.0	9.0	66.7	46.2	8.0	15.0	1.0	45	24	23	1	1	3	1	3
25	Bob Gross B. Gross	24.0	NBA Finals	1	40.0	8.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	12.0	16.0	75.0				0.0	0.0		75.0	5.0	3.0		40	24	8	3	1	0		2

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1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
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1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
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10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0