most points scored by a player in first nba finals game

Allen Iverson posted the most points in his first game, with 48 points against the Lakers on June 6, 2001.

	NAME	PTS	DATE	SEASON	SERIES	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	48	6/6/2001	2000-01	NBA Finals	PHI	@	LAL	52	5	6	5	0	18	41	43.9	3	8	37.5	9	9	100.0	53.4	2	3	3	0	+6
2	George Mikan G. Mikan	42	4/4/1949	1948-49	NBA Finals	MIN	vs	WAS						14	21	66.7				14	17	82.4	73.7				4
3	Willis Reed W. Reed	37	4/24/1970	1969-70	NBA Finals	NYK	vs	LAL	45	16	5			16	30	53.3				5	7	71.4	55.9				2
4	Rick Barry R. Barry	37	4/14/1967	1966-67	NBA Finals	SFW	@	PHI	48	8	7			15	43	34.9				7	8	87.5	39.8				3
5	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	37	3/30/1957	1956-57	NBA Finals	STL	@	BOS	54	14				11	26	42.3				15	20	75.0	53.2				3
6	Joe Fulks J. Fulks	37	4/16/1947	1946-47	NBA Finals	PHI	vs	CHI			0			13	31	41.9				11	14	78.6	49.8				3
7	Kevin Durant K. Durant	36	6/12/2012	2011-12	NBA Finals	OKC	vs	MIA	46	8	4	0	1	12	20	60.0	4	8	50.0	8	9	88.9	75.1	1	7	2	2	+15
8	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	36	6/2/1991	1990-91	NBA Finals	CHI	vs	LAL	40	8	12	3	0	14	24	58.3	1	1	100.0	7	9	77.8	64.4	2	6	4	5
9	Bill Sharman B. Sharman	36	3/30/1957	1956-57	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	STL	46	4				12	31	38.7				12	13	92.3	49.0				2
10	Anthony Davis A. Davis	34	9/30/2020	2019-20	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	MIA	38	9	5	0	3	11	21	52.4	2	4	50.0	10	10	100.0	66.9	3	6	1	1	+23
11	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	34	6/7/1988	1987-88	NBA Finals	DET	@	LAL	43	4	4	0	0	14	16	87.5	0	0		6	7	85.7	89.1	1	3	2	3
12	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	34	4/4/1959	1958-59	NBA Finals	MIN	@	BOS	47	11	4			14	33	42.4				6	13	46.2	43.9				5
13	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	33	6/16/1999	1998-99	NBA Finals	SAS	vs	NYK	44	16	2	2	2	13	21	61.9	0	0		7	10	70.0	65.0	3	13	1	3	+12
14	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	33	5/26/1986	1985-86	NBA Finals	HOU	@	BOS	38	12	2	1	3	14	23	60.9	0	0		5	9	55.6	61.2	7	5	2	5
15	Julius Erving J. Erving	33	5/22/1977	1976-77	NBA Finals	PHI	vs	POR	43	5	4	3	0	14	24	58.3				5	5	100.0	63.0	1	4		3
16	Chris Paul C. Paul	32	7/6/2021	2020-21	NBA Finals	PHX	vs	MIL	37	4	9	1	0	12	19	63.2	4	7	57.1	4	4	100.0	77.1	1	3	2	0	+17
17	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	32	5/30/2019	2018-19	NBA Finals	TOR	vs	GSW	40	8	5	1	2	14	17	82.4	2	3	66.7	2	2	100.0	89.5	3	5	2	3	+4
18	Jason Terry J. Terry	32	6/8/2006	2005-06	NBA Finals	DAL	vs	MIA	37	4	1	3	0	13	18	72.2	4	7	57.1	2	2	100.0	84.7	0	4	1	2	+12
19	Shawn Kemp S. Kemp	32	6/5/1996	1995-96	NBA Finals	SEA	@	CHI	41	8	2	2	1	9	14	64.3	0	0		14	16	87.5	76.0	5	3	7	6
20	Hal Greer H. Greer	32	4/14/1967	1966-67	NBA Finals	PHI	vs	SFW	46	10	6			13	29	44.8				6	9	66.7	48.5				5
21	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	31	4/21/1971	1970-71	NBA Finals	MIL	vs	BAL	33	17	0			13	16	81.3				5	5	100.0	85.2				5
22	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	30	6/6/2024	2023-24	NBA Finals	DAL	@	BOS	38	10	1	2	0	12	26	46.2	4	12	33.3	2	5	40.0	53.2	0	10	4	1	-10
23	Fred Brown F. Brown	30	5/21/1978	1977-78	NBA Finals	SEA	vs	WAS	33	1	3	1	0	13	30	43.3				4	4	100.0	47.2	1	0	1	3
24	Doug Collins D. Collins	30	5/22/1977	1976-77	NBA Finals	PHI	vs	POR	42	6	6	2	0	12	23	52.2				6	6	100.0	58.5	5	1		2
25	Wali Jones W. Jones	30	4/14/1967	1966-67	NBA Finals	PHI	vs	SFW	41	10	8			13	26	50.0				4	5	80.0	53.2				3