most pts by a player in less than 25 mins in their first game in the nba finals

Kristaps Porziņģis posted the most points with fewer than 25 minutes played in his first game, with 20 points versus the Mavericks on June 6, 2024.

	NAME	PTS	MIN	DATE	SEASON	SERIES	TM		OPP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Kristaps Porziņģis K. Porziņģis	20	21	6/6/2024	2023-24	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	DAL	6	0	0	3	8	13	61.5	2	4	50.0	2	2	100.0	72.0	0	6	1	1	+13
2	Haywood Highsmith H. Highsmith	18	23	6/1/2023	2022-23	NBA Finals	MIA	@	DEN	2	0	2	1	7	10	70.0	2	4	50.0	2	2	100.0	82.7	1	1	1	2	-3
3	Kendrick Nunn K. Nunn	18	20	9/30/2020	2019-20	NBA Finals	MIA	@	LAL	5	2	0	0	8	11	72.7	2	4	50.0	0	0		81.8	1	4	0	0	+8
4	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	17	23	7/6/2021	2020-21	NBA Finals	MIL	@	PHX	6	1	0	1	7	14	50.0	3	5	60.0	0	2	0.0	57.1	5	1	0	2	-17
5	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	16	24	5/5/1981	1980-81	NBA Finals	HOU	@	BOS	2	0	2	0	8	15	53.3	0	0		0	0		53.3	0	2	1	5
6	Tom Meschery T. Meschery	16	21	4/18/1964	1963-64	NBA Finals	SFW	@	BOS	2	0			6	10	60.0				4	7	57.1	61.2				5
7	Willie Naulls W. Naulls	16	20	4/18/1964	1963-64	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	SFW	5	1			7	13	53.8				2	4	50.0	54.2				6
8	Bob Ferry B. Ferry	16	17	3/27/1960	1959-60	NBA Finals	STL	@	BOS	6	0			7	9	77.8				2	3	66.7	77.5				1
9	Sam Jones S. Jones	16	19	3/30/1958	1957-58	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	STL	8				6	8	75.0				4	6	66.7	75.2				3
10	Clyde Lovellette C. Lovellette	16	21	3/31/1954	1953-54	NBA Finals	MIN	vs	SYR	8	1			7	14	50.0				2	3	66.7	52.2				2
11	Byron Scott B. Scott	14	20	5/27/1984	1983-84	NBA Finals	LAL	@	BOS	2	2	1	0	5	7	71.4	0	0		4	4	100.0	79.9	1	1	1	3
12	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	14	24	5/27/1982	1981-82	NBA Finals	LAL	@	PHI	7	1	2	1	4	7	57.1	0	0		6	7	85.7	69.4	1	6	4	2
13	Tom Sanders T. Sanders	14	19	4/2/1961	1960-61	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	STL	10	0			5	5	100.0				4	5	80.0	97.2				6
14	Jaden Hardy J. Hardy	13	11	6/6/2024	2023-24	NBA Finals	DAL	@	BOS	3	1	0	0	4	8	50.0	1	3	33.3	4	4	100.0	66.6	0	3	0	1	-3
15	Phil Jackson P. Jackson	13	10	4/26/1972	1971-72	NBA Finals	NYK	@	LAL	0	0			5	8	62.5				3	6	50.0	61.1				2
16	Dave Piontek D. Piontek	13	22	3/27/1960	1959-60	NBA Finals	STL	@	BOS	6	1			5	12	41.7				3	3	100.0	48.8				1
17	Otto Porter Jr. O. Porter Jr.	12	24	6/2/2022	2021-22	NBA Finals	GSW	vs	BOS	4	0	2	0	4	5	80.0	4	5	80.0	0	0		120.0	0	4	1	0	-18
18	Jae Crowder J. Crowder	12	25	9/30/2020	2019-20	NBA Finals	MIA	@	LAL	2	0	0	2	4	8	50.0	4	7	57.1	0	0		75.0	0	2	0	3	-21
19	Rik Smits R. Smits	12	20	6/7/2000	1999-00	NBA Finals	IND	@	LAL	5	0	1	2	5	12	41.7	0	0		2	2	100.0	46.6	0	5	4	6	-11
20	Mickey Davis M. Davis	12	20	4/28/1974	1973-74	NBA Finals	MIL	vs	BOS	3	0	1	0	6	11	54.5				0	0		54.5	1	2		3
21	Steve Hamilton S. Hamilton	12	19	4/5/1959	1958-59	NBA Finals	MIN	@	BOS	13				6	14	42.9				0	0		42.9				3
22	David Lee D. Lee	11	13	6/9/2015	2014-15	NBA Finals	GSW	@	CLE	4	2	1	0	4	4	100.0	0	0		3	5	60.0	88.7	2	2	0	5	+17
23	Rodney Rogers R. Rogers	11	21	6/4/2003	2002-03	NBA Finals	NJN	@	SAS	2	1	0	0	5	10	50.0	1	2	50.0	0	0		55.0	1	1	0	3	-5
24	Rick Fox R. Fox	11	24	6/7/2000	1999-00	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	IND	4	2	1	0	3	4	75.0	1	1	100.0	4	4	100.0	95.5	0	4	1	1	+9
25	Brian Shaw B. Shaw	11	22	6/7/1995	1994-95	NBA Finals	ORL	vs	HOU	5	4	1	0	5	12	41.7	1	5	20.0	0	0		45.8	1	4	2	4