nba coach with most playoff finals games

Phil Jackson has the most games by a coach in the NBA Finals, with 73 games.

	COACH	GP	SERIES	MPG	PPG	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	Phil Jackson	73	NBA Finals	243.8	96.6	40.5	21.5	7.8	5.2	36.2	79.1	45.8	5.4	15.7	34.5	18.7	26.3	71.1	53.3	11.9	28.6	13.1	17,795	7,049	2,954	1,569	569	378	953	1,747
2	Red Auerbach	65	NBA Finals	242.3	111.5	65.1				42.1						27.3	37.0	73.8					15,750	7,249	3,841					1,846
3	Pat Riley	53	NBA Finals	241.4	104.7	42.1	25.4	8.1	5.2	40.5	84.6	47.9	2.4	7.5	31.3	21.4	30.0	71.3	53.5	13.2	28.9	14.8	12,795	5,549	2,231	1,346	429	274	783	1,338
4	John Kundla	35	NBA Finals	241.4	83.9					30.6						22.7	31.8	71.5					8,450	2,938						988
5	Steve Kerr	34	NBA Finals	242.2	107.0	41.9	25.4	7.7	5.3	38.5	84.8	45.4	13.3	35.6	37.2	16.8	21.6	77.6	56.7	9.9	32.1	13.7	8,235	3,639	1,425	864	261	180	467	771
6	Erik Spoelstra	34	NBA Finals	240.7	97.4	37.8	20.4	7.1	3.9	35.6	78.7	45.2	9.5	25.0	38.1	16.7	21.3	78.6	55.3	8.7	29.0	12.8	8,185	3,310	1,284	692	243	133	436	704
7	Gregg Popovich	34	NBA Finals	241.5	91.3	42.0	19.1	6.6	5.6	33.2	73.4	45.3	7.1	18.0	39.4	17.8	24.6	72.1	54.2	10.5	31.4	15.1	8,210	3,103	1,427	648	224	189	513	654
8	K.C. Jones	29	NBA Finals	241.7	109.7	44.1	26.2	8.7	5.3	42.0	89.1	47.1	1.9	5.4	35.8	24.1	31.0	77.7	53.4	14.1	30.0	16.1	7,010	3,182	1,279	759	251	154	466	680
9	Fred Schaus	25	NBA Finals	242.0	113.2	56.0	19.5			41.5	96.2	43.1				30.2	39.2	77.1	49.9				6,050	2,830	1,400	487				648
10	Alex Hannum	24	NBA Finals	245.2	110.8	62.9				39.5	98.2	40.3				31.8	46.9	67.7	46.6				5,885	2,660	1,509					691
11	Al Cervi	20	NBA Finals	240.0	80.6					27.0						26.7	38.5	69.4					4,800	1,612						519
12	Joe Lapchick	19	NBA Finals	242.6	78.8					26.8	73.9	36.3				25.1	34.9	71.8	44.1				4,610	1,497						515
13	Larry Brown	17	NBA Finals	244.4	90.0	42.9	18.3	8.3	5.7	34.2	79.6	43.0	3.3	11.8	28.0	18.2	25.5	71.4	49.5	13.8	29.1	11.9	4,155	1,530	729	311	141	97	203	377
14	Red Holzman	17	NBA Finals	244.4	106.0	47.6	25.7			44.9	97.1	46.2				16.2	21.9	74.0	49.7			16.2	4,155	1,802	810	437			162	435
15	Tyronn Lue	16	NBA Finals	241.6	105.1	44.4	19.9	7.9	4.5	38.9	87.3	44.6	9.9	29.1	34.0	17.4	23.8	73.4	53.8	12.9	31.5	13.4	3,865	1,681	711	318	126	72	214	332
16	Chuck Daly	16	NBA Finals	241.6	105.0	42.6	22.1	5.8	5.0	39.6	82.4	48.1	2.4	6.7	36.4	23.3	30.6	76.1	54.8	13.3	29.4	12.6	3,865	1,680	682	354	92	80	202	441
17	Billy Cunningham	16	NBA Finals	240.0	108.9	41.6	28.9	9.6	8.9	44.2	89.9	49.1	0.3	2.1	15.2	20.2	28.1	71.9	53.2	13.7	27.9	16.3	3,840	1,742	665	462	153	143	260	383
18	Bill Sharman	16	NBA Finals	243.1	107.9	61.1	20.4			42.4	103.9	40.8				23.1	32.8	70.6	45.6			18.2	3,890	1,726	978	327			182	403
19	Rick Carlisle	13	NBA Finals	240.0	101.1	40.5	20.6	8.3	4.9	35.1	77.6	45.2	10.8	28.2	38.3	20.2	26.2	76.8	56.7	10.0	30.5	16.0	3,120	1,314	527	268	108	64	208	282
20	Doc Rivers	13	NBA Finals	240.0	94.1	39.8	21.2	7.8	4.2	33.6	76.7	43.8	6.5	17.5	37.3	20.3	26.2	77.6	53.3	10.5	29.4	13.5	3,120	1,223	518	276	101	54	175	322
21	Tom Heinsohn	13	NBA Finals	251.5	100.0	48.8	24.5	7.6	1.2	39.3	91.0	43.2				21.4	26.7	80.1	48.7	14.3	34.5	19.3	3,270	1,300	634	319	99	15	251	327
22	Bill Russell	13	NBA Finals	241.9	110.5	55.5	20.6			42.5	97.4	43.7				25.5	33.5	76.1	49.3				3,145	1,437	721	268				365
23	Butch van Breda Kolff	13	NBA Finals	241.9	110.1	58.9	22.1			42.5	94.7	44.9				25.0	37.5	66.6	49.5				3,145	1,431	766	287				332
24	Jerry Sloan	12	NBA Finals	242.1	83.7	39.4	20.8	6.8	3.0	31.3	71.8	43.7	4.0	12.1	33.1	17.0	22.8	74.7	51.2	10.1	29.3	15.3	2,905	1,004	473	249	82	36	183	287
25	Bill Fitch	12	NBA Finals	240.0	99.3	46.4	25.0	7.8	6.0	41.0	89.1	46.0	0.7	2.8	23.5	16.6	23.1	71.8	50.0	17.6	28.8	15.6	2,880	1,191	557	300	94	72	187	272

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