nba most minutes in a finals year since 1980

Since 1979-80, Patrick Ewing has played the most minutes in an NBA Finals in 1993-94, with 308 minutes on the court.

	NAME	MIN	SEASON	SERIES	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	308	1993-94	NBA Finals	NYK	7	44.0	18.9	12.4	1.7	1.3	4.3	8.3	22.9	36.3	0.1	0.7	20.0	2.1	3.0	71.4	39.0	4.6	7.9	3.1	132	87	12	9	30	22	29
2	Larry Bird L. Bird	305	1983-84	NBA Finals	BOS	7	43.6	27.4	14.0	3.6	2.1	1.1	8.9	18.3	48.4	0.6	0.9	66.7	9.1	10.9	84.2	59.5	3.7	10.3	3.6	192	98	25	15	8	25	24
3	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	302	1993-94	NBA Finals	HOU	7	43.1	26.9	9.1	3.6	1.6	3.9	10.7	21.4	50.0	0.1	0.1	100.0	5.3	6.1	86.0	55.6	1.9	7.3	3.6	188	64	25	11	27	25	26
4	LeBron James L. James	301	2012-13	NBA Finals	MIA	7	43.0	25.3	10.9	7.0	2.3	0.9	9.6	21.4	44.7	1.7	4.9	35.3	4.4	5.6	79.5	52.9	2.4	8.4	2.6	177	76	49	16	6	18	10	0
5	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	295	1983-84	NBA Finals	LAL	7	42.1	18.0	7.7	13.6	2.0	0.9	6.7	12.0	56.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.6	6.1	74.4	61.2	1.0	6.7	4.4	126	54	95	14	6	31	28
6	Richard Hamilton R. Hamilton	294	2004-05	NBA Finals	DET	7	42.0	16.7	5.3	2.6	0.6	0.1	7.0	18.1	38.6	0.1	0.9	16.7	2.6	3.4	75.0	42.5	1.3	4.0	2.0	117	37	18	4	1	14	23	+16
7	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	293	2009-10	NBA Finals	LAL	7	41.9	18.6	11.6	3.7	0.7	2.6	6.1	12.9	47.8	0.0	0.3	0.0	6.3	8.7	72.1	55.6	5.0	6.6	1.9	130	81	26	5	18	13	21	+12
8	John Starks J. Starks	293	1993-94	NBA Finals	NYK	7	41.9	17.7	3.1	5.9	1.6	0.1	5.6	15.1	36.8	2.3	7.1	32.0	4.3	5.6	76.9	50.3	0.4	2.7	2.4	124	22	41	11	1	17	25
9	LeBron James L. James	292	2015-16	NBA Finals	CLE	7	41.7	29.7	11.3	8.9	2.6	2.3	11.7	23.7	49.4	1.9	5.0	37.1	4.4	6.1	72.1	56.2	2.4	8.9	4.4	208	79	62	18	16	31	16	+26
10	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	290	1987-88	NBA Finals	LAL	7	41.4	21.1	5.7	13.0	2.0	0.1	6.3	11.4	55.0	0.3	0.9	33.3	8.3	9.6	86.6	67.6	0.9	4.9	2.7	148	40	91	14	1	19	23
11	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	288	2009-10	NBA Finals	LAL	7	41.2	28.6	8.0	3.9	2.1	0.7	9.4	23.3	40.5	2.1	6.7	31.9	7.6	8.6	88.3	52.8	1.7	6.3	3.9	200	56	27	15	5	27	27	+8
12	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	285	2004-05	NBA Finals	SAS	7	40.7	20.6	14.1	2.1	0.4	2.1	7.7	18.4	41.9	0.0	0.0		5.1	7.7	66.7	47.1	4.7	9.4	2.4	144	99	15	3	15	17	16	-8
13	Charles Oakley C. Oakley	285	1993-94	NBA Finals	NYK	7	40.7	11.0	11.9	2.4	1.1	0.1	4.4	9.1	48.4	0.0	0.0		2.1	2.6	83.3	53.5	4.1	7.7	2.1	77	83	17	8	1	15	27
14	Chauncey Billups C. Billups	281	2004-05	NBA Finals	DET	7	40.1	20.4	5.0	6.3	1.0	0.1	6.6	15.1	43.4	1.6	5.3	29.7	5.7	6.3	90.9	57.0	1.3	3.7	1.3	143	35	44	7	1	9	20	+15
15	Dan Majerle D. Majerle	281	1992-93	NBA Finals	PHX	6	46.8	17.2	8.2	3.7	1.3	2.2	5.8	13.2	44.3	2.8	6.5	43.6	2.7	3.3	80.0	58.7	2.0	6.2	1.2	103	49	22	8	13	7	8
16	Byron Scott B. Scott	281	1987-88	NBA Finals	LAL	7	40.1	18.9	4.9	2.0	1.0	0.4	7.1	15.0	47.6	0.7	1.6	45.5	3.9	5.0	77.1	54.8	1.1	3.7	2.1	132	34	14	7	3	15	21
17	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	280	2004-05	NBA Finals	DET	7	40.0	10.7	10.3	1.0	1.7	3.0	4.7	8.3	56.9	0.0	0.0		1.3	3.0	42.9	55.8	3.9	6.4	1.0	75	72	7	12	21	7	19	+3
18	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	278	2009-10	NBA Finals	BOS	7	39.8	18.0	5.3	3.0	0.7	0.9	6.1	14.0	43.9	1.1	2.9	40.0	4.6	5.3	86.5	55.1	0.6	4.7	2.6	126	37	21	5	6	18	25	-31
19	Otis Thorpe O. Thorpe	277	1993-94	NBA Finals	HOU	7	39.6	9.3	11.3	3.3	0.9	0.0	3.9	7.4	51.9	0.0	0.0		1.6	3.1	50.0	52.7	3.3	8.0	1.1	65	79	23	6	0	8	23
20	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	277	1992-93	NBA Finals	PHX	6	46.2	27.3	13.0	5.5	1.2	0.5	10.0	21.0	47.6	0.3	1.3	25.0	7.0	9.3	75.0	54.4	3.7	9.3	1.7	164	78	33	7	3	10	20
21	Ray Allen R. Allen	276	2009-10	NBA Finals	BOS	7	39.4	14.6	2.7	1.7	0.7	0.0	4.7	12.9	36.7	1.7	5.9	29.3	3.4	3.6	96.0	50.5	0.6	2.1	1.7	102	19	12	5	0	12	23	-2
22	LeBron James L. James	274	2014-15	NBA Finals	CLE	6	45.7	35.8	13.3	8.8	1.3	0.5	13.0	32.7	39.8	2.2	7.0	31.0	7.7	11.2	68.7	47.7	1.8	11.5	3.5	215	80	53	8	3	21	19	-25
23	Tayshaun Prince T. Prince	274	2004-05	NBA Finals	DET	7	39.1	10.1	4.9	2.6	1.4	0.6	4.1	10.9	38.2	0.1	1.3	11.1	1.7	2.0	85.7	43.2	1.7	3.1	1.1	71	34	18	10	4	8	15	+11
24	Gary Payton G. Payton	274	1995-96	NBA Finals	SEA	6	45.7	18.0	6.3	7.0	1.5	0.0	6.7	15.0	44.4	1.5	4.5	33.3	3.2	4.3	73.1	53.2	1.0	5.3	2.5	108	38	42	9	0	15	22
25	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	274	1992-93	NBA Finals	CHI	6	45.7	41.0	8.5	6.3	1.7	0.7	16.8	33.2	50.8	1.7	4.2	40.0	5.7	8.2	69.4	55.8	2.5	6.0	2.7	246	51	38	10	4	16	20

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