nba most points scored under 30 minutes in a finals game

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has put up the most points with fewer than 30 minutes played, with 32 points in Game 6 of the 1987 NBA Finals against the Celtics on June 14, 1987.

	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	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	32	29	6/14/1987	1986-87	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	BOS	6	1	0	4	13	18	72.2	0	0		6	10	60.0	71.4	2	4	0	5
2	Frank Ramsey F. Ramsey	29	27	4/4/1959	1958-59	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	MIN	5	3			8	20	40.0				13	14	92.9	55.4				3
3	Billy Cunningham B. Cunningham	28	29	4/16/1967	1966-67	NBA Finals	PHI	vs	SFW	6	2			13	24	54.2				2	4	50.0	54.3				4
4	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	28	25	4/18/1964	1963-64	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	SFW	3	1			12	17	70.6				4	5	80.0	72.9				1
5	Bennedict Mathurin B. Mathurin	27	22	6/11/2025	2024-25	NBA Finals	IND	vs	OKC	4	1	0	1	9	12	75.0	2	3	66.7	7	8	87.5	87.0	1	3	1	0	+16
6	Scott Wedman S. Wedman	26	23	5/27/1985	1984-85	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	5	2	2	0	11	11	100.0	4	4	100.0	0	2	0.0	109.4	1	4	1	4
7	Larry Wright L. Wright	26	23	5/20/1979	1978-79	NBA Finals	WAS	vs	SEA	3	2	1	0	12	18	66.7				2	3	66.7	67.3	1	2	0	5
8	Fred Brown F. Brown	26	26	6/2/1978	1977-78	NBA Finals	SEA	vs	WAS	2	0	0	0	12	20	60.0				2	2	100.0	62.3	0	2	1	2
9	Billy Cunningham B. Cunningham	26	26	4/14/1967	1966-67	NBA Finals	PHI	vs	SFW	5	3			11	22	50.0				4	8	50.0	50.9				4
10	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	26	28	4/2/1961	1960-61	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	STL	11	1			11	25	44.0				4	4	100.0	48.6				2
11	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	25	28	6/10/2007	2006-07	NBA Finals	SAS	vs	CLE	6	2	3	0	5	11	45.5	4	6	66.7	11	11	100.0	78.9	0	6	3	5	+17
12	Bob Gross B. Gross	25	25	6/3/1977	1976-77	NBA Finals	POR	@	PHI	3	5	3	0	10	13	76.9				5	5	100.0	82.2	2	1		6
13	Don Nelson D. Nelson	25	23	5/3/1969	1968-69	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	9	1			10	19	52.6				5	5	100.0	59.0				4
14	Cliff Hagan C. Hagan	25	26	4/7/1957	1956-57	NBA Finals	STL	vs	BOS	9	6			7	14	50.0				11	15	73.3	60.7				4
15	Gary Neal G. Neal	24	25	6/11/2013	2012-13	NBA Finals	SAS	vs	MIA	4	3	0	0	9	17	52.9	6	10	60.0	0	0		70.6	0	4	0	0	+21
16	Rik Smits R. Smits	24	22	6/14/2000	1999-00	NBA Finals	IND	vs	LAL	3	0	1	2	11	14	78.6	0	0		2	2	100.0	80.6	1	2	2	4	-1
17	Austin Croshere A. Croshere	24	25	6/9/2000	1999-00	NBA Finals	IND	@	LAL	6	1	1	2	6	15	40.0	0	2	0.0	12	12	100.0	59.2	4	2	0	4	-6
18	Byron Scott B. Scott	24	29	6/4/1987	1986-87	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	BOS	3	5	1	0	9	11	81.8	0	1	0.0	6	7	85.7	85.2	1	2	1	3
19	Maurice Lucas M. Lucas	24	28	5/31/1977	1976-77	NBA Finals	POR	vs	PHI	12	4	1	1	7	11	63.6				10	14	71.4	69.9	1	11		4
20	Jerry West J. West	24	29	5/1/1973	1972-73	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	NYK	1	4			9	21	42.9				6	7	85.7	49.8				6
21	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	24	26	4/8/1961	1960-61	NBA Finals	BOS	@	STL	6	2			10	20	50.0				4	7	57.1	52.0				6
22	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	24	29	3/27/1960	1959-60	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	STL	9	0			10	23	43.5				4	8	50.0	45.2				2
23	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	24	29	4/5/1959	1958-59	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	MIN	10				9	17	52.9				6	7	85.7	59.8				2
24	Kevin Love K. Love	23	29	6/9/2017	2016-17	NBA Finals	CLE	vs	GSW	5	1	3	1	7	14	50.0	6	8	75.0	3	3	100.0	75.1	2	3	1	2	+18
25	Mike Miller M. Miller	23	23	6/21/2012	2011-12	NBA Finals	MIA	vs	OKC	5	0	1	0	7	11	63.6	7	8	87.5	2	2	100.0	96.8	0	5	0	4	+14

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