nba players who scored 25 points in any finals game before 2005

Shaquille O'Neal scored 36 points in Game 4 of the 2004 NBA Finals against the Pistons on June 13, 2004.

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NBA players who scored 25 or more points in any finals game before 2005

	NAME	DATE	PTS	SEASON	SERIES	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	6/13/2004	36	2003-04	NBA Finals	LAL	@	DET	47	20	2	0	1	16	21	76.2	0	0		4	11	36.4	69.7	3	17	2	4	-8
2	Rasheed Wallace R. Wallace	6/13/2004	26	2003-04	NBA Finals	DET	vs	LAL	41	13	2	2	2	10	23	43.5	0	5	0.0	6	6	100.0	50.7	2	11	2	4	+7
3	Richard Hamilton R. Hamilton	6/10/2004	31	2003-04	NBA Finals	DET	vs	LAL	43	6	3	2	0	11	22	50.0	2	4	50.0	7	7	100.0	61.8	3	3	3	1	+15
4	Chauncey Billups C. Billups	6/8/2004	27	2003-04	NBA Finals	DET	@	LAL	47	4	9	0	0	6	15	40.0	2	2	100.0	13	14	92.9	63.8	2	2	3	1	-1
5	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	6/8/2004	33	2003-04	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	DET	49	4	7	2	0	14	27	51.9	1	5	20.0	4	5	80.0	56.5	0	4	5	5	+7
6	Richard Hamilton R. Hamilton	6/8/2004	26	2003-04	NBA Finals	DET	@	LAL	47	8	2	0	0	10	25	40.0	2	2	100.0	4	5	80.0	47.8	5	3	5	2	-8
7	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	6/8/2004	29	2003-04	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	DET	48	7	3	0	1	10	20	50.0	0	0		9	14	64.3	55.4	3	4	3	5	+16
8	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	6/6/2004	25	2003-04	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	DET	47	4	4	4	2	10	27	37.0	1	6	16.7	4	4	100.0	43.5	1	3	3	2	-12
9	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	6/6/2004	34	2003-04	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	DET	45	11	1	0	1	13	16	81.3	0	0		8	12	66.7	79.9	5	6	6	4	-8
10	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	6/13/2003	29	2002-03	NBA Finals	SAS	@	NJN	46	17	4	1	4	10	18	55.6	0	0		9	10	90.0	64.7	3	14	6	3	+11
11	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	6/13/2003	29	2002-03	NBA Finals	NJN	vs	SAS	48	7	7	2	0	10	23	43.5	4	10	40.0	5	6	83.3	56.6	3	4	2	2	-10
12	Tony Parker T. Parker	6/8/2003	26	2002-03	NBA Finals	SAS	@	NJN	43	3	6	0	0	9	21	42.9	4	6	66.7	4	8	50.0	53.0	1	2	1	0	-3
13	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	6/6/2003	30	2002-03	NBA Finals	NJN	@	SAS	42	7	3	0	0	11	24	45.8	2	4	50.0	6	8	75.0	54.5	4	3	4	1	-2
14	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	6/4/2003	32	2002-03	NBA Finals	SAS	vs	NJN	44	20	6	3	7	11	17	64.7	0	0		10	14	71.4	69.1	3	17	1	1	+10
15	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	6/12/2002	25	2001-02	NBA Finals	LAL	@	NJN	44	6	8	2	0	7	16	43.8	2	3	66.7	9	11	81.8	60.0	0	6	1	4	+6
16	Kenyon Martin K. Martin	6/12/2002	35	2001-02	NBA Finals	NJN	vs	LAL	43	11	2	1	1	15	28	53.6	0	0		5	7	71.4	56.3	2	9	2	4	+1
17	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	6/12/2002	34	2001-02	NBA Finals	LAL	@	NJN	43	10	4	1	2	12	20	60.0	0	0		10	16	62.5	62.9	3	7	3	2	+11
18	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	6/9/2002	36	2001-02	NBA Finals	LAL	@	NJN	46	6	4	1	2	14	23	60.9	1	3	33.3	7	10	70.0	65.7	1	5	6	3	+1
19	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	6/9/2002	30	2001-02	NBA Finals	NJN	vs	LAL	43	5	10	3	1	13	23	56.5	1	5	20.0	3	5	60.0	59.5	1	4	2	3	+2
20	Kenyon Martin K. Martin	6/9/2002	26	2001-02	NBA Finals	NJN	vs	LAL	43	4	4	2	2	11	17	64.7	0	1	0.0	4	6	66.7	66.2	1	3	5	3	+2
21	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	6/9/2002	35	2001-02	NBA Finals	LAL	@	NJN	42	11	2	0	4	12	19	63.2	0	0		11	17	64.7	66.1	5	6	2	1	+2
22	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	6/7/2002	40	2001-02	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	NJN	41	12	8	0	1	14	23	60.9	0	0		12	14	85.7	68.6	3	9	4	2	+35
23	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	6/5/2002	36	2001-02	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	NJN	40	16	1	1	4	12	22	54.5	0	0		12	21	57.1	57.6	2	14	5	2	-3
24	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	6/15/2001	26	2000-01	NBA Finals	LAL	@	PHI	44	12	6	1	1	7	18	38.9	2	3	66.7	10	11	90.9	56.9	2	10	3	3	+14
25	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	6/15/2001	37	2000-01	NBA Finals	PHI	vs	LAL	45	3	2	2	0	14	32	43.8	3	11	27.3	6	8	75.0	52.1	0	3	3	5	-4