oldest player to lose in a series ending finals

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the oldest in a closeout game in a loss in an NBA Finals game. He was 40 years and 56 days old against the Celtics on June 11, 1987.

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	NAME	Age	L	DATE	SEASON	SERIES	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	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	40-056	1	6/11/1987	1986-87	NBA Finals	LAL	@	BOS	35	18	7	0	1	4	8	21	38.1	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	41.1	5	2	0	4
2	P.J. Brown	38-245	1	6/15/2008	2007-08	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	25	4	3	0	0	0	2	5	40.0	0	0		0	0		40.0	1	2	0	5	-2
3	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	38-210	1	6/15/2008	2007-08	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	18	9	1	2	0	0	4	8	50.0	0	1	0.0	1	1	100.0	53.3	0	1	1	0	+23
4	Al Horford A. Horford	38-011	1	6/14/2024	2023-24	NBA Finals	BOS	@	DAL	23	3	3	4	1	0	1	1	100.0	1	1	100.0	0	0		150.0	1	2	1	3	-18
5	Michael Finley M. Finley	37-101	1	6/15/2010	2009-10	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0.0	0	0	0	0	+4
6	Matt Barnes M. Barnes	37-092	1	6/9/2017	2016-17	NBA Finals	GSW	@	CLE	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0			0	1	1	1	-1
7	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	37-057	1	6/12/1984	1983-84	NBA Finals	LAL	@	BOS	43	29	6	4	0	2	12	22	54.5	0	0		5	8	62.5	56.8	2	4	2	3
8	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	37-056	1	6/20/2013	2012-13	NBA Finals	SAS	@	MIA	43	24	12	2	4	1	8	18	44.4	0	0		8	8	100.0	55.8	4	8	3	4	+2
9	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	37-054	1	6/18/2013	2012-13	NBA Finals	SAS	@	MIA	44	30	17	0	1	0	13	21	61.9	0	0		4	5	80.0	64.7	5	12	2	2	+16
10	Dennis Rodman D. Rodman	37-030	1	6/12/1998	1997-98	NBA Finals	CHI	vs	UTA	24	2	3	0	1	0	1	1	100.0	0	0		0	0		100.0	0	3	0	5	+6
11	Elden Campbell E. Campbell	36-335	1	6/23/2005	2004-05	NBA Finals	DET	@	SAS	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0			0	0	0	0	-1
12	David West D. West	36-284	1	6/9/2017	2016-17	NBA Finals	GSW	@	CLE	10	6	2	0	0	1	3	4	75.0	0	0		0	1	0.0	67.6	1	1	1	2	-1
13	A.C. Green	36-256	1	6/16/2000	1999-00	NBA Finals	LAL	@	IND	16	7	2	0	0	0	3	4	75.0	0	0		1	1	100.0	78.8	1	1	0	2	-7
14	Ron Harper R. Harper	36-148	1	6/16/2000	1999-00	NBA Finals	LAL	@	IND	25	8	5	5	1	0	3	8	37.5	2	4	50.0	0	0		50.0	2	3	2	2	-13
15	Herb Williams H. Williams	36-123	1	6/19/1994	1993-94	NBA Finals	NYK	@	HOU	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0			0	0	0	1
16	John Salley J. Salley	36-031	1	6/16/2000	1999-00	NBA Finals	LAL	@	IND	4	4	3	0	0	0	2	2	100.0	0	0		0	0		100.0	1	2	0	2	-7
17	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	35-327	1	6/20/2013	2012-13	NBA Finals	SAS	@	MIA	35	18	3	5	0	0	6	12	50.0	2	5	40.0	4	4	100.0	65.4	0	3	4	4	+6
18	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	35-325	1	6/18/2013	2012-13	NBA Finals	SAS	@	MIA	35	9	4	3	1	0	2	5	40.0	1	3	33.3	4	6	66.7	58.9	1	3	8	4	-21
19	Bill Cartwright B. Cartwright	35-323	1	6/18/1993	1992-93	NBA Finals	CHI	vs	PHX	14	2	2	2	0	0	1	3	33.3	0	0		0	0		33.3	0	2	1	1
20	LeBron James L. James	35-284	1	10/9/2020	2019-20	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	MIA	42	40	13	7	3	0	15	21	71.4	6	9	66.7	4	6	66.7	84.6	3	10	4	1	+7
21	Rasheed Wallace R. Wallace	35-273	1	6/17/2010	2009-10	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	36	11	8	2	0	2	5	11	45.5	1	4	25.0	0	0		50.0	2	6	0	6	-4
22	Rasheed Wallace R. Wallace	35-271	1	6/15/2010	2009-10	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	17	0	3	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	0	6	0.0	0	0		0.0	0	3	0	4	-11
23	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	35-234	1	5/8/1970	1969-70	NBA Finals	LAL	@	NYK	36	19	5	1			9	17	52.9				1	2	50.0	53.1				2
24	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	35-169	1	5/12/1974	1973-74	NBA Finals	MIL	vs	BOS	46	6	3	11	0	0	2	13	15.4				2	2	100.0	21.6	1	2		4
25	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	35-115	1	6/12/1998	1997-98	NBA Finals	CHI	vs	UTA	45	28	4	4	3	0	9	26	34.6	0	2	0.0	10	11	90.9	45.4	1	3	4	4	-4

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Sun 11/15	LAL	@	PHX	4:00 PM
Tue 11/17	CHA	@	LAL	11:00 PM
Wed 11/18	UTA	@	LAL	10:00 PM
Fri 11/20	SAC	@	LAL	10:00 PM
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