Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the oldest Finals MVP in an NBA Finals. He was 37 years old.

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	NAME	Age	FMVP	SEASON	SERIES	TM	GP	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	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	37	1	1984-85	NBA Finals	LAL	6	35.5	25.7	9.0	5.2	1.0	1.5	11.2	18.5	60.4	0.0	0.0		3.3	4.3	76.9	62.9	2.8	6.2	2.8	213	154	54	31	6	9	17	27
2	LeBron James L. James	35	1	2019-20	NBA Finals	LAL	6	39.4	29.8	11.8	8.5	1.2	0.5	11.3	19.2	59.1	2.5	6.0	41.7	4.7	7.0	66.7	67.1	2.0	9.8	3.5	236	179	71	51	7	3	21	13	+36
3	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	35	1	1971-72	NBA Finals	LAL	5	47.2	19.4	23.2	2.6			7.8	13.0	60.0				3.8	7.0	54.3	60.3				236	97	116	13				18
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	34	1	1997-98	NBA Finals	CHI	6	41.7	33.5	4.0	2.3	1.8	0.7	11.7	27.3	42.7	0.7	2.2	30.8	9.5	11.7	81.4	51.6	1.5	2.5	1.7	250	201	24	14	11	4	10	13	+39
5	Stephen Curry S. Curry	33	1	2021-22	NBA Finals	GSW	6	37.5	31.2	6.0	5.0	2.0	0.2	11.0	22.8	48.2	5.2	11.8	43.7	4.0	4.7	85.7	62.6	0.3	5.7	2.5	225	187	36	30	12	1	15	18	+35
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	33	1	1996-97	NBA Finals	CHI	6	42.7	32.3	7.0	6.0	1.2	0.8	12.0	26.3	45.6	1.3	4.2	32.0	7.0	9.2	76.4	53.2	1.5	5.5	2.2	256	194	42	36	7	5	13	14	+6
7	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	33	1	1973-74	NBA Finals	BOS	7	47.1	26.4	7.7	4.7	1.9	0.0	10.3	24.0	42.9				5.9	6.7	87.2	49.0	1.6	6.1		330	185	54	33	13	0		22
8	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	32	1	2010-11	NBA Finals	DAL	6	40.4	26.0	9.7	2.0	0.7	0.7	8.7	20.8	41.6	1.2	3.2	36.8	7.5	7.7	97.8	53.7	0.3	9.3	2.8	242	156	58	12	4	4	17	15	+40
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	32	1	1995-96	NBA Finals	CHI	6	42.0	27.3	5.3	4.2	1.7	0.2	8.5	20.5	41.5	1.0	3.2	31.6	9.3	11.2	83.6	53.8	1.7	3.7	3.0	252	164	32	25	10	1	18	17
10	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	32	1	1994-95	NBA Finals	HOU	4	44.8	32.8	11.5	5.5	2.0	2.0	14.0	29.0	48.3	0.3	0.3	100.0	4.5	6.5	69.2	51.4	2.8	8.8	2.8	179	131	46	22	8	8	11	18
11	LeBron James L. James	31	1	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	292	208	79	62	18	16	31	16	+26
12	Andre Iguodala A. Iguodala	31	1	2014-15	NBA Finals	GSW	6	37.1	16.3	5.8	4.0	1.3	0.3	6.2	11.8	52.1	2.3	5.8	40.0	1.7	4.7	35.7	58.8	1.0	4.8	1.0	222	98	35	24	8	2	6	18	+62
13	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	31	1	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	288	200	56	27	15	5	27	27	+8
14	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	31	1	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	302	188	64	25	11	27	25	26
15	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	31	1	1977-78	NBA Finals	WAS	7	38.6	9.0	11.7	3.9	0.6	0.1	3.7	7.1	52.0				1.6	2.9	55.0	53.6	3.6	8.1	1.0	270	63	82	27	4	1	7	25
16	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	30	1	2008-09	NBA Finals	LAL	5	43.8	32.4	5.6	7.4	1.4	1.4	11.6	27.0	43.0	1.8	5.0	36.0	7.4	8.8	84.1	52.5	0.6	5.0	3.2	219	162	28	37	7	7	16	13	+49
17	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	30	1	2007-08	NBA Finals	BOS	6	38.8	21.8	4.5	6.3	1.2	0.3	6.3	14.7	43.2	1.8	4.7	39.3	7.3	8.8	83.0	58.8	0.5	4.0	3.7	233	131	27	38	7	2	22	24	+52
18	Rick Barry R. Barry	30	1	1974-75	NBA Finals	GSW	4	43.0	29.5	4.0	5.0	3.5	0.8	11.0	24.8	44.4				7.5	8.0	93.8	52.2	1.0	3.0		172	118	16	20	14	3		12
19	Willis Reed W. Reed	30	1	1972-73	NBA Finals	NYK	5	30.0	16.4	9.2	2.6			7.4	15.0	49.3				1.6	1.8	88.9	51.9				150	82	46	13				22
20	Jerry West J. West	30	1	1968-69	NBA Finals	LAL	7	43.9	37.9	4.7	7.4			13.7	28.0	49.0				10.4	12.4	83.9	56.6				307	265	33	52				20
21	Kevin Durant K. Durant	29	1	2017-18	NBA Finals	GSW	4	41.3	28.8	10.8	7.5	0.8	2.3	10.0	19.0	52.6	2.3	5.5	40.9	6.5	6.8	96.3	65.4	0.5	10.3	2.3	165	115	43	30	3	9	9	12	+86
22	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	29	1	2001-02	NBA Finals	LAL	4	41.5	36.3	12.3	3.8	0.5	2.8	12.5	21.0	59.5	0.0	0.0		11.3	17.0	66.2	63.6	3.3	9.0	3.5	166	145	49	15	2	11	14	7	+45
23	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	29	1	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	274	246	51	38	10	4	16	20
24	Larry Bird L. Bird	29	1	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	6	44.8	24.0	9.7	9.5	2.7	0.3	8.8	18.3	48.2	1.2	3.2	36.8	5.2	5.5	93.9	57.8	1.7	8.0	2.7	269	144	58	57	16	2	16	17
25	Jo Jo White J. Jo White	29	1	1975-76	NBA Finals	BOS	6	46.5	21.7	4.3	5.8	1.5	0.0	7.8	17.8	43.9				6.0	6.8	87.8	52.0	0.5	3.8		279	130	26	35	9	0		19

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4	Timberwolves	27	15	.643	8.0
5	Rockets	24	15	.615	9.5
6	Lakers	24	15	.615	9.5
7	Suns	24	17	.585	10.5
8	Warriors	23	19	.548	12.0

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 1/17	LAL	@	POR	10:00 PM
Sun 1/18	TOR	@	LAL	9:30 PM
Tue 1/20	LAL	@	DEN	10:00 PM
Thu 1/22	LAL	@	LAC	10:00 PM
Sat 1/24	LAL	@	DAL	8:30 PM

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33.6

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31.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

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RPG Leaders

12.2

Jokić

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Williams

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Worst Record ATS

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1	Pistons	29	10	.744
2	Celtics	25	15	.625	4.5
3	Knicks	25	16	.610	5.0
4	Raptors	25	18	.581	6.0
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6	Cavaliers	24	19	.558	7.0
7	76ers	22	18	.550	7.5
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10	Bulls	19	22	.463	11.0
11	Bucks	17	24	.415	13.0
12	Hornets	15	26	.366	15.0
13	Nets	12	27	.308	17.0
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1	Thunder	35	7	.833
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4	Timberwolves	27	15	.643	8.0
5	Rockets	24	15	.615	9.5
6	Lakers	24	15	.615	9.5
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8	Warriors	23	19	.548	12.0
9	Trail Blazers	20	22	.476	15.0
10	Clippers	18	23	.439	16.5
11	Grizzlies	17	23	.425	17.0
12	Mavericks	16	26	.381	19.0
13	Jazz	14	27	.341	20.5
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Sat 12/20	MIA	@	NYK	125-132
Sat 12/20	TOR	@	BKN	81-96
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Sat 12/20	SAS	@	WAS	124-113
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Sat 1/17	PHX	@	NYK	7:30 PM
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