player with most points in first career 3 finals games

9 players had 13 games played in their first 3 playoffs. The first three are Jerry West, Bob Pettit and Kyrie Irving.

	NAME	GP	PTS	SERIES	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Jerry West J. West	13	395	NBA Finals	44.5	30.4	5.8	3.5			11.5	24.2	47.3				7.5	9.1	82.2	53.8				579	76	46				36
2	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	13	387	NBA Finals	42.4	29.8	17.7				9.8	24.2	40.3				10.2	13.5	75.6	49.3				551	230					41
3	Rick Barry R. Barry	10	363	NBA Finals	43.2	36.3	6.9	4.0	3.5	0.8	13.8	33.4	41.3				8.7	10.4	83.7	47.8	1.0	3.0		432	69	40	14	3		37
4	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	17	361	NBA Finals	33.0	21.2	11.0				7.7	19.8	39.0				5.8	7.5	77.3	46.0				561	187					73
5	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	13	360	NBA Finals	39.8	27.7	4.2	4.2	1.8	0.6	10.8	23.0	46.8	2.3	5.8	39.5	3.8	4.2	92.6	55.8	1.4	2.8	2.7	518	54	55	24	8	35	39	+6
6	George Mikan G. Mikan	12	358	NBA Finals		29.8					9.8						10.3	12.9	80.0											55
7	James Worthy J. Worthy	13	297	NBA Finals	39.1	22.8	4.5	2.7	1.0	0.4	9.5	15.8	60.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	3.8	5.5	68.1	62.5	1.8	2.6	1.8	508	58	35	13	5	24	39
8	Joe Fulks J. Fulks	11	272	NBA Finals		24.7					7.6						9.5	11.6	81.3											42
9	Cliff Hagan C. Hagan	13	264	NBA Finals	34.9	20.3	10.7				6.5	14.8	43.5				7.4	9.2	80.0	53.7				454	139					63
10	Andrew Toney A. Toney	10	244	NBA Finals	37.4	24.4	2.5	7.0	1.2	0.1	9.4	19.2	49.0	0.3	0.8	37.5	5.3	6.2	85.5	55.6	1.1	1.4	3.7	374	25	70	12	1	37	34
11	George Yardley G. Yardley	12	234	NBA Finals		19.5					6.6						6.3	7.8	80.9											35
12	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	12	229	NBA Finals	40.0	19.1	5.4	4.2	1.0	2.3	7.0	16.6	42.2				5.1	6.8	74.4	48.7	2.3	3.1	2.9	480	65	50	12	28	35	38
13	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	12	226	NBA Finals	42.2	18.8	11.0	8.3	2.6	0.3	6.6	11.8	55.6	0.0	0.4	0.0	5.7	6.6	86.1	63.9	3.1	7.9	4.7	506	132	100	31	4	56	40
14	Richard Hamilton R. Hamilton	12	224	NBA Finals	43.0	18.7	5.3	3.2	0.7	0.1	7.2	18.3	39.3	0.4	1.3	31.3	3.9	4.8	81.0	45.8	1.8	3.5	3.1	516	63	38	8	1	37	32	+57
15	Tom Sanders T. Sanders	18	218	NBA Finals	31.1	12.1	8.3	1.4			5.1	10.2	50.0				1.9	2.7	70.8	53.1				560	149	25				87
16	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	14	217	NBA Finals	26.2	15.5	4.6	2.6			6.1	15.4	40.0				3.2	4.0	80.4	45.3				367	64	36				34
17	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	6	208	NBA Finals	43.5	34.7	7.8	3.8	2.7	1.0	10.8	23.2	46.8	0.5	1.8	27.3	12.5	16.2	77.3	57.2	2.0	5.8	3.7	261	47	23	16	6	22	22	+22
18	Frank Ramsey F. Ramsey	13	199	NBA Finals	25.8	15.3	6.2				5.1	12.0	42.3				5.2	6.3	81.7	51.8				336	80					56
19	Jim McMillian J. McMillian	10	192	NBA Finals	42.0	19.2	4.4	1.7			7.7	18.7	41.2				3.8	4.8	79.2	46.1				420	44	17				29
20	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	12	191	NBA Finals	35.2	15.9	9.2	1.3	1.8	0.8	5.9	10.8	55.0	1.6	3.5	45.2	2.5	3.3	75.0	65.1	2.4	6.8	1.3	422	110	16	22	9	16	38	+74
21	Bill Russell B. Russell	15	188	NBA Finals	40.9	12.5	23.7				4.3	12.5	34.6				3.9	7.3	52.7	39.8				614	355					51
22	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	13	183	NBA Finals	32.6	14.1	5.2	3.1	1.7	0.3	4.5	10.1	44.3	1.2	3.5	33.3	4.0	4.8	83.9	57.8	1.3	3.9	2.5	424	68	40	22	4	33	41	+80
23	Julius Erving J. Erving	6	182	NBA Finals	41.3	30.3	6.8	5.0	2.7	1.2	11.7	21.5	54.3				7.0	8.2	85.7	60.4	1.7	5.2		248	41	30	16	7		17
24	Nathaniel Clifton N. Clifton	19	179	NBA Finals		9.4					3.3	10.1	32.5				2.9	4.6	63.2	39.0										85
25	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	5	178	NBA Finals	47.4	35.6	5.6	3.8	1.8	0.2	13.2	32.4	40.7	2.2	7.8	28.2	7.0	9.6	72.9	48.6	1.0	4.6	2.4	237	28	19	9	1	12	12	-25

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2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
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1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
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3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
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6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
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11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
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13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
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9 players had 13 games played in their first 3 playoffs. The first three are Jerry West, Bob Pettit and Kyrie Irving.

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