players to average 28 ppg in closeout games

Elgin Baylor put up 31.1 points per game in closeouts in his career.

Interpreted as:
players to average 28 or higher ppg in closeout games
NAMEPPGGPMPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
31.1
32
11.6
7.9
9.9
79.5
994
117
2Jerry West
J. West
28.6
34
10.4
7.7
10.0
77.4
971
96
3Lee Shaffer
L. Shaffer
29.0
4
6.3
10.8
22.0
48.9
7.5
9.5
78.9
55.4
116
25
13
4Billy Ray Bates
B. Ray Bates
30.0
2
37.0
4.0
3.5
2.0
0.0
14.0
25.0
56.0
0.5
1.5
33.3
1.5
1.5
100.0
58.5
2.0
2.0
4.5
74
60
8
7
4
0
9
8
5Bernard King
B. King
29.0
5
38.4
6.6
3.2
0.8
0.4
10.8
20.0
54.0
0.0
0.2
0.0
7.4
9.4
78.7
60.1
2.4
4.2
2.0
192
145
33
16
4
2
10
16
6Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
34.2
43
42.5
5.9
5.6
2.1
0.9
12.6
26.0
48.5
0.9
2.9
31.2
8.0
9.7
82.5
56.4
1.6
4.3
3.1
1,827
1,470
254
241
90
39
132
130
+48
7Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
33.3
10
45.1
3.6
6.5
1.6
0.3
11.5
27.7
41.5
2.9
6.6
43.9
7.4
9.6
77.1
52.2
0.6
3.0
3.4
451
333
36
65
16
3
34
20
-14
8LeBron James
L. James
28.3
54
41.5
9.2
7.0
1.6
1.0
9.6
19.5
49.3
1.7
5.1
33.5
7.4
9.6
77.6
59.8
1.4
7.8
3.5
2,243
1,530
498
380
89
52
189
123
+445
9Ben Gordon
B. Gordon
28.5
2
45.6
2.5
4.0
1.5
0.0
6.5
19.5
33.3
3.5
9.5
36.8
12.0
12.5
96.0
57.0
1.0
1.5
2.0
91
57
5
8
3
0
4
6
+2
10Carmelo Anthony
C. Anthony
30.7
6
43.3
7.2
3.0
2.2
0.2
11.0
26.3
41.8
1.3
5.5
24.2
7.3
8.3
88.0
51.1
1.0
6.2
2.5
260
184
43
18
13
1
15
21
+30
11Kevin Durant
K. Durant
31.6
33
40.9
7.9
4.2
0.8
1.2
10.6
21.3
49.6
2.9
7.6
37.7
7.5
8.5
89.2
63.0
0.6
7.3
2.9
1,351
1,042
260
138
25
41
95
83
+208
12Damian Lillard
D. Lillard
28.4
5
43.1
7.2
6.2
2.8
0.4
9.2
20.6
44.7
5.0
10.8
46.3
5.0
5.8
86.2
61.3
1.4
5.8
2.8
216
142
36
31
14
2
14
11
+13
13Donovan Mitchell
D. Mitchell
33.1
9
38.0
5.0
4.4
1.2
0.4
12.1
23.6
51.4
3.9
8.6
45.5
5.0
5.7
88.2
63.6
0.7
4.3
3.7
342
298
45
40
11
4
33
24
+62
14Giannis Antetokounmpo
G. Antetokounmpo
32.3
10
37.6
13.1
5.9
0.7
1.8
11.2
20.9
53.6
1.2
3.9
30.8
8.7
11.1
78.4
62.6
1.9
11.2
3.6
376
323
131
59
7
18
36
32
+90
15Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
28.4
19
39.8
13.3
8.1
1.1
1.2
10.7
21.1
50.9
1.6
4.7
34.4
5.3
6.3
84.9
59.6
3.3
10.0
3.4
757
540
252
154
21
22
65
66
+16
16Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
29.0
8
36.9
5.0
5.6
1.3
0.8
9.9
19.8
50.0
1.8
4.6
37.8
7.5
9.3
81.1
60.9
0.5
4.5
2.4
295
232
40
45
10
6
19
24
+42
17Trae Young
T. Young
30.3
3
41.5
4.0
10.3
1.7
0.0
9.3
27.0
34.6
3.3
10.7
31.3
8.3
10.3
80.6
48.1
0.3
3.7
4.7
124
91
12
31
5
0
14
8
+30
18Devin Booker
D. Booker
28.0
8
40.4
7.1
4.0
1.0
0.4
9.8
20.6
47.3
2.5
6.5
38.5
6.0
6.6
90.6
59.5
0.9
6.3
3.6
323
224
57
32
8
3
29
20
-7
19Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
31.9
8
40.4
9.5
9.4
1.8
0.4
10.9
22.3
48.9
4.0
9.8
41.0
6.1
7.3
84.5
62.6
0.5
9.0
4.1
323
255
76
75
14
3
33
27
+60
20Paolo Banchero
P. Banchero
38.0
1
42.0
16.0
2.0
3.0
1.0
10.0
28.0
35.7
3.0
6.0
50.0
15.0
18.0
83.3
52.9
4.0
12.0
5.0
42
38
16
2
3
1
5
3
-7

More Lakers Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

34.1

Dončić

Luka Dončić

RPG

9.0

Ayton

Deandre Ayton

APG

8.8

Dončić

Luka Dončić
Team Rankings

ORTG

119.0

7th

DRTG

117.8

23rd

NETRTG

1.2

13th

3P%

34.5

24th

2025-26 Conference Standings
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Lakers Lakers
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19
10
.655
6.5
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Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
12/23
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9:00 PM
Thu
12/25
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8:00 PM
Sun
12/28
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9:30 PM
Tue
12/30
@
10:30 PM
Fri
1/2
@
10:30 PM
Last Game
LAL Lakers

19 - 8

88

Final

103

LAC Clippers

7 - 21

Sat 20 Dec 2025

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

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22
6
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2
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5.5
5
16
12
.571
6.0
6
17
13
.567
6.0
7
15
14
.517
7.5
8
15
14
.517
7.5
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15
.500
8.0
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9.0
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13.0
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NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
11/19
@
126-135
Wed
11/19
@
123-114
Wed
11/19
@
96-137
Thu
11/20
@
109-120
Thu
11/20
@
113-105

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
12/22
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Mon
12/22
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7:30 PM
Mon
12/22
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Mon
12/22
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12/22
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