players with 45 points in a finals game before 1971

Wilt Chamberlain put up 45 points in Game 6 of the 1970 NBA Finals against the Knicks on May 6, 1970.

Interpreted as:
players with 45 or more points in a finals game before 1971
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 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
5/6/1970
45
1969-70
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
vs
NYK NYK
46
27
3
20
27
74.1
5
14
35.7
67.9
3
2 Jerry West
J. West
4/23/1969
53
1968-69
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
vs
BOS BOS
46
3
10
21
41
51.2
11
13
84.6
56.7
3
3 Rick Barry
R. Barry
4/18/1967
55
1966-67
NBA Finals
SFW SFW
vs
PHI PHI
46
12
5
22
48
45.8
11
19
57.9
48.8
4
4 Jerry West
J. West
4/22/1966
45
1965-66
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
vs
BOS BOS
47
4
10
19
31
61.3
7
10
70.0
63.6
2
5 Jerry West
J. West
4/19/1965
45
1964-65
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
@
BOS BOS
45
5
5
17
38
44.7
11
12
91.7
52.0
2
6 Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
4/14/1962
61
1961-62
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
@
BOS BOS
48
22
1
22
46
47.8
17
19
89.5
56.1
3
7 Bob Pettit
B. Pettit
4/12/1958
50
1957-58
NBA Finals
STL STL
vs
BOS BOS
42
19
19
34
55.9
12
15
80.0
61.6
1

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TEAM W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
4
Nuggets Nuggets
50
32
.610
18.0
5
Clippers Clippers
50
32
.610
18.0
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NBA 2024-25 Conference Standings

Western W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
4
Nuggets Nuggets
50
32
.610
18.0
5
Clippers Clippers
50
32
.610
18.0
6
Timberwolves Timberwolves
49
33
.598
19.0
Eastern W L PCT GB
1
Cavaliers Cavaliers
64
18
.780
2
Celtics Celtics
61
21
.744
3.0
3
Knicks Knicks
51
31
.622
13.0
4
Pacers Pacers
50
32
.610
14.0
5
Bucks Bucks
48
34
.585
16.0
6
Pistons Pistons
44
38
.537
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Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sun
3/30
MIA MIA
@
WAS WAS
120-94
Sun
3/30
LAC LAC
@
ORL ORL
96-87
Sun
3/30
UTA UTA
@
CHA CHA
106-110
Sun
3/30
BOS BOS
@
MEM MEM
117-103
Sun
3/30
CHI CHI
@
OKC OKC
117-145

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
6/19
OKC OKC
@
IND IND
8:30 PM
Sun
6/22
IND IND
@
OKC OKC
8:00 PM