Shaquille O'Neal put up his most points in an NBA Finals game against the 76ers on June 6, 2001, with 44 points.

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shaq most points in a game in the finals

	NAME	PTS	DATE	SEASON	SERIES	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	44	6/6/2001	2000-01	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	PHI	52	20	5	1	0	17	28	60.7	0	0	10	22	45.5	58.4	6	14	4	3	-6
2	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	43	6/7/2000	1999-00	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	IND	44	19	4	0	3	21	31	67.7	0	0	1	6	16.7	63.9	6	13	2	2	+18
3	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	41	6/19/2000	1999-00	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	IND	47	12	1	0	4	19	32	59.4	0	0	3	12	25.0	55.0	5	7	0	2	+6
4	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	40	6/7/2002	2001-02	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	NJN	41	12	8	0	1	14	23	60.9	0	0	12	14	85.7	68.6	3	9	4	2	+35
5	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	40	6/9/2000	1999-00	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	IND	46	24	4	0	3	11	18	61.1	0	0	18	39	46.2	56.9	5	19	2	5	+14
6	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	36	6/13/2004	2003-04	NBA Finals	LAL	@	DET	47	20	2	0	1	16	21	76.2	0	0	4	11	36.4	69.7	3	17	2	4	-8
7	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	36	6/5/2002	2001-02	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	NJN	40	16	1	1	4	12	22	54.5	0	0	12	21	57.1	57.6	2	14	5	2	-3
8	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	36	6/14/2000	1999-00	NBA Finals	LAL	@	IND	47	21	1	2	2	13	25	52.0	0	0	10	17	58.8	55.4	7	14	3	6	+3
9	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	35	6/9/2002	2001-02	NBA Finals	LAL	@	NJN	42	11	2	0	4	12	19	63.2	0	0	11	17	64.7	66.1	5	6	2	1	+2
10	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	35	6/16/2000	1999-00	NBA Finals	LAL	@	IND	42	11	3	2	2	17	27	63.0	0	0	1	6	16.7	59.0	7	4	3	2	-24
11	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	34	6/6/2004	2003-04	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	DET	45	11	1	0	1	13	16	81.3	0	0	8	12	66.7	79.9	5	6	6	4	-8
12	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	34	6/12/2002	2001-02	NBA Finals	LAL	@	NJN	43	10	4	1	2	12	20	60.0	0	0	10	16	62.5	62.9	3	7	3	2	+11
13	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	34	6/13/2001	2000-01	NBA Finals	LAL	@	PHI	42	14	5	0	0	13	25	52.0	0	0	8	16	50.0	53.1	8	6	3	4	+22
14	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	33	6/11/2000	1999-00	NBA Finals	LAL	@	IND	47	13	1	2	2	15	24	62.5	0	0	3	13	23.1	55.5	4	9	3	3	-9
15	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	33	6/9/1995	1994-95	NBA Finals	ORL	vs	HOU	45	12	7	0	0	12	22	54.5	0	0	9	14	64.3	58.6	3	9	4	5
16	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	30	6/10/2001	2000-01	NBA Finals	LAL	@	PHI	41	12	3	0	4	11	20	55.0	0	0	8	9	88.9	62.6	3	9	3	6	-2
17	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	29	6/8/2004	2003-04	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	DET	48	7	3	0	1	10	20	50.0	0	0	9	14	64.3	55.4	3	4	3	5	+16
18	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	29	6/15/2001	2000-01	NBA Finals	LAL	@	PHI	45	13	2	0	5	10	18	55.6	0	0	9	19	47.4	55.0	6	7	5	2	+12
19	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28	6/8/2001	2000-01	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	PHI	45	20	9	1	8	12	19	63.2	0	0	4	10	40.0	59.8	8	12	5	5	+14
20	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28	6/11/1995	1994-95	NBA Finals	ORL	@	HOU	45	10	6	1	3	11	17	64.7	0	0	6	11	54.5	64.1	2	8	4	3
21	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	26	6/7/1995	1994-95	NBA Finals	ORL	vs	HOU	44	16	9	0	3	10	16	62.5	0	0	6	9	66.7	65.1	3	13	7	5
22	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	25	6/14/1995	1994-95	NBA Finals	ORL	@	HOU	46	12	3	0	4	11	19	57.9	0	0	3	8	37.5	55.5	3	9	6	5
23	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	20	6/15/2004	2003-04	NBA Finals	LAL	@	DET	35	8	1	1	0	7	13	53.8	0	0	6	16	37.5	49.9	2	6	1	4	-12
24	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	18	6/18/2006	2005-06	NBA Finals	MIA	vs	DAL	47	12	1	2	0	8	12	66.7	0	0	2	12	16.7	52.1	2	10	3	5	-7
25	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	17	6/15/2006	2005-06	NBA Finals	MIA	vs	DAL	30	13	3	0	2	6	8	75.0	0	0	5	10	50.0	68.5	3	10	3	4	+22