the most points in a game in an nba finals by shaq

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

	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

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