what player has the most finals game losses averaging at least 17 ppg

LeBron James and Jerry West are tied for the most games in losses with 17.0+ points per game in the NBA Finals, with 33 games.

	NAME	GP	PPG	SERIES	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	33	26.9	NBA Finals	42.2	9.8	7.7	1.6	0.7	10.3	21.6	47.5	1.8	5.4	32.4	4.6	6.6	70.2	54.9	1.7	8.1	4.6	1,393	889	324	253	54	23	151	79	-332
2	Jerry West J. West	33	28.3	NBA Finals	42.9	4.9	4.9			10.3	23.3	44.3				7.7	9.5	80.8	51.5				1,417	935	161	161				91
3	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	28	24.1	NBA Finals	42.3	13.3				9.3	23.2	40.2				5.4	7.5	72.4	45.5				1,183	674	372					87
4	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	27	21.6	NBA Finals	36.0	7.4	2.9	0.9	1.8	8.9	18.3	48.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.8	5.5	69.6	52.2	2.1	5.3	2.6	972	583	199	77	23	48	59	92
5	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	26	19.0	NBA Finals	41.1	7.3	11.1	1.9	0.4	6.3	13.0	48.7	0.2	1.0	22.2	6.0	6.9	87.2	58.9	1.7	5.6	3.9	1,069	493	190	288	49	10	102	78
6	Bill Russell B. Russell	25	17.3	NBA Finals	45.3	22.6				6.2	13.4	46.7				4.8	8.3	58.5	50.9				1,133	433	564					88
7	Sam Jones S. Jones	22	17.0	NBA Finals	28.5	3.9				6.5	15.2	43.1				4.0	4.7	83.7	49.4				627	375	86					52
8	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	19	18.2	NBA Finals	47.0	23.7	2.9			7.4	13.8	53.8				3.4	9.8	34.4	50.3				893	346	450	56				59
9	James Worthy J. Worthy	18	20.0	NBA Finals	39.4	3.9	3.1	0.7	0.4	8.2	16.5	49.8	0.2	0.6	30.0	3.4	4.9	68.5	53.5	1.6	2.3	1.9	710	360	70	55	13	8	34	49
10	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	18	19.0	NBA Finals	31.4	9.0				7.3	19.5	37.6				4.3	5.6	78.0	43.3				565	342	162					88
11	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	16	23.1	NBA Finals	42.4	7.4	4.1	1.0	0.2	8.3	21.5	38.7				6.4	7.5	85.8	46.5	1.4	3.8		678	369	118	65	5	1		61
12	Larry Bird L. Bird	15	22.7	NBA Finals	42.4	10.8	5.2	1.9	0.8	8.3	18.5	44.8	0.5	1.3	35.0	5.7	6.5	88.7	53.3	2.4	8.4	3.1	636	341	162	78	28	12	46	39
13	Kevin McHale K. McHale	15	20.1	NBA Finals	35.3	7.5	1.3	0.3	1.7	7.9	13.8	57.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.3	5.5	77.1	62.0	2.6	4.9	2.6	529	302	113	19	5	25	39	57
14	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	14	21.3	NBA Finals	37.9	4.1	4.6	2.0	0.8	7.8	17.0	45.8	0.4	1.8	20.0	5.4	7.4	72.8	52.6	1.7	2.4	3.1	531	298	57	65	28	11	44	35	-118
15	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	14	22.8	NBA Finals	42.9	3.6	4.9	1.9	0.6	8.2	22.3	36.9	1.6	5.2	31.5	4.7	5.4	88.0	46.2	0.6	3.1	3.8	601	319	51	68	26	8	53	50	-162
16	Cliff Hagan C. Hagan	14	24.8	NBA Finals	37.6	11.4				8.5	18.4	46.1				7.8	9.1	85.2	55.2				526	347	160					56
17	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	14	24.7	NBA Finals	40.6	14.4				8.9	21.6	40.9				7.0	10.1	69.0	47.3				568	346	202					42
18	Stephen Curry S. Curry	13	26.5	NBA Finals	39.5	4.7	4.8	1.5	0.5	8.3	20.3	40.9	4.4	12.0	36.5	5.5	6.0	92.3	57.8	0.8	3.9	3.9	513	345	61	63	20	6	51	43	-126
19	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	13	26.9	NBA Finals	42.5	11.8	3.5	0.6	1.2	11.2	17.9	62.7	0.0	0.0		4.5	10.8	41.4	59.4	3.4	8.5	3.5	552	350	154	46	8	16	46	48	-117
20	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	12	22.2	NBA Finals	38.5	3.4	1.6	0.8	0.3	7.8	17.0	46.1	3.6	9.1	39.4	2.9	3.5	83.3	59.8	0.8	2.6	1.3	462	266	41	19	9	4	16	28	-114
21	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	12	23.2	NBA Finals	40.3	3.4	4.3	1.7	0.3	9.2	21.9	41.8	1.5	5.3	28.6	3.3	3.6	93.0	49.3	0.9	2.5	2.4	483	278	41	52	20	4	29	33	-116
22	Julius Erving J. Erving	12	28.3	NBA Finals	40.3	6.8	4.6	2.3	1.5	10.4	20.0	52.1	0.1	0.9	14.3	7.3	9.9	73.9	58.0	2.3	4.6	2.9	483	339	82	55	27	18	23	34
23	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	11	19.5	NBA Finals	39.5	12.9	1.7	1.1	1.7	7.4	16.4	45.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	4.7	6.8	69.3	50.2	4.0	8.9	2.6	435	214	142	19	12	19	29	28	-49
24	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	11	31.8	NBA Finals	44.7	5.0	5.5	1.1	0.6	12.3	27.2	45.2	1.2	4.6	25.5	6.1	7.6	79.8	52.1	1.2	3.8	3.0	492	350	55	60	12	7	33	41	-19
25	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	11	17.5	NBA Finals	43.5	8.5	6.2	1.6	1.2	6.6	18.8	35.3	1.0	4.7	21.2	3.3	4.5	72.0	42.1	3.0	5.5	3.5	479	193	94	68	18	13	39	41	-20

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