which player has most finals games lost in 1979-80 to 1996-97

Between the 1979-80 and 1996-97 seasons, Magic Johnson lost the most games in the NBA Finals, with 26 losses.

	NAME	L	SERIES	GP	MPG	PPG	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	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	26	NBA Finals	50	40.9	19.4	7.9	11.7	2.0	0.3	6.8	13.1	51.6	0.2	0.8	23.7	5.7	6.5	87.4	60.7	1.8	6.2	3.8	2,044	971	397	584	102	16	190	147
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	23	NBA Finals	45	34.9	21.8	7.7	2.9	0.9	2.2	8.9	17.3	51.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	5.7	69.6	55.0	2.3	5.5	2.7	1,569	981	348	132	41	101	121	165
3	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	23	NBA Finals	46	30.6	10.3	2.9	3.9	1.3	0.4	3.9	8.7	44.7	0.8	2.0	38.0	1.8	2.2	80.6	53.5	0.8	2.2	1.3	1,406	474	135	178	59	20	60	159
4	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	21	NBA Finals	37	28.3	10.4	2.6	4.1	1.2	0.1	4.2	9.0	47.0	0.7	1.8	41.5	1.2	1.6	75.9	53.6	0.7	1.9	1.5	1,048	383	95	150	46	4	56	106
5	James Worthy J. Worthy	18	NBA Finals	34	39.6	22.2	5.0	3.3	1.0	0.6	9.2	17.3	53.3	0.1	0.4	20.0	3.6	5.3	68.3	56.4	1.9	3.1	2.0	1,346	754	171	112	34	20	68	88
6	Kurt Rambis K. Rambis	16	NBA Finals	34	17.1	5.6	5.2	0.6	0.6	0.4	2.3	4.3	53.1	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.7	57.6	54.9	1.7	3.4	1.1	582	190	176	22	19	14	36	92
7	Larry Bird L. Bird	15	NBA Finals	31	42.8	23.1	11.6	6.0	2.0	0.8	8.4	18.3	45.8	0.6	1.5	42.2	5.7	6.5	87.2	54.5	2.5	9.1	2.9	1,326	716	361	187	63	24	91	80
8	Kevin McHale K. McHale	15	NBA Finals	31	32.5	17.9	7.4	1.4	0.3	1.4	6.8	12.5	54.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.4	5.7	76.8	59.9	2.7	4.7	2.3	1,009	556	230	43	10	44	70	95
9	Robert Parish R. Parish	15	NBA Finals	31	32.9	15.4	8.4	1.3	1.0	1.7	6.3	13.1	48.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.7	4.4	63.0	51.2	2.8	5.6	2.1	1,020	477	260	40	32	54	65	108
10	Byron Scott B. Scott	14	NBA Finals	30	30.5	11.0	3.0	1.8	1.2	0.2	4.4	10.0	44.5	0.3	1.3	25.0	1.8	2.4	75.0	49.9	0.8	2.2	1.3	915	330	89	53	35	5	39	82
11	A.C. Green	13	NBA Finals	22	28.8	8.2	7.1	0.4	0.5	0.1	3.0	6.4	46.4	0.1	0.3	33.3	2.2	3.2	69.0	52.8	2.5	4.6	1.1	633	181	157	8	12	3	24	62
12	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	13	NBA Finals	25	40.1	17.9	4.4	7.1	1.4	0.4	6.8	16.1	41.9	0.2	1.0	16.0	4.2	4.9	85.4	48.9	1.5	2.9	2.6	1,003	447	110	178	36	11	65	68
13	Greg Kite G. Kite	12	NBA Finals	21	7.8	1.0	1.7	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.4	1.1	37.5	0.0	0.0		0.2	0.3	66.7	41.3	0.7	1.0	0.2	163	22	35	12	4	7	5	43
14	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	12	NBA Finals	23	32.3	15.3	5.1	2.0	1.0	0.3	6.7	14.9	45.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.8	2.4	75.0	48.0	2.7	2.4	2.0	742	352	117	46	24	6	45	73
15	Mychal Thompson M. Thompson	10	NBA Finals	18	24.2	8.7	4.2	0.5	0.3	0.7	3.2	6.4	49.1	0.0	0.0		2.3	3.7	63.6	53.8	1.7	2.5	0.9	435	156	75	9	6	12	16	49
16	Horace Grant H. Grant	9	NBA Finals	21	39.3	11.9	9.3	2.5	1.1	1.3	5.1	9.1	56.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.6	2.5	62.3	57.8	3.1	6.2	1.2	826	249	196	52	24	28	25	66
17	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	9	NBA Finals	29	43.3	33.6	6.4	6.7	1.8	0.7	12.7	25.8	49.3	1.3	3.5	37.6	6.9	8.6	80.4	56.9	1.7	4.8	3.1	1,256	975	187	195	51	19	89	90	+6
18	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	9	NBA Finals	29	42.5	19.7	8.7	6.1	2.0	1.2	7.3	17.1	42.7	0.8	3.1	26.4	4.2	5.7	73.5	50.1	2.8	5.9	3.5	1,233	570	251	178	57	34	101	101	+10
19	Dennis Rodman D. Rodman	9	NBA Finals	27	27.2	5.3	9.0	1.3	0.7	0.4	2.0	4.2	48.2	0.0	0.3	14.3	1.2	2.2	54.2	51.1	3.1	5.9	1.3	735	143	244	36	19	12	36	106	-23
20	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	9	NBA Finals	20	23.5	12.2	4.8	0.8	0.7	1.4	5.0	10.7	46.9	0.1	0.2	50.0	2.1	3.1	67.7	50.8	1.2	3.6	2.2	470	244	95	15	13	27	44	75
21	Sam Perkins S. Perkins	8	NBA Finals	11	36.0	13.6	6.0	1.5	0.5	0.6	4.6	11.8	39.2	0.8	2.7	30.0	3.5	4.5	78.0	49.3	2.1	3.9	1.6	396	150	66	17	5	7	18	28
22	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	8	NBA Finals	15	40.3	24.5	8.3	6.0	1.4	0.5	8.4	18.1	46.3	0.5	3.0	15.6	7.2	8.7	82.4	55.7	2.9	5.3	2.7	604	367	124	90	21	8	41	61
23	Kevin Duckworth K. Duckworth	8	NBA Finals	11	28.5	12.2	6.3	0.8	0.4	0.5	5.1	10.5	48.3	0.0	0.0		2.0	2.9	68.8	51.5	1.3	5.0	2.6	313	134	69	9	4	6	29	46
24	Jerome Kersey J. Kersey	8	NBA Finals	11	39.5	16.7	7.9	2.4	1.3	0.4	6.7	14.1	47.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	3.3	4.3	76.6	52.4	3.3	4.6	2.9	434	184	87	26	14	4	32	48
25	Terry Porter T. Porter	8	NBA Finals	11	42.6	17.5	3.5	6.4	1.5	0.3	5.2	11.9	43.5	0.9	3.5	26.3	6.2	7.2	86.1	57.9	0.8	2.7	3.5	469	192	39	70	16	3	38	28

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2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
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