who has the most free throws attempted in a finals game before 2005

Before 2004-05, Shaquille O'Neal had the most free-throw attempts in an NBA Finals game, with 39 attempts versus the Pacers on June 9, 2000.

	NAME	FTA	DATE	SEASON	SERIES	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	39	6/9/2000	1999-00	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	IND	46	40	24	4	0	3	11	18	61.1	0	0		18	46.2	56.9	5	19	2	5	+14
2	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	24	4/9/1958	1957-58	NBA Finals	STL	@	BOS	40	33	21				7	21	33.3				19	79.2	52.3				3
3	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	22	6/6/2001	2000-01	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	PHI	52	44	20	5	1	0	17	28	60.7	0	0		10	45.5	58.4	6	14	4	3	-6
4	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	22	4/11/1957	1956-57	NBA Finals	STL	vs	BOS	44	32	23	5			8	24	33.3				16	72.7	47.5				4
5	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	21	6/5/2002	2001-02	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	NJN	40	36	16	1	1	4	12	22	54.5	0	0		12	57.1	57.6	2	14	5	2	-3
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	21	6/4/1997	1996-97	NBA Finals	CHI	vs	UTA	45	38	13	9	2	0	11	20	55.0	1	2	50.0	15	71.4	65.0	4	9	5	2	+15
7	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	21	4/18/1962	1961-62	NBA Finals	LAL	@	BOS	51	41	22	4			13	40	32.5				15	71.4	41.6				6
8	Jerry West J. West	20	4/25/1969	1968-69	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	BOS	41	41	3	8			12	22	54.5				17	85.0	66.6				3
9	Leroy Ellis L. Ellis	20	4/21/1965	1964-65	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	BOS	41	29	16	3			8	17	47.1				13	65.0	56.2				5
10	Jerry West J. West	20	4/21/1965	1964-65	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	BOS	44	43	12	7			13	25	52.0				17	85.0	63.6				2
11	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	20	3/30/1957	1956-57	NBA Finals	STL	@	BOS	54	37	14				11	26	42.3				15	75.0	53.2				3
12	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	19	6/15/2001	2000-01	NBA Finals	LAL	@	PHI	45	29	13	2	0	5	10	18	55.6	0	0		9	47.4	55.0	6	7	5	2	+12
13	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	19	6/12/1992	1991-92	NBA Finals	CHI	@	POR	42	46	5	4	0	1	14	23	60.9	2	4	50.0	16	84.2	73.3	0	5	4	5
14	Bill Russell B. Russell	19	4/28/1968	1967-68	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	48	11	22	6			2	7	28.6				7	36.8	35.8				5
15	Rick Barry R. Barry	19	4/18/1967	1966-67	NBA Finals	SFW	vs	PHI	46	55	12	5			22	48	45.8				11	57.9	48.8				4
16	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	19	4/14/1962	1961-62	NBA Finals	LAL	@	BOS	48	61	22	1			22	46	47.8				17	89.5	56.1				3
17	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	18	6/16/1993	1992-93	NBA Finals	CHI	vs	PHX	46	55	8	4	0	0	21	37	56.8	0	1	0.0	13	72.2	61.2	1	7	1	3
18	Moses Malone M. Malone	18	5/7/1981	1980-81	NBA Finals	HOU	@	BOS	48	31	15	1	1	2	10	24	41.7	0	0		11	61.1	48.6	7	8	2	1
19	Jerry West J. West	18	5/5/1969	1968-69	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	BOS	48	42	13	12			14	29	48.3				14	77.8	56.9				2
20	Chet Walker C. Walker	18	4/20/1967	1966-67	NBA Finals	PHI	@	SFW	32	33	11	2			10	18	55.6				13	72.2	63.7				1
21	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	18	4/11/1961	1960-61	NBA Finals	STL	@	BOS	37	24	11	3			7	22	31.8				10	55.6	40.1				4
22	Cliff Hagan C. Hagan	18	3/30/1958	1957-58	NBA Finals	STL	@	BOS	42	37	12	3			10	18	55.6				17	94.4	71.4				5
23	Joe Fulks J. Fulks	18	4/22/1947	1946-47	NBA Finals	PHI	vs	CHI		34		0			10	34	29.4				14	77.8	40.6				4
24	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	17	6/9/2002	2001-02	NBA Finals	LAL	@	NJN	42	35	11	2	0	4	12	19	63.2	0	0		11	64.7	66.1	5	6	2	1	+2
25	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	17	6/14/2000	1999-00	NBA Finals	LAL	@	IND	47	36	21	1	2	2	13	25	52.0	0	0		10	58.8	55.4	7	14	3	6	+3