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

Before 2004-05, Shaquille O'Neal had the most free-throw attempts in a playoff game, with 39 attempts in Game 2 of the 2000 NBA Finals against the Pacers.

	NAME	FTA	DATE	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	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 Cousy B. Cousy	32	3/21/1953	BOS	vs	SYR	66	50	3	2			10	22	45.5				30	93.8	69.3				5
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	28	5/14/1989	CHI	vs	NYK	42	47	11	6	1	2	12	18	66.7	0	1	0.0	23	82.1	77.5	0	11	6	3
4	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	27	5/20/2000	LAL	vs	POR	47	41	11	7	0	5	14	25	56.0	0	0		13	48.1	55.6	1	10	0	2	+22
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	27	5/5/1989	CHI	vs	CLE	43	50	3	4	3	0	14	28	50.0	0	1	0.0	22	81.5	62.7	0	3	1	6
6	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	26	3/17/1954	BOS	vs	SYR	49	32	6	4			6	12	50.0				20	76.9	68.3				3
7	Derrick Coleman D. Coleman	25	5/6/1994	NJN	vs	NYK	39	31	9	3	0	2	5	15	33.3	0	1	0.0	21	84.0	59.6	6	3	3	3
8	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	25	4/12/1966	PHI	vs	BOS	48	46	34	1			19	34	55.9				8	32.0	51.1				5
9	Karl Malone K. Malone	24	5/3/1992	UTA	@	LAC	46	44	11	2	0	0	11	18	61.1	0	0		22	91.7	77.0	4	7	3	4
10	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	24	4/9/1958	STL	@	BOS	40	33	21				7	21	33.3				19	79.2	52.3				3
11	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	23	5/11/2003	LAL	vs	SAS	45	29	17	5	2	4	6	17	35.3	0	0		17	73.9	53.5	10	7	3	2	+10
12	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	23	5/23/1999	LAL	vs	SAS	45	36	14	0	1	1	12	23	52.2	0	0		12	52.2	54.3	8	6	1	5	-6
13	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	23	5/22/1999	SAS	@	LAL	45	37	14	4	3	1	9	19	47.4	0	0		19	82.6	63.5	5	9	4	6	+4
14	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	23	4/24/1998	CHI	vs	NJN	47	39	7	3	1	1	11	27	40.7	0	2	0.0	17	73.9	52.5	0	7	3	1	+9
15	David Robinson D. Robinson	23	5/16/1993	SAS	vs	PHX	40	36	16	0	1	3	9	20	45.0	0	0		18	78.3	59.8	3	13	3	4
16	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	23	4/17/1968	PHI	@	BOS	48	20	27	8			6	21	28.6				8	34.8	32.1				1
17	Jerry West J. West	23	4/3/1962	LAL	@	DET		38	6				9	15	60.0				20	87.0	75.6				2
18	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	23	3/17/1960	MIN	@	STL		40	14				11	26	42.3				18	78.3	55.4				5
19	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	22	5/25/2004	LAL	vs	MIN	44	22	17	4	0	4	7	10	70.0	0	0		8	36.4	55.9	7	10	1	3	+12
20	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	22	5/2/2003	DET	@	ORL	46	20	17	1	4	5	6	11	54.5	0	0		8	36.4	48.4	5	12	2	3	+15
21	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	22	6/6/2001	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
22	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	22	5/20/1995	PHX	vs	HOU	42	46	3	10	1	1	12	26	46.2	1	2	50.0	21	95.5	64.5	1	2	1	3
23	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	22	6/5/1993	PHX	vs	SEA	46	44	24	1	1	1	12	20	60.0	1	1	100.0	19	86.4	74.1	10	14	1	3
24	Karl Malone K. Malone	22	4/26/1992	UTA	vs	LAC	45	32	13	0	2	3	7	19	36.8	0	0		18	81.8	55.8	2	11	3	5
25	Karl Malone K. Malone	22	5/9/1991	UTA	@	POR	43	40	16	3	2	0	10	18	55.6	0	0		20	90.9	72.3	3	13	4	4