who scored the most points in an nba finals road closeout game

Jalen Brunson and Michael Jordan are tied for the most points in the NBA Finals in closeouts on the road, with 45 points.

	NAME	PTS	DATE	SEASON	SERIES	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	45	6/13/2026	2025-26	NBA Finals	1	41.1	45.0	3.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	14.0	27.0	51.9	4.0	7.0	57.1	13.0	15.0	86.7	67.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	41	3	3	2	0	3	1	+10
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	45	6/14/1998	1997-98	NBA Finals	1	44.0	45.0	1.0	1.0	4.0	0.0	15.0	35.0	42.9	3.0	7.0	42.9	12.0	15.0	80.0	54.1	0.0	1.0	1.0	44	1	1	4	0	1	2	+2
3	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	43	6/19/1988	1987-88	NBA Finals	1	44.0	43.0	3.0	8.0	6.0	1.0	18.0	32.0	56.3	2.0	3.0	66.7	5.0	7.0	71.4	61.3	1.0	2.0	5.0	44	3	8	6	1	5	4
4	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	42	5/16/1980	1979-80	NBA Finals	1	47.0	42.0	15.0	7.0	3.0	1.0	14.0	23.0	60.9	0.0	1.0	0.0	14.0	14.0	100.0	72.0	3.0	12.0	5.0	47	15	7	3	1	5	3
5	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	41	4/18/1962	1961-62	NBA Finals	1	51.0	41.0	22.0	4.0			13.0	40.0	32.5				15.0	21.0	71.4	41.6				51	22	4				6
6	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	40	5/2/1968	1967-68	NBA Finals	1	47.0	40.0	10.0	7.0			14.0	28.0	50.0				12.0	12.0	100.0	60.1				47	10	7				4
7	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	39	4/13/1957	1956-57	NBA Finals	1	56.0	39.0	19.0	3.0			14.0	34.0	41.2				11.0	13.0	84.6	49.1				56	19	3				4
8	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	38	6/15/2008	2007-08	NBA Finals	1	48.0	38.0	6.0	8.0	1.0	0.0	10.0	22.0	45.5	2.0	6.0	33.3	16.0	19.0	84.2	62.6	1.0	5.0	5.0	48	6	8	1	0	5	5	-4
9	Stephen Curry S. Curry	37	6/8/2018	2017-18	NBA Finals	1	38.7	37.0	6.0	4.0	3.0	3.0	12.0	27.0	44.4	7.0	15.0	46.7	6.0	6.0	100.0	62.4	2.0	4.0	2.0	39	6	4	3	3	2	4	+18
10	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	37	5/16/1980	1979-80	NBA Finals	1	42.0	37.0	10.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	16.0	30.0	53.3	0.0	0.0		5.0	5.0	100.0	57.5	6.0	4.0	3.0	42	10	2	1	0	3	4
11	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	36	6/20/2006	2005-06	NBA Finals	1	45.4	36.0	10.0	5.0	4.0	3.0	10.0	18.0	55.6	0.0	0.0		16.0	21.0	76.2	66.1	3.0	7.0	5.0	45	10	5	4	3	5	4	+9
12	Jerry West J. West	36	4/28/1966	1965-66	NBA Finals	1	48.0	36.0	10.0	3.0			12.0	27.0	44.4				12.0	16.0	75.0	52.9				48	10	3				3
13	Kevin Durant K. Durant	35	6/9/2017	2016-17	NBA Finals	1	39.3	35.0	4.0	4.0	0.0	2.0	9.0	22.0	40.9	2.0	9.0	22.2	15.0	16.0	93.8	60.3	2.0	2.0	1.0	39	4	4	0	2	1	3	-22
14	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	35	6/16/2000	1999-00	NBA Finals	1	42.0	35.0	11.0	3.0	2.0	2.0	17.0	27.0	63.0	0.0	0.0		1.0	6.0	16.7	59.0	7.0	4.0	3.0	42	11	3	2	2	3	2	-24
15	Jerry West J. West	35	4/18/1962	1961-62	NBA Finals	1	53.0	35.0	6.0	0.0			14.0	30.0	46.7				7.0	8.0	87.5	52.2				53	6	0				4
16	Stephen Curry S. Curry	34	6/16/2022	2021-22	NBA Finals	1	39.9	34.0	7.0	7.0	2.0	1.0	12.0	21.0	57.1	6.0	11.0	54.5	4.0	4.0	100.0	74.7	0.0	7.0	2.0	40	7	7	2	1	2	4	+8
17	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	34	6/12/2002	2001-02	NBA Finals	1	43.0	34.0	10.0	4.0	1.0	2.0	12.0	20.0	60.0	0.0	0.0		10.0	16.0	62.5	62.9	3.0	7.0	3.0	43	10	4	1	2	3	2	+11
18	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	33	6/20/1993	1992-93	NBA Finals	1	44.0	33.0	8.0	7.0	1.0	0.0	13.0	26.0	50.0	3.0	5.0	60.0	4.0	6.0	66.7	57.6	3.0	5.0	3.0	44	8	7	1	0	3	3
19	Kevin McHale K. McHale	33	6/5/1986	1985-86	NBA Finals	1	44.0	33.0	8.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	12.0	23.0	52.2	0.0	0.0		9.0	10.0	90.0	60.2	2.0	6.0	2.0	44	8	1	0	2	2	3
20	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	32	6/12/1991	1990-91	NBA Finals	1	48.0	32.0	13.0	7.0	5.0	1.0	10.0	22.0	45.5	1.0	2.0	50.0	11.0	12.0	91.7	58.7	4.0	9.0	7.0	48	13	7	5	1	7	3
21	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	31	6/25/1999	1998-99	NBA Finals	1	46.0	31.0	9.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	12.0	22.0	54.5	0.0	1.0	0.0	7.0	9.0	77.8	59.7	0.0	9.0	2.0	46	9	2	0	1	2	2	+5
22	George Yardley G. Yardley	31	4/9/1955	1954-55	NBA Finals	1		31.0	12.0				10.0	18.0	55.6				11.0	14.0	78.6	64.2					12					5
23	Stephen Curry S. Curry	30	6/16/2016	2015-16	NBA Finals	1	35.2	30.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	8.0	20.0	40.0	6.0	13.0	46.2	8.0	9.0	88.9	62.6	0.0	2.0	4.0	35	2	1	1	0	4	6	-10
24	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	30	6/18/2013	2012-13	NBA Finals	1	44.4	30.0	17.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	13.0	21.0	61.9	0.0	0.0		4.0	5.0	80.0	64.7	5.0	12.0	2.0	44	17	0	1	0	2	2	+16
25	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	30	6/14/2009	2008-09	NBA Finals	1	43.3	30.0	6.0	5.0	2.0	4.0	10.0	23.0	43.5	2.0	5.0	40.0	8.0	8.0	100.0	56.6	0.0	6.0	1.0	43	6	5	2	4	1	2	+14

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