who was the first to record 50 points in an nba finals

Don Carlson put up 62 points in the 1947 NBA Finals in his rookie season.

Interpreted as:
Who was the first to record 50 or more points in an NBA finals?
NAME PTS SEASON SERIES TM 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 Don Carlson
D. Carlson
62
1946-47
NBA Finals
CHI CHI
5
12.4
4.8
2.8
3.6
77.8
14
2 Joe Fulks
J. Fulks
131
1946-47
NBA Finals
PHI PHI
5
26.2
8.8
8.6
11.6
74.1
15
3 Chick Halbert
C. Halbert
72
1946-47
NBA Finals
CHI CHI
5
14.4
4.4
5.6
10.4
53.8
14
4 Jim Seminoff
J. Seminoff
52
1946-47
NBA Finals
CHI CHI
5
10.4
4.4
1.6
2.2
72.7
16
5 George Senesky
G. Senesky
57
1946-47
NBA Finals
PHI PHI
5
11.4
4.2
3.0
3.6
83.3
6
6 Max Zaslofsky
M. Zaslofsky
50
1946-47
NBA Finals
CHI CHI
5
10.0
4.4
1.2
2.2
54.5
9
7 Howie Dallmar
H. Dallmar
53
1947-48
NBA Finals
PHI PHI
6
8.8
2.7
3.0
14.7
20.5
2.8
4.7
60.7
26.4
16
28
8 Joe Fulks
J. Fulks
141
1947-48
NBA Finals
PHI PHI
6
23.5
0.5
6.7
25.2
26.5
10.2
11.7
87.1
38.8
3
27
9 Chick Halbert
C. Halbert
77
1947-48
NBA Finals
PHI PHI
6
12.8
0.3
4.0
14.7
27.3
4.8
6.7
72.5
36.5
2
24
10 Kleggie Hermsen
K. Hermsen
62
1947-48
NBA Finals
BAL BAL
6
10.3
1.7
3.2
13.8
22.9
4.0
5.7
70.6
31.6
10
25
11 Paul Hoffman
P. Hoffman
83
1947-48
NBA Finals
BAL BAL
6
13.8
0.7
4.7
15.8
29.5
4.5
6.8
65.9
36.7
4
24
12 Buddy Jeannette
B. Jeannette
53
1947-48
NBA Finals
BAL BAL
6
8.8
1.2
3.0
5.7
52.9
2.8
3.2
89.5
62.6
7
20
13 Chick Reiser
C. Reiser
50
1947-48
NBA Finals
BAL BAL
6
8.3
1.0
2.8
13.5
21.0
2.7
3.7
72.7
27.6
6
24
14 George Senesky
G. Senesky
58
1947-48
NBA Finals
PHI PHI
6
9.7
0.7
3.7
10.2
36.1
2.3
3.7
63.6
41.0
4
20
15 Connie Simmons
C. Simmons
91
1947-48
NBA Finals
BAL BAL
6
15.2
1.3
5.2
15.2
34.1
4.8
6.3
76.3
42.2
8
23
16 Kleggie Hermsen
K. Hermsen
70
1948-49
NBA Finals
WAS WAS
6
11.7
3.5
4.7
8.2
57.1
27
17 Sonny Hertzberg
S. Hertzberg
57
1948-49
NBA Finals
WAS WAS
6
9.5
3.2
3.2
3.7
86.4
14
18 George Mikan
G. Mikan
165
1948-49
NBA Finals
MIN MIN
6
27.5
9.0
9.5
11.5
82.6
28
19 Jack Nichols
J. Nichols
85
1948-49
NBA Finals
WAS WAS
6
14.2
5.8
2.5
4.0
62.5
22
20 Jim Pollard
J. Pollard
76
1948-49
NBA Finals
MIN MIN
6
12.7
3.8
5.0
6.8
73.2
25
21 Herm Schaefer
H. Schaefer
77
1948-49
NBA Finals
MIN MIN
6
12.8
5.0
2.8
3.5
81.0
11
22 Fred Scolari
F. Scolari
64
1948-49
NBA Finals
WAS WAS
6
10.7
3.3
4.0
5.5
72.7
12
23 Alex Hannum
A. Hannum
60
1949-50
NBA Finals
SYR SYR
6
10.0
4.5
1.0
2.7
37.5
27
24 Johnny Macknowski
J. Macknowski
82
1949-50
NBA Finals
SYR SYR
6
13.7
4.5
4.7
6.2
75.7
13
25 George Mikan
G. Mikan
193
1949-50
NBA Finals
MIN MIN
6
32.2
10.5
11.2
14.3
77.9
27

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52
30
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3
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50
32
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64
18
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61
21
.744
3.0
3
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51
31
.622
13.0
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Pacers Pacers
50
32
.610
14.0
5
Bucks Bucks
48
34
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16.0
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Pistons Pistons
44
38
.537
20.0