most ppg in finals closeout games, minimum 3 games

Bob Pettit had the most points per game in the NBA Finals when playing 3+ games, with 37.0 per game.

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Most ppg by a player in finals closeout games, minimum 3 games

	NAME	PPG	GP	SERIES	MPG	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	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	37.0	3	NBA Finals	47.0	17.3				13.7	28.7	47.7				9.7	13.7	70.7	53.3				141	111	52					9
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	32.0	10	NBA Finals	43.9	5.5	4.7	2.2	0.6	11.5	25.8	44.6	1.2	3.7	32.4	7.8	9.5	82.1	53.4	1.3	4.2	3.2	439	320	55	47	22	6	32	29	-2
3	Jerry West J. West	32.0	7	NBA Finals	46.3	7.1	5.3			11.4	24.4	46.8				9.1	11.7	78.0	54.1				324	224	50	37				23
4	LeBron James L. James	31.6	5	NBA Finals	43.8	12.2	9.0	1.8	1.0	11.6	21.4	54.2	2.6	6.4	40.6	5.8	7.4	78.4	64.1	2.8	9.4	3.6	219	158	61	45	9	5	18	9	+57
5	Kevin Durant K. Durant	31.3	3	NBA Finals	39.1	7.3	6.3	0.7	1.7	10.0	19.7	50.8	2.3	6.7	35.0	9.0	9.3	96.4	65.9	1.3	6.0	2.3	117	94	22	19	2	5	7	9	+26
6	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	29.6	5	NBA Finals	41.5	11.6	2.2	0.6	2.8	12.4	21.6	57.4	0.0	0.0		4.8	11.4	42.1	55.6	4.8	6.8	2.6	207	148	58	11	3	14	13	13	-2
7	Stephen Curry S. Curry	27.0	8	NBA Finals	39.4	5.5	5.8	1.9	1.0	8.5	20.0	42.5	4.4	12.1	36.1	5.6	6.5	86.5	59.1	0.9	4.6	3.4	315	216	44	46	15	8	27	28	-1
8	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	26.3	3	NBA Finals	39.6	9.3	3.0	2.3	2.7	9.3	17.0	54.9	0.0	0.0		7.7	10.7	71.9	60.7	2.0	7.3	3.3	119	79	28	9	7	8	10	8	+32
9	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	26.3	6	NBA Finals	42.5	13.5	2.7			9.3	24.3	38.4				7.7	9.7	79.3	46.1				255	158	81	16				22
10	George Mikan G. Mikan	25.1	10	NBA Finals		12.8				8.1						8.9	11.2	79.5						251	64					47
11	Larry Bird L. Bird	24.2	5	NBA Finals	43.4	11.4	6.4	1.4	0.8	7.8	15.8	49.4	0.8	1.6	50.0	7.8	8.4	92.9	62.1	2.2	9.2	2.2	217	121	57	32	7	4	11	14
12	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	24.0	4	NBA Finals	34.8	2.3	6.3	3.5	0.3	10.0	18.3	54.8	1.3	2.0	62.5	2.8	4.3	64.7	59.6	0.8	1.5	4.5	139	96	9	25	14	1	18	13
13	James Worthy J. Worthy	23.8	5	NBA Finals	40.6	7.4	4.2	1.4	0.8	10.2	17.2	59.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	3.4	5.6	60.7	60.5	2.4	5.0	2.8	203	119	37	21	7	4	14	14
14	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	23.0	6	NBA Finals	43.0	9.0	4.7	1.5	1.2	7.0	21.3	32.8	1.3	4.0	33.3	7.7	9.0	85.2	45.5	1.7	7.3	1.7	258	138	54	28	9	7	10	22	+19
15	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	22.7	3	NBA Finals	45.0	7.3	10.3			8.7	15.0	57.8				5.3	7.3	72.7	62.2				135	68	22	31				7
16	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	22.3	8	NBA Finals	41.9	13.4	2.9	0.9	2.1	8.6	18.3	47.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	5.0	7.4	67.8	51.8	3.8	9.6	2.8	335	178	107	23	7	17	22	20	+45
17	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	22.2	5	NBA Finals	41.5	11.0	2.2	1.8	1.0	8.0	16.2	49.4	1.6	4.6	34.8	4.6	6.0	76.7	58.9	3.0	8.0	2.4	207	111	55	11	9	5	12	15	+17
18	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	21.5	4	NBA Finals	41.6	5.8	5.5	1.3	0.3	6.3	16.0	39.1	1.8	5.0	35.0	7.3	8.3	87.9	54.8	1.0	4.8	3.8	166	86	23	22	5	1	15	12	+6
19	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	21.0	9	NBA Finals	36.4	7.7	3.3	0.4	2.1	8.6	16.1	53.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.9	6.3	61.4	55.6	2.6	4.5	2.0	328	189	69	30	3	17	14	35
20	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	20.9	12	NBA Finals	40.8	7.8	3.8	1.0	0.3	8.0	19.8	40.5				4.9	5.8	84.3	46.9	1.7	5.7		489	251	93	46	3	1		44
21	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	20.7	3	NBA Finals	44.7	13.0	2.0	2.3	0.7	9.3	20.0	46.7				2.0	2.3	85.7	49.1	5.3	7.7		134	62	39	6	7	2		16
22	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	20.0	11	NBA Finals	29.1	9.1				8.4	19.7	42.4				3.3	5.0	65.5	45.6				320	220	100					49
23	Bill Russell B. Russell	19.9	16	NBA Finals	48.1	27.8				6.7	13.9	48.0				6.6	9.4	70.0	55.2				769	319	444					52
24	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	19.9	8	NBA Finals	41.5	9.3	12.3	2.9	0.8	6.9	14.4	47.8	0.1	0.5	25.0	6.0	6.5	92.3	57.7	1.5	7.8	4.5	332	159	74	98	23	6	36	33
25	Cliff Hagan C. Hagan	19.3	3	NBA Finals	40.3	9.0				6.3	16.0	39.6				6.7	8.3	80.0	49.2				121	58	27					16

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14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
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Bob Pettit had the most points per game in the NBA Finals when playing 3+ games, with 37.0 per game.

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