40+ in the finals? Only 11 players are active, James 8 times, letters 3 times, Irving Curry Booker 2 times

The finals of this season have come to an end. The Thunder defeated the Pacers in the tiebreak battle and successfully won the championship. Alexander also won the FMVP, winning both MVP and FMVP in a single season. Alexander is undoubtedly the number one hero for the Thunder to win the championship, but Jaylen Williams, the second in command, also made an indelible contribution. He was very good throughout the playoffs and averaged 24 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists per game in the finals.

In the key battle of Tianwang Mountain, Jewe also played his best performance in his personal playoff career so far, scoring 40 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists in a single game, and joined hands with Alexander to help the Thunder win the finals. Javi became the second player in the Thunder team history to score 40+ in a single game in the Finals after Westbrook, and even Durant and Alexander failed to do this.

It is already amazing to be able to get 40+ in a single game in the playoffs. It is even more amazing to be able to get 40+ on a stage like the Finals and help the team win the championship. Javier is also the 11th active player to win more than 40 in a single game in the finals, comparable to Westbrook, James, Irving, Durant, Curry, Butler, Antetokounmpo, Booker, Middleton and Jokic.

James alone won 40+ in the finals. In the 2015 finals, James scored 40+ in 3 games; in the 2016 finals, James scored 40+ in two more games, and two consecutive games, helping the Cavaliers complete a 1-3 major reversal and winning the first championship in the team history. In the 2017, 2018 and 2020 finals, James also scored more than 40 in one game, including 51 points in the first game of the 2018 finals, which is also the single-game scoring record for active players in the finals.

In addition to James, Antetokounmpo also scored 40+ three times in the finals, including 50+ at one time. Moreover, like James in 2015, Antetokounmpo won three 40+ times in one final and successfully won the championship, while James failed to win the championship that year. It is worth mentioning that in the 2021 Finals, three players have won 40+, and the other two are Booker and Middleton, among which Booker also has 40+ twice.

In addition, Curry and Irving also scored 40+ in the finals twice, both in different seasons. Irving scored 40+ in one game in 2016 and 2017, and in the fifth game of the 2016 finals, he scored 40+ at the same time as James. Curry won 40+ in the 2019 and 2022 finals, especially in the fourth finals of 2022. Curry scored 40+ to help the Warriors get the match point, and in the end he also won his first FMVP in his career.

Westbrook had a single game of 40+ in the 2012 Finals, and Butler also won 40+ in the 2020 Finals, but neither of them won the championship and both lost to James's team. Durant won a 40+ in the 2018 Finals, and finally helped the Warriors sweep the Cavaliers and successfully won two consecutive FMVPs. Jokic also won 40+ in the 2023 Finals and led the Nuggets to successfully win the first championship in team history.