Who is the key man? The top 5 highest scores in the finals in the past 40 years have been announced!

For the NBA, the most critical game is the final tiebreak battle. For players on both sides, from player skills to physical and mental health, it is a great test, and to get high scores in such a game, it requires strong strength to support them.

So, looking at the players with the highest score in the finals in the past 40 years, which players are there?

For this film, let's review the top five players on this list:

Kyrie Irving (26 points in 2016)

Irving is not an all-round ball-holding core. Although he mainly plays the point guard position on the court, his game style is closer to an offensive scorer. Looking back at the Cavaliers in 2016, they have an offensive system that suits Irving. James is the main control and offensive engine in the team, responsible for controlling the basic rhythm of the game. All Irving has to do is put the basketball into the basket in various ways.

In the 2016 Finals, the increasingly mature Zhan and European combination faced the Golden State Warriors who won 73 games in the regular season. In the final seventh game, Irving showed his superb scoring skills and key ball skills. He scored 26 points in and out, successfully helping the Cavaliers win the first championship trophy in team history.

LeBron James (27 points in 2016)

Due to the controversy caused by the way he left the Cavaliers for the first time, James promised to bring a championship to his hometown when he returned to Cleveland in the summer of 2014. Although he failed to win the championship in his first season when he returned to the team, he once again led the Cavaliers and Warriors to meet on the finals stage in 2016.

Because the Warriors of that year set the best regular season record in league history, the outside media generally did not hope that the Cavaliers could win in the end. But James showed a historically tough performance in the series, and performed with all his strength on both offense and defense to lead the team to reverse. In the final seventh game, James scored the team's highest 27 points, tearing the Warriors' defense, and finally completing the feat of a historical comeback, fulfilling his promise to bring a championship to the team.

Dramund Green (32 points in 2016)

Compared with James and Irving, Green, as an opponent, is regarded as a hard-working attacker for most of the time, and his advantage comes from the defensive end. But in the 2015-16 season, Green's scoring ability has improved significantly. The average score, shots and hits per game in the season all hit career highs.

In the tiebreak match of the 2016 Finals, when Curry and Clay were closely defended by the Cavaliers, Green became the team's offensive protagonist, efficiently scoring the highest 32 points in the game.

From this perspective, if the Warriors had successfully won the championship that year, Green would have a chance to be crowned FMVP, but unfortunately the Warriors failed in the end and lost the game.

James Worthy (36 points in 1988)

Time retreated to the 1987-88 season. The Showtime combination of the Los Angeles Lakers was quite outstanding, but considering that Jabbar was old, the team's dynasty status was in jeopardy.

On the finals stage, facing the strong resistance of the Piston Bad Kids Legion, which is known for its physical confrontation, both sides entered the tiebreak battle. In the critical seventh game, Worthy, who was usually calm and low-key, broke out completely. She made 15 of 22 shots in the game, scored 36 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists, successfully leading the Lakers to win the last championship in the Showtime era, and Worthy himself was successfully selected as the MVP of the Finals.

LeBron James (37 points in 2013)

Looking back at the 2013 finals, it was full of drama. The Spurs had a chance to win the championship in the sixth game, but because Leonard failed to score the free throw at a critical moment, he was eventually dragged into the tiebreak by Ray Allen's key three-pointer.

And in the final seventh game, James no longer reserved his opponents for his chances, and scored 37 points with full firepower on the offensive end, leading the team to win the championship and winning the FMVP trophy again.

It is particularly worth mentioning that if the time range is enlarged to all years, the highest scorer in the finals tiebreak will be given to Jerry West in 1969, scoring 42 points in the finals tiebreak, and it is still the highest record in NBA history today. In addition, the God of Basketball Michael Jordan unexpectedly missed this list, but this was not a bad period. Jordan never played in the finals tiebreak in his career, and his six championships ended the battle in only six games at most.