Who is the highest scorer in the finals in the past 40 years? Two James won the top two!

The finals tiebreak is a test or even a torment for both sides, from body to mind, and it takes strong strength to get high scores in this battle. So who is the player with the highest score in the finals tiebreak in the past 40 years? This column will help you understand.

Fifth place: 2016 Irving 26 points

Irving is not the kind of ball-holding core with comprehensive skills. He is more like a scoring sharp knife in style. In 2016, the Cavaliers have the most suitable system for Irving: James is the ball-holding core and offensive initiator in the team to control the team's rhythm, and all Irving has to do is to send the basketball into the basket in various ways. In the 2016 Finals, he cooperated with the increasingly skilled Zhan and European combination to play seven games with the Warriors who won 73 games in the regular season. In the seventh game, Irving's scoring skills and big heart became important factors that determine the direction of the game. He scored 26 points in the inside and outside shots, helping the Cavaliers win the first championship trophy in team history.

4th place: 2016 James 27 points

Because the way he left the Cavaliers for the first time was controversial, when James returned to Cleveland in the summer of 2014, he promised to bring a championship to the team. After returning to the Cavaliers' first season and failed to enter the Finals, James once again led the Cavaliers to meet the Warriors in the Finals in 2016. Because the Warriors created the best record in the league in the regular season this year, the Cavaliers were seen as another stepping stone to win the Warriors. However, in the finals this year, James showed historic resilience and tightened his opponent on both offense and defense. In the tiebreak battle, James scored the highest 27 points in the team and broke through the Warriors' carefully arranged defense line, and eventually realized the team's dream of winning.

Third place: 2016 Dream Chasing Green 32 points

In most of the time, Green appeared as a "scoring difficult household", but in the 2015-2016 season, Green's scoring was also enlightened. Green averaged points per game, shooting shots per game and shooting per game, and hits per game were both career highs. In the finals, Curry and Thompson were both guarded and defended hard, he became the team's number one attacking arrow and scored a game-high 32 points. It can be said that if the Warriors became the champion that year, then Dream Chasing Green would be very likely to be crowned the FMVP of the season, but all this could not be achieved as the Warriors lost the game.

Second: 1988 James Worthy 36 points

Although the Lakers' showtime star lineup still looks glamorous, Jabbar's aging still makes their "throne" seem a little crumbling. In the finals that year, the Lakers met with the Bad Boys Army Corps in Detroit. The industrial temperament and physical confrontation of Auto City made the Lakers seem a little overwhelmed. Under the leadership of Isaiah Thomas, the Pistons stubbornly fought with the Lakers to a tiebreak battle. In Game 7 of the series, James Worthy, who had always seemed dull and low-key, became the dominant player of the game. Worthy made 15 of 22 shots and scored 36 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists to help the Lakers win the last championship of the showtime era. He himself was awarded the Most Valuable Player in the Finals.

First place: James in 2013 37 points

The 2013 finals process was very dramatic: the Spurs, who could have ended the game in six games, were finally dragged into the tiebreak by the Heat due to various factors such as Leonard's free throw missed Ray Allen's magical three-pointer. In the seventh game, James did not give his opponent any chance. He scored 37 points and took away the two honors of the championship and FMVP.

If the time is relaxed to all years in history, West's 42 points in 1969 was the highest record in the finals, but it was too long. It is worth mentioning that the God of Basketball Jordan has never played in the finals tiebreaker, and all his finals journeys have only 6 games at most to win the championship.