John Havlicek dropped the most points in a 1972 playoff game, with 43 points against the Hawks on March 31, 1972.

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1972 high points by a player in a game playoff

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	43	3/31/1972	BOS	@	ATL	48	6	4	15	26	57.7	13	14	92.9	66.9	2
2	Jim McMillian J. McMillian	42	4/12/1972	LAL	vs	MIL	43	7	2	16	25	64.0	10	14	71.4	67.4	2
3	Lou Hudson L. Hudson	41	3/31/1972	ATL	vs	BOS	46	4	5	15	31	48.4	11	12	91.7	56.5	1
4	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	40	4/12/1972	MIL	@	LAL	48	7	7	18	31	58.1	4	4	100.0	61.1	4
5	Archie Clark A. Clark	38	3/31/1972	BAL	vs	NYK	50	4	5	15	32	46.9	8	8	100.0	53.5	3
6	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	37	4/22/1972	MIL	vs	LAL	48	25	8	16	37	43.2	5	5	100.0	47.2	5
7	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	37	4/9/1972	ATL	vs	BOS	43	7	5	12	23	52.2	13	18	72.2	59.8	5
8	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	37	4/2/1972	ATL	@	BOS	42	9	6	12	28	42.9	13	14	92.9	54.2	5
9	Jerry West J. West	37	3/30/1972	LAL	vs	CHI	40	6	11	13	26	50.0	11	13	84.6	58.3	3
10	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	36	4/13/1972	NYK	@	BOS	42	5	6	14	19	73.7	8	10	80.0	76.9	2
11	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	36	4/4/1972	ATL	vs	BOS	37	1	2	10	15	66.7	16	20	80.0	75.6	4
12	Archie Clark A. Clark	35	4/4/1972	BAL	vs	NYK	45	6	9	12	21	57.1	11	13	84.6	65.5	3
13	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	33	4/14/1972	MIL	vs	LAL	48	21	6	15	37	40.5	3	6	50.0	41.6	4
14	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	33	4/9/1972	MIL	@	LAL	47	18	2	14	26	53.8	5	7	71.4	56.7	5
15	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	32	4/23/1972	BOS	vs	NYK	48	6	3	9	21	42.9	14	16	87.5	57.1	2
16	Jo Jo White J. Jo White	32	4/4/1972	BOS	@	ATL	36	6	4	16	26	61.5	0	0		61.5	2
17	Gail Goodrich G. Goodrich	32	3/30/1972	LAL	vs	CHI	40	2	3	12	22	54.5	8	8	100.0	62.7	2
18	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	32	3/30/1972	GSW	@	MIL	45	18	3	13	24	54.2	6	8	75.0	58.1	0
19	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	32	3/29/1972	BOS	vs	ATL	44	8	10	13	23	56.5	6	8	75.0	60.3	5
20	Gail Goodrich G. Goodrich	32	3/28/1972	LAL	vs	CHI	43	1	7	11	23	47.8	10	10	100.0	58.4	4
21	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	31	5/7/1972	NYK	@	LAL	47	7	10	14	24	58.3	3	6	50.0	58.2	3
22	Gail Goodrich G. Goodrich	31	4/30/1972	LAL	vs	NYK	40	1	5	14	18	77.8	3	4	75.0	78.4	4
23	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	31	4/16/1972	MIL	vs	LAL	41	18	3	14	33	42.4	3	5	60.0	44.0	5
24	Archie Clark A. Clark	31	4/11/1972	BAL	@	NYK	47	3	11	10	17	58.8	11	13	84.6	68.2	3
25	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	31	4/4/1972	MIL	@	GSW	45	11	1	14	22	63.6	3	3	100.0	66.5	5