John Havlicek scored the most points in a 1973 playoff game, with 54 points versus the Hawks on April 1, 1973.

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1973 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	54	4/1/1973	BOS	vs	ATL	48	9	6	24	36	66.7	6	6	100.0	69.9	2
2	Gail Goodrich G. Goodrich	44	4/25/1973	LAL	vs	GSW	36	3	8	19	26	73.1	6	7	85.7	75.7	3
3	Bob Love B. Love	38	4/8/1973	CHI	vs	LAL	48	13	6	16	25	64.0	6	9	66.7	65.6	3
4	Rick Barry R. Barry	38	4/7/1973	GSW	vs	MIL	37	8	3	14	28	50.0	10	11	90.9	57.9	5
5	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	37	4/22/1973	NYK	vs	BOS	57	9	4	15	30	50.0	7	12	58.3	52.4	5
6	Jim McMillian J. McMillian	37	4/17/1973	LAL	vs	GSW	43	6	0	14	28	50.0	9	11	81.8	56.3	3
7	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	37	4/8/1973	ATL	vs	BOS	42	7	5	16	34	47.1	5	5	100.0	51.1	4
8	Lou Hudson L. Hudson	37	4/6/1973	ATL	@	BOS	41	9	5	17	31	54.8	3	3	100.0	57.2	2
9	Jerry West J. West	36	4/19/1973	LAL	vs	GSW	38	1	6	14	25	56.0	8	8	100.0	63.1	3
10	Jerry West J. West	36	4/10/1973	LAL	vs	CHI	44	6	11	14	25	56.0	8	10	80.0	61.2	3
11	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	36	4/4/1973	BAL	vs	NYK	48	14	0	16	26	61.5	4	6	66.7	62.8	2
12	Lou Hudson L. Hudson	35	4/13/1973	ATL	vs	BOS	46	8	2	14	29	48.3	7	9	77.8	53.1	2
13	Jo Jo White J. Jo White	34	4/22/1973	BOS	@	NYK	46	7	6	12	31	38.7	10	10	100.0	48.0	6
14	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	34	4/11/1973	ATL	@	BOS	42	7	5	12	32	37.5	10	13	76.9	45.1	4
15	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	34	4/6/1973	BAL	vs	NYK	47	13	2	13	22	59.1	8	9	88.9	65.5	3
16	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	34	4/5/1973	MIL	@	GSW	44	2	8	13	17	76.5	8	9	88.9	81.1	4
17	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	34	4/4/1973	ATL	vs	BOS	42	3	10	14	27	51.9	6	8	75.0	55.7	4
18	Jo Jo White J. Jo White	34	4/1/1973	BOS	vs	ATL	46	3	10	15	24	62.5	4	5	80.0	64.9	2
19	Dave DeBusschere D. DeBusschere	33	5/8/1973	NYK	vs	LAL	44	14	2	13	21	61.9	7	8	87.5	67.3	4
20	Cazzie Russell C. Russell	33	4/23/1973	GSW	vs	LAL	28	4	3	15	25	60.0	3	3	100.0	62.7	4
21	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	33	4/22/1973	BOS	@	NYK	55	14	2	14	29	48.3	5	7	71.4	51.4	6
22	Jo Jo White J. Jo White	33	4/13/1973	BOS	@	ATL	45	1	7	16	29	55.2	1	2	50.0	55.2	3
23	Gail Goodrich G. Goodrich	33	4/1/1973	LAL	vs	CHI	33	4	4	15	23	65.2	3	4	75.0	66.6	1
24	Jerry West J. West	32	5/3/1973	LAL	vs	NYK	40	5	5	12	21	57.1	8	11	72.7	61.9	4
25	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	32	4/25/1973	BOS	vs	NYK	48	16	3	14	30	46.7	4	6	66.7	49.0	3