highest field goal attempt for a single game in a nba game as 8th season in the playoffs

Russell Westbrook had the most shot attempts by a player in a playoff game in his 8th playoff, with 43 attempts in Game 6 of the 2018 First Round versus the Jazz.

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highest field goal attempt by a player for a single game in a NBA game as 8th season in the playoffs
NAME FGA DATE TM OPP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FGM FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
43
4/27/2018
OKC OKC
@
UTA UTA
44
46
10
5
2
0
18
41.9
7
19
36.8
3
6
50.0
50.4
1
9
5
3
-1
2 Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
39
4/25/2018
OKC OKC
vs
UTA UTA
44
45
15
7
0
0
17
43.6
5
9
55.6
6
6
100.0
54.0
3
12
5
3
+10
3 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
34
4/24/1992
CHI CHI
vs
MIA MIA
41
46
11
9
3
1
21
61.8
0
0
4
4
100.0
64.3
1
10
5
4
4 Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
34
4/29/1979
WAS WAS
vs
ATL ATL
48
39
15
0
3
17
50.0
5
10
50.0
50.8
2
3
5 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
33
5/25/1992
CHI CHI
@
CLE CLE
44
35
5
6
3
0
15
45.5
1
3
33.3
4
5
80.0
49.7
2
3
5
3
6 Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
32
5/6/2001
LAL LAL
vs
SAC SAC
44
44
21
4
0
7
17
53.1
0
0
10
19
52.6
54.5
11
10
2
3
+3
7 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
32
6/5/1992
CHI CHI
vs
POR POR
50
39
5
10
1
0
16
50.0
0
4
0.0
7
9
77.8
54.2
1
4
5
5
8 Sam Jones
S. Jones
32
4/6/1965
BOS BOS
@
PHI PHI
42
40
6
3
16
50.0
8
8
100.0
56.3
3
9 Damian Lillard
D. Lillard
31
5/27/2021
POR POR
vs
DEN DEN
40
37
2
5
2
0
15
48.4
5
16
31.3
2
2
100.0
58.0
0
2
1
3
-6
10 Paul Millsap
P. Millsap
31
4/24/2016
ATL ATL
@
BOS BOS
46
45
13
3
2
4
19
61.3
3
6
50.0
4
6
66.7
66.9
5
8
3
5
+2
11 Charles Barkley
C. Barkley
31
5/4/1994
PHX PHX
@
GSW GSW
41
56
14
4
3
1
23
74.2
3
4
75.0
7
9
77.8
80.1
5
9
2
2
12 Dominique Wilkins
D. Wilkins
31
5/2/1993
ATL ATL
@
CHI CHI
43
37
8
5
1
0
13
41.9
1
4
25.0
10
12
83.3
51.0
7
1
1
2
13 Bob Dandridge
B. Dandridge
31
5/18/1979
WAS WAS
vs
SAS SAS
45
37
9
5
1
0
16
51.6
5
8
62.5
53.6
3
4
14 Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
31
4/24/1966
LAL LAL
@
BOS BOS
46
41
16
2
13
41.9
15
17
88.2
53.3
1
15 Sam Jones
S. Jones
31
4/15/1965
BOS BOS
vs
PHI PHI
48
37
2
1
15
48.4
7
9
77.8
52.9
3
16 Sam Jones
S. Jones
31
4/9/1965
BOS BOS
@
PHI PHI
49
36
5
4
15
48.4
6
7
85.7
52.8
3
17 Paul Arizin
P. Arizin
31
3/19/1962
PHI PHI
vs
SYR SYR
24
6
2
11
35.5
2
3
66.7
37.1
3
18 Donovan Mitchell
D. Mitchell
30
5/6/2025
CLE CLE
vs
IND IND
36
48
5
9
4
1
15
50.0
1
7
14.3
17
21
81.0
61.2
2
3
5
4
+13
19 Donovan Mitchell
D. Mitchell
30
5/4/2025
CLE CLE
vs
IND IND
34
33
5
4
1
0
13
43.3
1
11
9.1
6
9
66.7
48.6
0
5
0
2
-19
20 Carmelo Anthony
C. Anthony
30
4/19/2011
NYK NYK
@
BOS BOS
44
42
17
6
0
2
14
46.7
4
8
50.0
10
11
90.9
60.3
5
12
1
5
-5
21 Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
30
4/18/2004
MIN MIN
vs
DEN DEN
36
30
20
4
1
2
13
43.3
0
0
4
6
66.7
46.0
4
16
5
5
+32
22 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
30
4/29/1992
CHI CHI
@
MIA MIA
43
56
5
5
4
2
20
66.7
0
0
16
18
88.9
73.8
1
4
2
3
23 Alex English
A. English
30
5/17/1988
DEN DEN
vs
DAL DAL
42
30
8
6
1
0
15
50.0
0
0
0
2
0.0
48.6
4
4
1
3
24 Alex English
A. English
30
4/29/1988
DEN DEN
vs
SEA SEA
43
28
7
2
2
1
12
40.0
0
0
4
4
100.0
44.1
6
1
1
2
25 Bill Sharman
B. Sharman
30
4/9/1959
BOS BOS
@
MIN MIN
41
29
2
14
46.7
1
2
50.0
47.0
3
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for field-goal attempts going back to the 1963 playoffs.

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TEAM W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
4
Nuggets Nuggets
50
32
.610
18.0
5
Clippers Clippers
50
32
.610
18.0
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
5/20
MIN MIN
@
OKC OKC
8:30 PM
Thu
5/22
MIN MIN
@
OKC OKC
8:30 PM
Sat
5/24
OKC OKC
@
MIN MIN
8:30 PM
Mon
5/26
OKC OKC
@
MIN MIN
8:30 PM
Wed
5/28
MIN MIN
@
OKC OKC
8:30 PM
Last Game
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125

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93

DEN Nuggets

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Western W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
4
Nuggets Nuggets
50
32
.610
18.0
5
Clippers Clippers
50
32
.610
18.0
6
Timberwolves Timberwolves
49
33
.598
19.0
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1
Cavaliers Cavaliers
64
18
.780
2
Celtics Celtics
61
21
.744
3.0
3
Knicks Knicks
51
31
.622
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Pacers Pacers
50
32
.610
14.0
5
Bucks Bucks
48
34
.585
16.0
6
Pistons Pistons
44
38
.537
20.0

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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Fri
3/28
SAC SAC
@
ORL ORL
91-121
Fri
3/28
BKN BKN
@
WAS WAS
115-112
Fri
3/28
MIA MIA
@
PHI PHI
118-95
Fri
3/28
DAL DAL
@
CHI CHI
120-119
Fri
3/28
LAL LAL
@
MEM MEM
134-127

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
5/20
MIN MIN
@
OKC OKC
8:30 PM
Wed
5/21
IND IND
@
NYK NYK
8:00 PM
Thu
5/22
MIN MIN
@
OKC OKC
8:30 PM
Fri
5/23
IND IND
@
NYK NYK
8:00 PM
Sat
5/24
OKC OKC
@
MIN MIN
8:30 PM