highest minutes played for a single game in a nba game as 11th season in the playoffs

Dennis Johnson played the most minutes by a player in a playoff game in his 11th playoff, with 53 minutes on the court in Game 2 of the 1988 Eastern Conference Finals versus the Pistons.

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highest minutes played by a player for a single game in a NBA game as 11th season in the playoffs
NAME MIN DATE TM OPP PTS REB AST STL BLK FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 Dennis Johnson
D. Johnson
53
5/26/1988
BOS BOS
vs
DET DET
22
3
10
3
1
8
19
42.1
1
2
50.0
5
6
83.3
50.8
2
1
1
4
2 Gary Payton
G. Payton
51
4/26/2003
MIL MIL
vs
NJN NJN
20
4
14
1
1
8
22
36.4
0
2
0.0
4
5
80.0
41.3
0
4
1
3
+5
3 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
51
5/11/1996
CHI CHI
@
NYK NYK
46
4
2
2
0
17
35
48.6
2
5
40.0
10
13
76.9
56.5
3
1
4
2
4 Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
50
5/12/1996
HOU HOU
vs
SEA SEA
26
6
3
1
0
11
19
57.9
0
1
0.0
4
8
50.0
57.7
3
3
4
5
5 Wes Unseld
W. Unseld
50
5/29/1979
WAS WAS
@
SEA SEA
16
16
4
1
0
8
12
66.7
0
0
66.7
4
12
0
6
6 Karl Malone
K. Malone
49
5/28/1996
UTA UTA
@
SEA SEA
29
15
2
2
0
11
22
50.0
0
0
7
13
53.8
52.3
5
10
1
3
7 Dennis Johnson
D. Johnson
49
6/1/1988
BOS BOS
vs
DET DET
23
4
8
0
1
9
18
50.0
0
3
0.0
5
8
62.5
53.4
3
1
4
5
8 Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
48
6/8/2004
LAL LAL
vs
DET DET
29
7
3
0
1
10
20
50.0
0
0
9
14
64.3
55.4
3
4
3
5
+16
9 Maurice Cheeks
M. Cheeks
48
5/6/1990
NYK NYK
@
BOS BOS
21
3
7
2
0
8
10
80.0
0
0
5
6
83.3
83.1
0
3
4
1
10 John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
48
5/7/1975
BOS BOS
@
WAS WAS
23
6
1
10
24
41.7
3
4
75.0
44.6
3
11 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
48
4/14/1971
LAL LAL
vs
MIL MIL
24
24
3
9
19
47.4
6
12
50.0
49.4
2
12 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
48
4/11/1971
LAL LAL
@
MIL MIL
26
22
0
10
21
47.6
6
8
75.0
53.0
1
13 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
48
4/6/1971
LAL LAL
vs
CHI CHI
25
19
9
7
12
58.3
11
17
64.7
64.2
4
14 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
48
4/4/1971
LAL LAL
@
CHI CHI
13
33
9
4
10
40.0
5
10
50.0
45.1
3
15 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
48
3/28/1971
LAL LAL
@
CHI CHI
8
18
6
3
11
27.3
2
4
50.0
31.3
3
16 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
48
3/26/1971
LAL LAL
vs
CHI CHI
26
20
2
11
19
57.9
4
8
50.0
57.7
2
17 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
48
3/24/1971
LAL LAL
vs
CHI CHI
18
21
3
6
18
33.3
6
9
66.7
41.0
4
18 Bill Russell
B. Russell
48
4/9/1967
BOS BOS
vs
PHI PHI
9
28
5
2
7
28.6
5
9
55.6
41.1
5
19 Bill Russell
B. Russell
48
4/5/1967
BOS BOS
@
PHI PHI
10
29
9
3
13
23.1
4
5
80.0
32.9
2
20 Bill Russell
B. Russell
48
4/2/1967
BOS BOS
vs
PHI PHI
14
24
5
5
14
35.7
4
6
66.7
42.1
3
21 Bill Russell
B. Russell
48
3/25/1967
BOS BOS
@
NYK NYK
15
18
6
5
9
55.6
5
7
71.4
62.1
5
22 Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
47
6/13/2004
LAL LAL
@
DET DET
36
20
2
0
1
16
21
76.2
0
0
4
11
36.4
69.7
3
17
2
4
-8
23 Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
47
4/25/2004
LAL LAL
@
HOU HOU
17
12
3
1
2
7
11
63.6
0
0
3
11
27.3
53.7
2
10
2
5
+7
24 Scottie Pippen
S. Pippen
47
5/13/1998
CHI CHI
vs
CHA CHA
16
8
5
5
1
5
16
31.3
1
5
20.0
5
8
62.5
41.0
2
6
0
0
+11
25 Scottie Pippen
S. Pippen
47
4/24/1998
CHI CHI
vs
NJN NJN
24
7
5
2
1
9
13
69.2
1
1
100.0
5
11
45.5
67.3
2
5
2
3
-2
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for minutes played going back to the 1975 playoffs.

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111.1

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9.4

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36.8

10th

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TEAM W L PCT GB
1
Cavaliers Cavaliers
64
18
.780
2
Celtics Celtics
61
21
.744
3.0
3
Knicks Knicks
51
31
.622
13.0
4
Pacers Pacers
50
32
.610
14.0
5
Bucks Bucks
48
34
.585
16.0
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BOS Celtics

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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
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5
Clippers Clippers
50
32
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Timberwolves Timberwolves
49
33
.598
19.0
Eastern W L PCT GB
1
Cavaliers Cavaliers
64
18
.780
2
Celtics Celtics
61
21
.744
3.0
3
Knicks Knicks
51
31
.622
13.0
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Pacers Pacers
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32
.610
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Bucks Bucks
48
34
.585
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Pistons Pistons
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38
.537
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Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
3/29
ATL ATL
@
MIL MIL
145-124
Sat
3/29
CHA CHA
@
NOP NOP
94-98
Sat
3/29
TOR TOR
@
PHI PHI
127-109
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3/29
HOU HOU
@
PHX PHX
148-109
Sun
3/30
SAC SAC
@
IND IND
109-111

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
6/5
IND IND
@
OKC OKC
8:30 PM
Sun
6/8
IND IND
@
OKC OKC
8:00 PM
Wed
6/11
OKC OKC
@
IND IND
8:30 PM
Fri
6/13
OKC OKC
@
IND IND
8:30 PM
Mon
6/16
IND IND
@
OKC OKC
8:30 PM