highest minutes played for a single game in a nba game as 3rd season in the playoffs

Bob Cousy played the most minutes by a player in a playoff game in his 3rd playoff, with 66 minutes on the court in Game 2 of the 1953 Division Semifinals against the Syracuse Nationals.

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highest minutes played by a player for a single game in a NBA game as 3rd 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 Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
66
3/21/1953
BOS BOS
vs
SYR SYR
50
3
2
10
22
45.5
30
32
93.8
69.3
5
2 Ed Macauley
E. Macauley
63
3/21/1953
BOS BOS
vs
SYR SYR
18
15
5
4
10
40.0
10
10
100.0
62.5
6
3 John Salmons
J. Salmons
60
4/30/2009
CHI CHI
vs
BOS BOS
35
6
4
0
0
13
22
59.1
5
9
55.6
4
4
100.0
73.7
2
4
2
3
+4
4 Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
58
5/10/2003
DAL DAL
@
SAC SAC
25
20
2
1
1
9
21
42.9
1
3
33.3
6
6
100.0
52.9
2
18
2
5
+4
5 Walt Bellamy
W. Bellamy
58
3/27/1968
NYK NYK
@
PHI PHI
22
19
5
10
24
41.7
2
7
28.6
40.6
5
6 Michael Finley
M. Finley
56
5/10/2003
DAL DAL
@
SAC SAC
20
4
3
1
0
7
18
38.9
5
10
50.0
1
2
50.0
53.0
1
3
1
3
+1
7 Kelly Tripucka
K. Tripucka
56
4/25/1986
DET DET
vs
ATL ATL
24
8
0
0
1
11
27
40.7
0
0
2
2
100.0
43.0
4
4
7
3
8 Zach Randolph
Z. Randolph
56
5/9/2011
MEM MEM
vs
OKC OKC
34
16
3
1
1
9
25
36.0
0
0
16
17
94.1
52.3
8
8
5
3
-5
9 Vince Carter
V. Carter
55
4/28/2005
NJN NJN
vs
MIA MIA
36
9
10
3
0
15
37
40.5
2
9
22.2
4
6
66.7
45.4
3
6
7
5
0
10 Walt Frazier
W. Frazier
55
3/26/1970
NYK NYK
vs
BAL BAL
16
11
8
7
20
35.0
2
3
66.7
37.5
4
11 Jo Jo White
J. Jo White
54
5/10/1974
BOS BOS
vs
MIL MIL
18
4
11
2
0
7
21
33.3
4
5
80.0
38.8
1
3
2
12 Jimmy Butler III
J. Butler III
53
4/22/2014
CHI CHI
vs
WAS WAS
6
7
2
1
0
2
9
22.2
0
3
0.0
2
2
100.0
30.4
1
6
0
4
-2
13 Richard Jefferson
R. Jefferson
53
5/14/2004
NJN NJN
@
DET DET
31
11
4
2
2
8
15
53.3
2
5
40.0
13
18
72.2
67.6
1
10
6
5
+9
14 Stephon Marbury
S. Marbury
53
4/19/2003
PHX PHX
@
SAS SAS
26
2
6
2
0
9
28
32.1
1
4
25.0
7
8
87.5
41.2
0
2
2
5
+1
15 Shawn Marion
S. Marion
53
4/19/2003
PHX PHX
@
SAS SAS
24
12
3
1
3
8
19
42.1
2
6
33.3
6
7
85.7
54.3
5
7
3
3
+1
16 Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
53
5/14/1987
HOU HOU
@
SEA SEA
49
25
2
2
6
19
33
57.6
0
0
11
13
84.6
63.3
11
14
2
4
17 Isiah Thomas
I. Thomas
53
4/25/1986
DET DET
vs
ATL ATL
30
10
12
1
0
13
29
44.8
0
1
0.0
4
9
44.4
45.5
2
8
3
4
18 Dominique Wilkins
D. Wilkins
53
4/25/1986
ATL ATL
@
DET DET
38
8
1
1
0
17
37
45.9
0
1
0.0
4
5
80.0
48.5
5
3
2
2
19 Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
53
4/5/1974
CAP CAP
vs
NYK NYK
20
17
4
8
18
44.4
4
4
100.0
50.6
3
20 Woody Sauldsberry
W. Sauldsberry
53
3/29/1961
STL STL
@
LAL LAL
26
10
13
27
48.1
0
0
48.1
5
21 Baron Davis
B. Davis
52
4/27/2002
CHA CHA
@
ORL ORL
33
14
10
2
0
12
29
41.4
3
9
33.3
6
8
75.0
50.7
4
10
0
2
+14
22 Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
52
6/6/2001
PHI PHI
@
LAL LAL
48
5
6
5
0
18
41
43.9
3
8
37.5
9
9
100.0
53.4
2
3
3
0
+6
23 Bill Laimbeer
B. Laimbeer
52
4/25/1986
DET DET
vs
ATL ATL
27
13
0
0
3
9
23
39.1
0
0
9
11
81.8
48.5
6
7
3
6
24 Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
52
4/18/1976
BUF BUF
@
PHI PHI
34
22
4
12
28
42.9
10
11
90.9
51.8
4
25 Randy Smith
R. Smith
52
4/18/1976
BUF BUF
@
PHI PHI
27
6
11
0
9
19
47.4
9
12
75.0
55.6
4
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for minutes played going back to the 1975 playoffs.

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