highest minutes played for a single game in a nba game as 7th season in the playoffs

Bob Cousy played the most minutes by a player in a playoff game in his 7th playoff, with 58 minutes on the court in Game 7 of the 1957 NBA Finals versus the St. Louis Hawks.

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highest minutes played by a player for a single game in a NBA game as 7th 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
58
4/13/1957
BOS BOS
vs
STL STL
12
3
11
2
20
10.0
8
10
80.0
24.6
4
2 Kevin McHale
K. McHale
56
5/10/1987
BOS BOS
@
MIL MIL
34
11
2
1
4
15
25
60.0
0
0
4
5
80.0
62.5
6
5
3
4
3 Larry Bird
L. Bird
56
4/20/1986
BOS BOS
vs
CHI CHI
36
12
8
1
2
14
27
51.9
2
5
40.0
6
7
85.7
59.8
4
8
4
5
4 Robert Reid
R. Reid
54
5/14/1987
HOU HOU
@
SEA SEA
18
4
12
1
1
8
25
32.0
0
1
0.0
2
2
100.0
34.8
0
4
3
5
5 Chauncey Billups
C. Billups
53
5/31/2007
DET DET
vs
CLE CLE
21
7
4
0
0
6
13
46.2
3
7
42.9
6
9
66.7
61.9
0
7
1
2
+5
6 Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
53
5/12/2003
NJN NJN
@
BOS BOS
29
10
8
2
0
9
24
37.5
5
10
50.0
6
9
66.7
51.9
1
9
6
1
+8
7 Gary Payton
G. Payton
53
5/1/1997
SEA SEA
@
PHX PHX
28
7
14
2
1
9
20
45.0
5
11
45.5
5
6
83.3
61.8
2
5
3
2
+7
8 Charles Barkley
C. Barkley
53
6/13/1993
PHX PHX
@
CHI CHI
24
19
4
1
1
9
20
45.0
1
1
100.0
5
9
55.6
50.1
2
17
2
5
9 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
53
4/14/1967
PHI PHI
vs
SFW SFW
16
33
10
6
8
75.0
4
9
44.4
66.9
2
10 Kawhi Leonard
K. Leonard
52
5/19/2019
TOR TOR
vs
MIL MIL
36
9
5
2
1
11
25
44.0
2
4
50.0
12
13
92.3
58.6
2
7
5
2
+10
11 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
52
6/7/1991
CHI CHI
@
LAL LAL
29
9
9
4
2
11
28
39.3
1
1
100.0
6
6
100.0
47.3
4
5
3
5
12 Tony Parker
T. Parker
51
4/19/2008
SAS SAS
vs
PHX PHX
26
2
5
1
0
11
20
55.0
1
1
100.0
3
4
75.0
59.7
0
2
2
6
+2
13 Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
51
4/24/2003
LAL LAL
vs
MIN MIN
30
7
6
1
0
10
28
35.7
1
5
20.0
9
10
90.0
46.3
3
4
6
1
-3
14 Karl Malone
K. Malone
51
5/26/1992
UTA UTA
@
POR POR
38
14
0
2
1
16
30
53.3
0
0
6
6
100.0
58.2
4
10
3
3
15 Terry Porter
T. Porter
51
5/11/1992
POR POR
@
PHX PHX
31
6
14
0
0
10
16
62.5
1
3
33.3
10
15
66.7
68.6
0
6
1
4
16 Dave DeBusschere
D. DeBusschere
51
4/22/1973
NYK NYK
vs
BOS BOS
22
10
3
8
17
47.1
6
6
100.0
56.0
3
17 Carlos Boozer
C. Boozer
50
4/27/2013
CHI CHI
vs
BKN BKN
21
8
2
1
0
10
16
62.5
0
0
1
2
50.0
62.2
1
7
1
5
+18
18 Steve Nash
S. Nash
50
5/20/2005
PHX PHX
@
DAL DAL
39
9
12
0
1
14
24
58.3
5
8
62.5
6
6
100.0
73.2
5
4
4
5
+9
19 Jermaine O'Neal
J. O'Neal
50
4/29/2003
IND IND
vs
BOS BOS
19
22
1
1
3
7
16
43.8
0
0
5
7
71.4
49.8
3
19
3
3
+9
20 Dennis Johnson
D. Johnson
50
6/6/1984
BOS BOS
@
LAL LAL
22
2
14
0
0
9
23
39.1
0
0
4
4
100.0
44.4
2
0
2
4
21 Bob Dandridge
B. Dandridge
50
5/30/1978
WAS WAS
@
SEA SEA
23
5
7
1
2
8
20
40.0
7
10
70.0
47.1
1
4
1
5
22 Hal Greer
H. Greer
50
4/9/1965
PHI PHI
vs
BOS BOS
27
8
3
11
21
52.4
5
6
83.3
57.1
2
23 Tobias Harris
T. Harris
49
4/30/2024
PHI PHI
@
NYK NYK
19
8
1
0
1
7
11
63.6
3
6
50.0
2
2
100.0
80.0
2
6
0
2
+11
24 Patrick Ewing
P. Ewing
49
5/4/1994
NYK NYK
@
NJN NJN
27
14
3
3
5
10
24
41.7
0
0
7
12
58.3
46.1
3
11
5
5
25 Terry Porter
T. Porter
49
6/5/1992
POR POR
@
CHI CHI
24
1
3
1
1
8
17
47.1
1
5
20.0
7
9
77.8
57.3
0
1
3
1
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for minutes played going back to the 1975 playoffs.

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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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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
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5
Clippers Clippers
50
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Timberwolves Timberwolves
49
33
.598
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Eastern W L PCT GB
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Cavaliers Cavaliers
64
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2
Celtics Celtics
61
21
.744
3.0
3
Knicks Knicks
51
31
.622
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Pacers Pacers
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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
3/29
ATL ATL
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MIL MIL
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Sat
3/29
CHA CHA
@
NOP NOP
94-98
Sat
3/29
TOR TOR
@
PHI PHI
127-109
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HOU HOU
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PHX PHX
148-109
Sun
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SAC SAC
@
IND IND
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
6/5
IND IND
@
OKC OKC
8:30 PM
Sun
6/8
IND IND
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OKC OKC
8:00 PM
Wed
6/11
OKC OKC
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IND IND
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Fri
6/13
OKC OKC
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IND IND
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6/16
IND IND
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OKC OKC
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