highest playoff points in post 2000s season

Between the 1999-00 and 2008-09 seasons, Shaquille O'Neal posted the most points by a big man in a single NBA playoff run, with 707 points in 1999-00.

	NAME	PTS	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	707	1999-00	LAL	23	43.5	30.7	15.4	3.1	0.6	2.4	12.4	22.0	56.6	0.0	0.0		5.9	12.9	45.6	55.6	5.2	10.3	2.4	1,000	355	71	13	55	56	67	+115
2	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	620	2005-06	DAL	23	42.7	27.0	11.7	2.9	1.1	0.6	8.5	18.2	46.8	1.0	2.9	34.3	8.9	10.0	89.5	59.6	2.0	9.6	2.1	983	268	67	25	14	49	64	+108
3	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	593	2002-03	SAS	24	42.5	24.7	15.4	5.3	0.6	3.3	9.1	17.2	52.9	0.0	0.3	0.0	6.5	9.7	67.7	57.7	4.0	11.4	3.2	1,021	369	127	15	79	76	78	+181
4	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	542	2004-05	SAS	23	37.8	23.6	12.4	2.7	0.3	2.3	8.6	18.5	46.4	0.0	0.2	20.0	6.4	8.9	71.7	52.6	3.8	8.7	2.7	869	286	63	8	52	62	66	+73
5	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	541	2001-02	LAL	19	40.8	28.5	12.6	2.8	0.5	2.5	10.7	20.2	52.9	0.0	0.0		7.1	10.9	64.9	56.9	3.5	9.1	3.3	776	239	54	10	48	62	62	+118
6	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	530	2007-08	BOS	26	38.0	20.4	10.5	3.3	1.3	1.1	8.3	16.8	49.5	0.1	0.3	25.0	3.6	4.5	81.0	54.2	2.8	7.8	2.1	987	274	87	35	29	55	74	+186
7	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	487	2000-01	LAL	16	42.3	30.4	15.4	3.2	0.4	2.4	11.9	21.5	55.5	0.0	0.0		6.6	12.5	52.5	56.4	5.7	9.8	3.6	676	247	51	7	38	57	55	+186
8	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	473	2003-04	LAL	22	41.7	21.5	13.2	2.5	0.3	2.8	8.3	14.0	59.3	0.0	0.0		5.0	11.5	42.9	56.5	4.1	9.1	2.5	917	291	55	7	61	55	90	+91
9	Dwight Howard D. Howard	467	2008-09	ORL	23	39.3	20.3	15.3	1.9	0.9	2.6	7.0	11.7	60.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.3	9.9	63.6	63.4	4.3	11.0	2.9	903	353	43	20	60	67	102	+1
10	Rashard Lewis R. Lewis	455	2008-09	ORL	24	41.1	19.0	6.4	2.9	1.0	0.5	6.5	14.5	44.8	2.2	5.5	39.4	3.8	4.8	78.4	57.0	1.2	5.2	2.1	986	153	70	25	13	50	50	+49
11	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	449	2004-05	PHX	15	40.1	29.9	10.7	1.2	0.7	2.0	10.2	18.9	53.9	0.0	0.2	0.0	9.5	12.2	78.1	61.6	4.0	6.7	3.1	601	160	18	10	30	47	59	+21
12	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	444	2006-07	SAS	20	36.8	22.2	11.5	3.3	0.7	3.1	8.7	16.7	52.1	0.0	0.0		4.8	7.5	64.4	55.6	3.7	7.8	3.0	736	229	65	13	62	59	59	+80
13	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	438	2003-04	MIN	18	43.5	24.3	14.6	5.1	1.3	2.3	9.3	20.7	45.2	0.3	0.9	31.3	5.4	6.9	77.6	51.3	2.2	12.4	4.2	783	263	92	24	41	75	57	+40
14	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	430	2002-03	DAL	17	42.5	25.3	11.5	2.2	1.2	0.9	8.8	18.4	47.9	1.6	3.6	44.3	6.1	6.6	91.2	59.3	0.9	10.6	2.4	722	196	37	21	16	40	52	-4
15	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	424	2005-06	MIA	23	33.0	18.4	9.8	1.7	0.5	1.5	7.7	12.7	61.2	0.0	0.0		3.0	7.9	37.4	57.1	3.3	6.5	3.7	759	225	39	11	34	85	84	+25
16	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	420	2008-09	LAL	23	40.5	18.3	10.8	2.5	0.8	2.0	7.0	12.0	58.0	0.0	0.0		4.3	6.1	71.4	62.2	3.0	7.9	1.9	931	249	58	19	45	44	69	+151
17	Shawn Marion S. Marion	407	2005-06	PHX	20	42.5	20.4	11.7	1.6	1.9	1.2	8.2	16.7	48.9	1.1	3.5	31.4	3.0	3.4	88.1	56.1	2.9	8.8	1.1	849	233	31	37	23	22	65	+46
18	Carlos Boozer C. Boozer	400	2006-07	UTA	17	38.5	23.5	12.2	2.9	1.0	0.3	9.5	17.8	53.6	0.0	0.0		4.5	6.1	73.8	57.6	3.2	9.0	3.0	654	207	50	17	5	51	52	+5
19	Chris Webber C. Webber	379	2001-02	SAC	16	41.7	23.7	10.8	4.7	0.9	1.6	10.0	19.9	50.2	0.0	0.3	0.0	3.7	6.2	59.6	52.3	3.1	7.8	2.9	667	173	75	14	25	46	64	+36
20	Kenyon Martin K. Martin	378	2002-03	NJN	20	38.9	18.9	9.4	2.9	1.5	1.6	7.5	16.5	45.3	0.1	0.6	9.1	4.0	5.7	69.3	49.8	2.5	6.9	2.9	777	187	57	29	31	58	92	+84
21	Boris Diaw B. Diaw	374	2005-06	PHX	20	39.8	18.7	6.7	5.2	0.9	1.1	7.6	14.5	52.6	0.2	0.4	42.9	3.4	4.4	76.1	57.1	2.0	4.7	2.8	796	133	104	18	22	55	64	+44
22	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	354	2007-08	LAL	21	39.8	16.9	9.3	4.0	0.5	1.9	6.7	12.7	53.0	0.0	0.0		3.4	5.0	69.2	56.8	2.6	6.7	2.1	836	195	83	11	40	44	60	+82
23	Antoine Walker A. Walker	354	2001-02	BOS	16	43.9	22.1	8.6	3.3	1.5	0.4	8.2	19.9	41.1	2.6	6.8	38.5	3.1	4.0	78.1	51.0	1.4	7.2	3.4	703	138	52	24	6	55	56	+50
24	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	343	2007-08	SAS	17	39.2	20.2	14.5	3.3	0.9	2.1	7.9	17.7	44.9	0.1	0.3	20.0	4.2	6.8	62.6	48.8	3.6	10.9	2.4	666	247	56	15	35	41	41	+1
25	Rasheed Wallace R. Wallace	341	2004-05	DET	25	33.0	13.6	6.9	1.3	1.0	1.8	5.4	12.4	43.9	1.2	3.4	33.7	1.6	2.2	74.1	51.1	1.6	5.4	1.5	826	173	32	26	44	38	95	+118

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