highest scoring games by lebron in playoffs

LeBron James scored his most points in a playoff game in Game 1 of the 2018 NBA Finals against the Warriors, with 51 points.

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	51	5/31/2018	CLE	@	GSW	48	8	8	1	1	19	32	59.4	3	7	42.9	10	11	90.9	69.2	4	4	5	2	-13
2	LeBron James L. James	49	5/12/2014	MIA	@	BKN	43	6	2	3	0	16	24	66.7	3	6	50.0	14	19	73.7	75.7	0	6	1	5	+13
3	LeBron James L. James	49	5/20/2009	CLE	vs	ORL	41	6	8	2	3	20	30	66.7	3	6	50.0	6	10	60.0	71.2	3	3	2	1	+7
4	LeBron James L. James	48	5/31/2007	CLE	@	DET	50	9	7	2	0	18	33	54.5	2	3	66.7	10	14	71.4	61.3	3	6	2	3	+2
5	LeBron James L. James	47	5/9/2009	CLE	@	ATL	43	12	8	1	1	15	25	60.0	5	10	50.0	12	16	75.0	73.3	2	10	1	2	+26
6	LeBron James L. James	46	5/25/2018	CLE	vs	BOS	46	11	9	3	1	17	33	51.5	5	7	71.4	7	11	63.6	60.8	3	8	3	2	+15
7	LeBron James L. James	46	4/18/2018	CLE	vs	IND	40	12	5	2	0	17	24	70.8	2	5	40.0	10	13	76.9	77.4	1	11	3	1	+7
8	LeBron James L. James	45	4/29/2018	CLE	vs	IND	43	8	7	4	0	16	25	64.0	2	3	66.7	11	15	73.3	71.2	2	6	4	4	-2
9	LeBron James L. James	45	6/7/2012	MIA	@	BOS	45	15	5	0	0	19	26	73.1	2	4	50.0	5	9	55.6	75.1	2	13	4	3	+22
10	LeBron James L. James	45	5/18/2008	CLE	@	BOS	47	5	6	2	0	14	29	48.3	3	11	27.3	14	19	73.7	60.2	1	4	2	4	0
11	LeBron James L. James	45	5/3/2006	CLE	vs	WAS	46	7	6	2	0	14	23	60.9	0	1	0.0	17	18	94.4	72.8	5	2	4	5	-4
12	LeBron James L. James	44	5/21/2018	CLE	vs	BOS	42	5	3	2	0	17	28	60.7	1	4	25.0	9	13	69.2	65.2	1	4	7	3	+9
13	LeBron James L. James	44	4/25/2018	CLE	vs	IND	42	10	8	1	1	14	24	58.3	1	4	25.0	15	15	100.0	71.9	3	7	5	3	+2
14	LeBron James L. James	44	6/4/2015	CLE	@	GSW	46	8	6	0	0	18	38	47.4	2	8	25.0	6	10	60.0	51.9	0	8	4	2	-3
15	LeBron James L. James	44	5/26/2009	CLE	@	ORL	49	12	7	1	1	13	29	44.8	4	10	40.0	14	18	77.8	59.6	1	11	8	5	+6
16	LeBron James L. James	43	5/3/2018	CLE	@	TOR	41	8	14	1	0	19	28	67.9	1	3	33.3	4	8	50.0	68.2	1	7	1	1	+20
17	LeBron James L. James	42	5/15/2018	CLE	@	BOS	39	10	12	0	1	16	29	55.2	5	11	45.5	5	10	50.0	62.9	1	9	6	3	-9
18	LeBron James L. James	41	6/12/2017	CLE	@	GSW	46	13	8	2	1	19	30	63.3	2	5	40.0	1	4	25.0	64.5	2	11	2	3	-13
19	LeBron James L. James	41	4/20/2017	CLE	@	IND	45	13	12	1	2	14	27	51.9	6	12	50.0	7	14	50.0	61.8	1	12	3	4	+13
20	LeBron James L. James	41	6/16/2016	CLE	vs	GSW	43	8	11	4	3	16	27	59.3	3	6	50.0	6	8	75.0	67.2	2	6	1	3	+26
21	LeBron James L. James	41	6/13/2016	CLE	@	GSW	43	16	7	3	3	16	30	53.3	4	8	50.0	5	8	62.5	61.2	4	12	2	1	+13
22	LeBron James L. James	41	5/24/2009	CLE	@	ORL	42	7	9	2	1	11	28	39.3	1	8	12.5	18	24	75.0	53.2	0	7	2	3	-12
23	LeBron James L. James	41	4/28/2006	CLE	@	WAS	48	5	3	2	0	16	28	57.1	3	5	60.0	6	9	66.7	64.1	1	4	4	3	+1
24	LeBron James L. James	40	5/22/2023	LAL	vs	DEN	48	10	9	2	0	15	25	60.0	4	7	57.1	6	7	85.7	71.2	2	8	1	1	-2
25	LeBron James L. James	40	10/9/2020	LAL	vs	MIA	42	13	7	3	0	15	21	71.4	6	9	66.7	4	6	66.7	84.6	3	10	4	1	+7

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