how many nba players have scored 30 or more points in a half in the playoffs

Damian Lillard had 34 points in the playoffs in the first half in Game 5 of the 2019 First Round versus the Thunder on April 23, 2019.

	NAME	HALF	DATE	PTS	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	1H	4/23/2019	34	POR	vs	OKC	24	3	0	1	1	12	18	66.7	6	9	66.7	4	6	66.7	82.4	2	1	4	1	+1
2	Kevin Durant K. Durant	1H	4/26/2019	38	GSW	@	LAC	23	4	3	1	0	12	17	70.6	4	8	50.0	10	10	100.0	88.8	0	4	1	1	+20
3	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	1H	5/24/2021	32	POR	@	DEN	22	2	4	0	1	9	15	60.0	8	11	72.7	6	6	100.0	90.7	0	2	3	1	-5
4	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	1H	5/25/2021	30	LAC	vs	DAL	21	2	2	2	0	10	14	71.4	3	4	75.0	7	8	87.5	85.6	1	1	1	1	0
5	Devin Booker D. Booker	1H	6/3/2021	33	PHX	@	LAL	22	6	1	0	0	11	16	68.8	7	8	87.5	4	4	100.0	92.9	0	6	0	2	+18
6	Devin Booker D. Booker	1H	4/19/2022	31	PHX	vs	NOP	17	2	1	0	0	12	18	66.7	7	10	70.0	0	0		86.1	1	1	2	2	+2
7	Jamal Murray J. Murray	1H	5/20/2023	30	DEN	@	LAL	21	4	1	1	0	13	20	65.0	4	8	50.0	0	0		75.0	0	4	1	1	+9
8	LeBron James L. James	1H	5/22/2023	31	LAL	vs	DEN	24	4	4	2	0	11	13	84.6	4	4	100.0	5	5	100.0	102.0	1	3	1	1	+14
9	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	1H	4/21/2024	35	MIL	vs	IND	19	3	2	0	0	11	19	57.9	6	10	60.0	7	7	100.0	79.3	0	3	1	0	+16
10	James Harden J. Harden	2H	5/25/2015	33	HOU	vs	GSW		6	4	1	0	10	15	66.7	5	8	62.5	8	9	88.9	87.0	1	5	2	1
11	James Harden J. Harden	2H	5/5/2017	30	HOU	vs	SAS	21	1	2	1	0	10	16	62.5	4	8	50.0	6	7	85.7	78.6	1	0	2	2	-10
12	Anthony Davis A. Davis	2H	4/21/2018	33	NOP	vs	POR	22	9	0	0	1	10	17	58.8	2	4	50.0	11	12	91.7	74.1	4	5	0	1	+13
13	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	2H	4/25/2018	33	OKC	vs	UTA	24	11	4	0	0	12	23	52.2	5	7	71.4	4	4	100.0	66.6	3	8	2	2	+23
14	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	2H	4/27/2018	31	OKC	@	UTA	24	5	2	1	0	11	28	39.3	6	15	40.0	3	5	60.0	51.3	1	4	3	2	-5
15	Stephen Curry S. Curry	2H	5/10/2019	33	GSW	@	HOU	22	3	2	0	0	9	15	60.0	4	9	44.4	11	11	100.0	83.2	0	3	2	1	+4
16	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	2H	8/17/2020	32	UTA	@	DEN	20	3	4	0	0	11	15	73.3	2	5	40.0	8	8	100.0	86.4	1	2	1	0	+5
17	Jamal Murray J. Murray	2H	8/23/2020	32	DEN	@	UTA	23	7	2	0	1	12	19	63.2	6	10	60.0	2	2	100.0	80.5	2	5	0	1	-2
18	Jamal Murray J. Murray	2H	8/25/2020	33	DEN	vs	UTA	24	5	5	1	0	14	18	77.8	3	4	75.0	2	2	100.0	87.4	2	3	0	0	+19
19	Anthony Davis A. Davis	2H	8/29/2020	31	LAL	vs	POR	18	6	1	0	0	9	10	90.0	3	4	75.0	10	12	83.3	101.4	2	4	0	0	+20
20	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	2H	8/30/2020	30	UTA	vs	DEN	22	6	3	1	0	10	17	58.8	7	10	70.0	3	3	100.0	81.9	2	4	2	1	-1
21	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	2H	6/8/2021	32	UTA	vs	LAC	21	2	3	0	1	11	16	68.8	4	7	57.1	6	7	85.7	83.9	0	2	2	0	+18
22	Kevin Durant K. Durant	2H	6/15/2021	31	BKN	vs	MIL	24	8	7	1	0	10	13	76.9	3	5	60.0	8	9	88.9	91.4	0	8	0	1	+22
23	Paul George P. George	2H	6/28/2021	30	LAC	@	PHX	20	9	2	3	0	10	12	83.3	3	4	75.0	7	7	100.0	99.5	0	9	4	1	+13
24	Chris Paul C. Paul	2H	6/30/2021	31	PHX	@	LAC	19	2	4	2	0	12	16	75.0	5	5	100.0	2	3	66.7	89.5	0	2	0	3	+22
25	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	2H	7/8/2021	30	MIL	@	PHX	22	4	3	0	2	10	12	83.3	1	3	33.3	9	14	64.3	82.6	2	2	3	4	+9

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