isiah thomas most points in a playoff game

Isiah Thomas posted his most points in a playoff game in Game 6 of the 1988 NBA Finals against the Lakers, with 43 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	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	43	6/19/1988	DET	@	LAL	44	3	8	6	1	18	32	56.3	2	3	66.7	5	7	71.4	61.3	1	2	5	4
2	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	37	5/10/1985	DET	vs	BOS	45	12	9	0	0	12	28	42.9	0	2	0.0	13	17	76.5	52.1	6	6	5	5
3	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	36	5/26/1990	DET	@	CHI	43	5	8	4	0	13	21	61.9	4	6	66.7	6	8	75.0	73.4	1	4	2	4
4	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	36	5/21/1987	DET	@	BOS	43	5	10	2	0	11	21	52.4	1	2	50.0	13	17	76.5	63.2	3	2	5	3
5	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	36	4/19/1986	DET	@	ATL	38	3	9	1	1	16	33	48.5	0	2	0.0	4	5	80.0	51.1	2	1	6	5
6	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	35	6/1/1988	DET	@	BOS	47	8	5	4	0	14	30	46.7	0	2	0.0	7	9	77.8	51.5	1	7	5	5
7	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	35	5/25/1988	DET	@	BOS	44	2	12	1	0	12	19	63.2	2	3	66.7	9	10	90.0	74.8	0	2	2	1
8	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	35	5/8/1987	DET	vs	ATL	32	8	8	5	0	11	23	47.8	1	5	20.0	12	14	85.7	60.0	3	5	5	4
9	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	35	4/27/1984	DET	vs	NYK	40	3	12	2	1	13	25	52.0	2	3	66.7	7	9	77.8	60.4	1	2	5	6
10	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	34	4/28/1988	DET	vs	WAS	43	9	3	4	1	13	26	50.0	0	1	0.0	8	10	80.0	55.9	6	3	5	2
11	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	34	4/24/1987	DET	vs	WAS	42	9	9	4	2	15	29	51.7	1	1	100.0	3	5	60.0	54.5	3	6	3	3
12	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	33	6/5/1990	DET	vs	POR	38	7	6	1	0	13	27	48.1	2	3	66.7	5	6	83.3	55.7	1	6	2	3
13	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	33	6/2/1989	DET	@	CHI	40	5	4	3	0	12	28	42.9	0	2	0.0	9	10	90.0	50.9	1	4	4	1
14	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	33	5/23/1989	DET	vs	CHI	38	3	4	2	0	12	27	44.4	1	2	50.0	8	12	66.7	51.1	2	1	6	3
15	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	32	6/12/1990	DET	@	POR	34	4	5	3	0	11	20	55.0	4	5	80.0	6	6	100.0	70.7	1	3	3	3
16	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	31	5/3/1992	DET	@	NYK	45	10	6	1	0	7	20	35.0	3	5	60.0	14	17	82.4	56.4	1	9	1	5
17	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	31	5/10/1987	DET	vs	ATL	43	3	3	3	0	12	24	50.0	1	1	100.0	6	9	66.7	55.4	1	2	5	2
18	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	30	4/30/1988	DET	vs	WAS	41	4	4	5	1	11	24	45.8	3	3	100.0	5	7	71.4	55.4	2	2	2	2
19	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	30	5/3/1987	DET	@	ATL	41	4	10	2	0	11	16	68.8	2	3	66.7	6	7	85.7	78.6	0	4	4	3
20	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	30	4/25/1986	DET	vs	ATL	53	10	12	1	0	13	29	44.8	0	1	0.0	4	9	44.4	45.5	2	8	3	4
21	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	29	5/25/1991	DET	vs	CHI	47	7	6	1	0	9	22	40.9	0	1	0.0	11	15	73.3	50.7	5	2	4	3
22	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	29	6/14/1990	DET	@	POR	35	3	5	2	0	13	20	65.0	3	3	100.0	0	2	0.0	69.4	2	1	7	3
23	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	29	5/2/1988	DET	@	WAS	42	4	8	3	0	11	24	45.8	1	4	25.0	6	8	75.0	52.7	3	1	1	6
24	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	29	4/21/1985	DET	vs	NJN	39	3	14	2	0	10	19	52.6	2	2	100.0	7	7	100.0	65.7	0	3	3	4
25	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	29	4/22/1984	DET	@	NYK	38	2	5	6	0	9	21	42.9	0	2	0.0	11	14	78.6	53.4	1	1	4	5

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Isiah Thomas posted his most points in a playoff game in Game 6 of the 1988 NBA Finals against the Lakers, with 43 points.

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