kobe most points in a playoff game before 2003

Before 2002-03, Kobe Bryant had his most points in a playoff game in Game 4 of the 2001 Western Conference Semifinals against the Kings, with 48 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	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	48	5/13/2001	LAL	@	SAC	48	16	3	2	1	15	29	51.7	1	1	100.0	17	19	89.5	64.2	9	7	2	2	+6
2	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	45	5/19/2001	LAL	@	SAS	47	10	3	1	1	19	35	54.3	1	2	50.0	6	8	75.0	58.4	1	9	4	4	+17
3	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	36	6/9/2002	LAL	@	NJN	46	6	4	1	2	14	23	60.9	1	3	33.3	7	10	70.0	65.7	1	5	6	3	+1
4	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	36	5/25/2001	LAL	vs	SAS	40	9	8	1	0	14	27	51.9	2	4	50.0	6	9	66.7	58.1	5	4	3	1	+28
5	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	36	5/11/2001	LAL	@	SAC	39	7	4	2	0	10	22	45.5	0	1	0.0	16	19	84.2	59.3	0	7	5	4	+28
6	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	35	4/30/2000	LAL	@	SAC	37	3	2	2	0	13	25	52.0	2	6	33.3	7	9	77.8	60.4	1	2	2	5	-12
7	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	34	4/21/2002	LAL	vs	POR	44	7	3	2	3	10	28	35.7	2	7	28.6	12	13	92.3	50.4	3	4	1	3	-4
8	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	33	6/2/2000	LAL	@	POR	48	2	6	4	3	12	24	50.0	6	9	66.7	3	6	50.0	61.9	0	2	3	5	-10
9	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	32	6/10/2001	LAL	@	PHI	48	6	3	2	0	13	30	43.3	0	2	0.0	6	6	100.0	49.0	0	6	3	2	+5
10	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	32	5/2/2000	LAL	@	SAC	46	6	4	2	0	13	30	43.3	0	3	0.0	6	8	75.0	47.7	2	4	7	4	-10
11	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	32	4/27/2000	LAL	vs	SAC	37	4	1	2	0	12	20	60.0	3	3	100.0	5	6	83.3	70.7	0	4	1	2	+17
12	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	31	5/31/2002	LAL	vs	SAC	44	11	5	0	0	10	20	50.0	0	0		11	11	100.0	62.4	2	9	1	3	+3
13	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	31	5/10/2002	LAL	@	SAS	48	6	6	0	1	15	31	48.4	0	2	0.0	1	3	33.3	48.0	2	4	1	1	+10
14	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	31	6/8/2001	LAL	vs	PHI	47	8	6	2	2	11	23	47.8	1	2	50.0	8	8	100.0	58.4	1	7	2	4	+11
15	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	30	6/2/2002	LAL	@	SAC	52	10	7	2	0	10	26	38.5	2	3	66.7	8	10	80.0	49.3	3	7	0	5	+8
16	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	30	5/28/2002	LAL	@	SAC	45	5	3	1	0	11	29	37.9	0	2	0.0	8	11	72.7	44.3	2	3	5	5	-5
17	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	30	5/18/2002	LAL	@	SAC	44	6	5	2	2	12	26	46.2	0	2	0.0	6	7	85.7	51.6	1	5	5	1	+7
18	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	29	5/6/2001	LAL	vs	SAC	39	4	5	0	0	10	23	43.5	0	1	0.0	9	11	81.8	52.1	3	1	5	4	-1
19	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	28	5/12/2002	LAL	@	SAS	44	7	3	1	0	10	27	37.0	3	5	60.0	5	9	55.6	45.2	3	4	2	3	+7
20	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	28	5/21/2001	LAL	@	SAS	47	7	6	2	1	11	24	45.8	1	4	25.0	5	6	83.3	52.6	1	6	2	4	+5
21	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	28	4/22/2001	LAL	vs	POR	41	6	7	2	0	9	20	45.0	1	2	50.0	9	12	75.0	55.4	1	5	0	4	+26
22	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	28	6/14/2000	LAL	@	IND	47	4	5	1	2	14	27	51.9	0	0		0	0		51.9	2	2	3	4	+2
23	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	28	5/19/1999	LAL	@	SAS	47	8	4	0	0	12	25	48.0	1	3	33.3	3	5	60.0	51.5	1	7	5	3	-3
24	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	27	5/8/2001	LAL	vs	SAC	47	9	5	1	1	9	19	47.4	0	2	0.0	9	10	90.0	57.7	1	8	4	4	+10
25	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	26	5/14/2002	LAL	vs	SAS	46	8	5	1	0	10	20	50.0	0	1	0.0	6	7	85.7	56.3	3	5	0	1	+2