Kobe Bryant posted his most points in an elimination game in Game 5 of the 2012 Western Conference Semifinals versus the Thunder, with 42 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	42	5/21/2012	LAL	@	OKC	41	5	0	2	0	18	33	54.5	1	6	16.7	5	7	71.4	58.2	0	5	2	3	-14
2	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	34	5/2/2007	LAL	@	PHX	46	4	1	1	0	13	33	39.4	2	8	25.0	6	7	85.7	47.1	0	4	6	2	-1
3	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
4	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
5	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	26	6/15/2010	LAL	vs	BOS	40	11	3	4	0	9	19	47.4	1	4	25.0	7	7	100.0	58.9	3	8	2	2	+15
6	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	25	6/15/2008	LAL	vs	BOS	44	7	4	5	0	8	21	38.1	4	9	44.4	5	7	71.4	51.9	3	4	6	4	+8
7	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	25	6/4/2000	LAL	vs	POR	47	11	7	0	4	9	19	47.4	1	4	25.0	6	12	50.0	51.5	0	11	2	4	+8
8	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	24	5/6/2006	LAL	@	PHX	43	4	1	0	1	8	16	50.0	4	8	50.0	4	5	80.0	65.9	0	4	3	4	-28
9	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	24	6/15/2004	LAL	@	DET	45	3	4	1	0	7	21	33.3	0	2	0.0	10	11	90.9	46.4	1	2	3	2	-19
10	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	23	6/17/2010	LAL	vs	BOS	45	15	2	1	0	6	24	25.0	0	6	0.0	11	15	73.3	37.6	4	11	4	4	0
11	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	22	6/17/2008	LAL	@	BOS	43	3	1	1	0	7	22	31.8	3	9	33.3	5	5	100.0	45.5	1	2	4	1	-35
12	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	20	5/15/2003	LAL	vs	SAS	43	2	6	1	0	9	19	47.4	2	5	40.0	0	2	0.0	50.3	0	2	7	4	-20
13	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	17	5/12/2012	LAL	vs	DEN	45	1	8	0	1	7	16	43.8	2	2	100.0	1	4	25.0	47.9	1	0	3	2	+9
14	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	17	5/8/2011	LAL	@	DAL	37	3	1	0	0	7	18	38.9	0	5	0.0	3	4	75.0	43.0	1	2	5	1	-29
15	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	17	5/5/2000	LAL	vs	SAC	34	2	6	0	3	7	16	43.8	1	5	20.0	2	2	100.0	50.4	0	2	1	2	+23
16	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	16	5/23/1999	LAL	vs	SAS	40	8	3	0	0	7	16	43.8	1	3	33.3	1	2	50.0	47.4	3	5	3	6	-16
17	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	14	5/17/2009	LAL	vs	HOU	33	7	5	3	2	4	12	33.3	1	4	25.0	5	6	83.3	47.8	1	6	1	4	+20
18	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	11	5/12/1997	LAL	@	UTA	29	2	2	1	0	4	14	28.6	0	6	0.0	3	3	100.0	35.9	0	2	1	3	-1
19	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	6	5/24/1998	LAL	vs	UTA	19	1	0	1	1	2	2	100.0	0	0		2	3	66.7	90.4	0	1	3	3	0