lakers most points by a player in a playoff single game vs celtics

Elgin Baylor has dropped the most points for the Lakers in a playoff game versus the Celtics, with 61 points in Game 5 of the 1962 NBA Finals.

NAMEPTSDATETMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
61
4/14/1962
LAL LAL
@
BOS BOS
48
22
1
22
46
47.8
17
19
89.5
56.1
3
2Jerry West
J. West
53
4/23/1969
LAL LAL
vs
BOS BOS
46
3
10
21
41
51.2
11
13
84.6
56.7
3
3Jerry West
J. West
45
4/22/1966
LAL LAL
vs
BOS BOS
47
4
10
19
31
61.3
7
10
70.0
63.6
2
4Jerry West
J. West
45
4/19/1965
LAL LAL
@
BOS BOS
45
5
5
17
38
44.7
11
12
91.7
52.0
2
5Jerry West
J. West
43
4/21/1965
LAL LAL
vs
BOS BOS
44
12
7
13
25
52.0
17
20
85.0
63.6
2
6Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
43
4/21/1963
LAL LAL
@
BOS BOS
45
20
1
15
34
44.1
13
17
76.5
51.8
3
7Jerry West
J. West
42
5/5/1969
LAL LAL
vs
BOS BOS
48
13
12
14
29
48.3
14
18
77.8
56.9
2
8Jerry West
J. West
42
4/17/1963
LAL LAL
vs
BOS BOS
46
8
1
17
30
56.7
8
10
80.0
61.0
1
9Jerry West
J. West
41
4/25/1969
LAL LAL
vs
BOS BOS
41
3
8
12
22
54.5
17
20
85.0
66.6
3
10Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
41
4/24/1966
LAL LAL
@
BOS BOS
46
16
2
13
31
41.9
15
17
88.2
53.3
1
11Jerry West
J. West
41
4/17/1966
LAL LAL
@
BOS BOS
51
8
2
15
27
55.6
11
13
84.6
62.7
3
12Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
41
4/18/1962
LAL LAL
@
BOS BOS
51
22
4
13
40
32.5
15
21
71.4
41.6
6
13Jerry West
J. West
40
4/29/1969
LAL LAL
@
BOS BOS
45
6
4
15
30
50.0
10
10
100.0
58.1
4
14Jerry West
J. West
40
4/8/1962
LAL LAL
@
BOS BOS
45
5
4
13
23
56.5
14
15
93.3
67.6
5
15Jerry West
J. West
39
5/1/1969
LAL LAL
vs
BOS BOS
46
3
9
16
31
51.6
7
8
87.5
56.5
3
16Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
39
4/10/1962
LAL LAL
vs
BOS BOS
48
23
4
13
35
37.1
13
16
81.3
46.4
2
17Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
38
6/13/2010
LAL LAL
@
BOS BOS
44
5
4
1
1
13
27
48.1
4
10
40.0
8
9
88.9
61.4
2
3
4
5
-6
18Jerry West
J. West
38
4/28/1968
LAL LAL
vs
BOS BOS
44
10
5
13
21
61.9
12
15
80.0
68.8
3
19Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
38
4/17/1963
LAL LAL
vs
BOS BOS
45
23
8
14
27
51.9
10
10
100.0
60.5
5
20Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
38
4/11/1962
LAL LAL
vs
BOS BOS
47
14
6
14
28
50.0
10
14
71.4
55.6
1
21Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
36
6/10/2008
LAL LAL
vs
BOS BOS
45
7
1
2
0
12
20
60.0
1
2
50.0
11
18
61.1
64.5
3
4
3
4
+2
22Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
36
6/7/1985
LAL LAL
vs
BOS BOS
42
7
7
1
3
16
28
57.1
0
0
4
5
80.0
59.6
2
5
4
4
23Jerry West
J. West
36
4/28/1966
LAL LAL
@
BOS BOS
48
10
3
12
27
44.4
12
16
75.0
52.9
3
24Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
36
4/17/1966
LAL LAL
@
BOS BOS
47
20
2
13
28
46.4
10
13
76.9
53.4
4
25Jerry West
J. West
36
4/10/1962
LAL LAL
vs
BOS BOS
41
4
2
11
19
57.9
14
16
87.5
69.1
5

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1
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UTA UTA
9:00 PM
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LAC LAC
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9:00 PM
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1
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2
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.696
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11/10
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