lakers player with playoff game most points before 1970

Before 1969-70, Elgin Baylor scored the most points for the Lakers in a playoff game, with 61 points in Game 5 of the 1962 NBA Finals against the Celtics.

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	61	4/14/1962	LAL	@	BOS	48	22	1	22	46	47.8	17	19	89.5	56.1	3
2	Jerry West J. West	53	4/23/1969	LAL	vs	BOS	46	3	10	21	41	51.2	11	13	84.6	56.7	3
3	Jerry West J. West	52	4/5/1965	LAL	vs	BAL		5	9	16	38	42.1	20	21	95.2	55.0	4
4	Jerry West J. West	49	4/3/1965	LAL	vs	BAL		6	8	15	35	42.9	19	21	90.5	55.4	5
5	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	49	3/15/1961	LAL	vs	DET		21		17	34	50.0	15	20	75.0	57.2	5
6	Jerry West J. West	48	4/9/1965	LAL	@	BAL		3	5	20	43	46.5	8	8	100.0	51.6	5
7	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	47	3/27/1961	LAL	@	STL	48	20		17	45	37.8	13	16	81.3	45.2	4
8	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	47	3/18/1961	LAL	@	DET				17			13	14	92.9		5
9	George Mikan G. Mikan	47	3/29/1952	MIN	@	ROC				15	26	57.7	17	18	94.4	69.3	4
10	Jerry West J. West	45	4/22/1966	LAL	vs	BOS	47	4	10	19	31	61.3	7	10	70.0	63.6	2
11	Jerry West J. West	45	4/19/1965	LAL	@	BOS	45	5	5	17	38	44.7	11	12	91.7	52.0	2
12	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	45	3/29/1962	LAL	@	DET		17		18	37	48.6	9	13	69.2	52.7	5
13	Jerry West J. West	44	4/7/1965	LAL	@	BAL		7	4	13	29	44.8	18	19	94.7	58.9	5
14	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	44	3/21/1961	LAL	@	STL	48	14		18	31	58.1	8	13	61.5	59.9	1
15	Jerry West J. West	43	4/21/1965	LAL	vs	BOS	44	12	7	13	25	52.0	17	20	85.0	63.6	2
16	Jerry West J. West	43	4/11/1965	LAL	vs	BAL		6	7	17	34	50.0	9	12	75.0	54.7	3
17	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	43	4/21/1963	LAL	@	BOS	45	20	1	15	34	44.1	13	17	76.5	51.8	3
18	Jerry West J. West	42	5/5/1969	LAL	vs	BOS	48	13	12	14	29	48.3	14	18	77.8	56.9	2
19	Jerry West J. West	42	4/9/1966	LAL	@	STL	42	7	4	18	32	56.3	6	6	100.0	60.6	3
20	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	42	4/3/1966	LAL	vs	STL	41	14	9	17	27	63.0	8	9	88.9	67.8	2
21	Jerry West J. West	42	4/13/1965	LAL	@	BAL		8	8	15	33	45.5	12	14	85.7	53.6	2
22	Jerry West J. West	42	4/17/1963	LAL	vs	BOS	46	8	1	17	30	56.7	8	10	80.0	61.0	1
23	Slick Leonard S. Leonard	42	3/25/1957	MIN	vs	STL	52		8	14	32	43.8	14	14	100.0	55.0	3
24	George Mikan G. Mikan	42	4/4/1949	MIN	vs	WAS				14	21	66.7	14	17	82.4	73.7	4
25	Jerry West J. West	41	4/25/1969	LAL	vs	BOS	41	3	8	12	22	54.5	17	20	85.0	66.6	3