lebron highest point in a game in a loss playoffs

LeBron James had his most points in a loss in a playoff game in Game 1 of the 2018 NBA Finals against the Warriors, with 51 points.

	NAME	PTS	L	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	51	1	5/31/2018	CLE	@	GSW	48	8	8	1	1	19	32	59.4	3	7	42.9	10	11	90.9	69.2	4	4	5	2	-13
2	LeBron James L. James	49	1	5/20/2009	CLE	vs	ORL	41	6	8	2	3	20	30	66.7	3	6	50.0	6	10	60.0	71.2	3	3	2	1	+7
3	LeBron James L. James	45	1	5/18/2008	CLE	@	BOS	47	5	6	2	0	14	29	48.3	3	11	27.3	14	19	73.7	60.2	1	4	2	4	0
4	LeBron James L. James	44	1	6/4/2015	CLE	@	GSW	46	8	6	0	0	18	38	47.4	2	8	25.0	6	10	60.0	51.9	0	8	4	2	-3
5	LeBron James L. James	44	1	5/26/2009	CLE	@	ORL	49	12	7	1	1	13	29	44.8	4	10	40.0	14	18	77.8	59.6	1	11	8	5	+6
6	LeBron James L. James	42	1	5/15/2018	CLE	@	BOS	39	10	12	0	1	16	29	55.2	5	11	45.5	5	10	50.0	62.9	1	9	6	3	-9
7	LeBron James L. James	41	1	6/12/2017	CLE	@	GSW	46	13	8	2	1	19	30	63.3	2	5	40.0	1	4	25.0	64.5	2	11	2	3	-13
8	LeBron James L. James	41	1	5/24/2009	CLE	@	ORL	42	7	9	2	1	11	28	39.3	1	8	12.5	18	24	75.0	53.2	0	7	2	3	-12
9	LeBron James L. James	40	1	5/22/2023	LAL	vs	DEN	48	10	9	2	0	15	25	60.0	4	7	57.1	6	7	85.7	71.2	2	8	1	1	-2
10	LeBron James L. James	40	1	10/9/2020	LAL	vs	MIA	42	13	7	3	0	15	21	71.4	6	9	66.7	4	6	66.7	84.6	3	10	4	1	+7
11	LeBron James L. James	40	1	6/14/2015	CLE	@	GSW	45	14	11	1	0	15	34	44.1	3	8	37.5	7	9	77.8	52.7	1	13	2	5	-11
12	LeBron James L. James	39	1	6/7/2017	CLE	vs	GSW	46	11	9	1	1	15	27	55.6	4	9	44.4	5	6	83.3	65.8	3	8	5	2	+7
13	LeBron James L. James	39	1	4/22/2010	CLE	@	CHI	44	10	8	2	3	14	26	53.8	4	8	50.0	7	13	53.8	61.5	2	8	5	3	+5
14	LeBron James L. James	38	1	4/25/2025	LAL	@	MIN	41	10	4	2	2	13	21	61.9	5	9	55.6	7	10	70.0	74.8	3	7	1	0	-10
15	LeBron James L. James	38	1	4/30/2006	CLE	@	WAS	45	6	5	0	0	13	23	56.5	7	12	58.3	5	7	71.4	72.9	1	5	7	5	-16
16	LeBron James L. James	36	1	5/24/2013	MIA	vs	IND	45	8	3	3	1	14	20	70.0	3	7	42.9	5	7	71.4	78.0	4	4	5	3	-7
17	LeBron James L. James	35	1	5/14/2008	CLE	@	BOS	45	3	5	1	1	12	25	48.0	0	5	0.0	11	13	84.6	57.0	0	3	4	3	-8
18	LeBron James L. James	34	1	6/1/2012	MIA	@	BOS	43	8	5	2	2	16	26	61.5	1	4	25.0	1	5	20.0	60.3	0	8	3	4	-6
19	LeBron James L. James	34	1	4/30/2008	CLE	vs	WAS	44	10	7	1	2	8	21	38.1	3	9	33.3	15	18	83.3	58.8	2	8	5	0	-3
20	LeBron James L. James	33	1	6/6/2018	CLE	vs	GSW	47	10	11	2	2	13	28	46.4	1	6	16.7	6	7	85.7	53.1	3	7	4	2	-8
21	LeBron James L. James	32	1	6/16/2015	CLE	vs	GSW	47	18	9	2	0	13	33	39.4	2	10	20.0	4	8	50.0	43.8	3	15	6	3	-3
22	LeBron James L. James	32	1	5/19/2006	CLE	vs	DET	48	11	5	1	1	8	20	40.0	1	5	20.0	15	18	83.3	57.3	0	11	7	2	-2
23	LeBron James L. James	31	1	6/15/2014	MIA	@	SAS	41	10	5	0	2	10	21	47.6	3	9	33.3	8	9	88.9	62.1	1	9	1	1	-16
24	LeBron James L. James	31	1	4/24/2011	MIA	@	PHI	44	7	6	1	1	11	20	55.0	0	4	0.0	9	11	81.8	62.4	2	5	1	2	-4
25	LeBron James L. James	30	1	4/29/2024	LAL	@	DEN	44	9	11	4	0	11	21	52.4	3	7	42.9	5	7	71.4	62.3	1	8	1	4	+3

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