lebron james was the youngest player to score 45 points in a playoff game

LeBron James was the youngest with 45+ points in a playoff game in Game 5 of the 2006 First Round against the Wizards. He was 21 years and 124 days old.

Interpreted as:
LeBron James was the youngest player to score 45 or more points in a playoff game
NAME AGE PTS 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
21-124
45
5/3/2006
CLE CLE
vs
WAS WAS
46
7
6
2
0
14
23
60.9
0
1
0.0
17
18
94.4
72.8
5
2
4
5
-4
2 LeBron James
L. James
22-152
48
5/31/2007
CLE CLE
@
DET DET
50
9
7
2
0
18
33
54.5
2
3
66.7
10
14
71.4
61.3
3
6
2
3
+2
3 LeBron James
L. James
23-140
45
5/18/2008
CLE CLE
@
BOS 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
24-130
47
5/9/2009
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
43
12
8
1
1
15
25
60.0
5
10
50.0
12
16
75.0
73.3
2
10
1
2
+26
5 LeBron James
L. James
24-141
49
5/20/2009
CLE CLE
vs
ORL 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
6 LeBron James
L. James
27-160
45
6/7/2012
MIA MIA
@
BOS BOS
45
15
5
0
0
19
26
73.1
2
4
50.0
5
9
55.6
75.1
2
13
4
3
+22
7 LeBron James
L. James
29-133
49
5/12/2014
MIA MIA
@
BKN BKN
43
6
2
3
0
16
24
66.7
3
6
50.0
14
19
73.7
75.7
0
6
1
5
+13
8 LeBron James
L. James
33-109
46
4/18/2018
CLE CLE
vs
IND IND
40
12
5
2
0
17
24
70.8
2
5
40.0
10
13
76.9
77.4
1
11
3
1
+7
9 LeBron James
L. James
33-120
45
4/29/2018
CLE CLE
vs
IND IND
43
8
7
4
0
16
25
64.0
2
3
66.7
11
15
73.3
71.2
2
6
4
4
-2
10 LeBron James
L. James
33-146
46
5/25/2018
CLE CLE
vs
BOS BOS
46
11
9
3
1
17
33
51.5
5
7
71.4
7
11
63.6
60.8
3
8
3
2
+15
11 LeBron James
L. James
33-152
51
5/31/2018
CLE CLE
@
GSW 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

More Cavaliers Stats

Team Rankings

ORTG

121.7

1st

DRTG

112.2

8th

NETRTG

9.5

2nd

3P%

38.3

2nd

2024-25 Conference Standings
TEAM W L PCT GB
1
Cavaliers Cavaliers
64
18
.780
2
Celtics Celtics
61
21
.744
3.0
3
Knicks Knicks
51
31
.622
13.0
4
Pacers Pacers
50
32
.610
14.0
5
Bucks Bucks
48
34
.585
16.0
Last Game
CLE Cavaliers

1 - 4

105

Final

114

IND Pacers

4 - 1

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NBA 2024-25 Leaders

NBA 2024-25 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2024-25

NBA 2024-25 Betting

NBA 2024-25 Conference Standings

Western W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
4
Nuggets Nuggets
50
32
.610
18.0
5
Clippers Clippers
50
32
.610
18.0
6
Timberwolves Timberwolves
49
33
.598
19.0
Eastern W L PCT GB
1
Cavaliers Cavaliers
64
18
.780
2
Celtics Celtics
61
21
.744
3.0
3
Knicks Knicks
51
31
.622
13.0
4
Pacers Pacers
50
32
.610
14.0
5
Bucks Bucks
48
34
.585
16.0
6
Pistons Pistons
44
38
.537
20.0

NBA 2024-25 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
3/29
POR POR
@
NYK NYK
93-110
Sat
3/29
DET DET
@
MIN MIN
104-123
Sat
3/29
GSW GSW
@
SAS SAS
148-106
Sat
3/29
ATL ATL
@
MIL MIL
145-124
Sat
3/29
CHA CHA
@
NOP NOP
94-98

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
5/28
MIN MIN
@
OKC OKC
8:30 PM
Thu
5/29
IND IND
@
NYK NYK
8:00 PM
Fri
5/30
OKC OKC
@
MIN MIN
8:30 PM
Sat
5/31
NYK NYK
@
IND IND
8:00 PM
Sun
6/1
MIN MIN
@
OKC OKC
8:00 PM