most 48 point games in playoffs by an active player in the nba

Donovan Mitchell and LeBron James are tied for the most games by an active player in the playoffs with 48+ points, with 4 games.

Interpreted as:

most 48 or more point games in playoffs by an active player in the NBA

	NAME	GP	PTS	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	4	206	39.7	51.5	5.5	6.8	1.3	0.5	17.8	31.5	56.3	3.5	9.5	36.8	12.5	14.5	86.2	68.0	1.5	4.0	4.5	159	22	27	5	2	18	12	+4
2	LeBron James L. James	4	197	45.6	49.3	7.3	6.3	2.0	1.0	18.3	29.8	61.3	2.8	5.5	50.0	10.0	13.5	74.1	69.0	2.5	4.8	2.5	183	29	25	8	4	10	11	+9
3	Kevin Durant K. Durant	3	147	47.7	49.0	10.7	7.0	1.7	1.3	16.0	28.3	56.5	4.7	11.3	41.2	12.3	14.0	88.1	71.0	0.3	10.3	3.3	143	32	21	5	4	10	11	+20
4	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	2	101	41.1	50.5	9.5	6.0	2.0	0.5	16.5	29.0	56.9	5.5	10.5	52.4	12.0	14.5	82.8	71.4	0.0	9.5	0.5	82	19	12	4	1	1	4	+34
5	Jamal Murray J. Murray	2	100	43.1	50.0	8.0	6.5	0.0	0.5	17.5	27.5	63.6	9.0	13.5	66.7	6.0	7.0	85.7	81.8	2.5	5.5	2.5	86	16	13	0	1	5	7	+17
6	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	2	105	48.5	52.5	6.5	8.0	2.0	2.0	17.0	28.5	59.6	11.0	17.5	62.9	7.5	9.0	83.3	80.9	1.5	5.0	3.5	97	13	16	4	4	7	2	+11
7	Devin Booker D. Booker	1	49	44.9	49.0	5.0	6.0	2.0	1.0	13.0	21.0	61.9	3.0	5.0	60.0	20.0	21.0	95.2	81.0	0.0	5.0	2.0	45	5	6	2	1	2	5	+1
8	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	1	50	40.6	50.0	8.0	4.0	0.0	1.0	13.0	19.0	68.4	5.0	7.0	71.4	19.0	21.0	90.5	88.5	1.0	7.0	3.0	41	8	4	0	1	3	3	+16
9	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	1	53	39.4	53.0	4.0	11.0	0.0	1.0	20.0	30.0	66.7	2.0	4.0	50.0	11.0	13.0	84.6	74.2	1.0	3.0	6.0	39	4	11	0	1	6	2	+2
10	Stephen Curry S. Curry	1	50	37.7	50.0	8.0	6.0	1.0	0.0	20.0	38.0	52.6	7.0	18.0	38.9	3.0	5.0	60.0	62.2	1.0	7.0	1.0	38	8	6	1	0	1	2	+25
11	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	1	56	40.8	56.0	9.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	19.0	28.0	67.9	3.0	8.0	37.5	15.0	18.0	83.3	78.0	4.0	5.0	1.0	41	9	2	0	1	1	0	+4
12	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	1	50	42.4	50.0	14.0	2.0	0.0	5.0	16.0	25.0	64.0	1.0	3.0	33.3	17.0	19.0	89.5	74.9	4.0	10.0	6.0	42	14	2	0	5	6	2	+10
13	Trae Young T. Young	1	48	41.1	48.0	7.0	11.0	1.0	0.0	17.0	34.0	50.0	4.0	13.0	30.8	10.0	12.0	83.3	61.1	1.0	6.0	6.0	41	7	11	1	0	6	3	+10
14	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	1	51	41.4	51.0	10.0	13.0	4.0	1.0	17.0	43.0	39.5	2.0	11.0	18.2	15.0	18.0	83.3	50.1	2.0	8.0	4.0	41	10	13	4	1	4	3	+11