most minutes with zero points in a playoff game

Danny Ainge has played the most minutes with exactly 0 points in a playoff game, with 47 minutes on the court in Game 5 of the 1988 Eastern Conference Finals versus the Pistons.

Interpreted as:
most minutes by a player with zero points in a playoff game
NAME MIN PTS DATE TM OPP REB AST STL BLK FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 Danny Ainge
D. Ainge
47
0
6/1/1988
BOS BOS
vs
DET DET
7
5
1
0
0
6
0.0
0
2
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
7
4
4
2 Norm Van Lier
N. Van Lier
45
0
4/17/1977
CHI CHI
@
POR POR
1
10
3
0
0
4
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
1
6
3 Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
43
0
5/20/2004
NJN NJN
@
DET DET
5
7
3
0
0
8
0.0
0
3
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
5
2
1
-19
4 Byron Scott
B. Scott
43
0
6/7/1991
LAL LAL
vs
CHI CHI
1
3
0
0
0
8
0.0
0
3
0.0
0
2
0.0
0.0
0
1
2
3
5 Paul Silas
P. Silas
42
0
5/30/1978
SEA SEA
vs
WAS WAS
6
6
1
0
0
1
0.0
0
2
0.0
0.0
2
4
4
4
6 Trevor Ariza
T. Ariza
42
0
5/28/2018
HOU HOU
vs
GSW GSW
7
2
2
0
0
12
0.0
0
9
0.0
0
0
0.0
3
4
2
4
-15
7 Eric Williams
E. Williams
40
0
5/10/2002
BOS BOS
vs
DET DET
9
0
4
0
0
5
0.0
0
3
0.0
0
0
0.0
1
8
2
5
+11
8 Dennis Rodman
D. Rodman
40
0
6/3/1998
CHI CHI
@
UTA UTA
10
2
2
1
0
2
0.0
0
0
0
0
0.0
2
8
1
3
-11
9 Dennis Rodman
D. Rodman
40
0
4/24/1998
CHI CHI
vs
NJN NJN
8
5
1
0
0
2
0.0
0
0
0
0
0.0
4
4
3
6
+6
10 Paul Arizin
P. Arizin
40
0
3/18/1957
PHI PHI
@
SYR SYR
1
0
0
1
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
11 Reggie Bullock Jr.
R. Bullock Jr.
40
0
5/22/2022
DAL DAL
vs
GSW GSW
4
4
2
0
0
10
0.0
0
7
0.0
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
4
0
4
-5
12 Jaden McDaniels
J. McDaniels
39
0
5/4/2024
MIN MIN
@
DEN DEN
8
1
0
1
0
7
0.0
0
2
0.0
0
0
0.0
3
5
1
1
+14
13 P.J. Tucker
P.J. Tucker
39
0
4/28/2019
HOU HOU
@
GSW GSW
3
1
4
0
0
4
0.0
0
3
0.0
0
0
0.0
1
2
1
5
+9
14 Brian Grant
B. Grant
39
0
5/18/2004
MIA MIA
vs
IND IND
10
0
2
2
0
5
0.0
0
0
0
0
0.0
1
9
3
4
0
15 Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
39
0
6/7/2011
DAL DAL
vs
MIA MIA
3
3
3
1
0
3
0.0
0
3
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
3
4
1
+12
16 Anthony Parker
A. Parker
38
0
4/22/2008
TOR TOR
@
ORL ORL
6
0
0
0
0
4
0.0
0
2
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
6
2
3
-3
17 Shane Battier
S. Battier
38
0
6/1/2012
MIA MIA
@
BOS BOS
3
4
0
0
0
6
0.0
0
4
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
3
1
3
-1
18 Brevin Knight
B. Knight
38
0
4/30/1998
CLE CLE
vs
IND IND
5
6
4
0
0
4
0.0
0
0
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
5
3
4
0
19 Dale Davis
D. Davis
38
0
5/17/1994
IND IND
@
ATL ATL
12
0
0
2
0
2
0.0
0
0
0
2
0.0
0.0
2
10
0
3
20 Charles Oakley
C. Oakley
38
0
4/28/1992
NYK NYK
@
DET DET
10
0
0
0
0
3
0.0
0
0
0
0
0.0
2
8
1
3
21 Don Buse
D. Buse
38
0
4/11/1978
PHX PHX
vs
MIL MIL
2
1
1
0
0
4
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
2
0
2
22 Udonis Haslem
U. Haslem
38
0
5/23/2006
MIA MIA
@
DET DET
9
0
1
1
0
7
0.0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
9
1
5
-1
23 Marvin Williams
M. Williams
37
0
4/29/2016
CHA CHA
vs
MIA MIA
4
1
1
0
0
7
0.0
0
2
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
4
0
3
+2
24 Ray Allen
R. Allen
37
0
5/6/2008
BOS BOS
vs
CLE CLE
4
1
0
0
0
4
0.0
0
3
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
4
4
1
0
25 Grant Long
G. Long
37
0
5/18/1999
ATL ATL
vs
NYK NYK
7
1
2
1
0
6
0.0
0
0
0
0
0.0
2
5
1
2
-1
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for minutes played going back to the 1975 playoffs.

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64
18
.780
2
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61
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Thunder Thunder
68
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2
Rockets Rockets
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Lakers Lakers
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