most nba points by a starters point guards eastern conference game 1 player in 1 game ever playoffs in

Trae Young has scored the most points by an Eastern Conference point guard as a starter in a game 1, with 48 points in Game 1 of the 2021 Eastern Conference Finals versus the Bucks.

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Trae Young T. Young	48	6/23/2021	ATL	@	MIL	41	7	11	1	0	17	34	50.0	4	13	30.8	10	12	83.3	61.1	1	6	6	3	+10
2	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	43	5/21/2025	NYK	vs	IND	38	1	5	0	0	15	25	60.0	1	6	16.7	12	14	85.7	69.0	0	1	7	5	-8
3	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	43	5/6/2024	NYK	vs	IND	44	6	6	0	1	14	26	53.8	1	4	25.0	14	14	100.0	66.9	1	5	4	2	+12
4	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	39	4/17/2022	BKN	@	BOS	42	5	6	4	1	12	20	60.0	6	10	60.0	9	9	100.0	81.4	1	4	3	4	+6
5	Derrick Rose D. Rose	39	4/16/2011	CHI	vs	IND	39	6	6	1	3	10	23	43.5	0	9	0.0	19	21	90.5	60.5	2	4	3	2	+3
6	Anfernee Hardaway A. Hardaway	38	5/19/1996	ORL	@	CHI	40	3	3	3	0	15	21	71.4	4	6	66.7	4	7	57.1	78.9	1	2	4	1
7	Derrick Rose D. Rose	36	4/18/2009	CHI	@	BOS	50	4	11	1	0	12	19	63.2	0	1	0.0	12	12	100.0	74.1	1	3	5	6	+8
8	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	35	4/21/2024	MIL	vs	IND	38	6	3	0	0	11	24	45.8	6	11	54.5	7	7	100.0	64.6	0	6	3	2	-6
9	Trae Young T. Young	35	6/6/2021	ATL	@	PHI	39	2	10	2	0	11	23	47.8	4	11	36.4	9	9	100.0	64.9	0	2	4	3	-11
10	Mark Price M. Price	35	4/23/1992	CLE	vs	NJN	39	2	10	1	1	11	19	57.9	5	11	45.5	8	8	100.0	77.7	0	2	6	1
11	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	35	5/25/1988	DET	@	BOS	44	2	12	1	0	12	19	63.2	2	3	66.7	9	10	90.0	74.8	0	2	2	1
12	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	34	4/19/2025	NYK	vs	DET	40	2	8	0	0	12	27	44.4	2	5	40.0	8	10	80.0	54.1	0	2	1	3	+2
13	Brandon Jennings B. Jennings	34	4/17/2010	MIL	@	ATL	40	3	3	1	0	14	25	56.0	4	6	66.7	2	4	50.0	63.5	1	2	3	3	-7
14	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	34	4/24/1998	MIA	vs	NYK	42	2	2	0	0	10	21	47.6	6	9	66.7	8	8	100.0	69.3	0	2	4	2	+17
15	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	34	4/28/1988	DET	vs	WAS	43	9	3	4	1	13	26	50.0	0	1	0.0	8	10	80.0	55.9	6	3	5	2
16	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	34	4/24/1987	DET	vs	WAS	42	9	9	4	2	15	29	51.7	1	1	100.0	3	5	60.0	54.5	3	6	3	3
17	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	33	4/20/2024	PHI	@	NYK	44	2	4	0	2	14	26	53.8	3	9	33.3	2	2	100.0	61.4	0	2	3	3	-4
18	Isaiah Thomas I. Thomas	33	4/30/2017	BOS	vs	WAS	38	1	9	0	1	11	23	47.8	5	11	45.5	6	7	85.7	63.3	0	1	2	0	0
19	Isaiah Thomas I. Thomas	33	4/16/2017	BOS	vs	CHI	38	6	6	1	0	10	18	55.6	3	7	42.9	10	12	83.3	70.9	0	6	6	3	+12
20	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	33	6/5/1990	DET	vs	POR	38	7	6	1	0	13	27	48.1	2	3	66.7	5	6	83.3	55.7	1	6	2	3
21	Trae Young T. Young	32	5/23/2021	ATL	@	NYK	35	7	10	0	0	11	23	47.8	1	3	33.3	9	9	100.0	59.3	2	5	2	0	0
22	John Wall J. Wall	32	4/16/2017	WAS	vs	ATL	37	4	14	0	1	12	24	50.0	2	4	50.0	6	6	100.0	60.1	0	4	3	2	+8
23	Jameer Nelson J. Nelson	32	4/18/2010	ORL	vs	CHA	37	4	6	1	0	10	18	55.6	4	8	50.0	8	8	100.0	74.3	0	4	2	3	+14
24	Anfernee Hardaway A. Hardaway	32	5/8/1996	ORL	vs	ATL	36	6	6	2	0	12	19	63.2	2	3	66.7	6	9	66.7	69.7	3	3	2	4
25	Tyrese Haliburton T. Haliburton	31	5/21/2025	IND	@	NYK	42	4	11	1	0	12	23	52.2	4	12	33.3	3	4	75.0	62.6	0	4	2	3	+15