most nba points by a western conference first round game 1 player in 1 game ever playoffs in

Donovan Mitchell put up 57 points in Game 1 of the 2020 First Round against the Nuggets on August 17, 2020.

	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	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	57	8/17/2020	UTA	@	DEN	43	9	7	1	0	19	33	57.6	6	15	40.0	13	13	100.0	73.6	2	7	5	2	-11
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	50	4/22/2000	UTA	vs	SEA	43	12	0	3	1	18	32	56.3	1	1	100.0	13	14	92.9	65.5	3	9	1	2	+12
3	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	48	5/17/2011	DAL	vs	OKC	41	6	4	0	4	12	15	80.0	0	0		24	24	100.0	93.9	0	6	2	3	+12
4	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	46	4/25/1997	LAL	vs	POR	35	11	2	1	2	17	27	63.0	0	0		12	18	66.7	65.9	3	8	1	3	+23
5	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	46	4/23/2000	LAL	vs	SAC	46	17	1	2	5	21	33	63.6	0	0		4	5	80.0	65.3	7	10	2	5	+16
6	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	46	4/19/2003	DAL	vs	POR	47	10	2	1	1	16	27	59.3	4	5	80.0	10	11	90.9	72.2	1	9	2	2	+10
7	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	46	4/20/2014	POR	@	HOU	45	18	2	0	2	17	31	54.8	2	2	100.0	10	13	76.9	62.6	7	11	3	6	+17
8	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	45	4/27/1995	HOU	@	UTA	44	8	6	2	3	20	30	66.7	0	0		5	10	50.0	65.4	1	7	5	4
9	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	45	5/19/2001	LAL	@	SAS	47	10	3	1	1	19	35	54.3	1	2	50.0	6	8	75.0	58.4	1	9	4	4	+17
10	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	45	6/8/2021	UTA	vs	LAC	37	3	5	1	1	16	30	53.3	6	15	40.0	7	8	87.5	67.1	0	3	3	0	+5
11	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	45	5/2/2022	DAL	@	PHX	44	12	8	0	1	15	30	50.0	4	11	36.4	11	14	78.6	62.2	2	10	5	1	-4
12	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	44	5/6/2001	LAL	vs	SAC	44	21	4	0	7	17	32	53.1	0	0		10	19	52.6	54.5	11	10	2	3	+3
13	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	44	6/6/2001	LAL	vs	PHI	52	20	5	1	0	17	28	60.7	0	0		10	22	45.5	58.4	6	14	4	3	-6
14	Stephen Curry S. Curry	44	5/6/2013	GSW	@	SAS	58	4	11	2	0	18	35	51.4	6	14	42.9	2	2	100.0	61.3	0	4	6	3	0
15	James Harden J. Harden	44	4/15/2018	HOU	vs	MIN	41	4	8	2	0	15	26	57.7	7	12	58.3	7	9	77.8	73.4	2	2	3	2	+5
16	Rolando Blackman R. Blackman	43	4/18/1985	DAL	vs	POR	51	10	6	1	1	19	33	57.6	0	0		5	5	100.0	61.1	4	6	3	2
17	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	43	6/7/2000	LAL	vs	IND	44	19	4	0	3	21	31	67.7	0	0		1	6	16.7	63.9	6	13	2	2	+18
18	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	43	5/4/2024	MIN	@	DEN	42	7	3	1	2	17	29	58.6	3	7	42.9	6	6	100.0	68.0	2	5	1	1	+10
19	George Gervin G. Gervin	42	4/26/1983	SAS	vs	DEN	35	10	2	1	0	17	22	77.3	0	0		8	8	100.0	82.3	5	5	2	3
20	Rex Chapman R. Chapman	42	4/25/1997	PHX	@	SEA	41	4	2	0	0	12	22	54.5	9	17	52.9	9	12	75.0	77.0	1	3	2	1	+5
21	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	42	4/17/2010	DEN	vs	UTA	38	4	5	0	0	18	25	72.0	2	5	40.0	4	4	100.0	78.5	1	3	0	3	+17
22	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	42	8/17/2020	DAL	@	LAC	38	7	9	3	0	13	21	61.9	2	6	33.3	14	15	93.3	76.1	0	7	11	4	-14
23	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	42	5/5/2025	DEN	@	OKC	42	22	6	1	2	15	29	51.7	2	6	33.3	10	13	76.9	60.5	5	17	7	5	+10
24	Chris Mullin C. Mullin	41	4/27/1989	GSW	@	UTA	45	3	4	2	1	16	30	53.3	1	2	50.0	8	8	100.0	61.2	1	2	1	2
25	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	41	5/20/2000	LAL	vs	POR	47	11	7	0	5	14	25	56.0	0	0		13	27	48.1	55.6	1	10	0	2	+22