most point in a game by a nuggets players vs lakers playoff

Alex English has put up the most points for the Nuggets in a playoff game versus the Lakers, with 40 points in Game 2 of the 1985 Western Conference Finals.

	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	Alex English A. English	40	5/14/1985	DEN	@	LAL	39	10	6	0	0	17	31	54.8	0	0		6	8	75.0	57.9	5	5	1	3
2	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	39	5/19/2009	DEN	@	LAL	40	6	4	0	1	14	20	70.0	4	5	80.0	7	8	87.5	82.9	2	4	3	5	-3
3	Jamal Murray J. Murray	37	5/20/2023	DEN	@	LAL	42	7	6	2	0	15	29	51.7	5	11	45.5	2	2	100.0	61.9	0	7	1	2	+18
4	Jamal Murray J. Murray	37	5/18/2023	DEN	vs	LAL	43	10	5	4	0	11	24	45.8	6	14	42.9	9	10	90.0	65.1	2	8	3	1	+8
5	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	34	5/16/2023	DEN	vs	LAL	42	21	14	0	2	12	17	70.6	3	3	100.0	7	8	87.5	82.8	6	15	5	4	+11
6	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	34	5/21/2009	DEN	@	LAL	42	9	4	1	1	12	29	41.4	0	6	0.0	10	14	71.4	48.4	5	4	4	3	+9
7	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	33	4/27/2024	DEN	@	LAL	41	14	14	1	1	10	20	50.0	2	5	40.0	11	11	100.0	66.4	5	9	3	4	-7
8	Jamal Murray J. Murray	32	4/29/2024	DEN	vs	LAL	41	3	7	1	0	13	28	46.4	5	10	50.0	1	1	100.0	56.3	1	2	2	2	+3
9	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	32	4/20/2024	DEN	vs	LAL	39	12	7	2	0	15	23	65.2	1	3	33.3	1	2	50.0	67.0	3	9	0	3	+14
10	Jamal Murray J. Murray	32	9/24/2020	DEN	vs	LAL	45	3	8	0	1	12	20	60.0	0	3	0.0	8	8	100.0	68.0	1	2	4	1	-8
11	Ty Lawson T. Lawson	32	5/10/2012	DEN	vs	LAL	30	5	6	0	1	13	18	72.2	5	6	83.3	1	3	33.3	82.8	0	5	0	0	+22
12	Jamal Murray J. Murray	31	5/16/2023	DEN	vs	LAL	37	5	5	3	1	12	20	60.0	4	8	50.0	3	3	100.0	72.7	1	4	1	5	+3
13	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	31	5/27/2009	DEN	@	LAL	40	4	4	2	0	9	23	39.1	1	4	25.0	12	13	92.3	54.0	0	4	5	3	-2
14	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	31	4/23/2008	DEN	@	LAL	41	1	6	3	0	10	21	47.6	1	6	16.7	10	13	76.9	58.0	0	1	3	1	-14
15	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	30	5/22/2023	DEN	@	LAL	45	14	13	1	3	11	24	45.8	3	6	50.0	5	6	83.3	56.3	3	11	3	5	+6
16	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	30	9/20/2020	DEN	@	LAL	39	6	9	4	0	9	20	45.0	1	4	25.0	11	12	91.7	59.3	1	5	2	4	-6
17	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	30	4/20/2008	DEN	@	LAL	38	12	3	2	1	11	26	42.3	0	1	0.0	8	10	80.0	49.3	7	5	3	4	-16
18	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	30	4/20/2008	DEN	@	LAL	42	5	7	0	1	11	24	45.8	1	2	50.0	7	13	53.8	50.5	2	3	2	1	-4
19	Calvin Natt C. Natt	30	5/17/1985	DEN	vs	LAL	31	7	0	2	0	10	18	55.6	0	0		10	10	100.0	67.0	1	6	0	2
20	Alex English A. English	30	5/11/1985	DEN	@	LAL	36	3	3	0	0	12	19	63.2	0	0		6	7	85.7	67.9	2	1	1	3
21	Dan Issel D. Issel	30	4/10/1979	DEN	vs	LAL	34	10	4	0	0	12	23	52.2				6	6	100.0	58.5	2	8	0	5
22	Aaron Gordon A. Gordon	29	4/25/2024	DEN	@	LAL	41	15	3	1	0	12	18	66.7	0	1	0.0	5	6	83.3	70.3	5	10	2	0	+3
23	David Thompson D. Thompson	29	4/13/1979	DEN	@	LAL	41	5	1	0	0	14	24	58.3				1	2	50.0	58.3	2	3	4	5
24	Jamal Murray J. Murray	28	9/22/2020	DEN	vs	LAL	44	8	12	2	0	10	17	58.8	4	8	50.0	4	7	57.1	69.7	2	6	4	1	+8
25	Alex English A. English	28	5/19/1985	DEN	vs	LAL	26	8	3	2	0	8	20	40.0	0	0		12	13	92.3	54.4	4	4	3	0

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