most points by a player in a game in the 3rd round of the playoffs

George Gervin posted 46 points in Game 2 of the 1978 Eastern Conference Semifinals versus the Washington Bullets on April 18, 1978.

	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	George Gervin G. Gervin	46	4/18/1978	SAS	vs	WAS	41	6	3	1	1	17	32	53.1				12	15	80.0	59.6			4	3
2	George Gervin G. Gervin	44	4/4/1980	SAS	vs	HOU	43	7	2	2	2	19	29	65.5	0	0		6	7	85.7	68.6			2	2
3	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
4	George Gervin G. Gervin	42	5/18/1979	SAS	@	WAS	43	6	1	3	1	16	31	51.6				10	13	76.9	57.2			3	4
5	George Gervin G. Gervin	42	5/11/1979	SAS	vs	WAS	41	6	1	1	1	19	31	61.3				4	6	66.7	62.4			2	0
6	George Gervin G. Gervin	41	4/20/1985	SAS	@	DEN	42	6	3	0	0	16	25	64.0	0	2	0.0	9	11	81.8	68.7	2	4	3	2
7	Drazen Petrovic D. Petrovic	40	4/23/1992	NJN	@	CLE	47	4	1	1	0	17	31	54.8	0	4	0.0	6	6	100.0	59.5	3	1	1	4
8	Cliff Hagan C. Hagan	40	4/5/1961	STL	@	BOS	48	17	6			16	28	57.1				8	9	88.9	62.6				4
9	Cliff Hagan C. Hagan	40	3/21/1959	STL	vs	MIN						16	22	72.7				8	9	88.9	77.0				5
10	George Gervin G. Gervin	39	5/14/1982	SAS	vs	LAL	44	15	4	0	0	15	31	48.4	0	1	0.0	9	10	90.0	55.1			5	3
11	George Gervin G. Gervin	38	5/15/1982	SAS	vs	LAL	42	7	5	0	1	16	30	53.3	0	0		6	7	85.7	57.4			4	6
12	Cliff Hagan C. Hagan	38	3/26/1959	STL	@	MIN		14				13	23	56.5				12	13	92.3	66.2				4
13	Cliff Hagan C. Hagan	38	3/19/1958	STL	vs	DET						17	30	56.7				4	6	66.7	58.2				3
14	George Gervin G. Gervin	37	4/6/1980	SAS	@	HOU	39	4	6	0	0	12	26	46.2	0	1	0.0	13	13	100.0	58.3			3	3
15	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	37	4/21/1978	SAS	@	WAS	42	9	4	2	0	15	21	71.4				7	7	100.0	76.8			4	2
16	Cliff Hagan C. Hagan	37	3/30/1958	STL	@	BOS	42	12	3			10	18	55.6				17	18	94.4	71.4				5
17	George Gervin G. Gervin	36	4/30/1982	SAS	vs	SEA	45	11	4	1	1	15	31	48.4	0	0		6	9	66.7	51.5	5	6	2	3
18	Cliff Hagan C. Hagan	36	4/7/1960	STL	vs	BOS	46	13	4			13	24	54.2				10	14	71.4	59.7				4
19	George Gervin G. Gervin	35	4/23/1978	SAS	@	WAS	39	3	4	1	4	12	23	52.2				11	17	64.7	57.4			3	5
20	George Gervin G. Gervin	35	4/16/1978	SAS	vs	WAS	40	7	5	2	1	15	28	53.6				5	5	100.0	57.9			3	4
21	Norm Van Lier N. Van Lier	35	5/4/1975	CHI	vs	GSW	48	9	9	3	1	14	27	51.9				7	9	77.8	56.5	3	6		3
22	George Gervin G. Gervin	34	5/9/1982	SAS	@	LAL	44	6	6	1	0	10	24	41.7	0	1	0.0	14	16	87.5	54.8			3	2
23	Billy Ray Bates B. Ray Bates	34	4/5/1981	POR	vs	KCK	38	5	4	3	0	16	28	57.1	0	0		2	2	100.0	58.9	2	3	2	4
24	George Gervin G. Gervin	34	5/4/1979	SAS	@	WAS	39	6	0	3	3	15	26	57.7				4	5	80.0	60.3			1	2
25	Cliff Hagan C. Hagan	34	4/2/1963	STL	@	LAL	26	9	5			15	21	71.4				4	4	100.0	74.7				4