most points by a player in a playoff game loss in 2018

LeBron James put up the most points in a loss in a 2018 playoff game, with 51 points versus the Warriors on May 31, 2018.

	NAME	PTS	L	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	51	1	5/31/2018	CLE	@	GSW	48	8	8	1	1	19	32	59.4	3	7	42.9	10	11	90.9	69.2	4	4	5	2	-13
2	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	46	1	4/27/2018	OKC	@	UTA	44	10	5	2	0	18	43	41.9	7	19	36.8	3	6	50.0	50.4	1	9	5	3	-1
3	LeBron James L. James	42	1	5/15/2018	CLE	@	BOS	39	10	12	0	1	16	29	55.2	5	11	45.5	5	10	50.0	62.9	1	9	6	3	-9
4	James Harden J. Harden	41	1	5/14/2018	HOU	vs	GSW	35	4	7	1	0	14	24	58.3	5	9	55.6	8	10	80.0	72.2	1	3	4	4	-7
5	Kevin Durant K. Durant	38	1	5/16/2018	GSW	@	HOU	35	3	0	0	0	13	22	59.1	3	7	42.9	9	9	100.0	73.2	1	2	5	5	-28
6	CJ McCollum	38	1	4/21/2018	POR	@	NOP	45	2	3	0	0	15	22	68.2	2	3	66.7	6	7	85.7	75.8	0	2	2	5	-9
7	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	35	1	4/22/2018	TOR	@	WAS	38	6	6	1	0	10	29	34.5	1	4	25.0	14	18	77.8	47.4	1	5	4	2	-12
8	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	35	1	4/15/2018	MIL	@	BOS	45	13	7	3	0	11	21	52.4	0	1	0.0	13	16	81.3	62.4	2	11	4	6	-5
9	Anthony Davis A. Davis	34	1	5/8/2018	NOP	@	GSW	46	19	1	1	3	13	26	50.0	1	2	50.0	7	9	77.8	56.7	2	17	3	2	-8
10	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	34	1	4/22/2018	BOS	@	MIL	41	8	1	3	0	13	24	54.2	5	8	62.5	3	4	75.0	66.0	2	6	1	2	+10
11	Kevin Durant K. Durant	34	1	4/22/2018	GSW	@	SAS	41	13	2	0	1	12	28	42.9	4	13	30.8	6	7	85.7	54.7	1	12	3	0	-6
12	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	34	1	4/16/2018	SAS	@	GSW	37	12	3	0	0	11	21	52.4	0	0		12	12	100.0	64.7	4	8	2	1	-8
13	LeBron James L. James	33	1	6/6/2018	CLE	vs	GSW	47	10	11	2	2	13	28	46.4	1	6	16.7	6	7	85.7	53.1	3	7	4	2	-8
14	James Harden J. Harden	32	1	5/28/2018	HOU	vs	GSW	43	6	6	4	1	12	29	41.4	2	13	15.4	6	8	75.0	49.2	1	5	5	2	-13
15	James Harden J. Harden	32	1	5/26/2018	HOU	@	GSW	40	7	9	3	0	10	24	41.7	4	12	33.3	8	9	88.9	57.2	2	5	9	4	-19
16	James Harden J. Harden	32	1	5/2/2018	HOU	vs	UTA	36	6	11	2	0	9	22	40.9	2	10	20.0	12	13	92.3	57.7	2	4	2	5	0
17	Khris Middleton K. Middleton	32	1	4/28/2018	MIL	@	BOS	41	2	3	0	1	11	18	61.1	5	9	55.6	5	5	100.0	79.2	0	2	2	5	0
18	Bradley Beal B. Beal	32	1	4/27/2018	WAS	vs	TOR	43	3	1	0	2	10	22	45.5	6	10	60.0	6	6	100.0	64.9	0	3	6	3	-13
19	Paul George P. George	32	1	4/23/2018	OKC	@	UTA	40	6	2	2	0	9	21	42.9	2	9	22.2	12	12	100.0	60.9	1	5	6	3	-15
20	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	31	1	4/30/2018	PHI	@	BOS	35	13	5	1	0	12	21	57.1	2	5	40.0	5	6	83.3	65.6	1	12	3	2	-6
21	Khris Middleton K. Middleton	31	1	4/15/2018	MIL	@	BOS	47	8	6	2	1	12	20	60.0	5	7	71.4	2	2	100.0	74.2	1	7	3	5	+11
22	Victor Oladipo V. Oladipo	30	1	4/29/2018	IND	@	CLE	41	12	6	3	0	10	21	47.6	4	9	44.4	6	9	66.7	60.1	0	12	2	1	+1
23	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	30	1	4/24/2018	SAS	@	GSW	40	12	4	1	0	8	18	44.4	0	2	0.0	14	14	100.0	62.1	3	9	2	3	-3
24	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	30	1	4/17/2018	MIL	@	BOS	43	9	8	1	1	13	17	76.5	0	1	0.0	4	9	44.4	71.6	1	8	3	3	-13
25	LeBron James L. James	29	1	6/3/2018	CLE	@	GSW	44	9	13	2	0	10	20	50.0	2	4	50.0	7	9	77.8	60.5	1	8	5	2	-18