most points by a player in a playoff game loss in 2020

Donovan Mitchell scored the most points in a loss in a 2020 playoff game, with 57 points against the Nuggets on August 17, 2020.

	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	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	57	1	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	Jamal Murray J. Murray	50	1	8/23/2020	DEN	@	UTA	43	11	7	0	1	18	31	58.1	9	15	60.0	5	5	100.0	75.3	4	7	0	2	+5
3	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	44	1	8/30/2020	UTA	vs	DEN	40	6	5	3	0	14	25	56.0	9	13	69.2	7	7	100.0	78.3	2	4	4	1	+2
4	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	42	1	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
5	LeBron James L. James	40	1	10/9/2020	LAL	vs	MIA	42	13	7	3	0	15	21	71.4	6	9	66.7	4	6	66.7	84.6	3	10	4	1	+7
6	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	38	1	8/30/2020	DAL	vs	LAC	42	9	9	1	0	15	28	53.6	4	9	44.4	4	8	50.0	60.3	0	9	5	4	-9
7	James Harden J. Harden	38	1	8/22/2020	HOU	@	OKC	38	7	8	1	0	12	27	44.4	3	13	23.1	11	15	73.3	56.5	0	7	1	6	+6
8	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	36	1	9/11/2020	LAC	vs	DEN	39	9	4	3	0	12	24	50.0	5	12	41.7	7	7	100.0	66.5	2	7	3	2	-12
9	CJ McCollum	36	1	8/29/2020	POR	@	LAL	46	6	7	1	0	13	25	52.0	3	7	42.9	7	8	87.5	63.1	3	3	6	2	-15
10	Lou Williams L. Williams	36	1	8/23/2020	LAC	@	DAL	34	4	5	1	0	13	20	65.0	2	4	50.0	8	9	88.9	75.1	1	3	2	2	+15
11	Caris LeVert C. LeVert	35	1	8/23/2020	BKN	vs	TOR	31	6	6	2	0	11	23	47.8	6	9	66.7	7	10	70.0	63.9	3	3	3	2	-20
12	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	35	1	8/19/2020	LAC	vs	DAL	41	10	2	1	0	10	21	47.6	2	6	33.3	13	14	92.9	64.4	2	8	3	2	-7
13	Malcolm Brogdon M. Brogdon	34	1	8/22/2020	IND	@	MIA	43	7	14	2	0	11	17	64.7	4	7	57.1	8	8	100.0	82.8	0	7	5	5	-7
14	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	34	1	8/22/2020	POR	vs	LAL	43	5	7	0	0	8	20	40.0	5	11	45.5	13	14	92.9	65.0	0	5	4	0	-8
15	Kristaps Porziņģis K. Porziņģis	34	1	8/21/2020	DAL	vs	LAC	38	13	1	0	1	11	18	61.1	5	9	55.6	7	7	100.0	80.6	2	11	1	3	-2
16	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	34	1	8/19/2020	PHI	@	BOS	34	10	3	0	1	11	21	52.4	0	2	0.0	12	13	92.3	63.6	0	10	2	3	-21
17	Paul George P. George	33	1	9/13/2020	LAC	@	DEN	39	6	3	5	1	9	21	42.9	4	9	44.4	11	11	100.0	63.9	1	5	3	4	-23
18	James Harden J. Harden	33	1	9/8/2020	HOU	vs	LAL	38	9	9	0	0	11	23	47.8	4	9	44.4	7	7	100.0	63.3	3	6	2	2	-7
19	Jamal Murray J. Murray	32	1	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
20	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	32	1	9/7/2020	DEN	vs	LAC	39	12	8	1	0	13	24	54.2	3	8	37.5	3	4	75.0	62.1	1	11	7	4	-8
21	James Harden J. Harden	32	1	8/31/2020	HOU	@	OKC	39	8	7	0	0	11	22	50.0	3	11	27.3	7	8	87.5	62.7	1	7	5	2	+6
22	James Harden J. Harden	32	1	8/24/2020	HOU	@	OKC	43	8	15	4	0	11	25	44.0	6	15	40.0	4	5	80.0	58.8	1	7	6	5	+2
23	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	32	1	8/23/2020	LAC	@	DAL	47	9	4	2	1	10	22	45.5	3	9	33.3	9	10	90.0	60.6	2	7	2	3	-13
24	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	32	1	8/20/2020	ORL	@	MIL	35	10	2	0	1	13	23	56.5	2	8	25.0	4	4	100.0	64.6	2	8	3	2	-8
25	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	31	1	9/9/2020	BOS	vs	TOR	51	16	2	2	0	11	30	36.7	4	13	30.8	5	5	100.0	48.1	4	12	3	5	+4