most points by a player in a playoff game loss in 2021

Damian Lillard scored the most points in a loss in a 2021 playoff game, with 55 points against the Nuggets on June 1, 2021.

	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	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	55	1	6/1/2021	POR	@	DEN	52	6	10	1	3	17	24	70.8	12	17	70.6	9	10	90.0	96.8	1	5	1	0	+2
2	Kevin Durant K. Durant	48	1	6/19/2021	BKN	vs	MIL	53	9	6	1	1	17	36	47.2	4	11	36.4	10	11	90.9	58.8	1	8	3	4	-4
3	Ja Morant J. Morant	47	1	5/26/2021	MEM	@	UTA	43	4	7	0	0	15	26	57.7	2	7	28.6	15	20	75.0	67.5	2	2	4	3	-6
4	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	46	1	6/6/2021	DAL	@	LAC	45	7	14	0	0	17	30	56.7	5	11	45.5	7	11	63.6	66.0	0	7	6	3	-9
5	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	44	1	5/28/2021	DAL	vs	LAC	39	9	9	1	0	15	28	53.6	7	13	53.8	7	13	53.8	65.2	2	7	5	2	+3
6	Devin Booker D. Booker	42	1	7/14/2021	PHX	@	MIL	39	1	2	0	1	17	28	60.7	0	3	0.0	8	9	88.9	65.7	1	0	4	5	0
7	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	42	1	7/8/2021	MIL	@	PHX	40	12	4	1	3	15	22	68.2	1	5	20.0	11	18	61.1	70.2	4	8	3	3	+3
8	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	42	1	5/24/2021	POR	@	DEN	42	4	10	0	1	11	24	45.8	9	16	56.3	11	13	84.6	70.7	0	4	3	1	-16
9	James Harden J. Harden	41	1	5/28/2021	BKN	@	BOS	39	7	10	1	0	11	18	61.1	7	12	58.3	12	13	92.3	86.4	1	6	2	1	+13
10	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	41	1	5/25/2021	LAC	vs	DAL	41	6	4	2	0	14	21	66.7	4	7	57.1	9	10	90.0	80.7	2	4	2	2	-7
11	Devin Booker D. Booker	40	1	7/17/2021	PHX	vs	MIL	42	4	3	2	1	17	33	51.5	2	4	50.0	4	5	80.0	56.8	1	3	2	5	+12
12	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	40	1	5/30/2021	BOS	vs	BKN	40	7	5	1	2	10	22	45.5	3	7	42.9	17	17	100.0	67.8	1	6	2	3	-9
13	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	39	1	6/18/2021	UTA	@	LAC	40	9	9	1	0	12	27	44.4	9	15	60.0	6	9	66.7	63.0	1	8	2	3	-9
14	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	39	1	6/6/2021	PHI	vs	ATL	38	9	4	1	3	12	21	57.1	1	3	33.3	14	15	93.3	70.7	2	7	4	4	+13
15	Kevin Durant K. Durant	39	1	5/28/2021	BKN	@	BOS	40	9	1	4	1	13	24	54.2	4	9	44.4	9	12	75.0	66.6	0	9	3	1	-1
16	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	37	1	6/16/2021	PHI	vs	ATL	39	13	5	2	4	12	20	60.0	2	4	50.0	11	13	84.6	71.9	2	11	5	3	+11
17	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	37	1	6/14/2021	UTA	@	LAC	40	5	5	1	0	9	26	34.6	6	15	40.0	13	15	86.7	56.7	1	4	5	5	-15
18	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	37	1	5/27/2021	POR	vs	DEN	40	2	5	2	0	15	31	48.4	5	16	31.3	2	2	100.0	58.0	0	2	1	3	-6
19	Seth Curry S. Curry	36	1	6/16/2021	PHI	vs	ATL	38	7	0	2	0	13	19	68.4	7	12	58.3	3	4	75.0	86.7	2	5	1	4	+6
20	Trae Young T. Young	35	1	6/27/2021	ATL	vs	MIL	39	0	4	1	0	12	23	52.2	6	14	42.9	5	6	83.3	68.3	0	0	4	1	-13
21	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	34	1	6/23/2021	MIL	vs	ATL	41	12	9	2	2	14	25	56.0	0	2	0.0	6	8	75.0	59.6	4	8	3	4	+4
22	Paul George P. George	34	1	6/20/2021	LAC	@	PHX	39	4	5	2	1	10	26	38.5	7	15	46.7	7	8	87.5	57.6	1	3	1	0	+1
23	Trae Young T. Young	34	1	6/18/2021	ATL	vs	PHI	40	5	12	3	0	13	30	43.3	5	10	50.0	3	5	60.0	52.8	0	5	4	4	+7
24	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	34	1	6/15/2021	MIL	@	BKN	42	12	4	1	2	14	22	63.6	2	4	50.0	4	7	57.1	67.8	0	12	4	6	-8
25	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	34	1	6/5/2021	MIL	@	BKN	35	11	4	0	2	16	24	66.7	2	5	40.0	0	3	0.0	67.1	0	11	5	3	-7