most points by a player in a single half of a playoff game

Kevin Durant has the most points in the playoffs, with 38 points in the first half in Game 6 of the 2019 First Round against the Clippers.

	NAME	PTS	HALF	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Kevin Durant K. Durant	38	1H	4/26/2019	GSW	@	LAC	23	4	3	1	0	12	17	70.6	4	8	50.0	10	10	100.0	88.8	0	4	1	1	+20
2	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	35	1H	4/21/2024	MIL	vs	IND	19	3	2	0	0	11	19	57.9	6	10	60.0	7	7	100.0	79.3	0	3	1	0	+16
3	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	34	1H	4/23/2019	POR	vs	OKC	24	3	0	1	1	12	18	66.7	6	9	66.7	4	6	66.7	82.4	2	1	4	1	+1
4	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	33	2H	4/25/2024	PHI	vs	NYK	20	3	3	0	1	8	10	80.0	5	5	100.0	12	13	92.3	105.0	0	3	1	0	+18
5	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	33	2H	7/20/2021	MIL	vs	PHX	21	7	2	0	2	10	15	66.7	1	2	50.0	12	13	92.3	79.6	2	5	3	2	+10
6	Devin Booker D. Booker	33	1H	6/3/2021	PHX	@	LAL	22	6	1	0	0	11	16	68.8	7	8	87.5	4	4	100.0	92.9	0	6	0	2	+18
7	Jamal Murray J. Murray	33	2H	8/25/2020	DEN	vs	UTA	24	5	5	1	0	14	18	77.8	3	4	75.0	2	2	100.0	87.4	2	3	0	0	+19
8	Stephen Curry S. Curry	33	2H	5/10/2019	GSW	@	HOU	22	3	2	0	0	9	15	60.0	4	9	44.4	11	11	100.0	83.2	0	3	2	1	+4
9	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	33	2H	4/25/2018	OKC	vs	UTA	24	11	4	0	0	12	23	52.2	5	7	71.4	4	4	100.0	66.6	3	8	2	2	+23
10	Anthony Davis A. Davis	33	2H	4/21/2018	NOP	vs	POR	22	9	0	0	1	10	17	58.8	2	4	50.0	11	12	91.7	74.1	4	5	0	1	+13
11	James Harden J. Harden	33	2H	5/25/2015	HOU	vs	GSW		6	4	1	0	10	15	66.7	5	8	62.5	8	9	88.9	87.0	1	5	2	1
12	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	32	2H	4/24/2023	MIA	vs	MIL	20	6	1	0	1	10	15	66.7	1	5	20.0	11	12	91.7	78.9	2	4	0	0	+12
13	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	32	2H	6/8/2021	UTA	vs	LAC	21	2	3	0	1	11	16	68.8	4	7	57.1	6	7	85.7	83.9	0	2	2	0	+18
14	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	32	1H	5/24/2021	POR	@	DEN	22	2	4	0	1	9	15	60.0	8	11	72.7	6	6	100.0	90.7	0	2	3	1	-5
15	Jamal Murray J. Murray	32	2H	8/23/2020	DEN	@	UTA	23	7	2	0	1	12	19	63.2	6	10	60.0	2	2	100.0	80.5	2	5	0	1	-2
16	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	32	2H	8/17/2020	UTA	@	DEN	20	3	4	0	0	11	15	73.3	2	5	40.0	8	8	100.0	86.4	1	2	1	0	+5
17	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	31	2H	5/3/2024	CLE	@	ORL	22	2	1	0	0	13	21	61.9	3	5	60.0	2	2	100.0	70.8	1	1	4	3	+1
18	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	31	2H	4/28/2024	MIN	@	PHX	22	5	3	1	2	11	15	73.3	6	7	85.7	3	4	75.0	92.5	3	2	1	2	+13
19	LeBron James L. James	31	1H	5/22/2023	LAL	vs	DEN	24	4	4	2	0	11	13	84.6	4	4	100.0	5	5	100.0	102.0	1	3	1	1	+14
20	Devin Booker D. Booker	31	2H	4/25/2023	PHX	vs	LAC	22	5	4	1	0	12	15	80.0	4	6	66.7	3	4	75.0	92.5	2	3	2	3	+18
21	Devin Booker D. Booker	31	1H	4/19/2022	PHX	vs	NOP	17	2	1	0	0	12	18	66.7	7	10	70.0	0	0		86.1	1	1	2	2	+2
22	Chris Paul C. Paul	31	2H	6/30/2021	PHX	@	LAC	19	2	4	2	0	12	16	75.0	5	5	100.0	2	3	66.7	89.5	0	2	0	3	+22
23	Kevin Durant K. Durant	31	2H	6/15/2021	BKN	vs	MIL	24	8	7	1	0	10	13	76.9	3	5	60.0	8	9	88.9	91.4	0	8	0	1	+22
24	Anthony Davis A. Davis	31	2H	8/29/2020	LAL	vs	POR	18	6	1	0	0	9	10	90.0	3	4	75.0	10	12	83.3	101.4	2	4	0	0	+20
25	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	31	2H	4/27/2018	OKC	@	UTA	24	5	2	1	0	11	28	39.3	6	15	40.0	3	5	60.0	51.3	1	4	3	2	-5