most points by a player in a single playoff game vs celtics in 1962

Elgin Baylor had the most points in a 1962 playoff game versus the Celtics, with 61 points on April 14, 1962.

NAMEPTSDATETMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
61
4/14/1962
@
48
22
1
22
46
47.8
17
19
89.5
56.1
3
2Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
42
3/27/1962
vs
48
37
5
16
31
51.6
10
17
58.8
54.6
1
3Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
41
4/18/1962
@
51
22
4
13
40
32.5
15
21
71.4
41.6
6
4Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
41
3/31/1962
vs
48
34
2
15
29
51.7
11
22
50.0
53.0
2
5Jerry West
J. West
40
4/8/1962
@
45
5
4
13
23
56.5
14
15
93.3
67.6
5
6Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
39
4/10/1962
vs
48
23
4
13
35
37.1
13
16
81.3
46.4
2
7Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
38
4/11/1962
vs
47
14
6
14
28
50.0
10
14
71.4
55.6
1
8Jerry West
J. West
36
4/10/1962
vs
41
4
2
11
19
57.9
14
16
87.5
69.1
5
9Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
36
4/8/1962
@
46
12
5
14
30
46.7
8
8
100.0
53.7
3
10Jerry West
J. West
35
4/18/1962
@
53
6
0
14
30
46.7
7
8
87.5
52.2
4
11Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
35
4/7/1962
@
36
17
3
14
29
48.3
7
7
100.0
54.6
2
12Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
35
3/28/1962
@
48
29
6
14
32
43.8
7
12
58.3
46.9
2
13Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
34
4/16/1962
vs
45
15
3
11
27
40.7
12
14
85.7
51.3
5
14Jerry West
J. West
34
4/16/1962
vs
46
6
5
12
19
63.2
10
12
83.3
70.0
3
15Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
33
3/24/1962
@
48
31
3
13
25
52.0
7
12
58.3
54.5
3
16Tom Meschery
T. Meschery
32
4/5/1962
@
48
11
2
10
19
52.6
12
13
92.3
64.7
3
17Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
32
4/3/1962
vs
48
21
1
12
29
41.4
8
10
80.0
47.9
1
18Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
30
4/1/1962
@
48
14
0
11
27
40.7
8
10
80.0
47.8
4
19Paul Arizin
P. Arizin
28
4/3/1962
vs
43
10
0
11
26
42.3
6
7
85.7
48.1
4
20Tom Meschery
T. Meschery
27
4/3/1962
vs
48
19
5
12
22
54.5
3
3
100.0
57.9
4
21Tom Meschery
T. Meschery
27
3/28/1962
@
39
9
2
11
21
52.4
5
8
62.5
55.1
3
22Paul Arizin
P. Arizin
27
3/27/1962
vs
44
5
3
10
22
45.5
7
8
87.5
52.9
4
23Jerry West
J. West
26
4/14/1962
@
47
4
0
8
24
33.3
10
11
90.9
45.1
2
24Jerry West
J. West
26
4/11/1962
vs
40
5
4
10
23
43.5
6
9
66.7
48.2
2
25Paul Arizin
P. Arizin
26
3/31/1962
vs
42
6
2
7
18
38.9
12
14
85.7
53.8
6

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