most points by a player in first playoff game this season

Luka Dončić has put up the most points in his first game, with 37 points versus the Timberwolves on April 19.

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	37	4/19/2025	LAL	vs	MIN	40	8	1	2	0	12	22	54.5	5	10	50.0	8	9	88.9	71.3	1	7	5	3	-12
2	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	36	4/20/2025	ORL	@	BOS	42	11	4	1	1	14	27	51.9	4	7	57.1	4	6	66.7	60.7	3	8	4	0	-4
3	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	36	4/19/2025	MIL	@	IND	38	12	1	1	2	14	23	60.9	0	2	0.0	8	15	53.3	60.8	3	9	5	2	-18
4	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	34	4/19/2025	NYK	vs	DET	40	2	8	0	0	12	27	44.4	2	5	40.0	8	10	80.0	54.1	0	2	1	3	+2
5	James Harden J. Harden	32	4/19/2025	LAC	@	DEN	43	6	11	0	1	11	22	50.0	4	9	44.4	6	6	100.0	64.9	0	6	2	5	0
6	Stephen Curry S. Curry	31	4/20/2025	GSW	@	HOU	40	6	3	1	0	12	19	63.2	5	9	55.6	2	2	100.0	78.0	0	6	4	2	+3
7	Derrick White D. White	30	4/20/2025	BOS	vs	ORL	36	4	2	1	2	10	18	55.6	7	12	58.3	3	3	100.0	77.6	1	3	2	0	+7
8	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	30	4/20/2025	CLE	vs	MIA	33	5	4	4	0	11	19	57.9	2	9	22.2	6	7	85.7	67.9	0	5	2	2	+10
9	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	29	4/19/2025	DEN	vs	LAC	46	9	12	3	1	12	24	50.0	1	4	25.0	4	6	66.7	54.4	0	9	2	4	+10
10	Ty Jerome T. Jerome	28	4/20/2025	CLE	vs	MIA	26	5	3	0	0	10	15	66.7	5	8	62.5	3	5	60.0	81.4	1	4	0	1	+17
11	Darius Garland D. Garland	27	4/20/2025	CLE	vs	MIA	31	3	5	1	0	10	17	58.8	5	9	55.6	2	2	100.0	75.5	0	3	2	2	+16
12	Alperen Şengün A. Şengün	26	4/20/2025	HOU	vs	GSW	36	9	1	3	0	11	18	61.1	1	2	50.0	3	4	75.0	65.8	2	7	5	2	-7
13	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	25	4/20/2025	GSW	@	HOU	42	7	6	5	0	10	19	52.6	1	2	50.0	4	6	66.7	57.8	3	4	1	1	+14
14	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	25	4/19/2025	IND	vs	MIL	33	7	2	1	1	10	15	66.7	3	5	60.0	2	2	100.0	78.7	0	7	1	4	+28
15	Aaron Gordon A. Gordon	25	4/19/2025	DEN	vs	LAC	46	8	1	2	0	8	14	57.1	1	3	33.3	8	10	80.0	67.9	5	3	3	2	0
16	Tobias Harris T. Harris	25	4/19/2025	DET	@	NYK	40	6	0	0	2	8	13	61.5	4	5	80.0	5	5	100.0	82.2	0	6	1	0	-16
17	Jaden McDaniels J. McDaniels	25	4/19/2025	MIN	@	LAL	33	9	2	1	0	11	13	84.6	3	3	100.0	0	0		96.2	4	5	0	3	+27
18	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	24	4/20/2025	MIA	@	CLE	39	9	3	2	1	10	22	45.5	1	5	20.0	3	6	50.0	48.7	4	5	1	1	-13
19	Franz Wagner F. Wagner	23	4/20/2025	ORL	@	BOS	36	3	5	1	2	10	24	41.7	1	6	16.7	2	2	100.0	46.2	0	3	5	3	-15
20	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	23	4/19/2025	NYK	vs	DET	39	11	5	4	2	10	14	71.4	1	3	33.3	2	2	100.0	77.3	0	11	0	3	+22
21	OG Anunoby	23	4/19/2025	NYK	vs	DET	44	7	0	5	2	8	18	44.4	3	8	37.5	4	4	100.0	58.2	3	4	2	3	+10
22	Naz Reid N. Reid	23	4/19/2025	MIN	@	LAL	31	5	2	0	2	8	12	66.7	6	9	66.7	1	2	50.0	89.3	0	5	0	0	+13
23	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	22	4/19/2025	LAC	@	DEN	41	6	2	3	0	9	15	60.0	1	3	33.3	3	3	100.0	67.4	1	5	7	3	-2
24	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	22	4/19/2025	MIN	@	LAL	35	8	9	1	0	8	22	36.4	4	9	44.4	2	2	100.0	48.1	2	6	1	4	+21
25	Tyler Herro T. Herro	21	4/20/2025	MIA	@	CLE	37	3	2	1	0	7	18	38.9	3	6	50.0	4	4	100.0	53.1	0	3	3	4	-18