most points by a player in the first half of a 2023 nba playoff game

LeBron James put up the most points in a 2023 playoff game, with 31 points against the Nuggets on May 22, 2023.

	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	LeBron James L. James	31	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
2	Jamal Murray J. Murray	30	5/20/2023	DEN	@	LAL	21	4	1	1	0	13	20	65.0	4	8	50.0	0	0		75.0	0	4	1	1	+9
3	Devin Booker D. Booker	27	5/5/2023	PHX	vs	DEN	21	4	3	3	0	12	15	80.0	3	5	60.0	0	0		90.0	0	4	2	2	+13
4	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	26	5/1/2023	BOS	vs	PHI	20	4	3	1	1	11	15	73.3	4	4	100.0	0	0		86.7	0	4	1	0	+1
5	Darius Garland D. Garland	26	4/18/2023	CLE	vs	NYK	21	1	3	0	0	6	10	60.0	4	6	66.7	10	11	90.9	87.6	0	1	2	1	+22
6	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	25	5/27/2023	BOS	@	MIA	22	4	2	1	2	7	13	53.8	0	4	0.0	11	11	100.0	70.1	1	3	0	1	+4
7	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	25	5/14/2023	BOS	vs	PHI	21	7	4	1	0	9	16	56.3	1	3	33.3	6	8	75.0	64.0	0	7	0	0	+6
8	Trae Young T. Young	25	4/27/2023	ATL	vs	BOS	19	1	4	0	1	8	15	53.3	4	8	50.0	5	5	100.0	72.7	0	1	3	0	-6
9	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	24	5/7/2023	DEN	@	PHX	19	1	3	0	1	9	12	75.0	1	1	100.0	5	6	83.3	82.0	1	0	4	3	+7
10	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	24	4/24/2023	MIA	vs	MIL	21	3	1	0	0	9	13	69.2	2	3	66.7	4	6	66.7	76.7	2	1	1	0	-8
11	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	24	4/16/2023	MIA	@	MIL	20	2	4	3	0	11	17	64.7	0	0		2	3	66.7	65.5	0	2	2	2	+15
12	Anthony Davis A. Davis	23	5/2/2023	LAL	@	GSW	20	11	1	0	2	9	10	90.0	0	0		5	5	100.0	94.3	0	11	1	1	-2
13	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	23	4/25/2023	BOS	vs	ATL	19	3	1	0	0	10	13	76.9	2	3	66.7	1	2	50.0	82.9	0	3	2	2	+12
14	Mikal Bridges M. Bridges	23	4/15/2023	BKN	@	PHI	19	4	1	0	1	10	16	62.5	1	3	33.3	2	2	100.0	68.1	0	4	3	0	-10
15	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	22	5/12/2023	NYK	@	MIA	21	2	1	0	0	8	11	72.7	4	7	57.1	2	2	100.0	92.6	0	2	1	4	+8
16	Norman Powell N. Powell	22	4/20/2023	LAC	vs	PHX	19	3	1	0	1	8	10	80.0	3	4	75.0	3	4	75.0	93.5	0	3	2	1	-2
17	Cameron Johnson C. Johnson	22	4/17/2023	BKN	@	PHI	20	1	0	0	1	9	13	69.2	4	7	57.1	0	0		84.6	1	0	0	1	+3
18	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope K. Caldwell-Pope	21	5/11/2023	DEN	@	PHX	16	4	1	2	1	7	9	77.8	2	3	66.7	5	5	100.0	93.8	0	4	0	0	+25
19	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	21	5/9/2023	PHI	@	BOS	20	5	1	0	1	5	13	38.5	2	4	50.0	9	9	100.0	61.9	3	2	1	1	+7
20	James Harden J. Harden	21	5/7/2023	PHI	vs	BOS	21	3	5	0	1	8	11	72.7	3	3	100.0	2	2	100.0	88.4	0	3	0	1	+1
21	Kevin Durant K. Durant	21	5/7/2023	PHX	vs	DEN	21	4	2	1	1	6	12	50.0	1	2	50.0	8	9	88.9	65.8	0	4	1	1	-4
22	D'Angelo Russell D. Russell	21	5/6/2023	LAL	vs	GSW	20	2	4	0	0	8	12	66.7	5	7	71.4	0	0		87.5	0	2	2	3	+12
23	Kevin Durant K. Durant	21	5/5/2023	PHX	vs	DEN	21	6	5	0	0	5	16	31.3	0	2	0.0	11	12	91.7	49.3	0	6	0	1	+16
24	LeBron James L. James	21	5/4/2023	LAL	@	GSW	19	5	1	0	0	9	13	69.2	3	5	60.0	0	0		80.8	0	5	0	1	-12
25	James Harden J. Harden	21	5/1/2023	PHI	@	BOS	19	0	4	0	0	9	14	64.3	3	5	60.0	0	0		75.0	0	0	0	1	-5