most points by a single player in the first quarter of a 2023 conference finals game

LeBron James posted the most points in a 2023 Conference Finals game, with 21 points against the Nuggets on May 22, 2023.

	NAME	PTS	DATE	SEASON	SERIES	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	21	5/22/2023	2022-23	Conference Finals	LAL	vs	DEN	12	2	1	0	0	7	9	77.8	4	4	100.0	3	3	100.0	101.7	0	2	1	0	+6
2	Jamal Murray J. Murray	17	5/20/2023	2022-23	Conference Finals	DEN	@	LAL	12	3	0	0	0	8	10	80.0	1	2	50.0	0	0		85.0	0	3	1	0	+12
3	Caleb Martin C. Martin	12	5/27/2023	2022-23	Conference Finals	MIA	vs	BOS	12	5	1	0	1	5	6	83.3	2	2	100.0	0	0		100.0	0	5	1	0	-5
4	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	12	5/25/2023	2022-23	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	MIA	12	2	2	1	0	5	8	62.5	1	3	33.3	1	2	50.0	67.6	0	2	0	2	+15
5	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	12	5/19/2023	2022-23	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	MIA	12	3	2	0	0	4	6	66.7	2	3	66.7	2	2	100.0	87.2	1	2	2	1	+1
6	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	12	5/17/2023	2022-23	Conference Finals	MIA	@	BOS	12	2	2	2	0	5	9	55.6	0	0		2	2	100.0	60.7	1	1	1	0	-2
7	Derrick White D. White	11	5/25/2023	2022-23	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	MIA	12	0	0	1	0	4	5	80.0	3	3	100.0	0	0		110.0	0	0	0	1	+15
8	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	10	5/27/2023	2022-23	Conference Finals	BOS	@	MIA	10	5	2	0	0	5	6	83.3	0	0		0	0		83.3	1	4	0	1	+6
9	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope K. Caldwell-Pope	10	5/22/2023	2022-23	Conference Finals	DEN	@	LAL	12	1	0	0	0	3	6	50.0	3	5	60.0	1	1	100.0	77.6	0	1	0	0	-6
10	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	9	5/27/2023	2022-23	Conference Finals	BOS	@	MIA	12	3	2	0	1	2	5	40.0	0	2	0.0	5	5	100.0	62.5	1	2	0	0	+5
11	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	9	5/23/2023	2022-23	Conference Finals	MIA	vs	BOS	12	3	2	1	1	3	6	50.0	0	1	0.0	3	4	75.0	58.0	0	3	1	0	+6
12	Anthony Davis A. Davis	9	5/20/2023	2022-23	Conference Finals	LAL	vs	DEN	11	5	1	0	1	3	8	37.5	0	0		3	4	75.0	46.1	3	2	0	1	-13
13	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	9	5/18/2023	2022-23	Conference Finals	DEN	vs	LAL	12	2	2	2	0	3	4	75.0	0	0		3	4	75.0	78.1	0	2	1	0	0
14	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	8	5/29/2023	2022-23	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	MIA	12	1	0	0	2	3	10	30.0	0	3	0.0	2	2	100.0	36.8	0	1	3	1	-7
15	Marcus Smart M. Smart	8	5/25/2023	2022-23	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	MIA	8	0	1	1	0	3	5	60.0	2	3	66.7	0	0		80.0	0	0	0	0	+13
16	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	8	5/21/2023	2022-23	Conference Finals	BOS	@	MIA	12	3	0	0	0	4	7	57.1	0	1	0.0	0	0		57.1	0	3	2	1	-8
17	Caleb Martin C. Martin	8	5/21/2023	2022-23	Conference Finals	MIA	vs	BOS	7	0	1	0	0	3	3	100.0	2	2	100.0	0	0		133.3	0	0	0	0	+11
18	Jamal Murray J. Murray	8	5/18/2023	2022-23	Conference Finals	DEN	vs	LAL	12	1	3	2	0	2	6	33.3	2	4	50.0	2	2	100.0	58.1	1	0	0	0	0
19	LeBron James L. James	8	5/16/2023	2022-23	Conference Finals	LAL	@	DEN	9	4	2	0	1	4	7	57.1	0	1	0.0	0	0		57.1	1	3	1	0	-7
20	Aaron Gordon A. Gordon	8	5/16/2023	2022-23	Conference Finals	DEN	vs	LAL	10	1	2	0	0	3	6	50.0	0	2	0.0	2	2	100.0	58.1	1	0	1	1	+16
21	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	8	5/16/2023	2022-23	Conference Finals	DEN	vs	LAL	11	12	5	0	2	4	6	66.7	0	0		0	0		66.7	6	6	1	0	+11
22	Caleb Martin C. Martin	7	5/29/2023	2022-23	Conference Finals	MIA	@	BOS	12	5	0	1	0	3	7	42.9	1	2	50.0	0	0		50.0	2	3	0	0	+7
23	Austin Reaves A. Reaves	7	5/18/2023	2022-23	Conference Finals	LAL	@	DEN	8	1	1	0	0	2	6	33.3	2	4	50.0	1	1	100.0	54.3	1	0	2	0	+1
24	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	7	5/17/2023	2022-23	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	MIA	10	4	1	0	0	3	7	42.9	1	2	50.0	0	0		50.0	0	4	1	1	+4
25	Bruce Brown B. Brown	7	5/16/2023	2022-23	Conference Finals	DEN	vs	LAL	5	2	0	0	0	2	3	66.7	1	1	100.0	2	2	100.0	90.2	0	2	0	0	+2