most points in a eastern conference finals game 5 by a player

LeBron James has posted the most points, with 48 points in Game 5 of the 2007 Eastern Conference Finals against the Pistons on May 31, 2007.

	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	48	5/31/2007	2006-07	Conference Finals	CLE	@	DET	50	9	7	2	0	18	33	54.5	2	3	66.7	10	14	71.4	61.3	3	6	2	3	+2
2	Reggie Miller R. Miller	39	6/1/1994	1993-94	Conference Finals	IND	@	NYK	39	0	6	1	0	14	26	53.8	6	11	54.5	5	6	83.3	68.1	0	0	2	1
3	Paul George P. George	37	5/28/2014	2013-14	Conference Finals	IND	vs	MIA	45	6	2	6	0	15	28	53.6	5	14	35.7	2	3	66.7	63.1	1	5	3	2	+9
4	LeBron James L. James	37	5/28/2009	2008-09	Conference Finals	CLE	vs	ORL	46	14	12	1	1	11	24	45.8	0	2	0.0	15	19	78.9	57.2	3	11	4	3	+11
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	37	5/27/1992	1991-92	Conference Finals	CHI	vs	CLE	39	3	5	4	0	13	28	46.4	0	0		11	12	91.7	55.6	0	3	0	4
6	Julius Erving J. Erving	37	5/15/1977	1976-77	Conference Finals	PHI	vs	HOU	42	6	6	3	0	16	29	55.2				5	7	71.4	57.7				4
7	Larry Bird L. Bird	36	5/26/1987	1986-87	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	DET	47	12	9	1	1	12	25	48.0	0	2	0.0	12	12	100.0	59.4	1	11	5	1
8	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	35	5/23/2019	2018-19	Conference Finals	TOR	@	MIL	40	7	9	2	0	11	25	44.0	5	8	62.5	8	9	88.9	60.4	3	4	1	4	+3
9	LeBron James L. James	35	5/25/2017	2016-17	Conference Finals	CLE	@	BOS	35	8	8	3	1	13	18	72.2	4	7	57.1	5	8	62.5	81.3	1	7	2	4	+36
10	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	35	5/31/1995	1994-95	Conference Finals	ORL	vs	IND	42	13	3	2	1	13	21	61.9	0	0		9	19	47.4	59.6	5	8	1	5
11	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	35	6/1/1988	1987-88	Conference Finals	DET	@	BOS	47	8	5	4	0	14	30	46.7	0	2	0.0	7	9	77.8	51.5	1	7	5	5
12	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	33	7/1/2021	2020-21	Conference Finals	MIL	vs	ATL	38	7	0	2	4	14	18	77.8	0	2	0.0	5	7	71.4	78.3	4	3	2	2	+17
13	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	33	5/28/2008	2007-08	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	DET	41	7	2	1	0	11	17	64.7	1	1	100.0	10	12	83.3	74.1	1	6	5	3	+8
14	Richard Hamilton R. Hamilton	33	5/30/2004	2003-04	Conference Finals	DET	@	IND	43	3	3	1	1	12	22	54.5	1	2	50.0	8	8	100.0	64.7	0	3	1	0	+21
15	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	33	6/2/1993	1992-93	Conference Finals	NYK	vs	CHI	44	9	3	0	2	12	23	52.2	1	1	100.0	8	14	57.1	56.6	1	8	3	3
16	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	33	4/24/1974	1973-74	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	NYK	48	5	5			14	22	63.6				5	5	100.0	68.2				1
17	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	32	5/29/2025	2024-25	Conference Finals	NYK	vs	IND	34	5	5	0	1	12	18	66.7	4	7	57.1	4	4	100.0	81.0	0	5	3	2	+18
18	Larry Bird L. Bird	32	4/29/1981	1980-81	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	PHI	43	11	5	3	2	11	24	45.8	0	0		10	10	100.0	56.3			6	4
19	Phil Chenier P. Chenier	32	5/9/1975	1974-75	Conference Finals	WAS	@	BOS	45	2	4			12	20	60.0				8	8	100.0	68.0				3
20	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	32	4/25/1973	1972-73	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	NYK	48	16	3			14	30	46.7				4	6	66.7	49.0				3
21	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	32	4/23/1972	1971-72	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	NYK	48	6	3			9	21	42.9				14	16	87.5	57.1				2
22	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	31	9/25/2020	2019-20	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	MIA	43	10	6	1	0	8	22	36.4	3	10	30.0	12	14	85.7	55.0	2	8	2	3	+10
23	LeBron James L. James	30	5/30/2013	2012-13	Conference Finals	MIA	vs	IND	44	8	6	2	1	13	26	50.0	3	7	42.9	1	4	25.0	54.0	0	8	3	1	+14
24	LeBron James L. James	30	6/5/2012	2011-12	Conference Finals	MIA	vs	BOS	45	13	2	2	1	11	25	44.0	2	6	33.3	6	8	75.0	52.6	3	10	3	1	0
25	Reggie Miller R. Miller	30	6/9/1999	1998-99	Conference Finals	IND	vs	NYK	41	6	1	0	1	9	19	47.4	2	4	50.0	10	11	90.9	62.9	2	4	3	2	-1

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