Paul Pierce scored the most points in a 2002 playoff game, with 46 points versus the 76ers on May 3, 2002.

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most points by a player in a game 2002 playoff

	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	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	46	5/3/2002	BOS	vs	PHI	44	4	6	1	1	16	25	64.0	8	10	80.0	6	7	85.7	81.9	1	3	0	1	+27
2	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	42	4/28/2002	PHI	vs	BOS	44	5	4	5	0	10	23	43.5	3	5	60.0	19	20	95.0	66.0	0	5	3	3	+10
3	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	41	5/31/2002	LAL	vs	SAC	44	17	1	0	2	14	25	56.0	0	0		13	17	76.5	63.1	2	15	6	4	+8
4	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	40	6/7/2002	LAL	vs	NJN	41	12	8	0	1	14	23	60.9	0	0		12	14	85.7	68.6	3	9	4	2	+35
5	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	39	4/28/2002	DAL	@	MIN	43	17	0	3	0	11	17	64.7	3	3	100.0	14	16	87.5	81.1	3	14	3	5	+11
6	Michael Finley M. Finley	37	5/9/2002	DAL	vs	SAC	47	4	5	1	0	13	23	56.5	1	3	33.3	10	11	90.9	66.5	2	2	0	3	-4
7	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	37	4/27/2002	ORL	vs	CHA	51	7	3	0	2	11	25	44.0	2	6	33.3	13	16	81.3	57.7	1	6	4	4	-1
8	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	36	6/9/2002	LAL	@	NJN	46	6	4	1	2	14	23	60.9	1	3	33.3	7	10	70.0	65.7	1	5	6	3	+1
9	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	36	6/5/2002	LAL	vs	NJN	40	16	1	1	4	12	22	54.5	0	0		12	21	57.1	57.6	2	14	5	2	-3
10	Kenyon Martin K. Martin	35	6/12/2002	NJN	vs	LAL	43	11	2	1	1	15	28	53.6	0	0		5	7	71.4	56.3	2	9	2	4	+1
11	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	35	6/9/2002	LAL	@	NJN	42	11	2	0	4	12	19	63.2	0	0		11	17	64.7	66.1	5	6	2	1	+2
12	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	35	6/2/2002	LAL	@	SAC	51	13	2	0	4	12	25	48.0	0	0		11	15	73.3	55.4	3	10	3	3	+10
13	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	35	5/20/2002	LAL	@	SAC	37	12	1	1	1	15	27	55.6	0	0		5	11	45.5	55.0	6	6	4	4	+2
14	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	35	4/30/2002	ORL	vs	CHA	44	4	6	0	2	12	22	54.5	3	6	50.0	8	11	72.7	65.2	1	3	4	3	-16
15	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	34	6/12/2002	LAL	@	NJN	43	10	4	1	2	12	20	60.0	0	0		10	16	62.5	62.9	3	7	3	2	+11
16	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	34	5/14/2002	SAS	@	LAL	45	25	4	1	2	11	23	47.8	0	0		12	14	85.7	58.3	5	20	6	5	-4
17	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	34	4/21/2002	LAL	vs	POR	44	7	3	2	3	10	28	35.7	2	7	28.6	12	13	92.3	50.4	3	4	1	3	-4
18	Baron Davis B. Davis	33	4/27/2002	CHA	@	ORL	52	14	10	2	0	12	29	41.4	3	9	33.3	6	8	75.0	50.7	4	10	0	2	+14
19	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	32	5/13/2002	DAL	@	SAC	48	12	3	1	1	13	25	52.0	3	5	60.0	3	4	75.0	59.8	0	12	1	1	-13
20	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	32	4/22/2002	SAS	vs	SEA	47	12	3	1	6	9	19	47.4	0	1	0.0	14	16	87.5	61.4	1	11	4	1	-1
21	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	31	5/31/2002	LAL	vs	SAC	44	11	5	0	0	10	20	50.0	0	0		11	11	100.0	62.4	2	9	1	3	+3
22	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	31	5/27/2002	BOS	vs	NJN	48	9	4	5	2	10	21	47.6	1	4	25.0	10	15	66.7	56.2	3	6	6	5	-2
23	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	31	5/11/2002	DAL	vs	SAC	48	12	7	2	0	9	28	32.1	1	5	20.0	12	14	85.7	45.4	5	7	4	4	-3
24	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	31	5/10/2002	LAL	@	SAS	48	6	6	0	1	15	31	48.4	0	2	0.0	1	3	33.3	48.0	2	4	1	1	+10
25	Chris Webber C. Webber	31	5/9/2002	SAC	@	DAL	44	15	5	1	3	15	26	57.7	0	0		1	4	25.0	55.8	5	10	0	4	0

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