most points in a game 7 in a loss play offs by a single player

Kevin Durant has posted the most points in a loss in a game 7, with 48 points in Game 7 of the 2021 Eastern Conference Semifinals versus the Bucks.

	NAME	PTS	L	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Kevin Durant K. Durant	48	1	6/19/2021	BKN	vs	MIL	53	9	6	1	1	17	36	47.2	4	11	36.4	10	11	90.9	58.8	1	8	3	4	-4
2	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	47	1	5/22/1988	ATL	@	BOS	43	5	3	0	0	19	33	57.6	1	2	50.0	8	9	88.9	63.6	2	3	0	0
3	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	46	1	6/6/2021	DAL	@	LAC	45	7	14	0	0	17	30	56.7	5	11	45.5	7	11	63.6	66.0	0	7	6	3	-9
4	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	46	1	5/20/1995	PHX	vs	HOU	42	3	10	1	1	12	26	46.2	1	2	50.0	21	22	95.5	64.5	1	2	1	3
5	LeBron James L. James	45	1	5/18/2008	CLE	@	BOS	47	5	6	2	0	14	29	48.3	3	11	27.3	14	19	73.7	60.2	1	4	2	4	0
6	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	43	1	4/10/1963	CIN	@	BOS	48	6	6			11	24	45.8				21	22	95.5	63.8				4
7	George Gervin G. Gervin	42	1	5/18/1979	SAS	@	WAS	43	6	1	3	1	16	31	51.6				10	13	76.9	57.2			3	4
8	Jerry West J. West	42	1	5/5/1969	LAL	vs	BOS	48	13	12			14	29	48.3				14	18	77.8	56.9				2
9	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	41	1	5/22/2006	SAS	vs	DAL	50	15	6	1	3	12	24	50.0	0	1	0.0	17	23	73.9	60.1	6	9	3	4	-7
10	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	41	1	4/18/1962	LAL	@	BOS	51	22	4			13	40	32.5				15	21	71.4	41.6				6
11	Donte DiVincenzo D. DiVincenzo	39	1	5/19/2024	NYK	vs	IND	41	4	1	2	0	11	21	52.4	9	15	60.0	8	10	80.0	76.8	1	3	4	1	-20
12	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	39	1	4/1/1961	LAL	@	STL	48	12				16	36	44.4				7	7	100.0	49.9				2
13	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	39	1	4/13/1957	STL	@	BOS	56	19	3			14	34	41.2				11	13	84.6	49.1				4
14	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	38	1	5/5/2024	ORL	@	CLE	42	16	2	3	1	10	28	35.7	3	6	50.0	15	18	83.3	52.9	4	12	5	3	-7
15	Bradley Beal B. Beal	38	1	5/15/2017	WAS	@	BOS	46	4	2	2	0	12	22	54.5	5	10	50.0	9	10	90.0	72.0	1	3	2	2	-11
16	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	37	1	5/18/1997	NYK	@	MIA	44	17	4	0	2	17	27	63.0	0	1	0.0	3	3	100.0	65.3	6	11	2	2	-8
17	Archie Clark A. Clark	37	1	4/4/1971	PHI	@	BAL	45	2	5			14	29	48.3				9	10	90.0	55.4				3
18	Elton Brand E. Brand	36	1	5/22/2006	LAC	@	PHX	48	9	1	0	1	16	26	61.5	0	0		4	4	100.0	64.8	7	2	1	2	-20
19	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	36	1	4/19/1981	MIL	@	PHI	48	9	3	1	2	16	25	64.0	0	0		4	5	80.0	66.2			0	1
20	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	36	1	4/25/1975	BUF	@	WAS	44	11	1			16	36	44.4				4	6	66.7	46.6				3
21	Jerry West J. West	36	1	4/28/1966	LAL	@	BOS	48	10	3			12	27	44.4				12	16	75.0	52.9				3
22	Jamal Murray J. Murray	35	1	5/19/2024	DEN	vs	MIN	43	3	3	0	0	13	27	48.1	4	12	33.3	5	5	100.0	59.9	0	3	4	3	-8
23	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	35	1	5/29/2022	MIA	vs	BOS	48	9	1	1	0	13	24	54.2	1	4	25.0	8	11	72.7	60.7	1	8	1	2	-4
24	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	35	1	5/30/1987	DET	@	BOS	38	2	6	0	0	15	21	71.4	2	2	100.0	3	7	42.9	72.7	1	1	1	3
25	Jerry West J. West	35	1	4/18/1962	LAL	@	BOS	53	6	0			14	30	46.7				7	8	87.5	52.2				4