most points in a game in 38 minutes or less in nba playoff game 7 in history

Stephen Curry has put up the most points with 38 or fewer minutes played in a game 7, with 50 points in Game 7 of the 2023 First Round versus the Kings.

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most points by a player in a game in 38 minutes or less in NBA playoff game 7 in history

	NAME	PTS	MIN	DATE	TM		OPP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Stephen Curry S. Curry	50	38	4/30/2023	GSW	@	SAC	8	6	1	0	20	38	52.6	7	18	38.9	3	5	60.0	62.2	1	7	1	2	+25
2	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	35	36	5/18/2025	OKC	vs	DEN	3	4	3	1	12	19	63.2	3	4	75.0	8	9	88.9	76.2	0	3	0	2	+32
3	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	35	30	5/15/2022	DAL	@	PHX	10	4	2	0	12	19	63.2	6	11	54.5	5	5	100.0	82.5	1	9	2	3	+37
4	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	35	38	5/30/1987	DET	@	BOS	2	6	0	0	15	21	71.4	2	2	100.0	3	7	42.9	72.7	1	1	1	3
5	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	34	26	6/5/1993	SEA	@	PHX	2	0	0	0	12	17	70.6	1	1	100.0	9	9	100.0	81.1	1	1	2	6
6	Buddy Hield B. Hield	33	37	5/4/2025	GSW	@	HOU	3	3	1	2	12	15	80.0	9	11	81.8	0	0		110.0	1	2	0	1	+17
7	Tony Parker T. Parker	32	34	5/4/2014	SAS	vs	DAL	4	4	0	0	11	19	57.9	0	1	0.0	10	13	76.9	64.7	0	4	3	1	+13
8	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	31	35	4/10/1963	BOS	vs	CIN	5	0			11	20	55.0				9	11	81.8	62.4				4
9	Spencer Dinwiddie S. Dinwiddie	30	25	5/15/2022	DAL	@	PHX	3	2	1	1	11	15	73.3	5	7	71.4	3	3	100.0	91.9	0	3	0	0	+29
10	Luguentz Dort L. Dort	30	35	9/2/2020	OKC	@	HOU	4	1	0	1	10	21	47.6	6	12	50.0	4	6	66.7	63.5	2	2	4	5	0
11	Earl Monroe E. Monroe	30	36	4/12/1974	NYK	vs	CAP	5	2			12	21	57.1				6	7	85.7	62.3				4
12	Yao Ming Y. Ming	29	37	5/5/2007	HOU	vs	UTA	6	0	0	1	9	20	45.0	0	0		11	13	84.6	56.4	2	4	4	5	-6
13	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	29	35	4/29/1979	WAS	vs	ATL	10	8		0	12	18	66.7				5	7	71.4	68.8			2	4
14	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	28	35	5/15/2016	TOR	vs	MIA	8	1	0	0	12	29	41.4	0	1	0.0	4	7	57.1	43.6	4	4	3	3	+15
15	Brad Daugherty B. Daugherty	28	36	5/17/1992	CLE	vs	BOS	9	6	0	3	9	11	81.8	0	0		10	13	76.9	83.7	2	7	0	2
16	Sedale Threatt S. Threatt	28	33	5/11/1986	PHI	@	MIL	3	2	1	0	12	16	75.0	0	0		4	4	100.0	78.8	0	3	1	4
17	Frank Ramsey F. Ramsey	28	33	4/1/1959	BOS	vs	SYR	11	0			11	24	45.8				6	7	85.7	51.7				6
18	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	27	37	5/2/2015	SAS	@	LAC	11	1	0	0	11	16	68.8	0	0		5	8	62.5	69.2	4	7	0	3	-7
19	Chris Paul C. Paul	27	37	5/2/2015	LAC	vs	SAS	2	6	2	1	9	13	69.2	5	6	83.3	4	4	100.0	91.5	0	2	1	1	+6
20	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	27	36	5/7/2005	HOU	@	DAL	7	7	0	3	10	26	38.5	1	7	14.3	6	7	85.7	46.4	4	3	4	1	-28
21	Brian Winters B. Winters	27	36	5/3/1978	MIL	@	DEN	7	6	2	1	10	22	45.5				7	8	87.5	52.9	0	7	3	3
22	World B. Free W. B. Free	27	26	5/1/1977	PHI	vs	BOS	5	1			10	27	37.0				7	7	100.0	44.9				1
23	Alec Burks A. Burks	26	27	5/19/2024	NYK	vs	IND	3	2	0	0	8	13	61.5	2	5	40.0	8	8	100.0	78.7	1	2	0	0	-9
24	Tyrese Haliburton T. Haliburton	26	33	5/19/2024	IND	@	NYK	4	6	1	1	10	17	58.8	6	12	50.0	0	1	0.0	74.5	1	3	2	2	+21
25	Al Horford A. Horford	26	33	4/28/2018	BOS	vs	MIL	8	3	1	1	13	17	76.5	0	1	0.0	0	2	0.0	72.7	2	6	4	3	+9