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

Stephen Curry has put up the most points with 38 or fewer minutes played in a playoff game, 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 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	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	48	36	5/6/2025	CLE	vs	IND	5	9	4	1	15	30	50.0	1	7	14.3	17	21	81.0	61.2	2	3	5	4	+13
3	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	46	35	4/25/1997	LAL	vs	POR	11	2	1	2	17	27	63.0	0	0		12	18	66.7	65.9	3	8	1	3	+23
4	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	45	37	6/8/2021	UTA	vs	LAC	3	5	1	1	16	30	53.3	6	15	40.0	7	8	87.5	67.1	0	3	3	0	+5
5	Derrick Rose D. Rose	44	38	5/6/2011	CHI	@	ATL	5	7	1	1	16	27	59.3	4	7	57.1	8	9	88.9	71.1	1	4	2	1	+17
6	Gail Goodrich G. Goodrich	44	36	4/25/1973	LAL	vs	GSW	3	8			19	26	73.1				6	7	85.7	75.7				3
7	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	43	38	5/21/2025	NYK	vs	IND	1	5	0	0	15	25	60.0	1	6	16.7	12	14	85.7	69.0	0	1	7	5	-8
8	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	43	37	5/9/2025	CLE	@	IND	9	5	1	0	14	29	48.3	5	13	38.5	10	14	71.4	61.1	5	4	2	4	+35
9	Anthony Davis A. Davis	43	36	8/29/2020	LAL	vs	POR	9	4	1	0	14	18	77.8	4	6	66.7	11	13	84.6	90.6	2	7	1	2	+15
10	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	43	36	4/23/2014	POR	@	HOU	8	1	0	3	18	28	64.3	0	0		7	8	87.5	68.2	3	5	1	2	+3
11	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	43	38	4/28/1987	SEA	vs	DAL	14	1	0	1	18	28	64.3	2	3	66.7	5	5	100.0	71.2	8	6	1	5
12	Isaiah Thomas I. Thomas	42	37	4/22/2016	BOS	vs	ATL	4	1	1	0	12	24	50.0	5	12	41.7	13	15	86.7	68.6	1	3	1	2	+3
13	James Harden J. Harden	42	36	4/24/2015	HOU	@	DAL	5	9	1	0	15	24	62.5	5	7	71.4	7	7	100.0	77.5	0	5	5	4	-1
14	Jason Richardson J. Richardson	42	37	4/22/2010	PHX	@	POR	8	2	3	0	13	19	68.4	8	12	66.7	8	10	80.0	89.7	2	6	0	3	+15
15	George Gervin G. Gervin	42	35	4/26/1983	SAS	vs	DEN	10	2	1	0	17	22	77.3	0	0		8	8	100.0	82.3	5	5	2	3
16	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	41	38	7/11/2021	MIL	vs	PHX	13	6	1	0	14	23	60.9	0	2	0.0	13	17	76.5	67.3	4	9	1	3	+20
17	Chris Paul C. Paul	41	35	6/30/2021	PHX	@	LAC	4	8	3	0	16	24	66.7	7	8	87.5	2	3	66.7	81.0	1	3	0	2	+22
18	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	41	32	4/22/2019	MIL	@	DET	9	3	1	4	12	23	52.2	2	6	33.3	15	20	75.0	64.5	2	7	1	2	+22
19	James Harden J. Harden	41	35	5/14/2018	HOU	vs	GSW	4	7	1	0	14	24	58.3	5	9	55.6	8	10	80.0	72.2	1	3	4	4	-7
20	Chris Paul C. Paul	41	38	5/8/2018	HOU	vs	UTA	7	10	1	0	13	22	59.1	8	10	80.0	7	8	87.5	80.3	0	7	0	1	+20
21	James Harden J. Harden	41	37	4/29/2018	HOU	vs	UTA	8	7	1	0	12	26	46.2	7	12	58.3	10	11	90.9	66.5	1	7	3	2	+15
22	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	41	36	5/22/2005	PHX	vs	SAS	9	1	0	1	13	21	61.9	0	0		15	18	83.3	70.9	6	3	2	2	-9
23	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	41	36	5/8/1996	ORL	vs	ATL	13	6	0	1	18	28	64.3	0	0		5	11	45.5	62.4	9	4	2	2
24	Terry Porter T. Porter	41	38	5/19/1992	POR	vs	UTA	6	7	3	0	12	14	85.7	4	5	80.0	13	14	92.9	101.7	3	3	1	1
25	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	40	37	5/23/2024	BOS	vs	IND	5	2	1	0	14	27	51.9	4	10	40.0	8	11	72.7	62.8	2	3	2	4	+18