most points in a playoff game by someone off the bench nba

Fred Brown has posted the most points by a player off the bench in a playoff game, with 45 points in Game 2 of the 1976 Western Conference Semifinals against the Suns.

	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	Fred Brown F. Brown	45	4/15/1976	SEA	vs	PHX	40	3	4	1	0	19	35	54.3				7	7	100.0	59.1	2	1		4
2	Ayo Dosunmu A. Dosunmu	43	4/25/2026	MIN	vs	DEN	42	4	1	0	1	13	17	76.5	5	5	100.0	12	12	100.0	96.5	2	2	1	4	+10
3	Stephen Curry S. Curry	40	5/9/2016	GSW	@	POR	37	9	8	0	0	16	32	50.0	5	16	31.3	3	3	100.0	60.0	1	8	4	2	+21
4	Nick Van Exel N. Van Exel	40	5/10/2003	DAL	@	SAC	48	7	7	1	0	14	26	53.8	6	12	50.0	6	7	85.7	68.8	1	6	1	4	+7
5	Thurl Bailey T. Bailey	39	5/4/1988	UTA	vs	POR	43	8	1	0	4	15	25	60.0	0	0		9	9	100.0	67.3	2	6	3	3
6	Tyler Herro T. Herro	37	9/23/2020	MIA	vs	BOS	36	6	3	0	0	14	21	66.7	5	10	50.0	4	4	100.0	81.3	0	6	1	1	-4
7	Lou Williams L. Williams	36	8/23/2020	LAC	@	DAL	34	4	5	1	0	13	20	65.0	2	4	50.0	8	9	88.9	75.1	1	3	2	2	+15
8	Lou Williams L. Williams	36	4/15/2019	LAC	@	GSW	33	2	11	2	1	13	22	59.1	2	4	50.0	8	10	80.0	68.2	2	0	5	3	+7
9	Nick Van Exel N. Van Exel	36	5/8/2003	DAL	vs	SAC	30	3	6	0	0	14	19	73.7	5	8	62.5	3	6	50.0	83.2	1	2	1	1	+38
10	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	36	4/14/1981	HOU	@	SAS	32	1	4	0	0	16	23	69.6	0	1	0.0	4	4	100.0	72.7			4	5
11	Juan Dixon J. Dixon	35	5/2/2005	WAS	vs	CHI	31	5	0	1	0	11	15	73.3	3	4	75.0	10	10	100.0	90.2	1	4	3	3	-4
12	Nick Van Exel N. Van Exel	35	5/15/2003	DAL	@	SAC	37	2	3	0	0	15	23	65.2	5	11	45.5	0	0		76.1	1	1	3	4	-12
13	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	35	5/9/1989	PHX	vs	GSW	35	9	0	0	0	13	25	52.0	1	5	20.0	8	8	100.0	61.4	3	6	1	3
14	Ricky Pierce R. Pierce	35	5/2/1989	MIL	vs	ATL	32	1	5	1	0	13	17	76.5	2	2	100.0	7	7	100.0	87.2	1	0	1	5
15	Andrew Toney A. Toney	35	4/22/1981	PHI	@	BOS	31	7	7	1	0	11	23	47.8	0	1	0.0	13	14	92.9	60.0	1	6	4	3
16	Stephen Curry S. Curry	34	4/18/2022	GSW	vs	DEN	23	3	4	1	1	12	17	70.6	5	10	50.0	5	7	71.4	84.7	0	3	2	3	+32
17	Nate Robinson N. Robinson	34	4/27/2013	CHI	vs	BKN	29	1	4	2	0	14	23	60.9	3	7	42.9	3	3	100.0	69.9	0	1	2	6	+19
18	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	34	6/5/1993	SEA	@	PHX	26	2	0	0	0	12	17	70.6	1	1	100.0	9	9	100.0	81.1	1	1	2	6
19	Kevin McHale K. McHale	34	5/17/1991	BOS	@	DET	46	8	3	0	0	11	19	57.9	1	1	100.0	11	14	78.6	67.6	1	7	2	5
20	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	34	5/13/1991	DET	vs	BOS	29	6	1	0	0	11	16	68.8	2	3	66.7	10	13	76.9	78.3	2	4	1	4
21	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	34	5/13/1989	PHX	@	GSW	30	7	5	1	0	13	20	65.0	6	8	75.0	2	2	100.0	81.4	1	6	4	3
22	Walter Davis W. Davis	34	4/28/1989	DEN	@	PHX	33	2	2	2	0	15	29	51.7	0	1	0.0	4	4	100.0	55.3	1	1	4	3
23	Vinnie Johnson V. Johnson	34	5/5/1985	DET	vs	BOS	30	2	3	0	0	16	21	76.2	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	77.7	1	1	2	3
24	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	34	4/8/1981	HOU	@	SAS	30	1	1	0	0	15	26	57.7	1	1	100.0	3	3	100.0	62.2			3	2
25	Fred Brown F. Brown	34	4/22/1980	SEA	@	LAL	30	7	2	0	0	15	21	71.4	4	7	57.1	0	0		81.0	2	5	2	1

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