Neil Johnston had the most points in a 1956 playoff game, with 43 points against the Syracuse Nationals on March 25, 1956.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a playoff game in 1956

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	Neil Johnston N. Johnston	43	3/25/1956	PHI	@	SYR	46	16	7	14	22	63.6	15	15	100.0	75.2	5
2	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	41	3/21/1956	STL	@	MIN				14	24	58.3	13	19	68.4	63.3	3
3	Paul Arizin P. Arizin	37	3/25/1956	PHI	@	SYR	45	9	3	11	21	52.4	15	19	78.9	63.0	3
4	Paul Arizin P. Arizin	35	3/29/1956	PHI	vs	SYR	46	10	2	13	25	52.0	9	11	81.8	58.6	0
5	Neil Johnston N. Johnston	35	3/28/1956	PHI	@	SYR	44	12	7	10	19	52.6	15	18	83.3	65.0	3
6	Dolph Schayes D. Schayes	33	3/25/1956	SYR	vs	PHI	42	16	6	11	17	64.7	11	11	100.0	75.5	5
7	Paul Arizin P. Arizin	32	3/28/1956	PHI	@	SYR	45	10	4	9	18	50.0	14	14	100.0	66.2	3
8	Clyde Lovellette C. Lovellette	31	3/21/1956	MIN	vs	STL				11	20	55.0	9	16	56.3	57.3	3
9	George Yardley G. Yardley	30	4/7/1956	FTW	@	PHI		20	2	11	20	55.0	8	12	66.7	59.3	2
10	Paul Arizin P. Arizin	30	4/5/1956	PHI	@	FTW		6	2	11	25	44.0	8	8	100.0	52.6	5
11	George Yardley G. Yardley	30	4/1/1956	FTW	vs	PHI		19	1	11	23	47.8	8	10	80.0	54.7	2
12	George Yardley G. Yardley	30	3/27/1956	FTW	@	STL				9	13	69.2	12	13	92.3	80.1	5
13	Joe Graboski J. Graboski	29	4/7/1956	PHI	vs	FTW		16	1	14	27	51.9	1	4	25.0	50.4	5
14	Paul Arizin P. Arizin	29	3/23/1956	PHI	vs	SYR	36	9	2	9	12	75.0	11	13	84.6	81.8	5
15	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	29	3/17/1956	BOS	vs	SYR	38	8	9	11	17	64.7	7	8	87.5	70.7	2
16	Paul Arizin P. Arizin	28	3/31/1956	PHI	vs	FTW		8	3	13	26	50.0	2	4	50.0	50.4	1
17	Dolph Schayes D. Schayes	28	3/29/1956	SYR	@	PHI	39	16	3	9	22	40.9	10	11	90.9	52.2	1
18	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	28	3/19/1956	BOS	@	SYR	42	2	10	9	18	50.0	10	10	100.0	62.5	1
19	Slater Martin S. Martin	28	3/16/1956	MIN	@	STL				9	15	60.0	10	13	76.9	67.6	5
20	Paul Arizin P. Arizin	27	4/3/1956	PHI	vs	FTW		4	3	12	22	54.5	3	4	75.0	56.8	6
21	Paul Arizin P. Arizin	27	4/1/1956	PHI	@	FTW		9	1	9	23	39.1	9	10	90.0	49.3	3
22	George Yardley G. Yardley	27	3/31/1956	FTW	@	PHI		15	2	9	23	39.1	9	9	100.0	50.1	2
23	Dolph Schayes D. Schayes	27	3/21/1956	SYR	@	BOS	41	17	5	10	24	41.7	7	9	77.8	48.3	2
24	Paul Arizin P. Arizin	26	4/7/1956	PHI	vs	FTW	47	13	5	10	33	30.3	6	6	100.0	36.5	1
25	Neil Johnston N. Johnston	25	3/29/1956	PHI	vs	SYR	43	18	8	10	23	43.5	5	8	62.5	47.1	2