George Gervin scored the most points in a 1978 playoff game, with 46 points versus the Washington Bullets on April 18, 1978.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a playoff game in 1978

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	George Gervin G. Gervin	46	4/18/1978	SAS	vs	WAS	41	6	3	1	1	17	32	53.1	12	15	80.0	59.6			4	3
2	Kevin Grevey K. Grevey	41	4/14/1978	WAS	@	ATL	45	3	0	2	0	15	24	62.5	11	13	84.6	69.0			6	5
3	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	41	4/12/1978	NYK	@	CLE	43	6	2	1	2	17	25	68.0	7	8	87.5	71.9			5	4
4	David Thompson D. Thompson	37	5/3/1978	DEN	vs	MIL	41	6	6	0	5	16	30	53.3	5	7	71.4	55.9	3	3	4	3
5	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	37	4/21/1978	SAS	@	WAS	42	9	4	2	0	15	21	71.4	7	7	100.0	76.8			4	2
6	David Thompson D. Thompson	35	5/14/1978	DEN	vs	SEA	41	3	2	1	1	16	27	59.3	3	5	60.0	59.9	1	2	0	2
7	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	35	5/7/1978	WAS	vs	PHI	43	19	2	2	3	17	27	63.0	1	6	16.7	59.0			2	4
8	Lionel Hollins L. Hollins	35	4/26/1978	POR	@	SEA	40	7	3	2	0	15	28	53.6	5	6	83.3	57.1	3	4	5	2
9	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	35	4/23/1978	MIL	vs	DEN	39	10	1	0	4	16	21	76.2	3	6	50.0	74.0	3	7	0	0
10	George Gervin G. Gervin	35	4/23/1978	SAS	@	WAS	39	3	4	1	4	12	23	52.2	11	17	64.7	57.4			3	5
11	George Gervin G. Gervin	35	4/16/1978	SAS	vs	WAS	40	7	5	2	1	15	28	53.6	5	5	100.0	57.9			3	4
12	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	34	5/25/1978	WAS	vs	SEA	37	8	2	0	0	14	22	63.6	6	7	85.7	67.8	1	7	3	4
13	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	34	4/28/1978	MIL	@	DEN	38	17	2	1	1	13	22	59.1	8	11	72.7	63.3	2	15	0	5
14	David Thompson D. Thompson	34	4/25/1978	DEN	@	MIL	37	4	4	0	1	11	25	44.0	12	14	85.7	54.6	2	2	1	3
15	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	33	5/30/1978	SEA	vs	WAS	37	7	3	0	3	10	14	71.4	13	15	86.7	80.1	2	5	3	3
16	Doug Collins D. Collins	33	5/12/1978	PHI	@	WAS	45	3	0	0	0	15	27	55.6	3	4	75.0	57.4			2	1
17	George Gervin G. Gervin	33	4/21/1978	SAS	@	WAS	35	7	1	1	2	11	22	50.0	11	13	84.6	59.5			4	4
18	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	33	4/14/1978	MIL	vs	PHX	38	12	2	0	2	11	20	55.0	11	11	100.0	66.4			1	2
19	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	32	4/14/1978	PHX	@	MIL	35	2	10	1	0	12	27	44.4	8	9	88.9	51.7			2	2
20	Campy Russell C. Russell	32	4/14/1978	CLE	@	NYK	48	8	6	2	0	13	25	52.0	6	7	85.7	57.0			4	4
21	Gus Williams G. Williams	31	5/14/1978	SEA	@	DEN	35	4	6	0	2	15	23	65.2	1	1	100.0	66.1	1	3	0	6
22	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	31	5/12/1978	SEA	vs	DEN	46	6	3	1	0	11	23	47.8	9	12	75.0	54.8	3	3	2	3
23	Tom Owens T. Owens	31	4/30/1978	POR	vs	SEA	35	8	6	0	1	12	17	70.6	7	10	70.0	72.4	3	5	0	4
24	Gus Williams G. Williams	31	4/21/1978	SEA	@	POR	44	7	3	5	0	15	25	60.0	1	1	100.0	60.9	2	5	6	5
25	Kevin Grevey K. Grevey	31	4/18/1978	WAS	@	SAS	40	4	3	2	0	12	22	54.5	7	7	100.0	61.8			2	3