most points in a playoff game in a 13th season

LeBron James dropped the most points by a player in a playoff game in his 13th playoff, with 51 points in Game 1 of the 2018 NBA Finals versus the Warriors.

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most points by a player in a playoff game in a 13th season

	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	LeBron James L. James	51	5/31/2018	CLE	@	GSW	48	8	8	1	1	19	32	59.4	3	7	42.9	10	11	90.9	69.2	4	4	5	2	-13
2	LeBron James L. James	46	5/25/2018	CLE	vs	BOS	46	11	9	3	1	17	33	51.5	5	7	71.4	7	11	63.6	60.8	3	8	3	2	+15
3	LeBron James L. James	46	4/18/2018	CLE	vs	IND	40	12	5	2	0	17	24	70.8	2	5	40.0	10	13	76.9	77.4	1	11	3	1	+7
4	LeBron James L. James	45	4/29/2018	CLE	vs	IND	43	8	7	4	0	16	25	64.0	2	3	66.7	11	15	73.3	71.2	2	6	4	4	-2
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	45	6/14/1998	CHI	@	UTA	44	1	1	4	0	15	35	42.9	3	7	42.9	12	15	80.0	54.1	0	1	1	2	+2
6	LeBron James L. James	44	5/21/2018	CLE	vs	BOS	42	5	3	2	0	17	28	60.7	1	4	25.0	9	13	69.2	65.2	1	4	7	3	+9
7	LeBron James L. James	44	4/25/2018	CLE	vs	IND	42	10	8	1	1	14	24	58.3	1	4	25.0	15	15	100.0	71.9	3	7	5	3	+2
8	LeBron James L. James	43	5/3/2018	CLE	@	TOR	41	8	14	1	0	19	28	67.9	1	3	33.3	4	8	50.0	68.2	1	7	1	1	+20
9	LeBron James L. James	42	5/15/2018	CLE	@	BOS	39	10	12	0	1	16	29	55.2	5	11	45.5	5	10	50.0	62.9	1	9	6	3	-9
10	Chris Paul C. Paul	41	6/30/2021	PHX	@	LAC	35	4	8	3	0	16	24	66.7	7	8	87.5	2	3	66.7	81.0	1	3	0	2	+22
11	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	41	5/19/1998	CHI	vs	IND	42	4	5	4	0	13	22	59.1	0	1	0.0	15	18	83.3	68.5	0	4	0	3	-1
12	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	40	5/17/2010	LAL	vs	PHX	35	5	5	1	0	13	23	56.5	3	6	50.0	11	12	91.7	70.7	0	5	2	1	+22
13	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	39	4/20/2010	LAL	vs	OKC	41	5	1	2	0	12	28	42.9	2	5	40.0	13	15	86.7	56.4	1	4	4	4	-2
14	Karl Malone K. Malone	39	6/12/1998	UTA	@	CHI	44	9	5	1	1	17	27	63.0	0	1	0.0	5	6	83.3	65.8	4	5	1	2	+2
15	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	39	4/24/1998	CHI	vs	NJN	47	7	3	1	1	11	27	40.7	0	2	0.0	17	23	73.9	52.5	0	7	3	1	+9
16	LeBron James L. James	38	5/5/2018	CLE	vs	TOR	41	6	7	3	1	14	26	53.8	1	4	25.0	9	11	81.8	61.6	1	5	4	1	+2
17	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	38	6/13/2010	LAL	@	BOS	44	5	4	1	1	13	27	48.1	4	10	40.0	8	9	88.9	61.4	2	3	4	5	-6
18	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	38	5/25/2010	LAL	@	PHX	45	7	10	1	1	15	22	68.2	6	9	66.7	2	4	50.0	80.0	1	6	2	3	-4
19	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	38	4/29/1998	CHI	@	NJN	44	4	3	2	1	16	22	72.7	2	2	100.0	4	5	80.0	78.5	2	2	2	2	+11
20	Chris Paul C. Paul	37	6/13/2021	PHX	@	DEN	40	3	7	2	0	14	19	73.7	0	0		9	9	100.0	80.6	0	3	2	2	+1
21	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	37	5/29/2010	LAL	@	PHX	41	6	2	2	0	12	25	48.0	3	8	37.5	10	11	90.9	62.0	2	4	2	1	+19
22	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	37	6/5/1998	CHI	@	UTA	40	5	3	1	1	14	33	42.4	0	2	0.0	9	10	90.0	49.5	3	2	0	2	+16
23	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	36	5/23/2010	LAL	@	PHX	43	9	11	1	1	13	24	54.2	2	8	25.0	8	8	100.0	65.4	2	7	5	3	-12
24	LeBron James L. James	35	5/27/2018	CLE	@	BOS	48	15	9	0	2	12	24	50.0	3	8	37.5	8	11	72.7	60.7	0	15	8	4	+8
25	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	35	5/8/2010	LAL	@	UTA	43	4	7	1	0	13	24	54.2	3	7	42.9	6	8	75.0	63.6	0	4	2	3	+1