most points in a playoff game with a loss by nba player 2023

Nikola Jokić posted the most points in a loss in a 2023 playoff game, with 53 points versus the Suns on May 7, 2023.

	NAME	PTS	L	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	53	1	5/7/2023	DEN	@	PHX	39	4	11	0	1	20	30	66.7	2	4	50.0	11	13	84.6	74.2	1	3	6	2	+2
2	Ja Morant J. Morant	45	1	4/22/2023	MEM	@	LAL	42	9	13	0	0	13	26	50.0	6	10	60.0	13	14	92.9	70.0	3	6	3	2	+3
3	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	43	1	4/23/2023	DEN	@	MIN	39	11	6	2	0	15	26	57.7	5	8	62.5	8	12	66.7	68.7	2	9	4	3	-14
4	Norman Powell N. Powell	42	1	4/20/2023	LAC	vs	PHX	41	5	3	0	1	15	23	65.2	7	12	58.3	5	7	71.4	80.5	0	5	4	3	0
5	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	41	1	6/4/2023	DEN	vs	MIA	42	11	4	0	0	16	28	57.1	2	5	40.0	7	8	87.5	65.0	3	8	5	3	-11
6	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	41	1	5/12/2023	NYK	@	MIA	45	4	3	0	0	14	22	63.6	5	10	50.0	8	9	88.9	79.0	0	4	3	4	+3
7	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	41	1	4/19/2023	MIN	@	DEN	42	2	4	2	3	14	23	60.9	6	10	60.0	7	8	87.5	77.3	1	1	1	4	-3
8	LeBron James L. James	40	1	5/22/2023	LAL	vs	DEN	48	10	9	2	0	15	25	60.0	4	7	57.1	6	7	85.7	71.2	2	8	1	1	-2
9	Anthony Davis A. Davis	40	1	5/16/2023	LAL	@	DEN	42	10	3	3	2	14	23	60.9	1	1	100.0	11	11	100.0	71.8	1	9	0	3	-8
10	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	39	1	5/1/2023	BOS	vs	PHI	44	11	5	1	1	14	25	56.0	4	5	80.0	7	8	87.5	68.4	2	9	1	2	-6
11	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	38	1	4/26/2023	MIL	vs	MIA	42	20	3	0	0	14	27	51.9	0	2	0.0	10	23	43.5	51.2	4	16	7	4	-8
12	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	38	1	4/23/2023	SAC	@	GSW	40	9	5	1	0	14	31	45.2	4	11	36.4	6	8	75.0	55.0	3	6	3	4	-4
13	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	38	1	4/15/2023	CLE	vs	NYK	44	5	8	3	1	14	30	46.7	6	16	37.5	4	6	66.7	58.2	1	4	2	1	+2
14	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	37	1	4/22/2023	LAC	vs	PHX	40	6	4	1	1	17	29	58.6	3	6	50.0	0	0		63.8	1	5	4	3	-8
15	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	36	1	5/9/2023	BOS	vs	PHI	40	10	5	2	0	11	27	40.7	3	11	27.3	11	13	84.6	55.0	3	7	2	2	-26
16	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	36	1	4/24/2023	MIL	@	MIA	39	11	0	2	3	13	23	56.5	4	7	57.1	6	6	100.0	70.2	7	4	2	2	-9
17	Desmond Bane D. Bane	36	1	4/24/2023	MEM	@	LAL	47	7	3	1	0	13	29	44.8	3	12	25.0	7	7	100.0	56.1	2	5	3	4	-4
18	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	36	1	4/21/2023	MIN	vs	DEN	44	7	5	3	1	10	22	45.5	3	11	27.3	13	15	86.7	62.9	0	7	3	1	-7
19	Devin Booker D. Booker	35	1	5/1/2023	PHX	@	DEN	45	5	6	0	0	14	29	48.3	4	8	50.0	3	3	100.0	57.7	0	5	2	4	-7
20	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	35	1	4/25/2023	BOS	vs	ATL	38	7	5	0	0	15	23	65.2	4	7	57.1	1	5	20.0	69.4	1	6	4	3	+1
21	Trae Young T. Young	35	1	4/23/2023	ATL	vs	BOS	41	3	15	2	0	11	26	42.3	4	10	40.0	9	11	81.8	56.7	0	3	1	2	0
22	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	34	1	5/19/2023	BOS	vs	MIA	42	13	8	0	0	10	20	50.0	3	10	30.0	11	12	91.7	67.2	1	12	5	4	+5
23	Khris Middleton K. Middleton	33	1	4/26/2023	MIL	vs	MIA	41	6	6	0	0	10	24	41.7	4	10	40.0	9	9	100.0	59.0	1	5	3	5	-2
24	Khris Middleton K. Middleton	33	1	4/16/2023	MIL	vs	MIA	33	9	4	0	0	12	20	60.0	2	7	28.6	7	10	70.0	67.6	2	7	5	1	+1
25	Stephen Curry S. Curry	32	1	5/12/2023	GSW	@	LAL	39	6	5	1	1	11	28	39.3	4	14	28.6	6	6	100.0	52.2	1	5	4	3	-21