most points in a playoff game with less than 24 minutes played

Stephen Curry has scored the most points with fewer than 24 minutes played in a playoff game, with 34 points in Game 2 of the 2022 First Round against the Nuggets.

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most points by a player in a playoff game with less than 24 minutes played

	NAME	PTS	MIN	DATE	TM		OPP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Stephen Curry S. Curry	34	23	4/18/2022	GSW	vs	DEN	3	4	1	1	12	17	70.6	5	10	50.0	5	7	71.4	84.7	0	3	2	3	+32
2	Dan Issel D. Issel	28	22	4/26/1983	DEN	@	SAS	4	3	1	1	11	18	61.1	0	1	0.0	6	6	100.0	67.8	0	4	0	4
3	Mack Calvin M. Calvin	28	21	4/26/1977	DEN	@	POR	1	2	1	0	8	10	80.0				12	13	92.3	89.1	0	1		3
4	Bennedict Mathurin B. Mathurin	27	22	6/11/2025	IND	vs	OKC	4	1	0	1	9	12	75.0	2	3	66.7	7	8	87.5	87.0	1	3	1	0	+16
5	Duncan Robinson D. Robinson	27	23	4/17/2022	MIA	vs	ATL	1	0	0	0	9	10	90.0	8	9	88.9	1	1	100.0	129.3	0	1	0	2	+16
6	Serge Ibaka S. Ibaka	27	20	8/23/2020	TOR	@	BKN	15	2	0	2	12	14	85.7	3	3	100.0	0	0		96.4	3	12	0	4	+14
7	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	27	23	4/23/2014	SAS	vs	DAL	2	4	0	0	9	12	75.0	5	6	83.3	4	7	57.1	89.5	2	0	6	2	-5
8	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	26	24	5/14/2017	SAS	@	GSW	8	3	1	0	7	13	53.8	1	4	25.0	11	11	100.0	72.9	4	4	1	2	+21
9	Goran Dragic G. Dragic	26	17	5/7/2010	PHX	@	SAS	3	2	1	1	10	13	76.9	5	5	100.0	1	3	33.3	90.8	1	2	0	0	+10
10	Brad Davis B. Davis	26	22	4/25/1986	DAL	@	UTA	3	3	2	0	8	8	100.0	5	5	100.0	5	7	71.4	117.3	0	3	3	3
11	Scott Wedman S. Wedman	26	23	5/27/1985	BOS	vs	LAL	5	2	2	0	11	11	100.0	4	4	100.0	0	2	0.0	109.4	1	4	1	4
12	Larry Wright L. Wright	26	23	5/20/1979	WAS	vs	SEA	3	2	1	0	12	18	66.7				2	3	66.7	67.3	1	2	0	5
13	Kevin Love K. Love	25	24	5/25/2016	CLE	vs	TOR	2	2	1	2	8	10	80.0	3	4	75.0	6	6	100.0	98.9	0	2	2	1	+31
14	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	25	22	4/30/2016	SAS	vs	OKC	5	5	0	0	10	13	76.9	1	2	50.0	4	4	100.0	84.7	0	5	1	3	+20
15	Austin Rivers A. Rivers	25	23	5/8/2015	LAC	vs	HOU	6	2	1	1	10	13	76.9	3	6	50.0	2	2	100.0	90.1	0	6	2	2	+16
16	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	25	21	5/15/1990	DET	vs	NYK	8	1	1	0	11	15	73.3	1	3	33.3	2	2	100.0	78.7	3	5	3	3
17	Fred Brown F. Brown	25	21	4/28/1982	SEA	vs	SAS	3	2	1	0	11	18	61.1	1	2	50.0	2	2	100.0	66.2	2	1	1	1
18	Mike Bratz M. Bratz	25	19	4/8/1980	PHX	@	LAL	4	2	3	0	9	17	52.9	5	10	50.0	2	2	100.0	69.9	0	4	2	2
19	Don Nelson D. Nelson	25	23	5/3/1969	BOS	vs	LAL	9	1			10	19	52.6				5	5	100.0	59.0				4
20	Jordan Clarkson J. Clarkson	24	22	5/31/2021	UTA	@	MEM	6	0	0	0	8	18	44.4	4	9	44.4	4	4	100.0	60.7	0	6	3	1	0
21	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	24	23	4/14/2019	MIL	vs	DET	17	4	1	0	9	17	52.9	1	5	20.0	5	12	41.7	53.9	3	14	1	1	+30
22	Stephen Curry S. Curry	24	20	4/16/2016	GSW	vs	HOU	7	2	3	0	8	13	61.5	5	7	71.4	3	3	100.0	83.8	1	6	4	0	+28
23	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	24	17	5/6/2012	BOS	vs	ATL	4	0	0	2	10	13	76.9	4	6	66.7	0	1	0.0	89.3	0	4	2	2	+33
24	Rik Smits R. Smits	24	22	6/14/2000	IND	vs	LAL	3	0	1	2	11	14	78.6	0	0		2	2	100.0	80.6	1	2	2	4	-1
25	Dan Issel D. Issel	24	21	4/30/1985	DEN	vs	UTA	5	1	3	0	11	16	68.8	0	0		2	4	50.0	67.6	1	4	1	2