most points in a playoff games in under 29 minutes

Joel Embiid has dropped the most points with fewer than 29 minutes played in a playoff game, with 36 points in Game 3 of the 2021 First Round versus the Wizards.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a playoff games in under 29 minutes

	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	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	36	28	5/29/2021	PHI	@	WAS	8	2	3	1	14	18	77.8	3	4	75.0	5	7	71.4	85.4	0	8	2	2	+29
2	Paul George P. George	35	25	8/25/2020	LAC	vs	DAL	3	2	0	0	12	18	66.7	4	8	50.0	7	7	100.0	83.0	1	2	2	4	+23
3	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
4	Nate Robinson N. Robinson	34	29	4/27/2013	CHI	vs	BKN	1	4	2	0	14	23	60.9	3	7	42.9	3	3	100.0	69.9	0	1	2	6	+19
5	Kirk Hinrich K. Hinrich	34	24	4/27/2005	CHI	vs	WAS	2	3	2	0	12	15	80.0	5	5	100.0	5	6	83.3	96.4	1	1	4	4	-4
6	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	34	26	6/5/1993	SEA	@	PHX	2	0	0	0	12	17	70.6	1	1	100.0	9	9	100.0	81.1	1	1	2	6
7	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	34	28	4/6/1963	BOS	vs	CIN	12	2			12	21	57.1				10	14	71.4	62.6				6
8	Cliff Hagan C. Hagan	34	26	4/2/1963	STL	@	LAL	9	5			15	21	71.4				4	4	100.0	74.7				4
9	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	33	28	5/2/2019	PHI	vs	TOR	10	3	0	5	9	18	50.0	3	4	75.0	12	13	92.3	69.6	3	7	3	3	+31
10	Cazzie Russell C. Russell	33	28	4/23/1973	GSW	vs	LAL	4	3			15	25	60.0				3	3	100.0	62.7				4
11	Malik Monk M. Monk	32	29	4/15/2023	SAC	vs	GSW	3	2	0	0	8	13	61.5	2	4	50.0	14	14	100.0	83.5	1	2	2	4	+10
12	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	32	29	4/24/2015	SAS	vs	LAC	4	1	3	2	13	18	72.2	3	5	60.0	3	3	100.0	82.8	2	2	1	1	+20
13	Chris Paul C. Paul	32	28	5/5/2014	LAC	@	OKC	2	10	0	0	12	14	85.7	8	9	88.9	0	0		114.3	0	2	2	3	+26
14	Jason Terry J. Terry	32	25	5/8/2011	DAL	vs	LAL	1	4	0	1	11	14	78.6	9	10	90.0	1	2	50.0	107.5	0	1	3	2	+29
15	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	32	26	3/21/1967	BOS	vs	NYK	5	2			14	19	73.7				4	5	80.0	75.5				1
16	Devin Booker D. Booker	31	25	4/19/2022	PHX	vs	NOP	2	1	0	0	12	19	63.2	7	11	63.6	0	0		81.6	1	1	2	3	-6
17	James Harden J. Harden	31	28	8/29/2020	HOU	vs	OKC	2	5	1	1	11	15	73.3	4	8	50.0	5	6	83.3	87.9	0	2	3	3	+28
18	Eddie House E. House	31	28	5/6/2009	BOS	vs	ORL	4	2	1	0	11	14	78.6	4	4	100.0	5	6	83.3	93.1	0	4	2	4	+9
19	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	31	28	5/23/1997	HOU	vs	UTA	2	0	1	0	12	17	70.6	5	8	62.5	2	2	100.0	86.7	0	2	0	3	+26
20	Kevin McHale K. McHale	31	28	4/28/1990	BOS	vs	NYK	10	4	0	2	12	15	80.0	0	1	0.0	7	7	100.0	85.7	2	8	0	3
21	Cliff Hagan C. Hagan	31	27	3/20/1963	STL	vs	DET	7	4			13	21	61.9				5	8	62.5	63.2				3
22	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	31	25	3/28/1962	BOS	vs	PHI	9	4			10	19	52.6				11	14	78.6	61.6				2
23	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	30	28	4/22/2023	MIA	vs	MIL	5	4	2	0	12	19	63.2	4	4	100.0	2	3	66.7	73.8	3	2	2	2	+15
24	Spencer Dinwiddie S. Dinwiddie	30	25	5/15/2022	DAL	@	PHX	3	2	1	1	11	15	73.3	5	7	71.4	3	3	100.0	91.9	0	3	0	0	+29
25	LeBron James L. James	30	28	8/24/2020	LAL	@	POR	6	10	0	1	10	12	83.3	4	5	80.0	6	8	75.0	96.6	1	5	2	2	+17