most points in a playoffs game in his last playoffs

Michael Jordan had the most points by an inactive or retired player in a playoff game in his last playoff, with 45 points in Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals against the Jazz.

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most points by a player in a playoffs game in his last playoffs

	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	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
2	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	43	5/8/2012	LAL	vs	DEN	43	6	5	2	0	14	32	43.8	5	11	45.5	10	11	90.9	58.4	1	5	3	2	-6
3	Paul Arizin P. Arizin	43	3/16/1962	PHI	vs	SYR		10	5			16	28	57.1				11	15	73.3	62.1				5
4	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	42	5/21/2012	LAL	@	OKC	41	5	0	2	0	18	33	54.5	1	6	16.7	5	7	71.4	58.2	0	5	2	3	-14
5	Ben Gordon B. Gordon	42	4/20/2009	CHI	@	BOS	44	1	0	1	0	14	24	58.3	6	11	54.5	8	9	88.9	75.1	0	1	0	2	-1
6	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
7	Michael Redd M. Redd	40	4/29/2006	MIL	vs	DET	35	5	2	0	0	14	21	66.7	4	5	80.0	8	8	100.0	81.6	3	2	0	1	+31
8	Jo Jo White J. Jo White	40	4/29/1977	BOS	vs	PHI	48	5	5		0	16	31	51.6				8	9	88.9	57.2				4
9	Alex Groza A. Groza	40	3/23/1951	IND	vs	MIN						15	29	51.7				10	13	76.9	57.6				4
10	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
11	Joe Caldwell J. Caldwell	39	3/25/1970	ATL	vs	CHI	46	10	7			17	28	60.7				5	8	62.5	61.9				4
12	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	38	5/19/2012	LAL	vs	OKC	40	8	5	0	0	12	28	42.9	0	2	0.0	14	17	82.4	53.6	3	5	2	1	-9
13	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	38	5/1/2012	LAL	vs	DEN	40	4	2	3	1	15	29	51.7	2	6	33.3	6	7	85.7	59.2	2	2	1	3	+4
14	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
15	Jo Jo White J. Jo White	38	4/15/1977	BOS	@	SAS	45	6	4	4	0	15	19	78.9				8	8	100.0	84.4				3
16	Bob Love B. Love	38	4/9/1975	CHI	vs	KCO	48	9	2	1	0	16	27	59.3				6	6	100.0	64.1	3	6		5
17	Joe Caldwell J. Caldwell	38	4/3/1970	ATL	@	CHI	47	6	2			17	30	56.7				4	6	66.7	58.2				2
18	Alex Groza A. Groza	38	3/25/1951	IND	@	MIN						15	30	50.0				8	11	72.7	54.5				5
19	Troy Hudson T. Hudson	37	4/22/2003	MIN	vs	LAL	35	2	10	2	0	9	16	56.3	4	6	66.7	15	16	93.8	80.3	0	2	2	2	+31
20	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
21	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	37	5/18/1979	WAS	vs	SAS	45	9	5	1	0	16	31	51.6				5	8	62.5	53.6			3	4
22	Bob Love B. Love	37	4/27/1975	CHI	@	GSW	42	4	1	3	0	10	24	41.7				17	17	100.0	58.8	2	2		3
23	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	36	5/18/2012	LAL	vs	OKC	39	7	6	2	0	9	25	36.0	0	1	0.0	18	18	100.0	54.7	2	5	2	4	+11
24	Jamal Mashburn J. Mashburn	36	5/2/2003	NOH	vs	PHI	43	4	5	1	1	14	27	51.9	3	4	75.0	5	7	71.4	59.8	0	4	3	1	-3
25	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	36	5/3/1983	LAL	vs	POR	43	6	6	0	0	17	25	68.0	0	1	0.0	2	4	50.0	67.3	2	4	1	3