most points in an nba playoff game by an 32 year old

John Havlicek has posted the most points by a 32-year-old player in a playoff game, with 54 points in Game 1 of the 1973 Eastern Conference Semifinals versus the Hawks.

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most points by a player in an NBA playoff game by an 32 year old

	NAME	PTS	Age	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	54	32-358	4/1/1973	BOS	vs	ATL	48	9	6			24	36	66.7				6	6	100.0	69.9				2
2	Kevin Durant K. Durant	49	32-259	6/15/2021	BKN	vs	MIL	48	17	10	3	2	16	23	69.6	4	9	44.4	13	16	81.3	81.6	0	17	3	3	+6
3	Kevin Durant K. Durant	48	32-263	6/19/2021	BKN	vs	MIL	53	9	6	1	1	17	36	47.2	4	11	36.4	10	11	90.9	58.8	1	8	3	4	-4
4	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	48	32-332	5/17/2011	DAL	vs	OKC	41	6	4	0	4	12	15	80.0	0	0		24	24	100.0	93.9	0	6	2	3	+12
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	48	32-070	4/28/1995	CHI	@	CHA	47	9	8	1	1	18	32	56.3	1	4	25.0	11	11	100.0	65.1	1	8	3	1
6	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	47	32-255	5/27/2022	MIA	@	BOS	46	9	8	4	1	16	29	55.2	4	8	50.0	11	11	100.0	69.4	3	6	1	1	+8
7	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	47	32-071	5/2/1995	PHX	@	POR	46	12	2	2	2	16	26	61.5	4	8	50.0	11	13	84.6	74.1	1	11	4	5
8	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	45	32-217	4/19/2022	MIA	vs	ATL	39	5	5	2	0	15	25	60.0	4	7	57.1	11	12	91.7	74.3	0	5	0	0	+19
9	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	45	32-096	4/27/1995	HOU	@	UTA	44	8	6	2	3	20	30	66.7	0	0		5	10	50.0	65.4	1	7	5	4
10	Rick Barry R. Barry	44	32-038	5/5/1976	GSW	vs	PHX	46	6	4	1	0	17	31	54.8				10	12	83.3	60.6	0	6		3
11	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	43	32-125	5/26/1995	HOU	vs	SAS	46	11	4	0	5	19	32	59.4	1	1	100.0	4	4	100.0	63.7	3	8	2	5
12	Khris Middleton K. Middleton	42	32-258	4/26/2024	MIL	@	IND	41	10	5	0	0	16	29	55.2	4	9	44.4	6	6	100.0	66.4	3	7	3	5	+2
13	Kevin Durant K. Durant	42	32-243	5/30/2021	BKN	@	BOS	40	4	5	1	2	14	20	70.0	3	3	100.0	11	11	100.0	84.5	1	3	1	4	+3
14	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	42	32-129	5/30/1995	HOU	@	SAS	44	9	8	1	5	19	30	63.3	0	0		4	7	57.1	63.5	0	9	0	5
15	Alex English A. English	42	32-123	5/8/1986	DEN	vs	HOU	50	7	2	0	2	15	30	50.0	0	0		12	13	92.3	58.8	4	3	3	4
16	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	42	32-343	4/17/1981	HOU	@	SAS	42	1	3	0	0	19	28	67.9	0	1	0.0	4	4	100.0	70.6			5	2
17	Sam Jones S. Jones	42	32-275	3/26/1966	BOS	@	CIN		5	4			14	24	58.3				14	15	93.3	68.6				4
18	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	41	32-245	5/17/2022	MIA	vs	BOS	41	9	5	4	3	12	19	63.2	0	2	0.0	17	18	94.4	76.2	5	4	2	3	+25
19	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	41	32-256	4/20/2022	CHI	@	MIL	44	7	4	1	2	16	31	51.6	0	2	0.0	9	9	100.0	58.6	0	7	2	3	+2
20	LeBron James L. James	41	32-164	6/12/2017	CLE	@	GSW	46	13	8	2	1	19	30	63.3	2	5	40.0	1	4	25.0	64.5	2	11	2	3	-13
21	LeBron James L. James	41	32-111	4/20/2017	CLE	@	IND	45	13	12	1	2	14	27	51.9	6	12	50.0	7	14	50.0	61.8	1	12	3	4	+13
22	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	41	32-123	5/24/1995	HOU	@	SAS	41	16	4	3	2	18	31	58.1	0	0		5	6	83.3	60.9	4	12	4	5
23	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	41	32-317	5/5/1995	HOU	vs	UTA	41	9	6	1	0	12	18	66.7	4	8	50.0	13	14	92.9	84.9	3	6	1	3
24	George Gervin G. Gervin	41	32-358	4/20/1985	SAS	@	DEN	42	6	3	0	0	16	25	64.0	0	2	0.0	9	11	81.8	68.7	2	4	3	2
25	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	40	32-036	4/28/2024	DAL	vs	LAC	45	7	5	0	0	14	25	56.0	6	12	50.0	6	6	100.0	72.4	2	5	7	4	-5

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