most points in an nba playoff game in 2017

Isaiah Thomas dropped the most points in a 2017 playoff game, with 53 points versus the Wizards on May 2, 2017.

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most points by a player in an NBA playoff game in 2017
NAMEPTSDATETMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Isaiah Thomas
I. Thomas
53
5/2/2017
vs
45
4
4
3
0
18
33
54.5
5
12
41.7
12
13
92.3
68.4
1
3
2
2
+10
2Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
51
4/19/2017
@
41
10
13
4
1
17
43
39.5
2
11
18.2
15
18
83.3
50.1
2
8
4
3
+11
3Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
47
4/25/2017
@
42
11
9
0
0
15
34
44.1
5
18
27.8
12
17
70.6
56.7
5
6
7
5
+12
4James Harden
J. Harden
44
4/21/2017
@
38
6
6
0
1
11
21
52.4
4
12
33.3
18
18
100.0
76.1
1
5
7
5
+1
5James Harden
J. Harden
43
5/5/2017
vs
40
2
5
3
0
14
28
50.0
5
13
38.5
10
11
90.9
65.5
1
1
5
4
-14
6Kawhi Leonard
K. Leonard
43
4/22/2017
@
44
8
3
6
0
14
30
46.7
7
10
70.0
8
8
100.0
64.1
1
7
4
4
+18
7Kyrie Irving
K. Irving
42
5/23/2017
vs
41
3
4
0
0
15
22
68.2
4
7
57.1
8
9
88.9
80.9
0
3
3
2
+9
8John Wall
J. Wall
42
4/28/2017
@
44
1
8
4
2
16
25
64.0
1
4
25.0
9
10
90.0
71.4
0
1
7
1
+19
9LeBron James
L. James
41
6/12/2017
@
46
13
8
2
1
19
30
63.3
2
5
40.0
1
4
25.0
64.5
2
11
2
3
-13
10LeBron James
L. James
41
4/20/2017
@
45
13
12
1
2
14
27
51.9
6
12
50.0
7
14
50.0
61.8
1
12
3
4
+13
11CJ McCollum
CJ McCollum
41
4/16/2017
@
41
8
1
1
1
16
28
57.1
4
6
66.7
5
6
83.3
66.9
3
5
4
4
-5
12Kyrie Irving
K. Irving
40
6/9/2017
vs
41
7
4
1
0
15
27
55.6
7
12
58.3
3
4
75.0
69.5
3
4
3
4
+7
13Stephen Curry
S. Curry
40
5/14/2017
vs
39
7
3
3
0
14
26
53.8
7
16
43.8
5
7
71.4
68.8
2
5
3
0
+8
14John Wall
J. Wall
40
5/2/2017
@
47
3
13
3
3
16
32
50.0
3
10
30.0
5
7
71.4
57.0
1
2
4
3
-3
15Gordon Hayward
G. Hayward
40
4/21/2017
vs
42
9
4
0
2
13
21
61.9
4
8
50.0
10
11
90.9
77.4
0
9
5
4
-5
16Kevin Durant
K. Durant
39
6/12/2017
vs
40
6
5
1
0
14
20
70.0
5
8
62.5
6
6
100.0
86.1
1
5
4
3
+18
17LeBron James
L. James
39
6/7/2017
vs
46
11
9
1
1
15
27
55.6
4
9
44.4
5
6
83.3
65.8
3
8
5
2
+7
18LeBron James
L. James
39
5/3/2017
vs
37
6
4
3
2
10
14
71.4
4
6
66.7
15
21
71.4
83.9
1
5
3
3
+24
19Kyrie Irving
K. Irving
38
6/7/2017
vs
44
6
3
0
0
16
29
55.2
0
7
0.0
6
6
100.0
60.1
1
5
2
5
-9
20Kevin Durant
K. Durant
38
6/1/2017
vs
38
9
8
0
0
14
26
53.8
3
6
50.0
7
8
87.5
64.4
2
7
0
1
+16
21LeBron James
L. James
38
5/17/2017
@
42
9
7
2
0
14
24
58.3
1
6
16.7
9
11
81.8
65.9
2
7
2
2
+17
22Bradley Beal
B. Beal
38
5/15/2017
@
46
4
2
2
0
12
22
54.5
5
10
50.0
9
10
90.0
72.0
1
3
2
2
-11
23Kevin Durant
K. Durant
38
5/6/2017
@
39
13
1
1
1
15
26
57.7
4
8
50.0
4
4
100.0
68.4
2
11
2
4
+18
24DeMar DeRozan
D. DeRozan
37
5/5/2017
vs
40
2
3
3
0
12
23
52.2
0
0
13
13
100.0
64.4
0
2
0
3
-12
25Stephen Curry
S. Curry
37
4/24/2017
@
30
7
8
1
0
12
20
60.0
7
11
63.6
6
7
85.7
80.2
2
5
4
0
+29

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Brown

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120.6

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113.6

10th

NETRTG

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3P%

36.2

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2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
1
39
13
.750
2
34
19
.642
5.5
3
Celtics Celtics
34
19
.642
5.5
4
33
21
.611
7.0
5
32
22
.593
8.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
2/11
@
7:30 PM
Thu
2/19
@
10:00 PM
Sun
2/22
@
6:30 PM
Tue
2/24
@
9:00 PM
Wed
2/25
@
10:00 PM
Last Game
NYK Knicks

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111

Final

89

BOS Celtics

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Sun 8 Feb 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
39
13
.750
2
34
19
.642
5.5
3
34
19
.642
5.5
4
33
21
.611
7.0
5
32
22
.593
8.0
6
30
23
.566
9.5
7
28
24
.538
11.0
8
28
27
.509
12.5
9
26
29
.473
14.5
10
25
29
.463
15.0
11
24
30
.444
16.0
12
21
30
.412
17.5
13
15
37
.288
24.0
14
14
38
.269
25.0
15
13
40
.245
26.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
41
13
.759
2
36
16
.692
4.0
3
34
20
.630
7.0
4
32
19
.627
7.5
5
32
20
.615
8.0
6
33
22
.600
8.5
7
31
22
.585
9.5
8
29
25
.537
12.0
9
26
28
.481
15.0
10
25
27
.481
15.0
11
20
32
.385
20.0
12
19
33
.365
21.0
13
17
37
.315
24.0
14
15
40
.273
26.5
15
12
43
.218
29.5

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DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Tue
1/13
@
126-128
Tue
1/13
@
118-109
Tue
1/13
@
101-112
Tue
1/13
@
105-119
Wed
1/14
@
111-118

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
2/10
@
7:30 PM
Tue
2/10
@
8:00 PM
Tue
2/10
@
9:00 PM
Tue
2/10
@
10:30 PM
Wed
2/11
@
7:00 PM