most points in an nba playoff game with less than 25 fga

Damian Lillard has posted the most points with fewer than 25 field-goal attempts in a playoff game, with 55 points in Game 5 of the 2021 First Round versus the Nuggets.

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most points by a player in an NBA playoff game with less than 25 fga

	NAME	PTS	FGA	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	55	24	6/1/2021	POR	@	DEN	52	6	10	1	3	17	70.8	12	17	70.6	9	10	90.0	96.8	1	5	1	0	+2
2	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	50	19	4/25/2024	PHI	vs	NYK	41	8	4	0	1	13	68.4	5	7	71.4	19	21	90.5	88.5	1	7	3	3	+16
3	Jamal Murray J. Murray	50	24	8/30/2020	DEN	@	UTA	43	5	6	0	0	17	70.8	9	12	75.0	7	9	77.8	89.4	1	4	5	5	+12
4	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	50	22	3/21/1953	BOS	vs	SYR	66	3	2			10	45.5				30	32	93.8	69.3				5
5	Devin Booker D. Booker	49	21	4/28/2024	PHX	vs	MIN	45	5	6	2	1	13	61.9	3	5	60.0	20	21	95.2	81.0	0	5	2	5	+1
6	Kevin Durant K. Durant	49	23	6/15/2021	BKN	vs	MIL	48	17	10	3	2	16	69.6	4	9	44.4	13	16	81.3	81.6	0	17	3	3	+6
7	LeBron James L. James	49	24	5/12/2014	MIA	@	BKN	43	6	2	3	0	16	66.7	3	6	50.0	14	19	73.7	75.7	0	6	1	5	+13
8	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	48	15	5/17/2011	DAL	vs	OKC	41	6	4	0	4	12	80.0	0	0		24	24	100.0	93.9	0	6	2	3	+12
9	Devin Booker D. Booker	47	22	6/3/2021	PHX	@	LAL	46	11	3	0	1	15	68.2	8	10	80.0	9	9	100.0	90.5	0	11	3	2	+10
10	Anthony Davis A. Davis	47	23	4/21/2018	NOP	vs	POR	39	10	1	0	3	15	65.2	2	4	50.0	15	17	88.2	77.1	4	6	2	4	+15
11	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	47	18	5/14/1989	CHI	vs	NYK	42	11	6	1	2	12	66.7	0	1	0.0	23	28	82.1	77.5	0	11	6	3
12	LeBron James L. James	46	24	4/18/2018	CLE	vs	IND	40	12	5	2	0	17	70.8	2	5	40.0	10	13	76.9	77.4	1	11	3	1	+7
13	Dwight Howard D. Howard	46	23	4/16/2011	ORL	vs	ATL	46	19	1	0	1	16	69.6	0	1	0.0	14	22	63.6	70.4	6	13	8	5	-10
14	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	46	24	4/25/2010	MIA	vs	BOS	43	5	5	2	0	16	66.7	5	7	71.4	9	14	64.3	76.3	0	5	6	4	+7
15	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	46	23	6/12/1992	CHI	@	POR	42	5	4	0	1	14	60.9	2	4	50.0	16	19	84.2	73.3	0	5	4	5
16	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	45	23	4/27/2019	TOR	vs	PHI	38	11	2	2	1	16	69.6	3	7	42.9	10	11	90.9	80.8	0	11	2	1	+26
17	James Harden J. Harden	45	22	5/25/2015	HOU	vs	GSW	40	9	5	2	2	13	59.1	7	11	63.6	12	13	92.3	81.2	2	7	3	2	+21
18	LeBron James L. James	45	23	5/3/2006	CLE	vs	WAS	46	7	6	2	0	14	60.9	0	1	0.0	17	18	94.4	72.8	5	2	4	5	-4
19	Bonzi Wells B. Wells	45	24	4/23/2003	POR	@	DAL	43	3	0	3	0	16	66.7	5	6	83.3	8	11	72.7	78.0	1	2	4	4	0
20	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	45	23	5/27/1996	CHI	@	ORL	44	3	5	1	1	16	69.6	3	4	75.0	10	14	71.4	77.2	2	1	4	5
21	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	45	24	5/12/1990	NYK	vs	DET	45	13	6	0	3	14	58.3	0	0		17	18	94.4	70.5	3	10	1	4
22	LeBron James L. James	44	24	4/25/2018	CLE	vs	IND	42	10	8	1	1	14	58.3	1	4	25.0	15	15	100.0	71.9	3	7	5	3	+2
23	James Harden J. Harden	44	21	4/21/2017	HOU	@	OKC	38	6	6	0	1	11	52.4	4	12	33.3	18	18	100.0	76.1	1	5	7	5	+1
24	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	44	24	5/30/2012	BOS	@	MIA	53	8	10	3	0	16	66.7	2	2	100.0	10	12	83.3	75.1	0	8	3	3	-4
25	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	44	24	5/3/2006	WAS	@	CLE	53	5	4	1	0	14	58.3	6	9	66.7	10	10	100.0	77.5	1	4	3	4	+1