most points in first playoffs game in nba history by a guard

Luka Dončić has the most points by a guard in the playoffs in his first game, with 42 points.

	NAME	PTS	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	42	1	38.4	42.0	7.0	9.0	3.0	0.0	13.0	21.0	61.9	2.0	6.0	33.3	14.0	15.0	93.3	76.1	0.0	7.0	11.0	38	7	9	3	0	11	4	-14
2	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	38	1	40.4	38.0	1.0	5.0	3.0	0.0	13.0	27.0	48.1	4.0	8.0	50.0	8.0	12.0	66.7	58.9	1.0	0.0	3.0	40	1	5	3	0	3	3	+4
3	John Williamson J. Williamson	38	1	46.0	38.0	4.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	14.0	28.0	50.0				10.0	12.0	83.3	57.1	2.0	2.0	11.0	46	4	3	1	0	11	4
4	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	36	1	40.3	36.0	2.0	6.0	1.0	2.0	12.0	23.0	52.2	4.0	11.0	36.4	8.0	8.0	100.0	67.9	0.0	2.0	2.0	40	2	6	1	2	2	5	+12
5	Derrick Rose D. Rose	36	1	49.6	36.0	4.0	11.0	1.0	0.0	12.0	19.0	63.2	0.0	1.0	0.0	12.0	12.0	100.0	74.1	1.0	3.0	5.0	50	4	11	1	0	5	6	+8
6	Gary Brokaw G. Brokaw	36	1	36.0	36.0	3.0	5.0	1.0	1.0	13.0	17.0	76.5				10.0	11.0	90.9	82.4	0.0	3.0		36	3	5	1	1		5
7	Chris Paul C. Paul	35	1	40.7	35.0	3.0	10.0	4.0	1.0	15.0	23.0	65.2	0.0	1.0	0.0	5.0	7.0	71.4	67.1	1.0	2.0	1.0	41	3	10	4	1	1	2	+16
8	George Gervin G. Gervin	35	1	40.0	35.0	7.0	5.0	2.0	1.0	15.0	28.0	53.6				5.0	5.0	100.0	57.9			3.0	40	7	5	2	1	3	4
9	Devin Booker D. Booker	34	1	45.2	34.0	7.0	8.0	1.0	0.0	13.0	26.0	50.0	3.0	7.0	42.9	5.0	6.0	83.3	59.4	1.0	6.0	6.0	45	7	8	1	0	6	4	+9
10	Brandon Jennings B. Jennings	34	1	40.2	34.0	3.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	14.0	25.0	56.0	4.0	6.0	66.7	2.0	4.0	50.0	63.5	1.0	2.0	3.0	40	3	3	1	0	3	3	-7
11	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	33	1	43.0	33.0	9.0	8.0	1.0	2.0	12.0	34.0	35.3	0.0	2.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	100.0	43.5	3.0	6.0	4.0	43	9	8	1	2	4	2	-15
12	Malik Monk M. Monk	32	1	28.8	32.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	8.0	13.0	61.5	2.0	4.0	50.0	14.0	14.0	100.0	83.5	1.0	2.0	2.0	29	3	2	0	0	2	4	+10
13	Trae Young T. Young	32	1	35.3	32.0	7.0	10.0	0.0	0.0	11.0	23.0	47.8	1.0	3.0	33.3	9.0	9.0	100.0	59.3	2.0	5.0	2.0	35	7	10	0	0	2	0	0
14	Earl Monroe E. Monroe	32	1	42.0	32.0	3.0	3.0			13.0	35.0	37.1				6.0	8.0	75.0	41.5				42	3	3				0
15	Dillon Brooks D. Brooks	31	1	36.1	31.0	7.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	13.0	26.0	50.0	2.0	5.0	40.0	3.0	6.0	50.0	54.1	3.0	4.0	1.0	36	7	2	2	2	1	2	+14
16	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	31	1	45.8	31.0	9.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	19.0	47.4	3.0	7.0	42.9	10.0	12.0	83.3	63.8	2.0	7.0	1.0	46	9	5	0	0	1	3	+7
17	Vince Carter V. Carter	31	1	41.8	31.0	13.0	6.0	2.0	1.0	12.0	33.0	36.4	1.0	8.0	12.5	6.0	8.0	75.0	42.4	4.0	9.0	0.0	42	13	6	2	1	0	2	-4
18	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	31	1	46.0	31.0	11.0	3.0	4.0	3.0	10.0	25.0	40.0	3.0	8.0	37.5	8.0	9.0	88.9	53.5	3.0	8.0	4.0	46	11	3	4	3	4	4	+13
19	Jordan Poole J. Poole	30	1	30.1	30.0	1.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	13.0	69.2	5.0	7.0	71.4	7.0	8.0	87.5	90.8	0.0	1.0	3.0	30	1	3	0	0	3	3	+7
20	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	30	1	40.5	30.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	11.0	21.0	52.4	5.0	9.0	55.6	3.0	5.0	60.0	64.7	2.0	1.0	1.0	41	3	2	1	1	1	3	+10
21	Ben Gordon B. Gordon	30	1	33.0	30.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	11.0	19.0	57.9	3.0	5.0	60.0	5.0	8.0	62.5	66.6	1.0	2.0	0.0	33	3	2	1	2	0	4	+10
22	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	30	1	45.0	30.0	5.0	7.0	2.0	0.0	12.0	29.0	41.4	2.0	7.0	28.6	4.0	7.0	57.1	46.8	1.0	4.0	6.0	45	5	7	2	0	6	1	+14
23	Kendall Gill K. Gill	30	1	40.0	30.0	4.0	5.0	3.0	1.0	12.0	24.0	50.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	6.0	9.0	66.7	53.6	3.0	1.0	1.0	40	4	5	3	1	1	5
24	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	30	1	45.0	30.0	7.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	13.0	21.0	61.9	1.0	2.0	50.0	3.0	3.0	100.0	67.2	0.0	7.0	6.0	45	7	5	1	0	6	4
25	Dave Bing D. Bing	30	1	46.0	30.0	2.0	6.0			12.0	30.0	40.0				6.0	8.0	75.0	44.7				46	2	6				5

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PPG

21.0

Flagg

RPG

7.0

Washington

APG

5.3

Nembhard

Team Rankings

ORTG

111.2

27th

DRTG

116.5

20th

NETRTG

-5.4

23rd

3P%

34.4

26th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings	22	60	.268	42.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/21	DAL	@	HOU	8:30 PM
Fri 10/23	DAL	@	IND	7:00 PM
Sat 10/24	SAS	@	DAL	8:00 PM
Mon 10/26	DAL	@	MIA	7:30 PM
Wed 10/28	OKC	@	DAL	9:30 PM

Last Game

Bulls

31 - 51

128

Final

149

Mavericks

26 - 56

Sun 12 Apr 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Mon 3/30	PHX	@	MEM	131-105
Mon 3/30	CHI	@	SAS	114-129
Mon 3/30	MIN	@	DAL	124-94
Mon 3/30	CLE	@	UTA	122-113
Mon 3/30	DET	@	OKC	110-114

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	3:00 PM
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Wed 10/21	MIL	@	WAS	7:00 PM

Luka Dončić has the most points by a guard in the playoffs in his first game, with 42 points.

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