most points in game 2 in the nba playoff in the first quarter

LeBron James has put up the most points in a game 2, with 21 points in Game 2 of the 2018 Eastern Conference Finals against the Celtics.

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most points by a player in game 2 in the NBA playoff in the first quarter

	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	LeBron James L. James	21	5/15/2018	CLE	@	BOS	12	3	1	0	0	8	13	61.5	4	7	57.1	1	4	25.0	71.1	1	2	2	0	+5
2	LeBron James L. James	20	4/18/2018	CLE	vs	IND	12	6	3	0	0	9	12	75.0	2	4	50.0	0	1	0.0	80.4	1	5	1	0	+15
3	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	19	4/18/2022	PHI	vs	TOR	12	3	0	0	0	4	6	66.7	0	0		11	12	91.7	84.2	1	2	1	1	-1
4	John Wall J. Wall	19	5/2/2017	WAS	@	BOS	12	0	6	0	1	7	10	70.0	2	3	66.7	3	3	100.0	83.9	0	0	0	0	+13
5	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	18	5/20/2022	DAL	@	GSW	12	3	2	2	0	6	9	66.7	2	4	50.0	4	5	80.0	80.4	0	3	0	1	+7
6	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	18	5/25/2021	LAC	vs	DAL	12	1	1	1	0	5	8	62.5	2	3	66.7	6	7	85.7	81.2	0	1	0	1	-2
7	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	17	5/3/2022	BOS	vs	MIL	12	3	1	1	1	6	7	85.7	3	3	100.0	2	2	100.0	107.9	0	3	1	1	+11
8	James Harden J. Harden	17	4/17/2019	HOU	vs	UTA	10	4	4	0	0	5	10	50.0	3	6	50.0	4	4	100.0	72.3	1	3	1	1	+16
9	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	16	5/23/2025	IND	@	NYK	8	2	0	0	0	6	9	66.7	1	2	50.0	3	3	100.0	77.5	0	2	0	0	+5
10	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	16	4/22/2025	LAL	vs	MIN	12	3	2	0	0	4	7	57.1	2	4	50.0	6	6	100.0	83.0	1	2	1	0	+19
11	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	16	5/9/2024	DAL	@	OKC	12	6	3	0	0	6	8	75.0	4	5	80.0	0	0		100.0	0	6	0	0	+5
12	RJ Barrett	16	5/2/2023	NYK	vs	MIA	12	1	1	0	0	5	8	62.5	3	5	60.0	3	3	100.0	85.8	0	1	2	0	+2
13	Devin Booker D. Booker	16	4/19/2022	PHX	vs	NOP	12	1	1	0	0	6	10	60.0	4	6	66.7	0	0		80.0	0	1	1	2	-2
14	Tobias Harris T. Harris	16	6/8/2021	PHI	vs	ATL	8	2	1	0	0	8	9	88.9	0	1	0.0	0	0		88.9	1	1	1	0	+14
15	Joe Harris J. Harris	16	5/25/2021	BKN	vs	BOS	7	3	0	2	0	6	7	85.7	4	4	100.0	0	0		114.3	1	2	0	2	+15
16	Chet Holmgren C. Holmgren	15	4/24/2024	OKC	vs	NOP	8	2	1	0	0	5	5	100.0	3	3	100.0	2	2	100.0	127.6	1	1	0	0	+8
17	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	15	4/23/2024	MIL	vs	IND	10	1	0	0	0	4	6	66.7	3	5	60.0	4	5	80.0	91.5	1	0	0	0	-2
18	Fred VanVleet F. VanVleet	15	4/18/2022	TOR	@	PHI	12	0	2	2	0	5	9	55.6	4	6	66.7	1	2	50.0	75.9	0	0	1	0	+1
19	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	15	4/18/2022	DAL	vs	UTA	10	1	0	2	0	6	7	85.7	3	4	75.0	0	0		107.1	0	1	0	0	+3
20	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	15	9/5/2020	DEN	@	LAC	12	6	1	0	2	5	6	83.3	3	3	100.0	2	2	100.0	109.0	0	6	0	1	+19
21	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	15	8/19/2020	PHI	@	BOS	10	3	3	0	0	6	9	66.7	0	2	0.0	3	3	100.0	72.7	0	3	0	0	+4
22	Stephen Curry S. Curry	15	6/4/2017	GSW	vs	CLE	12	1	2	0	0	2	6	33.3	1	4	25.0	10	10	100.0	72.1	0	1	3	1	+6
23	Stephen Curry S. Curry	15	5/16/2017	GSW	vs	SAS	12	3	2	1	0	4	6	66.7	4	5	80.0	3	3	100.0	102.5	0	3	1	1	+17
24	Isaiah Thomas I. Thomas	15	5/2/2017	BOS	vs	WAS	10	1	0	0	0	5	7	71.4	2	3	66.7	3	3	100.0	90.1	0	1	0	2	-9
25	Stephen Curry S. Curry	15	5/21/2015	GSW	vs	HOU		1	2	0	0	5	9	55.6	4	7	57.1	1	1	100.0	79.4	0	1	2	1