most points in one playoff game in the 60s

Between the 1959-60 and 1968-69 seasons, Elgin Baylor had the most points in a playoff game, with 61 points in Game 5 of the 1962 NBA Finals versus the Celtics.

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most points by a player in one playoff game in the 60s

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	61	4/14/1962	LAL	@	BOS	48	22	1	22	46	47.8	17	19	89.5	56.1	3
2	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	56	3/22/1962	PHI	vs	SYR	48	35	1	22	48	45.8	12	22	54.5	48.5	2
3	Rick Barry R. Barry	55	4/18/1967	SFW	vs	PHI	46	12	5	22	48	45.8	11	19	57.9	48.8	4
4	Jerry West J. West	53	4/23/1969	LAL	vs	BOS	46	3	10	21	41	51.2	11	13	84.6	56.7	3
5	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	53	3/14/1960	PHI	vs	SYR	47	22	2	24	42	57.1	5	16	31.3	54.0	0
6	Jerry West J. West	52	4/5/1965	LAL	vs	BAL		5	9	16	38	42.1	20	21	95.2	55.0	4
7	Sam Jones S. Jones	51	3/28/1967	BOS	@	NYK	43	4	1	19	30	63.3	13	17	76.5	68.0	3
8	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	50	4/10/1964	SFW	vs	STL	45	15	6	22	32	68.8	6	10	60.0	68.7	1
9	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	50	3/22/1960	PHI	@	BOS	46	35	2	22	42	52.4	6	14	42.9	51.9	2
10	Jerry West J. West	49	4/3/1965	LAL	vs	BAL		6	8	15	35	42.9	19	21	90.5	55.4	5
11	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	49	3/15/1961	LAL	vs	DET		21		17	34	50.0	15	20	75.0	57.2	5
12	Jerry West J. West	48	4/9/1965	LAL	@	BAL		3	5	20	43	46.5	8	8	100.0	51.6	5
13	Rick Barry R. Barry	47	4/1/1967	SFW	vs	STL	45	10	6	17	38	44.7	13	13	100.0	53.8	3
14	Sam Jones S. Jones	47	4/10/1963	BOS	vs	CIN	41	7	1	18	27	66.7	11	12	91.7	72.8	4
15	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	47	3/27/1961	LAL	@	STL	48	20		17	45	37.8	13	16	81.3	45.2	4
16	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	47	3/18/1961	LAL	@	DET				17			13	14	92.9		5
17	Zelmo Beaty Z. Beaty	46	3/23/1968	STL	vs	SFW	43	22	2	14	25	56.0	18	21	85.7	67.2	4
18	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	46	4/12/1966	PHI	vs	BOS	48	34	1	19	34	55.9	8	25	32.0	51.1	5
19	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	46	4/5/1964	SFW	@	STL	48	23	2	19	36	52.8	8	16	50.0	53.4	5
20	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	46	3/14/1961	PHI	vs	SYR	48	32	2	19	39	48.7	8	14	57.1	50.9	3
21	Jerry West J. West	45	4/22/1966	LAL	vs	BOS	47	4	10	19	31	61.3	7	10	70.0	63.6	2
22	Jerry West J. West	45	4/19/1965	LAL	@	BOS	45	5	5	17	38	44.7	11	12	91.7	52.0	2
23	Lee Shaffer L. Shaffer	45	3/26/1963	SYR	vs	CIN		5		17	27	63.0	11	13	84.6	68.8	4
24	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	45	3/29/1962	LAL	@	DET		17		18	37	48.6	9	13	69.2	52.7	5
25	Dave Bing D. Bing	44	4/1/1968	DET	vs	BOS	46	9	4	19	38	50.0	6	7	85.7	53.6	4

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