most points in the first quarter in the playoffs

LeBron James has put up the most career points in the playoffs in the first quarter, with 1,021 points.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in the first quarter in the playoffs

	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	LeBron James L. James	1,021	144	7.1	7.1	2.1	2.3	0.4	0.2	2.8	4.9	57.1	0.4	1.1	39.8	1.1	1.4	75.0	64.3	0.3	1.9	1.0	1,017	309	334	61	26	141	47	+170
2	Stephen Curry S. Curry	965	136	7.6	7.1	1.6	1.8	0.5	0.1	2.4	5.5	44.0	1.2	3.3	37.5	1.1	1.2	87.2	59.0	0.2	1.5	0.9	1,040	222	249	63	9	129	87	+169
3	James Harden J. Harden	880	132	8.2	6.7	1.5	2.2	0.5	0.2	2.1	4.8	44.0	0.7	2.0	37.4	1.7	2.0	87.0	59.1	0.2	1.3	1.2	1,086	197	294	69	26	161	105	+9
4	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	792	127	10.0	6.2	2.7	1.4	0.3	0.2	2.2	4.9	44.8	0.7	2.0	35.9	1.2	1.4	79.9	56.5	0.3	2.3	0.6	1,274	337	181	37	24	78	91	+247
5	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	757	137	9.1	5.5	1.7	0.7	0.3	0.1	2.1	4.6	46.5	0.6	1.6	36.5	0.7	0.9	75.8	55.6	0.3	1.5	0.7	1,249	237	98	35	17	98	93	+124
6	Kevin Durant K. Durant	746	98	9.0	7.6	2.4	1.2	0.3	0.3	2.8	6.0	47.8	0.5	1.4	32.1	1.5	1.7	88.3	56.9	0.2	2.2	1.0	883	237	113	32	33	96	59	+115
7	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	727	100	11.1	7.3	3.9	2.4	0.4	0.3	3.0	5.5	55.0	0.4	1.0	36.0	0.9	1.1	80.6	60.9	0.9	2.9	0.9	1,113	388	243	41	26	86	65	-17
8	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	691	139	5.8	5.0	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.1	2.0	4.5	43.9	0.8	2.0	37.5	0.3	0.3	86.4	53.7	0.1	0.7	0.4	808	115	74	35	12	59	87	+81
9	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	649	110	9.4	5.9	2.1	1.4	0.5	0.2	2.3	4.9	46.7	0.3	0.9	34.7	1.0	1.4	73.2	53.7	0.5	1.5	0.4	1,033	226	154	57	17	46	38	-71
10	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	608	88	8.5	6.9	2.1	1.1	0.6	0.1	2.7	4.9	54.7	0.5	1.1	42.4	1.1	1.3	85.2	63.5	0.4	1.7	0.7	745	186	96	53	13	58	46	+82
11	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	570	96	6.9	5.9	1.1	1.6	0.3	0.2	2.3	5.1	44.9	0.5	1.4	36.6	0.9	0.9	93.3	54.1	0.2	0.9	0.7	663	106	151	31	16	70	52	+94
12	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	570	84	8.7	6.8	3.6	1.5	0.2	0.3	2.6	5.1	50.8	0.2	0.8	25.4	1.4	2.3	62.5	55.7	0.7	2.9	0.9	733	299	123	20	28	77	75	+115
13	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	539	55	10.8	9.8	3.0	2.3	0.4	0.1	3.5	7.2	48.5	1.1	3.2	34.9	1.7	2.2	77.3	59.8	0.2	2.8	1.2	591	164	127	23	4	65	40	+28
14	Draymond Green D. Green	524	150	6.6	3.5	2.6	1.9	0.4	0.4	1.3	3.0	45.4	0.4	1.3	34.2	0.4	0.6	62.5	54.4	0.4	2.2	0.9	996	383	284	57	58	141	127	+96
15	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	506	77	9.7	6.6	1.2	1.2	0.3	0.1	2.5	5.6	44.3	0.8	2.3	33.5	0.8	0.9	84.9	54.4	0.1	1.1	0.8	750	93	95	26	8	62	37	-38
16	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	485	76	10.2	6.4	1.2	1.6	0.3	0.0	2.5	5.6	44.2	0.6	1.9	30.6	0.9	1.0	83.5	53.0	0.2	1.1	0.5	772	94	120	23	1	38	34	+31
17	Jamal Murray J. Murray	463	85	9.8	5.4	1.2	1.6	0.3	0.1	2.0	4.6	43.9	0.6	1.7	36.6	0.8	0.8	90.1	54.4	0.2	1.0	0.7	837	101	134	25	9	56	37	-7
18	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	461	66	9.8	7.0	3.3	1.1	0.2	0.4	2.3	5.0	46.1	0.3	1.2	23.4	2.1	2.5	83.0	57.0	0.6	2.6	0.9	650	216	74	11	24	62	51	+111
19	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	446	91	8.8	4.9	1.7	0.9	0.3	0.1	2.0	4.0	49.3	0.4	1.0	35.1	0.6	0.8	76.0	56.6	0.3	1.4	0.4	800	156	82	25	9	37	67	+21
20	Anthony Davis A. Davis	446	60	10.2	7.4	3.6	1.0	0.4	0.7	2.8	5.5	52.0	0.1	0.2	35.7	1.7	1.9	88.6	59.1	0.8	2.8	0.8	613	216	61	21	40	46	52	+93
21	Devin Booker D. Booker	439	51	11.9	8.6	1.6	1.7	0.3	0.0	3.1	6.4	47.9	0.8	2.0	41.7	1.6	1.8	92.3	60.0	0.3	1.3	1.0	605	83	86	14	1	50	30	-23
22	Paul George P. George	439	71	9.0	6.2	1.9	1.1	0.4	0.1	2.2	5.1	43.8	0.9	2.2	41.3	0.8	0.9	88.1	56.2	0.2	1.7	0.7	641	134	78	26	9	51	66	+21
23	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	417	57	8.0	7.3	1.5	1.7	0.3	0.1	2.5	5.5	44.6	1.0	2.4	42.6	1.4	1.6	86.8	58.9	0.2	1.2	1.0	455	85	99	19	6	59	18	-106
24	Al Horford A. Horford	411	149	7.2	2.8	2.0	1.0	0.2	0.4	1.1	2.5	44.6	0.3	0.9	33.1	0.2	0.3	76.2	52.0	0.4	1.6	0.3	1,073	291	145	36	58	52	88	+101
25	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	386	116	6.2	3.3	1.1	1.5	0.4	0.1	1.1	2.8	40.2	0.5	1.5	34.5	0.5	0.7	82.9	53.4	0.2	1.0	0.6	722	129	177	41	16	65	87	+58

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More Cavaliers Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

25.6

Mitchell

RPG

8.0

Mobley

APG

6.2

Harden

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.2

6th

DRTG

115.1

15th

NETRTG

4.1

9th

3P%

36.0

13th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks	46	36	.561	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 5/19	CLE	@	NYK	8:00 PM
Thu 5/21	CLE	@	NYK	8:00 PM
Sat 5/23	NYK	@	CLE	8:00 PM
Mon 5/25	NYK	@	CLE	8:00 PM
Wed 5/27	CLE	@	NYK	8:00 PM

Last Game

Cavaliers

4 - 3

125

Final

Pistons

3 - 4

Sun 17 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs PPG Leaders

29.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.1

Cunningham

27.4

Brunson

Playoffs RPG Leaders

13.2

Jokić

10.7

Wembanyama

10.7

Tatum

Playoffs APG Leaders

9.5

Jokić

8.6

Barnes

7.5

Cunningham

Playoffs SPG Leaders

2.8

Wagner

2.5

Eason

2.4

Smart

Playoffs BPG Leaders

4.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Mobley

1.9

Allen

Playoffs 3PM Leaders

3.6

Bane

3.5

Brooks

3.3

Hachimura

Playoffs TS% Leaders

150.0

Richardson

113.6

Davison

113.6

Proctor

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs ORtg Rankings

127.8

126.0

118.2

114.5

113.7

111.7

Playoffs DRtg Rankings

103.6

105.7

107.4

108.5

109.0

110.2

Playoffs NetRtg Rankings

20.3

17.5

14.6

3.0

1.7

1.6

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

627.9

Cunningham

556.4

Mobley

540.1

Harden

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

679

Cunningham

560.8

Harden

550.8

Mitchell

Playoffs USG% Leaders

40.4

Smith

40.1

Williams

34.9

Goodwin

Playoffs MPG Leaders

44.0

Thompson

42.0

Smith

41.0

Durant

Playoffs FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.00

Richardson

1.67

Wembanyama

1.66

Beringer

Playoffs DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.33

Richardson

1.64

Wembanyama

1.61

Towns

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

55-38

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

45-37

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-55

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