most points scored by a center vs yao in a playoff game

Shaquille O'Neal has put up the most points by a center in a playoff game versus Yao Ming, with 25 points in Game 3 of the 2004 First Round against the Rockets.

	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	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	25	4/23/2004	LAL	@	HOU	44	11	3	2	2	10	16	62.5	0	0		5	14	35.7	56.4	4	7	0	5	-11
2	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	22	5/6/2009	LAL	vs	HOU	38	14	4	0	4	9	13	69.2	0	0		4	6	66.7	70.3	5	9	1	2	+19
3	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	20	4/17/2004	LAL	vs	HOU	45	17	3	0	2	8	17	47.1	0	0		4	14	28.6	43.2	8	9	5	4	+4
4	Mehmet Okur M. Okur	19	5/3/2007	UTA	vs	HOU	40	9	3	3	0	5	11	45.5	4	7	57.1	5	5	100.0	72.0	1	8	3	4	+25
5	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	17	4/25/2004	LAL	@	HOU	47	12	3	1	2	7	11	63.6	0	0		3	11	27.3	53.7	2	10	2	5	+7
6	Mehmet Okur M. Okur	16	5/5/2007	UTA	@	HOU	41	11	1	0	0	7	13	53.8	2	5	40.0	0	0		61.5	0	11	1	4	+3
7	Mehmet Okur M. Okur	16	4/28/2007	UTA	vs	HOU	27	6	1	2	1	7	13	53.8	1	6	16.7	1	2	50.0	57.6	1	5	1	3	+13
8	Greg Oden G. Oden	15	4/18/2009	POR	vs	HOU	22	5	0	0	1	6	7	85.7	0	0		3	4	75.0	85.6	2	3	0	3	-5
9	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	14	5/4/2009	LAL	vs	HOU	44	13	4	3	1	6	14	42.9	0	0		2	2	100.0	47.0	5	8	4	4	-7
10	Erick Dampier E. Dampier	14	4/25/2005	DAL	vs	HOU	25	9	1	0	1	6	7	85.7	0	0		2	4	50.0	79.9	5	4	1	3	-2
11	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	13	5/8/2009	LAL	@	HOU	36	6	3	0	1	4	11	36.4	0	0		5	7	71.4	46.2	3	3	0	4	+13
12	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	12	4/28/2004	LAL	vs	HOU	40	9	5	0	4	6	13	46.2	0	0		0	2	0.0	43.2	2	7	4	4	+11
13	Andrew Bynum A. Bynum	10	5/4/2009	LAL	vs	HOU	15	3	1	0	0	5	10	50.0	0	0		0	0		50.0	1	2	0	3	-3
14	Mehmet Okur M. Okur	9	4/30/2007	UTA	@	HOU	38	9	4	0	0	3	7	42.9	1	4	25.0	2	4	50.0	51.4	2	7	1	6	-7
15	Joel Przybilla J. Przybilla	8	4/18/2009	POR	vs	HOU	17	5	0	0	0	4	8	50.0	0	0		0	0		50.0	4	1	0	4	-15
16	Erick Dampier E. Dampier	8	5/7/2005	DAL	vs	HOU	24	8	0	0	1	3	6	50.0	0	0		2	2	100.0	58.1	4	4	1	3	+14
17	Erick Dampier E. Dampier	8	5/5/2005	DAL	@	HOU	28	9	1	1	0	4	4	100.0	0	0		0	0		100.0	5	4	1	6	-13
18	Mehmet Okur M. Okur	7	4/26/2007	UTA	vs	HOU	36	3	1	4	4	2	12	16.7	0	6	0.0	3	3	100.0	26.3	1	2	1	3	-1
19	Erick Dampier E. Dampier	7	4/23/2005	DAL	vs	HOU	25	7	0	1	3	3	6	50.0	0	0		1	4	25.0	45.1	5	2	0	2	-3
20	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	7	4/19/2004	LAL	vs	HOU	33	7	4	0	4	3	9	33.3	0	0		1	3	33.3	33.9	2	5	0	4	+25
21	Greg Oden G. Oden	6	4/24/2009	POR	@	HOU	21	4	0	0	0	3	5	60.0	0	0		0	0		60.0	2	2	1	5	+8
22	Mehmet Okur M. Okur	6	4/21/2007	UTA	@	HOU	36	9	1	2	0	2	14	14.3	2	7	28.6	0	2	0.0	20.2	3	6	0	3	-6
23	Shawn Bradley S. Bradley	5	4/25/2005	DAL	vs	HOU	7	2	0	0	0	2	2	100.0	0	0		1	2	50.0	86.8	2	0	0	2	-4
24	Andrew Bynum A. Bynum	4	5/8/2009	LAL	@	HOU	12	5	0	0	2	2	2	100.0	0	0		0	0		100.0	1	4	0	3	+1
25	Joel Przybilla J. Przybilla	4	4/28/2009	POR	vs	HOU	33	6	4	2	2	2	3	66.7	0	0		0	0		66.7	1	5	0	2	+6

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