most points scored by nba player in nba playoff first round game with loss

Michael Jordan dropped 63 points in a loss in Game 2 of the 1986 First Round versus the Celtics on April 20, 1986.

	NAME	PTS	L	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	63	1	4/20/1986	CHI	@	BOS	53	5	6	3	2	22	41	53.7	0	0		19	21	90.5	62.7	1	4	4	4
2	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	57	1	8/17/2020	UTA	@	DEN	43	9	7	1	0	19	33	57.6	6	15	40.0	13	13	100.0	73.6	2	7	5	2	-11
3	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	55	1	6/1/2021	POR	@	DEN	52	6	10	1	3	17	24	70.8	12	17	70.6	9	10	90.0	96.8	1	5	1	0	+2
4	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	53	1	5/7/2023	DEN	@	PHX	39	4	11	0	1	20	30	66.7	2	4	50.0	11	13	84.6	74.2	1	3	6	2	+2
5	Ray Allen R. Allen	51	1	4/30/2009	BOS	@	CHI	59	5	3	3	0	18	32	56.3	9	18	50.0	6	7	85.7	72.7	2	3	3	1	+1
6	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	51	1	4/19/2017	OKC	@	HOU	41	10	13	4	1	17	43	39.5	2	11	18.2	15	18	83.3	50.1	2	8	4	3	+11
7	LeBron James L. James	51	1	5/31/2018	CLE	@	GSW	48	8	8	1	1	19	32	59.4	3	7	42.9	10	11	90.9	69.2	4	4	5	2	-13
8	Billy Cunningham B. Cunningham	50	1	4/1/1970	PHI	vs	MIL	48	10	2			22	39	56.4				6	8	75.0	58.8				5
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	50	1	5/5/1989	CHI	vs	CLE	43	3	4	3	0	14	28	50.0	0	1	0.0	22	27	81.5	62.7	0	3	1	6
10	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	50	1	5/4/2006	LAL	vs	PHX	52	8	5	3	0	20	35	57.1	5	8	62.5	5	6	83.3	66.4	1	7	7	4	-6
11	Jamal Murray J. Murray	50	1	8/23/2020	DEN	@	UTA	43	11	7	0	1	18	31	58.1	9	15	60.0	5	5	100.0	75.3	4	7	0	2	+5
12	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	50	1	5/3/2024	CLE	@	ORL	42	4	4	0	1	22	36	61.1	3	9	33.3	3	6	50.0	64.7	1	3	4	4	-3
13	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	49	1	4/17/1986	CHI	@	BOS	43	4	2	2	1	18	36	50.0	0	0		13	15	86.7	57.5	0	4	5	3
14	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	49	1	5/14/1987	HOU	@	SEA	53	25	2	2	6	19	33	57.6	0	0		11	13	84.6	63.3	11	14	2	4
15	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	49	1	5/11/1990	CHI	@	PHI	42	5	5	4	1	19	34	55.9	4	11	36.4	7	9	77.8	64.5	2	3	5	4
16	LeBron James L. James	49	1	5/20/2009	CLE	vs	ORL	41	6	8	2	3	20	30	66.7	3	6	50.0	6	10	60.0	71.2	3	3	2	1	+7
17	Devin Booker D. Booker	49	1	4/28/2024	PHX	vs	MIN	45	5	6	2	1	13	21	61.9	3	5	60.0	20	21	95.2	81.0	0	5	2	5	+1
18	Jerry West J. West	48	1	4/9/1965	LAL	@	BAL		3	5			20	43	46.5				8	8	100.0	51.6				5
19	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	48	1	5/1/1990	CHI	@	MIL	46	9	5	1	2	20	35	57.1	1	5	20.0	7	9	77.8	61.6	2	7	5	4
20	Steve Nash S. Nash	48	1	5/15/2005	PHX	@	DAL	44	5	5	3	1	20	28	71.4	4	6	66.7	4	4	100.0	80.6	1	4	9	4	-8
21	Kevin Durant K. Durant	48	1	6/19/2021	BKN	vs	MIL	53	9	6	1	1	17	36	47.2	4	11	36.4	10	11	90.9	58.8	1	8	3	4	-4
22	George Mikan G. Mikan	47	1	3/29/1952	MIN	@	ROC						15	26	57.7				17	18	94.4	69.3				4
23	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	47	1	3/18/1961	LAL	@	DET						17						13	14	92.9					5
24	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	47	1	5/22/1988	ATL	@	BOS	43	5	3	0	0	19	33	57.6	1	2	50.0	8	9	88.9	63.6	2	3	0	0
25	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	47	1	4/25/2017	OKC	@	HOU	42	11	9	0	0	15	34	44.1	5	18	27.8	12	17	70.6	56.7	5	6	7	5	+12