most points scored in a first career playoff start

Devin Booker posted the most points by a player as a starter in his first playoff, with 601 points.

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most points by a player scored in a first career playoff start

	NAME	PTS	SEASON	TM	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	Devin Booker D. Booker	601	2020-21	PHX	22	40.4	27.3	5.6	4.5	0.8	0.2	9.6	21.5	44.7	2.0	6.2	32.1	6.0	6.7	90.5	55.8	0.7	5.0	3.7	888	124	100	18	4	81	76	+112
2	Trae Young T. Young	461	2020-21	ATL	16	37.7	28.8	2.8	9.5	1.3	0.0	9.4	22.4	41.8	2.8	9.0	31.3	7.3	8.4	86.6	55.1	0.4	2.4	4.0	603	45	152	20	0	64	35	-7
3	Julius Erving J. Erving	461	1981-82	PHI	21	37.1	22.0	7.4	4.7		1.8	8.0	15.4	51.9	0.0	0.3	16.7	5.9	7.9	75.2	58.1				780	156	99		37		55
4	Andrew Toney A. Toney	428	1981-82	PHI	19	34.3	22.5	2.5	5.1		0.1	9.2	17.9	51.2	0.3	0.8	33.3	3.9	4.8	81.5	56.2				652	47	96		2		79
5	Carlos Boozer C. Boozer	400	2006-07	UTA	17	38.5	23.5	12.2	2.9	1.0	0.3	9.5	17.8	53.6	0.0	0.0		4.5	6.1	73.8	57.6	3.2	9.0	3.0	654	207	50	17	5	51	52	+5
6	LeBron James L. James	400	2005-06	CLE	13	46.5	30.8	8.1	5.8	1.4	0.7	11.2	23.6	47.6	1.6	4.8	33.3	6.7	9.1	73.7	55.7	1.7	6.4	5.0	604	105	76	18	9	65	44	-49
7	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	394	2001-02	BOS	16	42.0	24.6	8.6	4.1	1.7	1.3	7.6	18.9	40.3	1.9	6.5	28.8	7.5	9.8	76.4	52.9	1.7	6.9	3.8	672	137	66	27	20	61	52	+63
8	Richard Hamilton R. Hamilton	383	2002-03	DET	17	38.8	22.5	3.9	2.6	0.8	0.1	7.9	17.8	44.2	0.5	1.6	33.3	6.2	6.9	90.6	54.0	1.1	2.8	3.4	659	66	45	13	1	57	51	+26
9	Boris Diaw B. Diaw	374	2005-06	PHX	20	39.8	18.7	6.7	5.2	0.9	1.1	7.6	14.5	52.6	0.2	0.4	42.9	3.4	4.4	76.1	57.1	2.0	4.7	2.8	796	133	104	18	22	55	64	+44
10	Antoine Walker A. Walker	354	2001-02	BOS	16	43.9	22.1	8.6	3.3	1.5	0.4	8.2	19.9	41.1	2.6	6.8	38.5	3.1	4.0	78.1	51.0	1.4	7.2	3.4	703	138	52	24	6	55	56	+50
11	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	354	1983-84	UTA	11	41.3	32.2	7.5	4.2	0.9	0.1	10.6	21.1	50.4	0.0	0.0		10.9	12.6	86.3	60.4	3.4	4.2	3.5	454	83	46	10	1	38	30
12	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	352	2018-19	DEN	14	39.7	25.1	13.0	8.4	1.1	0.9	9.4	18.6	50.6	1.6	4.0	39.3	4.7	5.6	84.6	59.6	3.9	9.1	2.6	556	182	118	16	13	36	54	+84
13	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	351	2017-18	BOS	19	35.9	18.5	4.4	2.7	1.2	0.5	6.5	13.7	47.1	1.2	3.7	32.4	4.3	5.1	84.5	57.8	0.5	3.8	2.2	683	83	52	23	10	41	50	+51
14	Deandre Ayton D. Ayton	347	2020-21	PHX	22	36.4	15.8	11.8	1.1	0.8	1.1	7.0	10.6	65.8	0.0	0.0		1.8	2.4	73.6	67.4	3.0	8.8	1.3	801	260	25	18	24	28	63	+82
15	Kenyon Martin K. Martin	336	2001-02	NJN	20	37.5	16.8	5.8	2.9	1.2	1.3	6.5	15.2	42.4	0.1	0.5	22.2	3.8	5.5	69.1	47.7	1.5	4.3	2.6	749	116	57	24	25	52	86	+21
16	Deron Williams D. Williams	327	2006-07	UTA	17	38.7	19.2	4.3	8.6	1.5	0.2	7.2	15.9	45.2	1.1	3.4	33.3	3.8	4.8	79.0	53.5	0.5	3.8	4.0	657	73	146	26	4	68	49	+11
17	Mike Bibby M. Bibby	324	2001-02	SAC	16	41.3	20.3	3.8	5.0	1.4	0.2	7.1	16.1	44.4	1.6	3.7	42.4	4.4	5.4	82.6	54.9	0.9	2.9	2.3	661	60	80	23	3	37	30	+48
18	Stephen Jackson S. Jackson	307	2002-03	SAS	24	33.8	12.8	4.1	2.7	1.4	0.4	4.5	10.9	41.4	1.6	4.7	33.6	2.2	2.8	80.3	52.9	0.8	3.3	2.8	811	98	65	33	9	68	53	+47
19	Elton Brand E. Brand	305	2005-06	LAC	12	43.1	25.4	10.3	4.0	0.9	2.6	10.3	18.8	55.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.8	6.3	75.0	59.0	4.3	6.0	2.4	517	123	48	11	31	29	34	+41
20	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	301	1981-82	PHI	21	36.4	14.3	3.0	8.2		0.3	6.0	12.6	47.2	0.0	0.4	11.1	2.4	3.1	76.9	51.3				765	62	172		6		58
21	Jamal Murray J. Murray	298	2018-19	DEN	14	36.3	21.3	4.4	4.7	1.0	0.1	7.6	18.0	42.5	2.0	5.9	33.7	4.0	4.4	90.3	53.4	1.4	3.0	1.6	508	61	66	14	2	22	24	+67
22	Chris Paul C. Paul	289	2007-08	NOH	12	40.5	24.1	4.9	11.3	2.3	0.2	9.3	18.4	50.2	0.4	1.8	23.8	5.2	6.6	78.5	56.5	1.3	3.6	1.8	486	59	135	28	2	22	43	+57
23	P.J. Washington	286	2023-24	DAL	22	35.7	13.0	6.6	1.4	0.7	0.8	4.5	10.6	42.7	2.1	6.1	34.8	1.8	2.5	70.9	55.4	1.5	5.1	1.5	785	145	31	16	17	32	67	+48
24	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	286	1981-82	LAL	14	39.2	20.4	3.1	8.1	1.6	0.1	8.6	18.1	47.8	0.1	0.2	33.3	3.1	4.1	75.4	51.4			2.4	549	43	114	23	2	34	43
25	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	285	1988-89	PHX	12	41.2	23.8	4.3	12.3	1.6	0.4	7.5	15.2	49.5	0.3	0.8	30.0	8.5	9.2	92.7	61.8	1.0	3.3	4.6	494	51	147	19	5	55	28

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Team Leaders

PPG

24.9

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RPG

8.1

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APG

6.1

Booker

Team Rankings

ORTG

115.1

18th

DRTG

113.8

10th

NETRTG

1.3

14th

3P%

36.2

11th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
5	Nuggets	40	26	.606	11.0
6	Timberwolves	40	26	.606	11.0
7	Suns	38	27	.585	12.5
8	Clippers	33	32	.508	17.5
9	Warriors	32	33	.492	18.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 3/12	PHX	@	IND	7:00 PM
Fri 3/13	PHX	@	TOR	7:30 PM
Mon 3/16	PHX	@	BOS	7:30 PM
Tue 3/17	PHX	@	MIN	8:00 PM
Thu 3/19	PHX	@	SAS	8:00 PM

Last Game

Suns

38 - 27

129

Final

114

Bucks

27 - 37

Tue 10 Mar 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

32.5

Dončić

31.7

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.4

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.5

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.5

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.4

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.5

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Wallace

2.0

Maxey

2.0

Leonard

BPG Leaders

3.0

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

3.8

Dončić

3.5

Ball

3.5

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

67.9

Jokić

67.7

Gobert

67.2

Ayton

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

121.6

120.5

119.5

118.6

118.4

DRtg Rankings

107.5

109.6

111.3

112.2

112.8

112.9

NetRtg Rankings

10.9

7.7

7.4

7.2

6.4

4.4

Tank Leaderboard

15-50

16-51

16-48

17-48

20-46

21-44

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

3,101.2

Jokić

3,051.7

Maxey

3,002.4

Dončić

DraftKings Points Leaders

3,304

Jokić

3,188.8

Dončić

3,076.3

Maxey

USG% Leaders

37.4

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.3

Maxey

37.0

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.79

Jokić

1.60

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.91

Jokić

1.70

Dončić

1.54

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

41-26

39-25-1

40-26

38-27

38-29

Worst Record ATS

27-40

26-38

27-39

28-38

28-37

28-36

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	46	18	.719
2	Celtics	43	22	.662	3.5
3	Knicks	42	25	.627	5.5
4	Cavaliers	40	26	.606	7.0
5	Magic	36	28	.563	10.0
6	Heat	37	29	.561	10.0
7	Raptors	36	29	.554	10.5
8	76ers	35	30	.538	11.5
9	Hawks	34	31	.523	12.5
10	Hornets	34	33	.507	13.5
11	Bucks	27	37	.422	19.0
12	Bulls	27	38	.415	19.5
13	Nets	17	48	.262	29.5
14	Wizards	16	48	.250	30.0
15	Pacers - e	15	50	.231	31.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	51	15	.773
2	Spurs	48	17	.738	2.5
3	Rockets	40	25	.615	10.5
4	Lakers	40	25	.615	10.5
5	Nuggets	40	26	.606	11.0
6	Timberwolves	40	26	.606	11.0
7	Suns	38	27	.585	12.5
8	Clippers	33	32	.508	17.5
9	Warriors	32	33	.492	18.5
10	Trail Blazers	31	35	.470	20.0
11	Grizzlies	23	41	.359	27.0
12	Pelicans	22	45	.328	29.5
13	Mavericks	21	44	.323	29.5
14	Jazz	20	46	.303	31.0
15	Kings - e	16	51	.239	35.5