most points scored in a first nba playoff game this season

Luka Dončić has posted the most points in his first game, with 37 points against the Timberwolves on April 19.

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most points by a player scored in a first NBA playoff game this season

	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	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	37	4/19/2025	LAL	vs	MIN	40	8	1	2	0	12	22	54.5	5	10	50.0	8	9	88.9	71.3	1	7	5	3	-12
2	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	36	4/20/2025	ORL	@	BOS	42	11	4	1	1	14	27	51.9	4	7	57.1	4	6	66.7	60.7	3	8	4	0	-4
3	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	36	4/19/2025	MIL	@	IND	38	12	1	1	2	14	23	60.9	0	2	0.0	8	15	53.3	60.8	3	9	5	2	-18
4	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	34	4/19/2025	NYK	vs	DET	40	2	8	0	0	12	27	44.4	2	5	40.0	8	10	80.0	54.1	0	2	1	3	+2
5	James Harden J. Harden	32	4/19/2025	LAC	@	DEN	43	6	11	0	1	11	22	50.0	4	9	44.4	6	6	100.0	64.9	0	6	2	5	0
6	Stephen Curry S. Curry	31	4/20/2025	GSW	@	HOU	40	6	3	1	0	12	19	63.2	5	9	55.6	2	2	100.0	78.0	0	6	4	2	+3
7	Derrick White D. White	30	4/20/2025	BOS	vs	ORL	36	4	2	1	2	10	18	55.6	7	12	58.3	3	3	100.0	77.6	1	3	2	0	+7
8	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	30	4/20/2025	CLE	vs	MIA	33	5	4	4	0	11	19	57.9	2	9	22.2	6	7	85.7	67.9	0	5	2	2	+10
9	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	29	4/19/2025	DEN	vs	LAC	46	9	12	3	1	12	24	50.0	1	4	25.0	4	6	66.7	54.4	0	9	2	4	+10
10	Ty Jerome T. Jerome	28	4/20/2025	CLE	vs	MIA	26	5	3	0	0	10	15	66.7	5	8	62.5	3	5	60.0	81.4	1	4	0	1	+17
11	Darius Garland D. Garland	27	4/20/2025	CLE	vs	MIA	31	3	5	1	0	10	17	58.8	5	9	55.6	2	2	100.0	75.5	0	3	2	2	+16
12	Alperen Şengün A. Şengün	26	4/20/2025	HOU	vs	GSW	36	9	1	3	0	11	18	61.1	1	2	50.0	3	4	75.0	65.8	2	7	5	2	-7
13	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	25	4/20/2025	GSW	@	HOU	42	7	6	5	0	10	19	52.6	1	2	50.0	4	6	66.7	57.8	3	4	1	1	+14
14	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	25	4/19/2025	IND	vs	MIL	33	7	2	1	1	10	15	66.7	3	5	60.0	2	2	100.0	78.7	0	7	1	4	+28
15	Aaron Gordon A. Gordon	25	4/19/2025	DEN	vs	LAC	46	8	1	2	0	8	14	57.1	1	3	33.3	8	10	80.0	67.9	5	3	3	2	0
16	Tobias Harris T. Harris	25	4/19/2025	DET	@	NYK	40	6	0	0	2	8	13	61.5	4	5	80.0	5	5	100.0	82.2	0	6	1	0	-16
17	Jaden McDaniels J. McDaniels	25	4/19/2025	MIN	@	LAL	33	9	2	1	0	11	13	84.6	3	3	100.0	0	0		96.2	4	5	0	3	+27
18	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	24	4/20/2025	MIA	@	CLE	39	9	3	2	1	10	22	45.5	1	5	20.0	3	6	50.0	48.7	4	5	1	1	-13
19	Franz Wagner F. Wagner	23	4/20/2025	ORL	@	BOS	36	3	5	1	2	10	24	41.7	1	6	16.7	2	2	100.0	46.2	0	3	5	3	-15
20	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	23	4/19/2025	NYK	vs	DET	39	11	5	4	2	10	14	71.4	1	3	33.3	2	2	100.0	77.3	0	11	0	3	+22
21	OG Anunoby	23	4/19/2025	NYK	vs	DET	44	7	0	5	2	8	18	44.4	3	8	37.5	4	4	100.0	58.2	3	4	2	3	+10
22	Naz Reid N. Reid	23	4/19/2025	MIN	@	LAL	31	5	2	0	2	8	12	66.7	6	9	66.7	1	2	50.0	89.3	0	5	0	0	+13
23	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	22	4/19/2025	LAC	@	DEN	41	6	2	3	0	9	15	60.0	1	3	33.3	3	3	100.0	67.4	1	5	7	3	-2
24	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	22	4/19/2025	MIN	@	LAL	35	8	9	1	0	8	22	36.4	4	9	44.4	2	2	100.0	48.1	2	6	1	4	+21
25	Tyler Herro T. Herro	21	4/20/2025	MIA	@	CLE	37	3	2	1	0	7	18	38.9	3	6	50.0	4	4	100.0	53.1	0	3	3	4	-18