most points scored in a half of an nba playoff by player

Damian Lillard dropped the most points in the 2024 playoffs, with 35 points in the first half against the Pacers on April 21, 2024.

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most points scored in a half of an NBA last playoff by player

	NAME	PTS	HALF	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	35	1H	4/21/2024	MIL	vs	IND	19	3	2	0	0	11	19	57.9	6	10	60.0	7	7	100.0	79.3	0	3	1	0	+16
2	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	33	2H	4/25/2024	PHI	vs	NYK	20	3	3	0	1	8	10	80.0	5	5	100.0	12	13	92.3	105.0	0	3	1	0	+18
3	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	31	2H	5/3/2024	CLE	@	ORL	22	2	1	0	0	13	21	61.9	3	5	60.0	2	2	100.0	70.8	1	1	4	3	+1
4	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	31	2H	4/28/2024	MIN	@	PHX	22	5	3	1	2	11	15	73.3	6	7	85.7	3	4	75.0	92.5	3	2	1	2	+13
5	Devin Booker D. Booker	30	2H	4/28/2024	PHX	vs	MIN	22	1	2	1	1	8	12	66.7	2	2	100.0	12	13	92.3	84.7	0	1	0	4	-6
6	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	28	1H	5/14/2024	NYK	vs	IND	22	2	4	0	0	12	18	66.7	1	3	33.3	3	4	75.0	70.9	0	2	1	2	+20
7	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	28	2H	5/3/2024	DAL	vs	LAC	20	1	2	1	1	10	13	76.9	5	7	71.4	3	5	60.0	92.1	0	1	0	1	+13
8	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	27	2H	4/30/2024	ORL	@	CLE	19	4	2	0	0	10	15	66.7	2	4	50.0	5	6	83.3	76.5	0	4	2	2	+2
9	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	26	2H	5/17/2024	NYK	@	IND	19	1	3	0	0	9	13	69.2	3	5	60.0	5	5	100.0	85.5	0	1	1	1	-5
10	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	26	2H	4/30/2024	PHI	@	NYK	24	1	6	0	0	10	14	71.4	5	6	83.3	1	4	25.0	82.5	0	1	2	3	+6
11	Paul George P. George	26	1H	4/28/2024	LAC	@	DAL	19	3	3	2	0	9	14	64.3	6	9	66.7	2	2	100.0	87.4	0	3	1	0	+15
12	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	26	1H	4/23/2024	MIL	vs	IND	22	1	2	1	0	7	12	58.3	6	11	54.5	6	7	85.7	86.2	1	0	1	1	-3
13	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	25	1H	6/14/2024	DAL	vs	BOS	22	3	4	1	0	10	18	55.6	0	4	0.0	5	7	71.4	59.3	0	3	1	2	+21
14	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	25	1H	5/30/2024	DAL	@	MIN	21	5	3	2	0	10	16	62.5	5	8	62.5	0	0		78.1	0	5	1	1	+25
15	Donte DiVincenzo D. DiVincenzo	25	2H	5/19/2024	NYK	vs	IND	23	3	1	0	0	6	11	54.5	6	9	66.7	7	8	87.5	86.1	0	3	2	1	-6
16	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	25	2H	5/15/2024	CLE	@	BOS	24	3	1	1	0	11	15	73.3	0	1	0.0	3	5	60.0	72.7	2	1	2	0	-9
17	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	25	2H	5/6/2024	NYK	vs	IND	22	4	4	0	1	8	14	57.1	1	2	50.0	8	8	100.0	71.3	1	3	4	2	+14
18	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	25	1H	5/4/2024	MIN	@	DEN	21	4	0	1	1	10	17	58.8	3	4	75.0	2	2	100.0	69.9	1	3	0	1	-3
19	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	25	2H	5/2/2024	NYK	@	PHI	22	1	9	0	0	8	14	57.1	3	4	75.0	6	8	75.0	71.3	0	1	2	2	+10
20	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	25	2H	4/21/2024	DAL	@	LAC	20	4	2	1	0	9	12	75.0	3	3	100.0	4	5	80.0	88.0	3	1	0	2	+10
21	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	24	2H	6/12/2024	BOS	@	DAL	23	5	3	0	0	10	16	62.5	2	6	33.3	2	2	100.0	71.1	1	4	1	1	+15
22	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	24	1H	5/23/2024	BOS	vs	IND	17	3	0	0	0	8	16	50.0	2	6	33.3	6	8	75.0	61.5	2	1	1	2	+10
23	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	24	1H	5/22/2024	DAL	@	MIN	20	1	1	0	0	11	14	78.6	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	80.6	0	1	1	1	+1
24	Jamal Murray J. Murray	24	1H	5/19/2024	DEN	vs	MIN	21	1	2	0	0	8	15	53.3	3	5	60.0	5	5	100.0	69.8	0	1	2	1	+9
25	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	24	2H	5/8/2024	NYK	vs	IND	24	1	4	2	0	9	16	56.3	2	5	40.0	4	6	66.7	64.4	0	1	2	2	+19