most points scored in a playoff debut games

LeBron James has the most points in the playoffs when playing >0 games, with 8,289 points.

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most points scored in a playoff debut games by a player

	NAME	PTS	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	LeBron James L. James	8,289	292	41.3	28.4	9.0	7.2	1.7	1.0	10.2	20.5	49.6	1.6	4.9	33.3	6.4	8.6	74.1	58.4	1.5	7.5	3.6	12,062	2,628	2,095	493	284	1,047	663	+1270
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	5,987	179	41.8	33.4	6.4	5.7	2.1	0.9	12.2	25.1	48.7	0.8	2.5	33.2	8.2	9.9	82.8	56.8	1.7	4.7	3.1	7,474	1,152	1,022	376	158	546	541	+294
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	5,762	237	37.3	24.3	10.5	3.2			9.9	18.7	53.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.4	6.0	74.0	57.1				8,851	2,481	767				798
4	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	5,640	220	39.3	25.6	5.1	4.7	1.4	0.7	9.2	20.5	44.8	1.3	4.0	33.1	6.0	7.4	81.6	54.1	1.0	4.0	2.9	8,641	1,119	1,040	310	144	647	660	+555
5	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	5,250	216	37.5	24.3	11.6	2.7	0.5	2.1	9.4	16.8	56.3	0.0	0.0		5.4	10.7	50.4	56.5	4.0	7.6	3.0	8,099	2,508	582	117	459	649	769	+638
6	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	5,172	251	37.3	20.6	11.4	3.0	0.7	2.3	7.9	15.7	50.1	0.0	0.1	14.3	4.8	7.0	68.9	54.8	3.1	8.3	2.5	9,370	2,859	764	168	568	633	701	+1090
7	Kevin Durant K. Durant	4,985	170	40.5	29.3	7.8	4.2	1.0	1.2	9.9	20.8	47.7	2.2	6.1	35.6	7.4	8.5	86.8	59.9	0.8	7.0	3.2	6,892	1,327	709	172	204	550	427	+643
8	Karl Malone K. Malone	4,761	193	41.0	24.7	10.7	3.2	1.3	0.7	9.0	19.5	46.3	0.0	0.2	16.2	6.6	8.9	73.6	52.6	2.6	8.1	2.8	7,907	2,062	610	258	135	550	662	+123
9	Jerry West J. West	4,457	153		29.1			0.0	0.0	10.6						7.9	9.8	80.5		0.0	2.0					0	0		451
10	Stephen Curry S. Curry	4,147	155	37.2	26.8	5.3	6.1	1.5	0.3	9.0	19.7	45.4	4.2	10.6	39.7	4.7	5.2	88.9	60.8	0.7	4.6	3.3	5,772	828	953	231	50	516	388	+971
11	Tony Parker T. Parker	4,045	226	34.3	17.9	2.9	5.1	0.9	0.1	7.1	15.5	46.1	0.5	1.7	30.9	3.1	4.2	73.1	51.6	0.5	2.5	2.6	7,759	666	1,143	198	19	594	429	+581
12	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	3,954	177	37.8	22.3	5.2	4.9	1.5	1.0	8.2	17.3	47.4	0.6	1.7	33.8	5.4	6.9	78.0	54.9	1.3	3.9	3.3	6,697	928	870	273	175	583	467	+432
13	Larry Bird L. Bird	3,897	164	42.0	23.8	10.3	6.5			8.9	18.8	47.2	0.5	1.5	32.1	5.5	6.2	88.9	55.1				6,886	1,683	1,062				466
14	James Harden J. Harden	3,895	173	36.2	22.5	5.5	6.5	1.6	0.6	6.8	16.0	42.5	2.5	7.4	34.0	6.4	7.4	86.9	58.6	0.7	4.8	3.4	6,266	948	1,125	282	98	590	512	+246
15	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	3,776	172		22.0	6.9				8.4	19.4	43.6				5.1	6.1	83.6	49.8					1,186					527
16	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	3,755	145	39.6	25.9	11.2	3.2	1.7	3.3	10.4	19.6	52.8	0.0	0.1	22.2	5.1	7.1	71.9	56.9	3.2	7.9	2.9	5,749	1,621	458	245	472	424	562	-29
17	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	3,701	190	39.7	19.5	7.7	12.3	1.9	0.3	6.8	13.4	50.6	0.3	1.1	24.1	5.6	6.7	83.8	59.5			3.7	7,538	1,465	2,346	358	64	696	524
18	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	3,663	145	40.6	25.3	10.0	2.5	1.0	0.9	8.4	18.2	46.2	1.0	2.8	36.5	7.4	8.3	89.2	57.7	1.5	8.5	2.3	5,893	1,446	360	149	129	328	407	+48
19	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	3,642	208	39.0	17.5	7.6	5.0	1.9	0.9	6.4	14.5	44.4	1.0	3.2	30.3	3.7	5.1	72.4	52.4	2.2	5.4	2.9	8,105	1,583	1,048	395	185	602	686	+232
20	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	3,623	134		27.0					10.4						6.3	8.2	77.1											435
21	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	3,607	160	47.3	22.5	24.5	4.2			8.9	17.0	52.3				4.7	10.1	46.6	52.4				7,565	3,913	673				412
22	Kevin McHale K. McHale	3,182	169	33.8	18.8	7.4	1.6			7.1	12.7	56.1	0.0	0.1	38.1	4.5	5.8	78.8	61.8				5,716	1,253	274				571
23	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	3,180	170	36.6	18.7	5.8	3.4	1.2	0.6	6.0	14.2	42.3	1.6	4.6	35.5	5.1	6.1	83.0	55.4	0.7	5.1	2.8	6,229	985	579	204	105	476	547	+160
24	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	3,133	146	35.6	21.5	7.8	3.0	1.8	0.7	7.7	15.0	51.3	1.7	4.3	39.9	4.4	5.2	84.1	62.1	1.8	6.0	1.9	5,195	1,142	432	256	99	278	323	+643
25	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	3,116	180	38.9	17.3	4.3	5.6			6.5	14.8	43.9	0.2	0.8	23.6	4.2	5.2	80.2	50.7				6,994	781	1,005				575

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Team Leaders

PPG

28.3

Mitchell

RPG

8.7

Mobley

APG

5.8

Mitchell

Team Rankings

ORTG

118.3

7th

DRTG

114.3

13th

NETRTG

4.0

8th

3P%

35.9

14th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Celtics	43	22	.662	4.0
3	Knicks	42	25	.627	6.0
4	Cavaliers	40	26	.606	7.5
5	Magic	37	28	.569	10.0
6	Heat	37	29	.561	10.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 3/13	CLE	@	DAL	7:30 PM
Sun 3/15	DAL	@	CLE	3:30 PM
Tue 3/17	CLE	@	MIL	8:00 PM
Thu 3/19	CLE	@	CHI	8:00 PM
Sat 3/21	CLE	@	NOP	7:00 PM

Last Game

Cavaliers

40 - 26

122

Final

128

Magic

36 - 28

Wed 11 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

10.0

Cunningham

8.5

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Wallace

2.0

Maxey

2.0

Leonard

BPG Leaders

3.0

Wembanyama

1.9

Huff

1.9

Holmgren

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

7.6

7.2

6.4

4.4

Tank Leaderboard

15-51

16-51

16-49

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

40-25-1

41-26

40-26

38-27

38-29

Worst Record ATS

27-40

27-39

27-38

28-38

28-36

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	47	18	.723
2	Celtics	43	22	.662	4.0
3	Knicks	42	25	.627	6.0
4	Cavaliers	40	26	.606	7.5
5	Magic	37	28	.569	10.0
6	Heat	37	29	.561	10.5
7	Raptors	36	29	.554	11.0
8	76ers	35	31	.530	12.5
9	Hawks	34	31	.523	13.0
10	Hornets	34	33	.507	14.0
11	Bucks	27	37	.422	19.5
12	Bulls	27	38	.415	20.0
13	Nets	17	48	.262	30.0
14	Wizards	16	49	.246	31.0
15	Pacers - e	15	51	.227	32.5

	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	39	27	.591	12.0
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