most points scored in a playoff game since 2013 less than 45 minutes played

Since 2012-13, Donovan Mitchell has scored the most points with fewer than 45 minutes played in a playoff game, with 57 points in Game 1 of the 2020 First Round versus the Nuggets.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player scored in a playoff game since 2013 less than 45 minutes played

	NAME	PTS	MIN	DATE	TM		OPP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	57	43	8/17/2020	UTA	@	DEN	9	7	1	0	19	33	57.6	6	15	40.0	13	13	100.0	73.6	2	7	5	2	-11
2	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	56	41	4/24/2023	MIA	vs	MIL	9	2	0	1	19	28	67.9	3	8	37.5	15	18	83.3	78.0	4	5	1	0	+4
3	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	53	39	5/7/2023	DEN	@	PHX	4	11	0	1	20	30	66.7	2	4	50.0	11	13	84.6	74.2	1	3	6	2	+2
4	Isaiah Thomas I. Thomas	53	45	5/2/2017	BOS	vs	WAS	4	4	3	0	18	33	54.5	5	12	41.7	12	13	92.3	68.4	1	3	2	2	+10
5	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	51	42	5/14/2023	BOS	vs	PHI	13	5	2	0	17	28	60.7	6	10	60.0	11	14	78.6	74.6	0	13	0	1	+33
6	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	51	38	8/23/2020	UTA	vs	DEN	4	7	0	0	15	27	55.6	4	7	57.1	17	18	94.4	73.0	1	3	4	2	+5
7	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	51	41	4/19/2017	OKC	@	HOU	10	13	4	1	17	43	39.5	2	11	18.2	15	18	83.3	50.1	2	8	4	3	+11
8	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	50	42	5/3/2024	CLE	@	ORL	4	4	0	1	22	36	61.1	3	9	33.3	3	6	50.0	64.7	1	3	4	4	-3
9	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	50	41	4/25/2024	PHI	vs	NYK	8	4	0	1	13	19	68.4	5	7	71.4	19	21	90.5	88.5	1	7	3	3	+16
10	Stephen Curry S. Curry	50	38	4/30/2023	GSW	@	SAC	8	6	1	0	20	38	52.6	7	18	38.9	3	5	60.0	62.2	1	7	1	2	+25
11	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	50	42	7/20/2021	MIL	vs	PHX	14	2	0	5	16	25	64.0	1	3	33.3	17	19	89.5	74.9	4	10	6	2	+10
12	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	50	41	5/28/2021	BOS	vs	BKN	6	7	2	1	16	30	53.3	5	11	45.5	13	15	86.7	68.3	0	6	1	3	+1
13	Jamal Murray J. Murray	50	43	8/30/2020	DEN	@	UTA	5	6	0	0	17	24	70.8	9	12	75.0	7	9	77.8	89.4	1	4	5	5	+12
14	Jamal Murray J. Murray	50	43	8/23/2020	DEN	@	UTA	11	7	0	1	18	31	58.1	9	15	60.0	5	5	100.0	75.3	4	7	0	2	+5
15	Kevin Durant K. Durant	50	42	4/26/2019	GSW	@	LAC	6	5	1	1	15	26	57.7	6	14	42.9	14	15	93.3	76.7	0	6	4	4	+18
16	Devin Booker D. Booker	49	45	4/28/2024	PHX	vs	MIN	5	6	2	1	13	21	61.9	3	5	60.0	20	21	95.2	81.0	0	5	2	5	+1
17	LeBron James L. James	49	43	5/12/2014	MIA	@	BKN	6	2	3	0	16	24	66.7	3	6	50.0	14	19	73.7	75.7	0	6	1	5	+13
18	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	48	36	5/6/2025	CLE	vs	IND	5	9	4	1	15	30	50.0	1	7	14.3	17	21	81.0	61.2	2	3	5	4	+13
19	Trae Young T. Young	48	41	6/23/2021	ATL	@	MIL	7	11	1	0	17	34	50.0	4	13	30.8	10	12	83.3	61.1	1	6	6	3	+10
20	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	47	44	4/28/2024	NYK	@	PHI	4	10	0	1	18	34	52.9	2	8	25.0	9	11	81.8	60.5	0	4	1	2	+10
21	Devin Booker D. Booker	47	42	5/5/2023	PHX	vs	DEN	6	9	3	1	20	25	80.0	5	8	62.5	2	2	100.0	90.8	0	6	3	5	+7
22	Devin Booker D. Booker	47	42	4/25/2023	PHX	vs	LAC	8	10	2	0	19	27	70.4	4	7	57.1	5	6	83.3	79.3	2	6	3	4	+11
23	Ja Morant J. Morant	47	41	5/3/2022	MEM	vs	GSW	8	8	3	0	15	31	48.4	5	12	41.7	12	13	92.3	64.0	2	6	2	2	+13
24	Ja Morant J. Morant	47	43	5/26/2021	MEM	@	UTA	4	7	0	0	15	26	57.7	2	7	28.6	15	20	75.0	67.5	2	2	4	3	-6
25	Stephen Curry S. Curry	47	43	6/5/2019	GSW	vs	TOR	8	7	2	0	14	31	45.2	6	14	42.9	13	14	92.9	63.2	2	6	3	1	-8