most points through 3 quarters in a playoff game

Kevin Durant has put up the most points through the third quarter in a playoff game, with 46 points in Game 6 of the 2019 First Round against the Clippers.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player through 3 quarters in a playoff game

	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	Kevin Durant K. Durant	46	4/26/2019	GSW	@	LAC	32	4	4	1	0	14	22	63.6	6	12	50.0	12	12	100.0	84.3	0	4	1	2	+22
2	Devin Booker D. Booker	43	6/3/2021	PHX	@	LAL	34	9	2	0	0	14	20	70.0	8	9	88.9	7	7	100.0	93.2	0	9	1	2	+10
3	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	42	5/14/2023	BOS	vs	PHI	33	10	4	1	0	14	23	60.9	5	8	62.5	9	12	75.0	74.3	0	10	0	0	+29
4	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	42	5/7/2023	DEN	@	PHX	31	3	6	0	1	15	22	68.2	2	4	50.0	10	12	83.3	77.0	1	2	4	3	+3
5	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	42	4/23/2019	POR	vs	OKC	36	4	2	3	1	14	27	51.9	8	14	57.1	6	8	75.0	68.8	2	2	4	1	-2
6	Devin Booker D. Booker	41	4/25/2023	PHX	vs	LAC	32	6	8	2	0	17	23	73.9	3	5	60.0	4	4	100.0	82.8	2	4	1	3	+19
7	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	40	6/2/2021	DAL	@	LAC	33	7	12	1	0	16	29	55.2	6	9	66.7	2	3	66.7	66.0	1	6	3	2	+20
8	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	40	5/28/2021	BOS	vs	BKN	32	5	5	2	1	13	23	56.5	5	11	45.5	9	11	81.8	71.8	0	5	1	2	+9
9	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	40	5/24/2021	POR	@	DEN	34	3	9	0	1	11	20	55.0	9	14	64.3	9	11	81.8	80.5	0	3	3	1	-7
10	Stephen Curry S. Curry	40	6/5/2019	GSW	vs	TOR	33	8	6	0	0	13	26	50.0	6	12	50.0	8	9	88.9	66.8	2	6	3	1	-8
11	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	39	5/23/2017	CLE	vs	BOS	31	2	3	0	0	14	20	70.0	4	6	66.7	7	7	100.0	84.5	0	2	3	2	+5
12	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	38	4/28/2024	NYK	@	PHI	34	2	10	0	0	15	26	57.7	2	6	33.3	6	7	85.7	65.3	0	2	0	2	+7
13	Devin Booker D. Booker	38	7/14/2021	PHX	@	MIL	31	1	2	0	0	15	22	68.2	0	2	0.0	8	9	88.9	73.2	1	0	3	4	+11
14	Kevin Durant K. Durant	38	4/18/2019	GSW	@	LAC	30	4	7	1	1	14	23	60.9	3	10	30.0	7	8	87.5	71.6	1	3	5	5	+30
15	LeBron James L. James	38	4/29/2018	CLE	vs	IND	35	6	7	2	0	14	21	66.7	2	2	100.0	8	11	72.7	73.5	2	4	2	1	+2
16	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	38	4/25/2017	OKC	@	HOU	33	7	7	0	0	13	23	56.5	5	13	38.5	7	10	70.0	69.3	3	4	6	3	+11
17	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	38	4/30/2016	SAS	vs	OKC		6	1	0	2	18	23	78.3	1	1	100.0	1	1	100.0	81.1	1	5	2	1
18	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	37	5/12/2024	MIN	vs	DEN	34	4	4	2	0	14	21	66.7	5	8	62.5	4	4	100.0	81.3	0	4	2	2	-1
19	Devin Booker D. Booker	37	4/28/2024	PHX	vs	MIN	34	4	6	1	1	10	14	71.4	2	4	50.0	15	16	93.8	87.9	0	4	2	2	+4
20	LeBron James L. James	37	5/22/2023	LAL	vs	DEN	36	7	6	2	0	14	19	73.7	4	6	66.7	5	5	100.0	87.3	2	5	1	1	-6
21	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	37	7/20/2021	MIL	vs	PHX	33	10	1	0	3	12	20	60.0	1	3	33.3	12	13	92.3	71.9	3	7	5	1	+4
22	Trae Young T. Young	37	6/23/2021	ATL	@	MIL	33	5	8	1	0	16	27	59.3	4	9	44.4	1	2	50.0	66.4	1	4	5	3	+9
23	Stephen Curry S. Curry	37	4/24/2017	GSW	@	POR	30	7	8	1	0	12	20	60.0	7	11	63.6	6	7	85.7	80.2	2	5	4	0	+29
24	Paul George P. George	37	4/26/2016	IND	@	TOR		6	7	2	1	10	16	62.5	5	9	55.6	12	12	100.0	86.9	1	5	1	3
25	Stephen Curry S. Curry	37	5/23/2015	GSW	@	HOU		5	6	2	1	11	17	64.7	6	8	75.0	9	10	90.0	86.4	3	2	4	2