most pts in a playoff game with a maximum of 9 fgm

Paul Pierce has put up the most points with 9 or fewer field goals in a playoff game, with 40 points in Game 1 of the 2003 First Round against the Pacers.

Interpreted as:

most pts by a player in a playoff game with a maximum of 9 fgm

	NAME	PTS	FGM	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	40	8	4/19/2003	BOS	@	IND	45	11	6	4	1	24	33.3	3	5	60.0	21	21	100.0	60.2	2	9	2	5	+4
2	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	38	8	5/4/2008	LAL	vs	UTA	40	6	7	1	0	16	50.0	1	2	50.0	21	23	91.3	72.7	0	6	3	3	+7
3	Jerry West J. West	38	9	4/3/1962	LAL	@	DET		6				15	60.0				20	23	87.0	75.6				2
4	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	37	9	6/14/2021	UTA	@	LAC	40	5	5	1	0	26	34.6	6	15	40.0	13	15	86.7	56.7	1	4	5	5	-15
5	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	37	9	4/17/2017	SAS	vs	MEM	40	11	2	0	0	14	64.3	0	2	0.0	19	19	100.0	82.7	1	10	4	2	+8
6	Troy Hudson T. Hudson	37	9	4/22/2003	MIN	vs	LAL	35	2	10	2	0	16	56.3	4	6	66.7	15	16	93.8	80.3	0	2	2	2	+31
7	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	37	9	5/22/1999	SAS	@	LAL	45	14	4	3	1	19	47.4	0	0		19	23	82.6	63.5	5	9	4	6	+4
8	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	36	9	5/9/2016	POR	vs	GSW	47	6	10	0	1	30	30.0	5	18	27.8	13	16	81.3	48.6	2	4	3	3	-7
9	James Harden J. Harden	36	9	4/24/2013	HOU	@	OKC	45	11	6	1	0	24	37.5	1	7	14.3	17	20	85.0	54.9	2	9	6	3	-4
10	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	36	9	5/18/2012	LAL	vs	OKC	39	7	6	2	0	25	36.0	0	1	0.0	18	18	100.0	54.7	2	5	2	4	+11
11	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	36	9	4/19/2004	LAL	vs	HOU	45	4	4	1	0	20	45.0	2	6	33.3	16	17	94.1	65.5	0	4	1	3	+17
12	David Robinson D. Robinson	36	9	5/16/1993	SAS	vs	PHX	40	16	0	1	3	20	45.0	0	0		18	23	78.3	59.8	3	13	3	4
13	Terry Porter T. Porter	36	9	5/19/1990	POR	vs	SAS	46	4	9	2	0	18	50.0	4	9	44.4	14	16	87.5	71.9	0	4	4	3
14	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	35	8	5/13/2025	CLE	vs	IND	38	9	1	4	1	25	32.0	4	13	30.8	15	21	71.4	51.1	2	7	2	2	-3
15	James Harden J. Harden	35	9	4/28/2019	HOU	@	GSW	39	4	6	3	0	28	32.1	4	16	25.0	13	14	92.9	51.2	0	4	4	3	+3
16	Kevin Durant K. Durant	35	9	6/9/2017	GSW	@	CLE	39	4	4	0	2	22	40.9	2	9	22.2	15	16	93.8	60.3	2	2	1	3	-22
17	LeBron James L. James	35	9	5/5/2017	CLE	@	TOR	41	8	7	1	0	16	56.3	2	4	50.0	15	16	93.8	76.0	0	8	5	1	+20
18	James Harden J. Harden	35	7	4/19/2017	HOU	vs	OKC	37	4	8	1	0	17	41.2	3	7	42.9	18	20	90.0	67.8	0	4	7	5	+2
19	Kevin Durant K. Durant	35	9	5/9/2011	OKC	@	MEM	57	13	1	4	0	20	45.0	1	6	16.7	16	18	88.9	62.7	3	10	5	2	+15
20	Reggie Miller R. Miller	35	9	6/14/2000	IND	vs	LAL	50	5	3	1	1	19	47.4	6	9	66.7	11	12	91.7	72.1	0	5	1	1	-2
21	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	35	9	5/21/1996	CHI	vs	ORL	43	5	6	4	1	21	42.9	2	4	50.0	15	16	93.8	62.4	1	4	2	2
22	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	35	9	5/7/1992	PHX	@	POR	40	3	5	1	1	19	47.4	1	1	100.0	16	16	100.0	67.2	1	2	4	5
23	Karl Malone K. Malone	35	9	5/4/1988	UTA	vs	POR	46	9	3	0	1	21	42.9	0	0		17	22	77.3	57.0	2	7	3	3
24	Derrick White D. White	34	9	5/14/2025	BOS	vs	NYK	40	3	2	0	3	16	56.3	7	13	53.8	9	11	81.8	81.6	0	3	2	3	+26
25	Anthony Davis A. Davis	34	7	5/25/2021	LAL	@	PHX	40	10	7	1	3	15	46.7	2	4	50.0	18	21	85.7	70.1	1	9	1	3	+6