nba most points in a game in the 2004 playoffs

Kobe Bryant dropped the most points in a 2004 playoff game, with 42 points against the Spurs on May 11, 2004.

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NBA most points by a player in a game in the 2004 playoffs

	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	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	42	5/11/2004	LAL	vs	SAS	45	6	5	3	1	15	27	55.6	2	4	50.0	10	13	76.9	64.2	0	6	0	2	+10
2	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	40	5/4/2004	MIN	vs	SAC	42	3	5	1	0	15	25	60.0	7	11	63.6	3	3	100.0	76.0	1	2	4	2	-2
3	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	40	4/18/2004	MIN	vs	DEN	42	3	3	0	0	16	24	66.7	5	6	83.3	3	3	100.0	79.0	2	1	4	2	+18
4	Jermaine O'Neal J. O'Neal	37	5/12/2004	IND	@	MIA	39	6	0	1	1	14	24	58.3	0	0		9	12	75.0	63.2	2	4	2	5	-11
5	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	36	6/13/2004	LAL	@	DET	47	20	2	0	1	16	21	76.2	0	0		4	11	36.4	69.7	3	17	2	4	-8
6	Mike Bibby M. Bibby	36	4/29/2004	SAC	vs	DAL	44	4	8	5	0	14	23	60.9	6	8	75.0	2	2	100.0	75.4	0	4	3	3	+4
7	Kenyon Martin K. Martin	36	4/25/2004	NJN	@	NYK	42	13	2	1	1	13	19	68.4	0	0		10	13	76.9	72.8	2	11	1	5	+18
8	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	36	4/19/2004	LAL	vs	HOU	45	4	4	1	0	9	20	45.0	2	6	33.3	16	17	94.1	65.5	0	4	1	3	+17
9	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	34	6/6/2004	LAL	vs	DET	45	11	1	0	1	13	16	81.3	0	0		8	12	66.7	79.9	5	6	6	4	-8
10	Latrell Sprewell L. Sprewell	34	5/14/2004	MIN	vs	SAC	43	7	6	1	0	13	21	61.9	3	7	42.9	5	6	83.3	71.9	0	7	4	3	+14
11	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	33	6/8/2004	LAL	vs	DET	49	4	7	2	0	14	27	51.9	1	5	20.0	4	5	80.0	56.5	0	4	5	5	+7
12	Richard Hamilton R. Hamilton	33	5/30/2004	DET	@	IND	43	3	3	1	1	12	22	54.5	1	2	50.0	8	8	100.0	64.7	0	3	1	0	+21
13	Mike Bibby M. Bibby	33	5/4/2004	SAC	@	MIN	45	7	7	4	1	10	21	47.6	3	8	37.5	10	12	83.3	62.8	3	4	3	3	+3
14	Baron Davis B. Davis	33	4/30/2004	NOH	@	MIA	43	4	7	1	0	11	18	61.1	3	8	37.5	8	10	80.0	73.7	2	2	4	4	-1
15	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	32	5/19/2004	MIN	vs	SAC	46	21	2	4	5	12	23	52.2	1	1	100.0	7	11	63.6	57.5	1	20	2	1	+1
16	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	32	5/5/2004	LAL	@	SAS	44	15	1	0	1	15	21	71.4	0	0		2	7	28.6	66.4	6	9	3	4	-3
17	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	32	4/18/2004	DAL	@	SAC	43	13	3	3	5	12	19	63.2	4	6	66.7	4	4	100.0	77.1	0	13	1	5	-14
18	Richard Hamilton R. Hamilton	31	6/10/2004	DET	vs	LAL	43	6	3	2	0	11	22	50.0	2	4	50.0	7	7	100.0	61.8	3	3	3	1	+15
19	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	31	5/27/2004	LAL	vs	MIN	41	8	4	1	1	10	24	41.7	2	8	25.0	9	10	90.0	54.6	2	6	4	3	+4
20	Chauncey Billups C. Billups	31	5/14/2004	DET	vs	NJN	55	10	8	3	0	9	29	31.0	3	11	27.3	10	12	83.3	45.2	3	7	3	4	-9
21	Richard Jefferson R. Jefferson	31	5/14/2004	NJN	@	DET	53	11	4	2	2	8	15	53.3	2	5	40.0	13	18	72.2	67.6	1	10	6	5	+9
22	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	31	5/2/2004	LAL	@	SAS	45	10	4	2	0	10	26	38.5	2	6	33.3	9	10	90.0	51.0	2	8	4	1	-7
23	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	31	4/29/2004	DAL	@	SAC	48	14	0	1	4	11	23	47.8	2	2	100.0	7	7	100.0	59.4	5	9	3	4	-1
24	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	31	4/28/2004	LAL	vs	HOU	41	6	10	3	0	12	21	57.1	1	4	25.0	6	6	100.0	65.6	1	5	1	3	+23
25	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	31	4/25/2004	NYK	vs	NJN	45	3	7	3	0	11	26	42.3	2	7	28.6	7	11	63.6	50.3	1	2	4	3	-9

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