nba player with most points in a playoffs game in the first 2 playoffs run

Michael Jordan posted the most points by a player in a playoff game in his first 2 playoffs, with 63 points in Game 2 of the 1986 First Round against the Celtics.

	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	63	4/20/1986	CHI	@	BOS	53	5	6	3	2	22	41	53.7	0	0		19	21	90.5	62.7	1	4	4	4
2	Rick Barry R. Barry	55	4/18/1967	SFW	vs	PHI	46	12	5			22	48	45.8				11	19	57.9	48.8				4
3	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	53	3/14/1960	PHI	vs	SYR	47	22	2			24	42	57.1				5	16	31.3	54.0				0
4	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	51	5/10/1987	GSW	vs	LAL	44	3	10	4	0	18	26	69.2	2	3	66.7	13	14	92.9	79.3	1	2	2	2
5	Jamal Murray J. Murray	50	8/30/2020	DEN	@	UTA	43	5	6	0	0	17	24	70.8	9	12	75.0	7	9	77.8	89.4	1	4	5	5	+12
6	Jamal Murray J. Murray	50	8/23/2020	DEN	@	UTA	43	11	7	0	1	18	31	58.1	9	15	60.0	5	5	100.0	75.3	4	7	0	2	+5
7	Vince Carter V. Carter	50	5/11/2001	TOR	vs	PHI	45	6	7	1	4	19	29	65.5	9	13	69.2	3	3	100.0	82.5	3	3	1	3	+24
8	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	50	4/18/1975	BUF	vs	WAS	45	21	1			20	32	62.5				10	14	71.4	65.5				4
9	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	50	3/22/1960	PHI	@	BOS	46	35	2			22	42	52.4				6	14	42.9	51.9				2
10	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	49	4/17/1986	CHI	@	BOS	43	4	2	2	1	18	36	50.0	0	0		13	15	86.7	57.5	0	4	5	3
11	Trae Young T. Young	48	6/23/2021	ATL	@	MIL	41	7	11	1	0	17	34	50.0	4	13	30.8	10	12	83.3	61.1	1	6	6	3	+10
12	LeBron James L. James	48	5/31/2007	CLE	@	DET	50	9	7	2	0	18	33	54.5	2	3	66.7	10	14	71.4	61.3	3	6	2	3	+2
13	Ja Morant J. Morant	47	5/3/2022	MEM	vs	GSW	41	8	8	3	0	15	31	48.4	5	12	41.7	12	13	92.3	64.0	2	6	2	2	+13
14	Devin Booker D. Booker	47	6/3/2021	PHX	@	LAL	46	11	3	0	1	15	22	68.2	8	10	80.0	9	9	100.0	90.5	0	11	3	2	+10
15	Ja Morant J. Morant	47	5/26/2021	MEM	@	UTA	43	4	7	0	0	15	26	57.7	2	7	28.6	15	20	75.0	67.5	2	2	4	3	-6
16	Anthony Davis A. Davis	47	4/21/2018	NOP	vs	POR	39	10	1	0	3	15	23	65.2	2	4	50.0	15	17	88.2	77.1	4	6	2	4	+15
17	Rick Barry R. Barry	47	4/1/1967	SFW	vs	STL	45	10	6			17	38	44.7				13	13	100.0	53.8				3
18	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	46	6/6/2021	DAL	@	LAC	45	7	14	0	0	17	30	56.7	5	11	45.5	7	11	63.6	66.0	0	7	6	3	-9
19	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	46	5/3/2002	BOS	vs	PHI	44	4	6	1	1	16	25	64.0	8	10	80.0	6	7	85.7	81.9	1	3	0	1	+27
20	George Gervin G. Gervin	46	4/18/1978	SAS	vs	WAS	41	6	3	1	1	17	32	53.1				12	15	80.0	59.6			4	3
21	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	46	4/3/1970	MIL	vs	PHI	47	25	2			18	36	50.0				10	15	66.7	54.0				3
22	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	46	3/14/1961	PHI	vs	SYR	48	32	2			19	39	48.7				8	14	57.1	50.9				3
23	LeBron James L. James	45	5/3/2006	CLE	vs	WAS	46	7	6	2	0	14	23	60.9	0	1	0.0	17	18	94.4	72.8	5	2	4	5	-4
24	Fred Brown F. Brown	45	4/15/1976	SEA	vs	PHX	40	3	4	1	0	19	35	54.3				7	7	100.0	59.1	2	1		4
25	Lee Shaffer L. Shaffer	45	3/26/1963	SYR	vs	CIN		5				17	27	63.0				11	13	84.6	68.8				4

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Mon 1/5	CHI	@	BOS	7:30 PM
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Thu 1/8	MIA	@	CHI	8:00 PM
Sat 1/10	DAL	@	CHI	8:00 PM
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