nba players who scored exactly 43 points in a playoff game until 1990

Magic Johnson had 43 points in Game 5 of the 1990 Western Conference Semifinals against the Suns on May 15, 1990.

	NAME	DATE	PTS	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	5/15/1990	43	LAL	vs	PHX	44	8	7	0	0	15	26	57.7	0	2	0.0	13	16	81.3	65.1	2	6	6	4
2	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	5/13/1990	43	LAL	@	PHX	45	6	10	2	0	15	26	57.7	1	3	33.3	12	12	100.0	68.7	3	3	3	3
3	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	6/19/1988	43	DET	@	LAL	44	3	8	6	1	18	32	56.3	2	3	66.7	5	7	71.4	61.3	1	2	5	4
4	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	5/1/1988	43	ATL	vs	MIL	41	6	1	3	0	15	26	57.7	0	0		13	17	76.5	64.2	4	2	6	4
5	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	4/28/1987	43	SEA	vs	DAL	38	14	1	0	1	18	28	64.3	2	3	66.7	5	5	100.0	71.2	8	6	1	5
6	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	4/26/1987	43	ATL	vs	IND	43	8	5	0	2	15	37	40.5	1	2	50.0	12	13	92.3	50.3	3	5	0	2
7	Larry Bird L. Bird	5/8/1985	43	BOS	vs	DET	43	13	5	1	0	17	33	51.5	0	1	0.0	9	9	100.0	58.2	3	10	6	3
8	Rolando Blackman R. Blackman	4/18/1985	43	DAL	vs	POR	51	10	6	1	1	19	33	57.6	0	0		5	5	100.0	61.1	4	6	3	2
9	Bernard King B. King	5/6/1984	43	NYK	vs	BOS	40	4	4	0	0	17	25	68.0	0	0		9	11	81.8	72.1	2	2	4	5
10	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	5/1/1977	43	LAL	@	GSW	41	20	3	0	4	17	25	68.0				9	11	81.8	72.1	5	15		5
11	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	4/3/1974	43	BOS	vs	BUF	46	12	8			18	30	60.0				7	7	100.0	65.0				1
12	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	3/31/1972	43	BOS	@	ATL	48	6	4			15	26	57.7				13	14	92.9	66.9				2
13	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	4/25/1969	43	BOS	@	LAL	48	12	6			15	27	55.6				13	14	92.9	64.8				6
14	Willis Reed W. Reed	4/2/1969	43	NYK	vs	BAL	46	17	1			15	29	51.7				13	14	92.9	61.1				3
15	Rick Barry R. Barry	4/20/1967	43	SFW	vs	PHI	45	7	3			17	41	41.5				9	12	75.0	46.5				5
16	Jerry West J. West	4/21/1965	43	LAL	vs	BOS	44	12	7			13	25	52.0				17	20	85.0	63.6				2
17	Jerry West J. West	4/11/1965	43	LAL	vs	BAL		6	7			17	34	50.0				9	12	75.0	54.7				3
18	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	4/21/1963	43	LAL	@	BOS	45	20	1			15	34	44.1				13	17	76.5	51.8				3
19	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	4/10/1963	43	CIN	@	BOS	48	6	6			11	24	45.8				21	22	95.5	63.8				4
20	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	3/28/1963	43	CIN	@	BOS	48	14	10			17	25	68.0				9	12	75.0	71.0				1
21	Paul Arizin P. Arizin	3/16/1962	43	PHI	vs	SYR		10	5			16	28	57.1				11	15	73.3	62.1				5
22	Neil Johnston N. Johnston	3/25/1956	43	PHI	@	SYR	46	16	7			14	22	63.6				15	15	100.0	75.2				5