nba players who scored exactly 44 points in a playoff game until 2010

LeBron James put up 44 points in Game 4 of the 2009 Eastern Conference Finals against the Magic on May 26, 2009.

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 LeBron James
L. James
5/26/2009
44
CLE CLE
@
ORL ORL
49
12
7
1
1
13
29
44.8
4
10
40.0
14
18
77.8
59.6
1
11
8
5
+6
2 Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
5/11/2009
44
DAL DAL
vs
DEN DEN
44
13
3
2
1
14
25
56.0
0
0
16
17
94.1
67.7
1
12
4
1
+12
3 Gilbert Arenas
G. Arenas
5/3/2006
44
WAS WAS
@
CLE CLE
53
5
4
1
0
14
24
58.3
6
9
66.7
10
10
100.0
77.5
1
4
3
4
+1
4 Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
6/6/2001
44
LAL LAL
vs
PHI PHI
52
20
5
1
0
17
28
60.7
0
0
10
22
45.5
58.4
6
14
4
3
-6
5 Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
6/3/2001
44
PHI PHI
vs
MIL MIL
44
6
7
2
0
17
33
51.5
4
6
66.7
6
7
85.7
61.0
1
5
2
4
+19
6 Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
5/6/2001
44
LAL LAL
vs
SAC SAC
44
21
4
0
7
17
32
53.1
0
0
10
19
52.6
54.5
11
10
2
3
+3
7 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
5/5/1996
44
CHI CHI
vs
NYK NYK
41
5
2
0
0
17
35
48.6
1
5
20.0
9
9
100.0
56.5
1
4
1
4
8 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
6/13/1993
44
CHI CHI
vs
PHX PHX
57
9
6
2
1
19
43
44.2
3
9
33.3
3
6
50.0
48.2
3
6
3
5
9 Charles Barkley
C. Barkley
6/5/1993
44
PHX PHX
vs
SEA SEA
46
24
1
1
1
12
20
60.0
1
1
100.0
19
22
86.4
74.1
10
14
1
3
10 Karl Malone
K. Malone
5/3/1992
44
UTA UTA
@
LAC LAC
46
11
2
0
0
11
18
61.1
0
0
22
24
91.7
77.0
4
7
3
4
11 Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
5/8/1991
44
LAL LAL
vs
GSW GSW
44
12
9
0
0
12
23
52.2
0
3
0.0
20
22
90.9
67.3
1
11
5
5
12 Patrick Ewing
P. Ewing
5/4/1990
44
NYK NYK
vs
BOS BOS
40
13
5
7
2
18
24
75.0
0
0
8
9
88.9
78.7
2
11
3
3
13 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
5/7/1989
44
CHI CHI
@
CLE CLE
44
9
6
1
0
17
32
53.1
1
1
100.0
9
13
69.2
58.3
3
6
2
3
14 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
5/3/1989
44
CHI CHI
vs
CLE CLE
39
7
10
5
1
18
34
52.9
1
1
100.0
7
9
77.8
58.0
2
5
5
4
15 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
5/5/1988
44
CHI CHI
@
CLE CLE
42
5
4
4
2
18
25
72.0
0
0
8
9
88.9
76.0
2
3
4
6
16 Bernard King
B. King
5/11/1984
44
NYK NYK
vs
BOS BOS
41
2
2
3
0
16
25
64.0
0
0
12
15
80.0
69.6
0
2
4
3
17 Bernard King
B. King
4/27/1984
44
NYK NYK
@
DET DET
41
12
1
0
1
17
26
65.4
0
0
10
13
76.9
69.4
3
9
1
5
18 George Gervin
G. Gervin
4/4/1980
44
SAS SAS
vs
HOU HOU
43
7
2
2
2
19
29
65.5
0
0
6
7
85.7
68.6
2
2
19 Rick Barry
R. Barry
5/5/1976
44
GSW GSW
vs
PHX PHX
46
6
4
1
0
17
31
54.8
10
12
83.3
60.6
0
6
3
20 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
4/18/1974
44
MIL MIL
@
CHI CHI
48
21
3
1
3
20
29
69.0
4
4
100.0
71.5
3
21 Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
4/6/1974
44
BUF BUF
vs
BOS BOS
48
16
1
21
40
52.5
2
2
100.0
53.8
5
22 Gail Goodrich
G. Goodrich
4/25/1973
44
LAL LAL
vs
GSW GSW
36
3
8
19
26
73.1
6
7
85.7
75.7
3
23 Dave Bing
D. Bing
4/1/1968
44
DET DET
vs
BOS BOS
46
9
4
19
38
50.0
6
7
85.7
53.6
4
24 Rick Barry
R. Barry
4/24/1967
44
SFW SFW
vs
PHI PHI
44
6
2
16
38
42.1
12
13
92.3
50.3
5
25 Jerry West
J. West
4/7/1965
44
LAL LAL
@
BAL BAL
7
4
13
29
44.8
18
19
94.7
58.9
5

More Cavaliers Stats

Team Rankings

ORTG

121.7

1st

DRTG

112.2

8th

NETRTG

9.5

2nd

3P%

38.3

2nd

2024-25 Conference Standings
TEAM W L PCT GB
1
Cavaliers Cavaliers
64
18
.780
2
Celtics Celtics
61
21
.744
3.0
3
Knicks Knicks
51
31
.622
13.0
4
Pacers Pacers
50
32
.610
14.0
5
Bucks Bucks
48
34
.585
16.0
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NBA 2024-25 Leaders

NBA 2024-25 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2024-25

NBA 2024-25 Betting

NBA 2024-25 Conference Standings

Western W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
4
Nuggets Nuggets
50
32
.610
18.0
5
Clippers Clippers
50
32
.610
18.0
6
Timberwolves Timberwolves
49
33
.598
19.0
Eastern W L PCT GB
1
Cavaliers Cavaliers
64
18
.780
2
Celtics Celtics
61
21
.744
3.0
3
Knicks Knicks
51
31
.622
13.0
4
Pacers Pacers
50
32
.610
14.0
5
Bucks Bucks
48
34
.585
16.0
6
Pistons Pistons
44
38
.537
20.0

NBA 2024-25 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
3/29
ATL ATL
@
MIL MIL
145-124
Sat
3/29
CHA CHA
@
NOP NOP
94-98
Sat
3/29
TOR TOR
@
PHI PHI
127-109
Sat
3/29
HOU HOU
@
PHX PHX
148-109
Sun
3/30
SAC SAC
@
IND IND
109-111

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
6/5
IND IND
@
OKC OKC
8:30 PM
Sun
6/8
IND IND
@
OKC OKC
8:00 PM
Wed
6/11
OKC OKC
@
IND IND
8:30 PM
Fri
6/13
OKC OKC
@
IND IND
8:30 PM
Mon
6/16
IND IND
@
OKC OKC
8:30 PM