player with most points in nba playoff in an elimination game loss

Devin Booker and Hakeem Olajuwon are tied for the most points in a loss in an elimination game, with 49 points.

	NAME	PTS	L	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Devin Booker D. Booker	49	1	4/28/2024	PHX	vs	MIN	45	5	6	2	1	13	21	61.9	3	5	60.0	20	21	95.2	81.0	0	5	2	5	+1
2	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	49	1	5/14/1987	HOU	@	SEA	53	25	2	2	6	19	33	57.6	0	0		11	13	84.6	63.3	11	14	2	4
3	Kevin Durant K. Durant	48	1	6/19/2021	BKN	vs	MIL	53	9	6	1	1	17	36	47.2	4	11	36.4	10	11	90.9	58.8	1	8	3	4	-4
4	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	47	1	4/25/2017	OKC	@	HOU	42	11	9	0	0	15	34	44.1	5	18	27.8	12	17	70.6	56.7	5	6	7	5	+12
5	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	47	1	5/22/1988	ATL	@	BOS	43	5	3	0	0	19	33	57.6	1	2	50.0	8	9	88.9	63.6	2	3	0	0
6	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	46	1	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
7	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	46	1	4/27/2018	OKC	@	UTA	44	10	5	2	0	18	43	41.9	7	19	36.8	3	6	50.0	50.4	1	9	5	3	-1
8	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	46	1	5/20/1995	PHX	vs	HOU	42	3	10	1	1	12	26	46.2	1	2	50.0	21	22	95.5	64.5	1	2	1	3
9	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	46	1	4/12/1966	PHI	vs	BOS	48	34	1			19	34	55.9				8	25	32.0	51.1				5
10	LeBron James L. James	45	1	5/18/2008	CLE	@	BOS	47	5	6	2	0	14	29	48.3	3	11	27.3	14	19	73.7	60.2	1	4	2	4	0
11	Lee Shaffer L. Shaffer	45	1	3/26/1963	SYR	vs	CIN		5				17	27	63.0				11	13	84.6	68.8				4
12	Dave Bing D. Bing	44	1	4/1/1968	DET	vs	BOS	46	9	4			19	38	50.0				6	7	85.7	53.6				4
13	Rick Barry R. Barry	44	1	4/24/1967	SFW	vs	PHI	44	6	2			16	38	42.1				12	13	92.3	50.3				5
14	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	43	1	5/15/1990	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
15	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	43	1	4/10/1963	CIN	@	BOS	48	6	6			11	24	45.8				21	22	95.5	63.8				4
16	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	42	1	5/21/2012	LAL	@	OKC	41	5	0	2	0	18	33	54.5	1	6	16.7	5	7	71.4	58.2	0	5	2	3	-14
17	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	42	1	6/1/2005	PHX	vs	SAS	46	16	2	1	4	16	32	50.0	0	1	0.0	10	11	90.9	57.0	7	9	3	4	-2
18	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	42	1	5/14/2001	DAL	@	SAS	47	18	2	6	1	14	24	58.3	0	1	0.0	14	18	77.8	65.8	6	12	3	2	-18
19	Alex English A. English	42	1	5/8/1986	DEN	vs	HOU	50	7	2	0	2	15	30	50.0	0	0		12	13	92.3	58.8	4	3	3	4
20	George Gervin G. Gervin	42	1	5/18/1979	SAS	@	WAS	43	6	1	3	1	16	31	51.6				10	13	76.9	57.2			3	4
21	Jerry West J. West	42	1	5/5/1969	LAL	vs	BOS	48	13	12			14	29	48.3				14	18	77.8	56.9				2
22	Slick Leonard S. Leonard	42	1	3/25/1957	MIN	vs	STL	52		8			14	32	43.8				14	14	100.0	55.0				3
23	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	41	1	5/12/2023	NYK	@	MIA	45	4	3	0	0	14	22	63.6	5	10	50.0	8	9	88.9	79.0	0	4	3	4	+3
24	LeBron James L. James	41	1	6/12/2017	CLE	@	GSW	46	13	8	2	1	19	30	63.3	2	5	40.0	1	4	25.0	64.5	2	11	2	3	-13
25	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	41	1	5/22/2006	SAS	vs	DAL	50	15	6	1	3	12	24	50.0	0	1	0.0	17	23	73.9	60.1	6	9	3	4	-7