players with 30 points in a single playoff game before 1970

Jerry West scored 42 points in Game 7 of the 1969 NBA Finals against the Celtics on May 5, 1969.

Interpreted as:
players with 30 or more points in a single playoff game before 1970
NAMEDATEPTSTMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Jerry West
J. West
5/5/1969
42
vs
48
13
12
14
29
48.3
14
18
77.8
56.9
2
2Jerry West
J. West
5/1/1969
39
vs
46
3
9
16
31
51.6
7
8
87.5
56.5
3
3Jerry West
J. West
4/29/1969
40
@
45
6
4
15
30
50.0
10
10
100.0
58.1
4
4John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
4/27/1969
34
vs
48
13
7
13
25
52.0
8
9
88.9
58.7
2
5Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
4/25/1969
32
vs
33
10
5
11
15
73.3
10
12
83.3
78.9
3
6John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
4/25/1969
43
@
48
12
6
15
27
55.6
13
14
92.9
64.8
6
7Jerry West
J. West
4/25/1969
41
vs
41
3
8
12
22
54.5
17
20
85.0
66.6
3
8John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
4/23/1969
37
@
48
12
4
14
26
53.8
9
9
100.0
61.7
3
9Jerry West
J. West
4/23/1969
53
vs
46
3
10
21
41
51.2
11
13
84.6
56.7
3
10Zelmo Beaty
Z. Beaty
4/20/1969
30
@
45
9
5
12
24
50.0
6
8
75.0
54.5
4
11Willis Reed
W. Reed
4/18/1969
32
@
47
11
3
14
24
58.3
4
7
57.1
59.1
3
12Lou Hudson
L. Hudson
4/17/1969
35
vs
46
4
1
16
30
53.3
3
6
50.0
53.6
3
13Joe Caldwell
J. Caldwell
4/13/1969
34
@
36
10
2
15
21
71.4
4
8
50.0
69.3
3
14Walt Frazier
W. Frazier
4/6/1969
34
vs
46
7
8
15
31
48.4
4
6
66.7
50.5
2
15Mahdi Abdul-Rahman
M. Abdul-Rahman
4/4/1969
34
@
1
5
13
22
59.1
8
11
72.7
63.3
3
16Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
4/4/1969
30
vs
20
1
13
20
65.0
4
5
80.0
67.6
3
17Willis Reed
W. Reed
4/2/1969
43
vs
46
17
1
15
29
51.7
13
14
92.9
61.1
3
18Jerry West
J. West
4/2/1969
36
@
38
7
5
12
22
54.5
12
14
85.7
63.9
1
19Zelmo Beaty
Z. Beaty
4/1/1969
31
@
17
3
14
25
56.0
3
6
50.0
56.1
5
20Willis Reed
W. Reed
3/30/1969
35
@
44
19
1
16
28
57.1
3
6
50.0
57.1
3
21Billy Cunningham
B. Cunningham
3/30/1969
33
vs
41
14
6
13
26
50.0
7
9
77.8
55.1
6
22Zelmo Beaty
Z. Beaty
3/29/1969
31
vs
44
13
2
13
26
50.0
5
7
71.4
53.3
5
23Jerry West
J. West
3/28/1969
36
vs
47
4
11
12
25
48.0
12
15
80.0
57.0
0
24Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
3/27/1969
31
@
48
12
1
11
23
47.8
9
15
60.0
52.4
3
25Lou Hudson
L. Hudson
3/27/1969
39
vs
40
5
1
14
22
63.6
11
11
100.0
72.7
2

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56
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3
54
28
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53
29
.646
11.0
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52
30
.634
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49
33
.598
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45
37
.549
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8
42
40
.512
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9
42
40
.512
22.0
10
37
45
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27.0
11
26
56
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38.0
12
26
56
.317
38.0
13
25
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