Richard Hamilton put up his most points in a playoff game in Game 5 of the 2006 First Round against the Bucks, with 40 points.

richard hamilton most points in a playoff game

NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	PF	+/-
Richard Hamilton	40	5/3/2006	DET	vs	MIL	36	3	3	0	0	3	15	23	65.2	2	2	100.0	8	9	88.9	2	+28
Richard Hamilton	33	6/2/2006	DET	@	MIA	39	3	1	2	0	1	12	28	42.9	2	7	28.6	7	8	87.5	4	-6
Richard Hamilton	33	5/29/2005	DET	vs	MIA	46	4	5	0	0	1	10	21	47.6	1	2	50.0	12	14	85.7	4	-5
Richard Hamilton	33	5/30/2004	DET	@	IND	43	3	3	1	1	1	12	22	54.5	1	2	50.0	8	8	100.0	0	+21
Richard Hamilton	32	5/10/2008	DET	@	ORL	43	6	3	2	0	3	12	24	50.0	0	0		8	9	88.9	3	+1
Richard Hamilton	31	5/13/2008	DET	vs	ORL	42	2	3	4	0	0	7	20	35.0	1	3	33.3	16	16	100.0	3	+7
Richard Hamilton	31	6/10/2004	DET	vs	LAL	43	6	3	2	0	3	11	22	50.0	2	4	50.0	7	7	100.0	1	+15
Richard Hamilton	30	5/15/2006	DET	@	CLE	39	2	0	0	0	2	11	25	44.0	1	3	33.3	7	7	100.0	4	+4
Richard Hamilton	30	5/11/2004	DET	@	NJN	40	6	2	1	0	5	11	20	55.0	2	3	66.7	6	8	75.0	5	-17
Richard Hamilton	30	5/11/2003	DET	@	PHI	39	5	3	1	0	7	10	18	55.6	1	2	50.0	9	11	81.8	3	-10
Richard Hamilton	30	4/23/2003	DET	vs	ORL	36	7	5	0	0	3	10	16	62.5	0	0		10	13	76.9	4	+20
Richard Hamilton	29	6/2/2007	DET	@	CLE	36	4	3	3	0	4	10	20	50.0	1	1	100.0	8	8	100.0	6	-4
Richard Hamilton	28	5/31/2005	DET	vs	MIA	45	4	8	1	0	3	10	18	55.6	0	1	0.0	8	12	66.7	3	+11
Richard Hamilton	28	5/19/2005	DET	@	IND	46	6	0	1	0	4	10	16	62.5	0	0		8	9	88.9	2	+5
Richard Hamilton	28	5/9/2005	DET	vs	IND	40	3	4	1	0	2	9	16	56.3	1	1	100.0	9	10	90.0	3	+17
Richard Hamilton	28	5/7/2004	DET	vs	NJN	37	4	5	4	0	2	9	17	52.9	0	0		10	11	90.9	3	+25
Richard Hamilton	28	4/20/2003	DET	vs	ORL	37	4	0	0	0	4	7	17	41.2	2	3	66.7	12	12	100.0	2	+9
Richard Hamilton	27	4/26/2004	DET	@	MIL	35	2	6	2	0	2	10	17	58.8	3	4	75.0	4	4	100.0	4	+15
Richard Hamilton	26	5/24/2008	DET	vs	BOS	44	2	2	2	2	1	8	18	44.4	0	2	0.0	10	10	100.0	4	-3
Richard Hamilton	26	5/31/2007	DET	vs	CLE	49	2	5	0	1	4	7	18	38.9	0	1	0.0	12	12	100.0	5	-1
Richard Hamilton	26	6/8/2004	DET	@	LAL	47	8	2	0	0	5	10	25	40.0	2	2	100.0	4	5	80.0	2	-8
Richard Hamilton	25	5/28/2008	DET	@	BOS	45	4	6	2	0	6	8	14	57.1	1	2	50.0	8	9	88.9	3	-3
Richard Hamilton	25	5/22/2008	DET	@	BOS	41	3	4	2	2	2	7	16	43.8	1	2	50.0	10	12	83.3	1	+10
Richard Hamilton	25	5/6/2003	DET	vs	PHI	42	4	2	2	0	6	7	17	41.2	0	0		11	12	91.7	3	+12
Richard Hamilton	24	5/7/2008	DET	@	ORL	44	6	3	2	0	6	10	20	50.0	0	2	0.0	4	5	80.0	3	-14