which nba player scored the most points in a playoff game his team lost since 2000

Since 1999-00, Donovan Mitchell has dropped the most points in a loss in a playoff game, with 57 points in Game 1 of the 2020 First Round versus the Nuggets.

	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	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	57	1	8/17/2020	UTA	@	DEN	43	9	7	1	0	19	33	57.6	6	15	40.0	13	13	100.0	73.6	2	7	5	2	-11
2	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	55	1	6/1/2021	POR	@	DEN	52	6	10	1	3	17	24	70.8	12	17	70.6	9	10	90.0	96.8	1	5	1	0	+2
3	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	53	1	5/7/2023	DEN	@	PHX	39	4	11	0	1	20	30	66.7	2	4	50.0	11	13	84.6	74.2	1	3	6	2	+2
4	LeBron James L. James	51	1	5/31/2018	CLE	@	GSW	48	8	8	1	1	19	32	59.4	3	7	42.9	10	11	90.9	69.2	4	4	5	2	-13
5	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	51	1	4/19/2017	OKC	@	HOU	41	10	13	4	1	17	43	39.5	2	11	18.2	15	18	83.3	50.1	2	8	4	3	+11
6	Ray Allen R. Allen	51	1	4/30/2009	BOS	@	CHI	59	5	3	3	0	18	32	56.3	9	18	50.0	6	7	85.7	72.7	2	3	3	1	+1
7	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	50	1	5/3/2024	CLE	@	ORL	42	4	4	0	1	22	36	61.1	3	9	33.3	3	6	50.0	64.7	1	3	4	4	-3
8	Jamal Murray J. Murray	50	1	8/23/2020	DEN	@	UTA	43	11	7	0	1	18	31	58.1	9	15	60.0	5	5	100.0	75.3	4	7	0	2	+5
9	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	50	1	5/4/2006	LAL	vs	PHX	52	8	5	3	0	20	35	57.1	5	8	62.5	5	6	83.3	66.4	1	7	7	4	-6
10	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
11	LeBron James L. James	49	1	5/20/2009	CLE	vs	ORL	41	6	8	2	3	20	30	66.7	3	6	50.0	6	10	60.0	71.2	3	3	2	1	+7
12	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	48	1	5/6/2025	CLE	vs	IND	36	5	9	4	1	15	30	50.0	1	7	14.3	17	21	81.0	61.2	2	3	5	4	+13
13	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
14	Steve Nash S. Nash	48	1	5/15/2005	PHX	@	DAL	44	5	5	3	1	20	28	71.4	4	6	66.7	4	4	100.0	80.6	1	4	9	4	-8
15	Ja Morant J. Morant	47	1	5/26/2021	MEM	@	UTA	43	4	7	0	0	15	26	57.7	2	7	28.6	15	20	75.0	67.5	2	2	4	3	-6
16	Stephen Curry S. Curry	47	1	6/5/2019	GSW	vs	TOR	43	8	7	2	0	14	31	45.2	6	14	42.9	13	14	92.9	63.2	2	6	3	1	-8
17	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
18	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
19	Kevin Durant K. Durant	46	1	5/4/2019	GSW	@	HOU	50	3	6	0	0	14	31	45.2	6	10	60.0	12	12	100.0	63.4	0	3	0	1	-6
20	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
21	Dwight Howard D. Howard	46	1	4/16/2011	ORL	vs	ATL	46	19	1	0	1	16	23	69.6	0	1	0.0	14	22	63.6	70.4	6	13	8	5	-10
22	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	46	1	4/23/2003	ORL	@	DET	45	5	1	1	0	16	26	61.5	4	9	44.4	10	11	90.9	74.6	0	5	7	3	-13
23	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	46	1	6/1/2001	PHI	@	MIL	44	2	3	1	1	14	33	42.4	5	9	55.6	13	15	86.7	58.1	1	1	6	1	-16
24	Ja Morant J. Morant	45	1	4/22/2023	MEM	@	LAL	42	9	13	0	0	13	26	50.0	6	10	60.0	13	14	92.9	70.0	3	6	3	2	+3
25	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	45	1	5/2/2022	DAL	@	PHX	44	12	8	0	1	15	30	50.0	4	11	36.4	11	14	78.6	62.2	2	10	5	1	-4