which player had the most points in elimination games since 2000 nba

Since 1999-00, LeBron James has the most points in elimination games, with 983 points.

	NAME	PTS	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	983	30	44.3	32.8	10.4	7.3	1.7	0.9	11.8	23.8	49.4	2.1	5.9	35.6	7.1	9.9	72.1	58.1	1.9	8.5	3.9	1,330	311	220	52	28	116	67	+37
2	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	712	26	41.8	27.4	10.7	2.5	0.9	1.0	9.3	19.5	47.8	1.2	3.4	36.0	7.5	8.3	90.3	59.2	1.7	9.0	1.8	1,088	279	65	24	27	46	82	+5
3	James Harden J. Harden	614	29	38.6	21.2	5.4	6.2	2.1	0.7	6.2	15.1	40.8	2.2	7.3	29.6	6.7	7.9	83.9	56.8	0.8	4.6	4.1	1,119	156	181	62	21	119	71	-79
4	Paul George P. George	510	25	40.0	20.4	7.5	3.7	1.6	0.5	7.0	16.0	43.4	2.4	7.1	33.3	4.1	5.0	83.1	56.0	0.8	6.7	3.5	1,000	188	92	41	12	87	83	-5
5	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	480	21	36.7	22.9	8.2	7.6	1.7	0.3	7.6	20.4	37.1	1.7	5.7	29.4	6.0	7.4	81.4	48.2	2.3	5.9	3.9	770	172	159	36	6	81	64	-45
6	Kevin Durant K. Durant	479	16	42.0	29.9	7.9	3.7	0.6	1.6	9.9	21.5	46.2	2.5	6.2	40.4	7.6	9.0	84.0	58.8	1.1	6.8	3.3	672	126	59	10	25	53	44	+27
7	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	468	18	38.3	26.0	12.2	7.4	0.9	1.3	9.7	18.4	52.7	1.8	4.9	36.4	4.8	5.8	82.7	61.9	2.1	10.2	3.3	689	220	133	17	23	59	68	+51
8	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	455	20	39.3	22.8	11.5	2.9	0.9	2.1	8.5	17.6	48.1	0.0	0.3	0.0	5.9	8.1	72.7	53.9	3.2	8.4	2.7	785	230	58	17	41	53	62	+9
9	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	451	17	41.1	26.5	8.8	5.9	1.1	1.0	9.0	20.5	43.8	3.0	7.9	37.8	5.5	6.6	83.2	56.6	0.9	7.9	3.2	699	149	100	18	17	54	42	+85
10	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	441	21	37.6	21.0	5.3	4.2	1.1	1.0	7.6	18.0	42.2	0.9	2.7	32.1	5.0	6.0	84.0	51.0	1.3	4.0	3.5	790	111	88	24	22	73	55	+14
11	Stephen Curry S. Curry	433	15	41.2	28.9	6.1	7.0	1.5	0.7	10.1	22.8	44.4	4.3	11.9	36.5	4.3	4.7	90.1	58.0	0.7	5.4	3.0	619	92	105	22	11	45	32	+95
12	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	432	24	37.6	18.0	6.0	3.1	1.2	0.8	6.0	14.8	40.4	1.9	5.0	37.5	4.1	4.8	85.3	53.1	0.7	5.3	2.8	903	143	75	29	18	66	83	-4
13	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	421	21	35.4	20.0	5.8	3.1	1.3	0.4	7.5	16.0	47.0	2.0	6.2	32.3	3.0	4.1	72.4	56.2	1.1	4.7	2.9	743	122	66	28	9	60	50	+25
14	Joe Johnson J. Johnson	407	27	37.4	15.1	3.9	3.4	0.8	0.1	5.8	14.3	40.7	1.3	4.3	30.8	2.1	2.6	81.4	48.8	0.8	3.1	1.8	1,009	105	93	22	2	49	48	-21
15	Richard Hamilton R. Hamilton	394	20	37.9	19.7	4.7	2.8	0.7	0.4	8.0	17.6	45.6	0.6	2.1	26.2	3.2	3.5	90.0	51.6	1.6	3.1	2.2	759	93	56	14	8	44	59	+89
16	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	392	13	45.4	30.2	3.4	5.5	1.9	0.2	10.7	26.7	40.1	1.8	4.8	38.1	6.9	8.3	83.3	49.7	0.8	2.5	2.8	590	44	72	25	2	36	30	-7
17	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	391	16	38.2	24.4	6.7	1.9	1.1	0.1	8.6	20.0	43.1	0.8	2.9	28.3	6.4	7.8	81.6	52.1	1.6	5.1	2.2	611	107	31	18	2	35	54	-101
18	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	391	16	42.6	24.4	6.2	3.8	1.3	0.7	8.7	20.9	41.5	1.5	5.0	30.0	5.6	7.2	77.4	50.7	1.3	4.9	3.1	682	99	61	21	11	50	47	-52
19	Steve Nash S. Nash	386	22	38.5	17.5	4.4	8.9	0.5	0.0	6.5	13.1	49.7	1.4	3.7	38.3	3.1	3.4	92.0	60.1	0.5	3.9	3.0	847	96	196	12	1	65	39	+132
20	Chris Paul C. Paul	381	18	40.5	21.2	5.6	8.9	2.2	0.1	7.9	16.5	48.1	1.7	4.6	36.6	3.6	4.3	84.4	57.6	0.7	4.8	2.7	730	100	161	39	1	48	52	-93
21	Jamal Murray J. Murray	380	15	40.3	25.3	4.9	5.1	0.9	0.3	9.5	20.4	46.4	2.3	6.3	36.8	4.1	4.5	91.0	56.6	1.0	3.9	2.7	605	74	77	13	4	40	33	+61
22	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	371	21	38.6	17.7	12.3	3.6	1.2	1.2	7.0	14.3	49.0	0.1	0.5	30.0	3.5	4.9	71.8	53.7	2.1	10.2	2.6	810	259	75	25	25	54	67	+36
23	Chauncey Billups C. Billups	369	22	37.1	16.8	3.1	5.3	0.9	0.2	4.7	12.1	39.0	1.8	5.3	34.5	5.5	6.2	88.3	56.4	0.5	2.6	1.8	817	68	116	20	4	39	60	+39
24	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	366	15	38.8	24.4	10.7	3.7	0.5	1.5	8.2	19.3	42.6	1.2	4.6	26.1	6.8	8.3	81.6	53.2	2.7	8.1	4.2	582	161	56	8	23	63	50	+51
25	Dwight Howard D. Howard	365	22	34.9	16.6	13.1	0.9	1.0	2.0	6.0	10.7	56.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.6	9.1	50.2	56.4	3.7	9.4	2.7	767	288	20	22	45	60	75	+24

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2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks	46	36	.561	14.0

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/22	CLE	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Sat 10/24	BKN	@	CLE	7:30 PM
Mon 10/26	MIN	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Wed 10/28	WAS	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Thu 10/29	CLE	@	ATL	7:00 PM

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33.5

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31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

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RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

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11.6

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APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

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8.3

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2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

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1.9

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1.9

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4.0

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3.8

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3.4

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67.4

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120.8

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119.6

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119.2

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109.7

111.3

112.7

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3,694

Dončić

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1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
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8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
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10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
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12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
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1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0