which rockets player has the most points in a playoff game in the 2000s

Between the 1999-00 and 2008-09 seasons, Tracy McGrady dropped the most points for the Rockets in a playoff game, with 40 points in Game 6 of the 2008 First Round against the Jazz.

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	40	5/2/2008	HOU	@	UTA	42	10	5	0	1	13	26	50.0	2	7	28.6	12	18	66.7	59.0	1	9	1	1	-17
2	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	37	5/5/2005	HOU	vs	DAL	42	8	7	1	1	14	28	50.0	6	10	60.0	3	3	100.0	63.1	2	6	2	3	+19
3	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	36	4/30/2005	HOU	vs	DAL	45	6	5	1	1	13	26	50.0	3	9	33.3	7	8	87.5	61.0	1	5	5	2	-7
4	Aaron Brooks A. Brooks	34	5/10/2009	HOU	vs	LAL	39	3	4	0	1	12	20	60.0	4	9	44.4	6	6	100.0	75.1	1	2	3	2	+9
5	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	34	4/23/2005	HOU	@	DAL	47	5	6	2	0	14	27	51.9	3	7	42.9	3	3	100.0	60.0	1	4	4	2	+13
6	Yao Ming Y. Ming	33	5/7/2005	HOU	@	DAL	43	10	1	1	5	13	23	56.5	0	0		7	8	87.5	62.2	4	6	2	4	-33
7	Yao Ming Y. Ming	33	4/25/2005	HOU	@	DAL	36	8	0	1	2	13	14	92.9	0	0		7	7	100.0	96.6	2	6	1	4	0
8	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	31	4/23/2007	HOU	vs	UTA	38	10	5	2	0	9	29	31.0	1	8	12.5	12	14	85.7	44.1	2	8	0	2	+3
9	Yao Ming Y. Ming	30	5/2/2005	HOU	@	DAL	35	8	0	0	3	10	13	76.9	0	0		10	16	62.5	74.9	3	5	2	4	+2
10	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	29	4/29/2008	HOU	vs	UTA	39	5	5	2	0	13	26	50.0	1	4	25.0	2	2	100.0	53.9	1	4	5	1	+21
11	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	29	5/5/2007	HOU	vs	UTA	42	5	13	0	3	12	25	48.0	0	4	0.0	5	9	55.6	50.1	0	5	2	1	-7
12	Yao Ming Y. Ming	29	5/5/2007	HOU	vs	UTA	37	6	0	0	1	9	20	45.0	0	0		11	13	84.6	56.4	2	4	4	5	-6
13	Yao Ming Y. Ming	28	5/4/2009	HOU	@	LAL	40	10	0	1	2	9	17	52.9	0	0		10	10	100.0	65.4	1	9	2	4	+5
14	Yao Ming Y. Ming	28	4/21/2007	HOU	vs	UTA	35	13	0	1	1	8	18	44.4	0	0		12	14	85.7	57.9	4	9	4	2	-1
15	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	28	4/28/2005	HOU	vs	DAL	42	9	6	1	0	10	23	43.5	2	7	28.6	6	8	75.0	52.8	1	8	5	3	-10
16	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	28	4/25/2005	HOU	@	DAL	47	8	10	3	3	10	19	52.6	1	2	50.0	7	8	87.5	62.2	0	8	4	4	-1
17	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	27	4/30/2009	HOU	vs	POR	39	1	2	1	0	11	21	52.4	3	11	27.3	2	2	100.0	61.7	0	1	1	2	+14
18	Aaron Brooks A. Brooks	27	4/18/2009	HOU	@	POR	35	4	7	0	0	10	17	58.8	5	8	62.5	2	2	100.0	75.5	1	3	2	2	+31
19	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	27	4/24/2008	HOU	@	UTA	44	5	7	1	1	11	26	42.3	0	0		5	9	55.6	45.1	2	3	2	4	+1
20	Yao Ming Y. Ming	27	4/23/2007	HOU	vs	UTA	37	9	0	0	0	9	24	37.5	0	0		9	9	100.0	48.3	4	5	0	5	+8
21	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	27	5/7/2005	HOU	@	DAL	36	7	7	0	3	10	26	38.5	1	7	14.3	6	7	85.7	46.4	4	3	4	1	-28
22	Steve Francis S. Francis	27	4/23/2004	HOU	vs	LAL	43	9	7	0	0	7	16	43.8	4	5	80.0	9	12	75.0	63.4	0	9	3	3	+13
23	Aaron Brooks A. Brooks	26	5/14/2009	HOU	vs	LAL	41	3	4	2	0	8	13	61.5	3	4	75.0	7	7	100.0	80.8	0	3	4	1	+12
24	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	26	5/3/2007	HOU	@	UTA	41	10	3	0	0	8	23	34.8	1	6	16.7	9	10	90.0	47.4	2	8	5	0	-16
25	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	26	4/30/2007	HOU	vs	UTA	43	4	16	1	0	11	25	44.0	2	5	40.0	2	4	50.0	48.6	0	4	4	2	+6