who had the most points in a playoff game 1981

Moses Malone and Calvin Murphy were tied for the most points in a 1981 playoff game, with 42 points.

NAMEPTSDATETMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Moses Malone
M. Malone
42
4/26/1981
vs
48
23
1
0
1
16
34
47.1
0
0
10
14
71.4
52.3
3
2Calvin Murphy
C. Murphy
42
4/17/1981
@
42
1
3
0
0
19
28
67.9
0
1
0.0
4
4
100.0
70.6
5
2
3Moses Malone
M. Malone
41
4/10/1981
vs
48
15
0
0
1
16
23
69.6
0
0
9
14
64.3
70.3
4
3
4Mychal Thompson
M. Thompson
40
4/3/1981
@
49
11
2
2
5
15
23
65.2
0
0
10
12
83.3
70.7
4
7
1
4
5Julius Erving
J. Erving
38
4/5/1981
vs
42
9
1
2
6
14
21
66.7
0
0
10
16
62.5
67.8
4
3
6Moses Malone
M. Malone
38
4/1/1981
@
46
23
4
1
2
15
34
44.1
0
0
8
10
80.0
49.5
11
12
3
3
7Reggie Theus
R. Theus
37
4/3/1981
vs
46
4
11
4
0
10
18
55.6
0
0
17
18
94.4
71.4
5
8Moses Malone
M. Malone
36
4/29/1981
@
48
11
2
0
2
12
17
70.6
0
0
12
16
75.0
74.9
2
3
9Marques Johnson
M. Johnson
36
4/19/1981
@
48
9
3
1
2
16
25
64.0
0
0
4
5
80.0
66.2
0
1
10Moses Malone
M. Malone
36
4/15/1981
vs
48
10
1
0
2
15
25
60.0
0
1
0.0
6
9
66.7
62.2
4
3
11Calvin Murphy
C. Murphy
36
4/14/1981
@
32
1
4
0
0
16
23
69.6
0
1
0.0
4
4
100.0
72.7
4
5
12Andrew Toney
A. Toney
35
4/22/1981
@
31
7
7
1
0
11
23
47.8
0
1
0.0
13
14
92.9
60.0
1
6
4
3
13Larry Bird
L. Bird
35
4/12/1981
@
44
11
5
3
1
13
22
59.1
1
1
100.0
8
8
100.0
68.6
3
14Marques Johnson
M. Johnson
35
4/12/1981
vs
41
8
7
0
0
16
25
64.0
0
0
3
3
100.0
66.5
1
2
15Larry Bird
L. Bird
34
4/22/1981
vs
41
16
5
0
1
14
21
66.7
0
0
6
7
85.7
70.6
2
14
5
3
16Moses Malone
M. Malone
34
4/14/1981
@
48
13
2
1
2
8
18
44.4
0
0
18
20
90.0
63.4
2
5
17Calvin Murphy
C. Murphy
34
4/8/1981
@
30
1
1
0
0
15
26
57.7
1
1
100.0
3
3
100.0
62.2
3
2
18Mark Olberding
M. Olberding
34
4/8/1981
vs
35
5
4
0
0
14
20
70.0
0
0
6
6
100.0
75.1
0
3
19Billy Ray Bates
B. Ray Bates
34
4/5/1981
vs
38
5
4
3
0
16
28
57.1
0
0
2
2
100.0
58.9
2
3
2
4
20Larry Bird
L. Bird
33
4/21/1981
vs
48
10
3
1
0
14
29
48.3
0
0
5
5
100.0
52.9
1
4
21George Gervin
G. Gervin
33
4/12/1981
@
44
4
2
1
3
12
24
50.0
0
0
9
12
75.0
56.4
3
4
22Robert Reid
R. Reid
33
4/12/1981
vs
48
5
6
4
4
11
15
73.3
0
0
11
14
78.6
78.0
2
4
23George Gervin
G. Gervin
33
4/10/1981
@
39
8
2
0
0
14
22
63.6
0
1
0.0
5
5
100.0
68.2
3
3
24Moses Malone
M. Malone
33
4/3/1981
vs
48
15
2
0
2
15
19
78.9
0
0
3
8
37.5
73.3
5
4
25Larry Bird
L. Bird
32
4/29/1981
vs
43
11
5
3
2
11
24
45.8
0
0
10
10
100.0
56.3
6
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