who scored the most points in game 1 of the playoffs this year

Jalen Brunson posted the most points in a game 1, with 43 points versus the Pacers on May 21.

	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	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	43	5/21/2025	NYK	vs	IND	38	1	5	0	0	15	25	60.0	1	6	16.7	12	14	85.7	69.0	0	1	7	5	-8
2	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	42	5/5/2025	DEN	@	OKC	42	22	6	1	2	15	29	51.7	2	6	33.3	10	13	76.9	60.5	5	17	7	5	+10
3	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	38	6/5/2025	OKC	vs	IND	40	5	3	3	0	14	30	46.7	3	6	50.0	7	8	87.5	56.7	0	5	2	2	+3
4	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	37	4/19/2025	LAL	vs	MIN	40	8	1	2	0	12	22	54.5	5	10	50.0	8	9	88.9	71.3	1	7	5	3	-12
5	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	36	4/20/2025	ORL	@	BOS	42	11	4	1	1	14	27	51.9	4	7	57.1	4	6	66.7	60.7	3	8	4	0	-4
6	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	36	4/19/2025	MIL	@	IND	38	12	1	1	2	14	23	60.9	0	2	0.0	8	15	53.3	60.8	3	9	5	2	-18
7	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	35	5/21/2025	NYK	vs	IND	39	12	2	1	1	11	17	64.7	4	8	50.0	9	11	81.8	80.1	2	10	1	4	+9
8	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	34	4/19/2025	NYK	vs	DET	40	2	8	0	0	12	27	44.4	2	5	40.0	8	10	80.0	54.1	0	2	1	3	+2
9	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	33	5/5/2025	OKC	vs	DEN	40	10	8	2	1	12	26	46.2	2	6	33.3	7	9	77.8	55.1	3	7	1	4	-16
10	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	33	5/4/2025	CLE	vs	IND	34	5	4	1	0	13	30	43.3	1	11	9.1	6	9	66.7	48.6	0	5	0	2	-19
11	James Harden J. Harden	32	4/19/2025	LAC	@	DEN	43	6	11	0	1	11	22	50.0	4	9	44.4	6	6	100.0	64.9	0	6	2	5	0
12	Tyrese Haliburton T. Haliburton	31	5/21/2025	IND	@	NYK	42	4	11	1	0	12	23	52.2	4	12	33.3	3	4	75.0	62.6	0	4	2	3	+15
13	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	31	5/20/2025	OKC	vs	MIN	38	5	9	3	0	10	27	37.0	0	4	0.0	11	14	78.6	46.7	1	4	2	1	+22
14	Stephen Curry S. Curry	31	4/20/2025	GSW	@	HOU	40	6	3	1	0	12	19	63.2	5	9	55.6	2	2	100.0	78.0	0	6	4	2	+3
15	Aaron Nesmith A. Nesmith	30	5/21/2025	IND	@	NYK	39	2	0	1	2	9	13	69.2	8	9	88.9	4	4	100.0	101.6	0	2	0	5	+10
16	Derrick White D. White	30	4/20/2025	BOS	vs	ORL	36	4	2	1	2	10	18	55.6	7	12	58.3	3	3	100.0	77.6	1	3	2	0	+7
17	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	30	4/20/2025	CLE	vs	MIA	33	5	4	4	0	11	19	57.9	2	9	22.2	6	7	85.7	67.9	0	5	2	2	+10
18	OG Anunoby	29	5/5/2025	NYK	@	BOS	46	4	3	1	0	10	20	50.0	6	11	54.5	3	4	75.0	66.6	1	3	3	1	-1
19	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	29	5/5/2025	NYK	@	BOS	44	4	5	2	0	9	23	39.1	5	9	55.6	6	7	85.7	55.6	1	3	4	4	+2
20	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	29	4/19/2025	DEN	vs	LAC	46	9	12	3	1	12	24	50.0	1	4	25.0	4	6	66.7	54.4	0	9	2	4	+10
21	Julius Randle J. Randle	28	5/20/2025	MIN	@	OKC	36	8	1	1	0	9	13	69.2	5	6	83.3	5	6	83.3	89.5	4	4	5	3	-17
22	Ty Jerome T. Jerome	28	4/20/2025	CLE	vs	MIA	26	5	3	0	0	10	15	66.7	5	8	62.5	3	5	60.0	81.4	1	4	0	1	+17
23	Darius Garland D. Garland	27	4/20/2025	CLE	vs	MIA	31	3	5	1	0	10	17	58.8	5	9	55.6	2	2	100.0	75.5	0	3	2	2	+16
24	Alperen Sengun A. Sengun	26	4/20/2025	HOU	vs	GSW	36	9	1	3	0	11	18	61.1	1	2	50.0	3	4	75.0	65.8	2	7	5	2	-7
25	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	25	4/20/2025	GSW	@	HOU	42	7	6	5	0	10	19	52.6	1	2	50.0	4	6	66.7	57.8	3	4	1	1	+14