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

Nikola Jokić has put up the most points in a game 1, with 42 points against the Thunder on Monday.

	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	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	Alperen Şengün A. Şengün	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
18	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
19	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	25	4/19/2025	IND	vs	MIL	33	7	2	1	1	10	15	66.7	3	5	60.0	2	2	100.0	78.7	0	7	1	4	+28
20	Aaron Gordon A. Gordon	25	4/19/2025	DEN	vs	LAC	46	8	1	2	0	8	14	57.1	1	3	33.3	8	10	80.0	67.9	5	3	3	2	0
21	Tobias Harris T. Harris	25	4/19/2025	DET	@	NYK	40	6	0	0	2	8	13	61.5	4	5	80.0	5	5	100.0	82.2	0	6	1	0	-16
22	Jaden McDaniels J. McDaniels	25	4/19/2025	MIN	@	LAL	33	9	2	1	0	11	13	84.6	3	3	100.0	0	0		96.2	4	5	0	3	+27
23	Buddy Hield B. Hield	24	5/6/2025	GSW	@	MIN	40	8	3	1	0	7	19	36.8	5	8	62.5	5	5	100.0	56.6	4	4	0	0	+22
24	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	24	4/20/2025	MIA	@	CLE	39	9	3	2	1	10	22	45.5	1	5	20.0	3	6	50.0	48.7	4	5	1	1	-13
25	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	23	5/6/2025	MIN	vs	GSW	42	14	2	3	1	9	22	40.9	1	5	20.0	4	5	80.0	47.5	1	13	3	1	-4