who scored the most points in the 2008 nba playoff elimination game

LeBron James dropped the most points in an elimination game, with 45 points against the Celtics on May 18, 2008.

	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	LeBron James L. James	45	5/18/2008	CLE	@	BOS	47	5	6	2	0	14	29	48.3	3	11	27.3	14	19	73.7	60.2	1	4	2	4	0
2	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	41	5/18/2008	BOS	vs	CLE	44	4	5	2	0	13	23	56.5	4	6	66.7	11	12	91.7	72.5	1	3	4	4	+10
3	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
4	LeBron James L. James	32	5/16/2008	CLE	vs	BOS	47	12	6	2	1	9	23	39.1	1	3	33.3	13	15	86.7	54.1	3	9	8	2	+7
5	Caron Butler C. Butler	32	4/30/2008	WAS	@	CLE	45	9	5	2	0	11	22	50.0	4	8	50.0	6	7	85.7	63.8	4	5	3	4	+2
6	Chauncey Billups C. Billups	29	5/30/2008	DET	vs	BOS	41	6	6	0	0	9	20	45.0	3	8	37.5	8	10	80.0	59.4	3	3	0	1	-9
7	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
8	Raja Bell R. Bell	27	4/27/2008	PHX	vs	SAS	40	6	5	0	0	8	11	72.7	5	7	71.4	6	6	100.0	99.0	1	5	0	2	+24
9	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	26	5/19/2008	SAS	@	NOH	42	5	5	0	0	6	19	31.6	4	11	36.4	10	11	90.9	54.5	1	4	3	3	+4
10	JR Smith	26	4/28/2008	DEN	vs	LAL	31	1	3	2	0	7	12	58.3	3	7	42.9	9	9	100.0	81.5	0	1	1	3	-1
11	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	25	6/15/2008	LAL	vs	BOS	44	7	4	5	0	8	21	38.1	4	9	44.4	5	7	71.4	51.9	3	4	6	4	+8
12	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	25	5/15/2008	SAS	vs	NOH	33	4	2	0	0	9	15	60.0	6	9	66.7	1	2	50.0	78.7	2	2	0	3	+12
13	Tony Parker T. Parker	23	5/29/2008	SAS	@	LAL	38	3	4	1	0	11	22	50.0	1	2	50.0	0	0		52.3	0	3	2	1	-15
14	Antawn Jamison A. Jamison	23	5/2/2008	WAS	vs	CLE	46	15	1	1	3	9	22	40.9	2	5	40.0	3	5	60.0	47.5	7	8	1	3	-24
15	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	22	6/17/2008	LAL	@	BOS	43	3	1	1	0	7	22	31.8	3	9	33.3	5	5	100.0	45.5	1	2	4	1	-35
16	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	22	5/4/2008	BOS	vs	ATL	33	8	3	2	0	7	20	35.0	2	9	22.2	6	7	85.7	47.7	1	7	2	1	+33
17	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	22	4/29/2008	DAL	@	NOH	48	13	6	0	2	8	21	38.1	1	5	20.0	5	7	71.4	45.7	2	11	1	3	-5
18	Boris Diaw B. Diaw	22	4/29/2008	PHX	@	SAS	43	8	8	2	1	11	17	64.7	0	2	0.0	0	2	0.0	61.5	1	7	2	5	+2
19	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	22	4/28/2008	DEN	vs	LAL	43	2	2	0	0	10	22	45.5	0	3	0.0	2	3	66.7	47.2	1	1	1	0	-9
20	Richard Hamilton R. Hamilton	21	5/30/2008	DET	vs	BOS	39	2	4	0	2	9	14	64.3	2	4	50.0	1	1	100.0	72.7	1	1	3	3	-11
21	Deron Williams D. Williams	21	5/16/2008	UTA	vs	LAL	45	4	14	1	0	9	21	42.9	2	8	25.0	1	1	100.0	49.0	1	3	2	5	-5
22	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	21	4/28/2008	DEN	vs	LAL	38	11	3	0	0	8	20	40.0	0	2	0.0	5	7	71.4	45.5	4	7	3	6	-6
23	Lamar Odom L. Odom	20	6/15/2008	LAL	vs	BOS	41	11	2	0	4	8	10	80.0	1	1	100.0	3	3	100.0	88.3	2	9	4	3	+9
24	David West D. West	20	5/19/2008	NOH	vs	SAS	46	9	1	1	1	8	19	42.1	0	1	0.0	4	4	100.0	48.2	2	7	1	2	-5
25	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	20	5/15/2008	SAS	vs	NOH	35	15	6	0	2	7	14	50.0	0	0		6	8	75.0	57.1	1	14	1	2	+26