who scored the most points in the 2009 nba playoff elimination game

Dirk Nowitzki put up the most points in an elimination game, with 44 points versus the Nuggets on May 11, 2009.

	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	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	44	5/11/2009	DAL	vs	DEN	44	13	3	2	1	14	25	56.0	0	0		16	17	94.1	67.7	1	12	4	1	+12
2	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	41	5/1/2009	MIA	vs	ATL	39	5	2	0	2	11	23	47.8	3	7	42.9	16	17	94.1	67.3	0	5	0	1	+32
3	LeBron James L. James	37	5/28/2009	CLE	vs	ORL	46	14	12	1	1	11	24	45.8	0	2	0.0	15	19	78.9	57.2	3	11	4	3	+11
4	John Salmons J. Salmons	35	4/30/2009	CHI	vs	BOS	60	6	4	0	0	13	22	59.1	5	9	55.6	4	4	100.0	73.7	2	4	2	3	+4
5	Ben Gordon B. Gordon	33	5/2/2009	CHI	@	BOS	46	3	4	0	0	7	23	30.4	4	12	33.3	15	15	100.0	55.7	1	2	2	3	-6
6	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	32	5/13/2009	DAL	@	DEN	45	10	7	0	1	9	17	52.9	2	5	40.0	12	12	100.0	71.8	3	7	5	5	-11
7	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	31	5/3/2009	MIA	@	ATL	42	3	4	1	2	10	25	40.0	2	9	22.2	9	9	100.0	53.5	0	3	4	2	-19
8	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	30	4/28/2009	SAS	vs	DAL	41	8	1	1	2	14	21	66.7	0	0		2	6	33.3	63.5	2	6	0	1	-14
9	Derrick Rose D. Rose	28	4/30/2009	CHI	vs	BOS	59	8	7	0	1	12	25	48.0	0	0		4	6	66.7	50.7	1	7	5	3	-2
10	Joe Johnson J. Johnson	27	5/3/2009	ATL	vs	MIA	44	5	4	5	0	10	19	52.6	6	8	75.0	1	2	50.0	67.9	0	5	1	1	+20
11	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
12	Josh Smith J. Smith	26	5/11/2009	ATL	vs	CLE	45	8	1	0	0	8	16	50.0	0	0		10	12	83.3	61.1	2	6	2	1	-7
13	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	26	4/30/2009	POR	@	HOU	34	5	1	0	1	12	21	57.1	0	0		2	2	100.0	59.4	0	5	1	4	-7
14	Tony Parker T. Parker	26	4/28/2009	SAS	vs	DAL	45	4	12	0	0	11	21	52.4	0	4	0.0	4	4	100.0	57.1	1	3	7	5	-11
15	Antonio McDyess A. McDyess	26	4/26/2009	DET	vs	CLE	39	10	0	0	0	11	18	61.1	0	0		4	4	100.0	65.8	2	8	0	5	-5
16	LeBron James L. James	25	5/30/2009	CLE	@	ORL	45	7	7	0	1	8	20	40.0	2	8	25.0	7	11	63.6	50.3	1	6	3	4	-12
17	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	25	5/29/2009	DEN	vs	LAL	37	2	2	1	0	6	17	35.3	1	3	33.3	12	15	80.0	53.0	0	2	0	1	-17
18	Hedo Turkoglu H. Turkoglu	25	5/17/2009	ORL	@	BOS	36	5	12	0	1	9	12	75.0	4	5	80.0	3	3	100.0	93.8	0	5	3	3	+27
19	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	25	4/28/2009	POR	vs	HOU	41	7	2	1	0	11	20	55.0	0	1	0.0	3	5	60.0	56.3	2	5	2	1	+3
20	Brandon Roy B. Roy	25	4/28/2009	POR	vs	HOU	39	4	3	2	1	9	20	45.0	2	4	50.0	5	6	83.3	55.2	1	3	2	1	+20
21	JR Smith	24	5/29/2009	DEN	vs	LAL	32	2	0	1	0	10	17	58.8	4	9	44.4	0	0		70.6	1	1	2	5	-21
22	Mo Williams M. Williams	24	5/28/2009	CLE	vs	ORL	42	1	2	2	0	7	14	50.0	6	9	66.7	4	5	80.0	74.1	0	1	1	3	+17
23	Luis Scola L. Scola	24	5/14/2009	HOU	vs	LAL	36	12	2	0	0	10	17	58.8	0	0		4	5	80.0	62.5	2	10	0	3	+6
24	Andre Miller A. Miller	24	4/30/2009	PHI	vs	ORL	44	7	5	0	0	7	13	53.8	0	2	0.0	10	12	83.3	65.6	3	4	3	3	-25
25	David West D. West	24	4/29/2009	NOH	@	DEN	35	9	2	2	0	8	16	50.0	0	0		8	8	100.0	61.5	0	9	2	4	-9