who was the last player to score 30 points in a game 7

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander posted 35 points in Game 7 of the 2025 Western Conference Semifinals against the Nuggets on May 18.

Interpreted as:

Who was the last player to score 30 or more points in a game 7?

	NAME	DATE	PTS	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	5/18/2025	35	OKC	vs	DEN	36	3	4	3	1	12	19	63.2	3	4	75.0	8	9	88.9	76.2	0	3	0	2	+32
2	Buddy Hield B. Hield	5/4/2025	33	GSW	@	HOU	37	3	3	1	2	12	15	80.0	9	11	81.8	0	0		110.0	1	2	0	1	+17
3	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	5/19/2024	34	DEN	vs	MIN	47	19	7	0	1	13	28	46.4	2	10	20.0	6	7	85.7	54.7	6	13	3	2	-9
4	Jamal Murray J. Murray	5/19/2024	35	DEN	vs	MIN	43	3	3	0	0	13	27	48.1	4	12	33.3	5	5	100.0	59.9	0	3	4	3	-8
5	Donte DiVincenzo D. DiVincenzo	5/19/2024	39	NYK	vs	IND	41	4	1	2	0	11	21	52.4	9	15	60.0	8	10	80.0	76.8	1	3	4	1	-20
6	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	5/5/2024	39	CLE	vs	ORL	45	9	5	1	1	11	27	40.7	2	8	25.0	15	17	88.2	56.6	1	8	1	3	+17
7	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	5/5/2024	38	ORL	@	CLE	42	16	2	3	1	10	28	35.7	3	6	50.0	15	18	83.3	52.9	4	12	5	3	-7
8	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	5/14/2023	51	BOS	vs	PHI	42	13	5	2	0	17	28	60.7	6	10	60.0	11	14	78.6	74.6	0	13	0	1	+33
9	Stephen Curry S. Curry	4/30/2023	50	GSW	@	SAC	38	8	6	1	0	20	38	52.6	7	18	38.9	3	5	60.0	62.2	1	7	1	2	+25
10	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	5/29/2022	35	MIA	vs	BOS	48	9	1	1	0	13	24	54.2	1	4	25.0	8	11	72.7	60.7	1	8	1	2	-4
11	Spencer Dinwiddie S. Dinwiddie	5/15/2022	30	DAL	@	PHX	25	3	2	1	1	11	15	73.3	5	7	71.4	3	3	100.0	91.9	0	3	0	0	+29
12	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	5/15/2022	35	DAL	@	PHX	30	10	4	2	0	12	19	63.2	6	11	54.5	5	5	100.0	82.5	1	9	2	3	+37
13	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	6/20/2021	31	PHI	vs	ATL	41	11	3	1	1	11	21	52.4	2	5	40.0	7	10	70.0	61.0	1	10	8	3	-2
14	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	6/19/2021	40	MIL	@	BKN	50	13	5	0	1	15	24	62.5	2	6	33.3	8	14	57.1	66.3	2	11	3	3	+6
15	Kevin Durant K. Durant	6/19/2021	48	BKN	vs	MIL	53	9	6	1	1	17	36	47.2	4	11	36.4	10	11	90.9	58.8	1	8	3	4	-4
16	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	6/6/2021	46	DAL	@	LAC	45	7	14	0	0	17	30	56.7	5	11	45.5	7	11	63.6	66.0	0	7	6	3	-9
17	Jamal Murray J. Murray	9/15/2020	40	DEN	@	LAC	45	4	5	1	0	15	26	57.7	6	13	46.2	4	4	100.0	72.0	0	4	5	1	+15
18	Luguentz Dort L. Dort	9/2/2020	30	OKC	@	HOU	35	4	1	0	1	10	21	47.6	6	12	50.0	4	6	66.7	63.5	2	2	4	5	0
19	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	9/1/2020	30	DEN	vs	UTA	39	14	4	0	0	12	23	52.2	2	5	40.0	4	4	100.0	60.6	3	11	2	5	+2
20	CJ McCollum	5/12/2019	37	POR	@	DEN	45	9	1	1	1	17	29	58.6	1	3	33.3	2	2	100.0	61.9	1	8	0	1	+6
21	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	5/12/2019	41	TOR	vs	PHI	43	8	3	3	0	16	39	41.0	2	9	22.2	7	8	87.5	48.2	4	4	4	1	-2
22	Kevin Durant K. Durant	5/28/2018	34	GSW	@	HOU	44	5	5	1	3	11	21	52.4	5	11	45.5	7	10	70.0	66.9	0	5	2	3	+10
23	James Harden J. Harden	5/28/2018	32	HOU	vs	GSW	43	6	6	4	1	12	29	41.4	2	13	15.4	6	8	75.0	49.2	1	5	5	2	-13
24	LeBron James L. James	5/27/2018	35	CLE	@	BOS	48	15	9	0	2	12	24	50.0	3	8	37.5	8	11	72.7	60.7	0	15	8	4	+8
25	LeBron James L. James	4/29/2018	45	CLE	vs	IND	43	8	7	4	0	16	25	64.0	2	3	66.7	11	15	73.3	71.2	2	6	4	4	-2