who was the last player to score 50 points in a playoff game before 2017

Ray Allen scored 51 points in Game 6 of the 2009 First Round versus the Bulls on April 30, 2009.

Interpreted as:
Who was the last player to score 50 or more points in a playoff game before 2017?
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 Ray Allen
R. Allen
4/30/2009
51
BOS BOS
@
CHI CHI
59
5
3
3
0
18
32
56.3
9
18
50.0
6
7
85.7
72.7
2
3
3
1
+1
2 Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
6/1/2006
50
DAL DAL
vs
PHX PHX
43
12
3
1
0
14
26
53.8
5
6
83.3
17
18
94.4
73.7
1
11
1
2
+22
3 Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
5/4/2006
50
LAL LAL
vs
PHX PHX
52
8
5
3
0
20
35
57.1
5
8
62.5
5
6
83.3
66.4
1
7
7
4
-6
4 Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
4/20/2003
55
PHI PHI
vs
NOH NOH
47
4
8
2
0
21
32
65.6
3
5
60.0
10
11
90.9
74.6
0
4
4
2
+13
5 Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
5/16/2001
52
PHI PHI
vs
TOR TOR
43
2
7
4
0
21
32
65.6
8
14
57.1
2
2
100.0
79.1
0
2
1
3
+30
6 Vince Carter
V. Carter
5/11/2001
50
TOR TOR
vs
PHI PHI
45
6
7
1
4
19
29
65.5
9
13
69.2
3
3
100.0
82.5
3
3
1
3
+24
7 Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
5/9/2001
54
PHI PHI
vs
TOR TOR
47
5
4
1
0
21
39
53.8
3
5
60.0
9
9
100.0
62.8
1
4
4
3
+8
8 Karl Malone
K. Malone
4/22/2000
50
UTA UTA
vs
SEA SEA
43
12
0
3
1
18
32
56.3
1
1
100.0
13
14
92.9
65.5
3
9
1
2
+12
9 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
4/27/1997
55
CHI CHI
vs
WAS WAS
44
7
2
2
0
22
35
62.9
1
2
50.0
10
10
100.0
69.8
3
4
2
3
+10
10 Charles Barkley
C. Barkley
5/4/1994
56
PHX PHX
@
GSW GSW
41
14
4
3
1
23
31
74.2
3
4
75.0
7
9
77.8
80.1
5
9
2
2
11 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
6/16/1993
55
CHI CHI
vs
PHX PHX
46
8
4
0
0
21
37
56.8
0
1
0.0
13
18
72.2
61.2
1
7
1
3
12 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
5/31/1993
54
CHI CHI
vs
NYK NYK
39
6
2
2
1
18
30
60.0
6
9
66.7
12
14
85.7
74.7
0
6
2
5
13 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
4/29/1992
56
CHI CHI
@
MIA MIA
43
5
5
4
2
20
30
66.7
0
0
16
18
88.9
73.8
1
4
2
3
14 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
5/5/1989
50
CHI CHI
vs
CLE CLE
43
3
4
3
0
14
28
50.0
0
1
0.0
22
27
81.5
62.7
0
3
1
6
15 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
5/1/1988
55
CHI CHI
vs
CLE CLE
44
6
3
4
1
24
45
53.3
0
0
7
7
100.0
57.2
3
3
1
4
16 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
4/28/1988
50
CHI CHI
vs
CLE CLE
44
7
2
2
2
19
35
54.3
0
0
12
12
100.0
62.1
1
6
5
3
17 Sleepy Floyd
S. Floyd
5/10/1987
51
GSW GSW
vs
LAL LAL
44
3
10
4
0
18
26
69.2
2
3
66.7
13
14
92.9
79.3
1
2
2
2
18 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
4/20/1986
63
CHI CHI
@
BOS BOS
53
5
6
3
2
22
41
53.7
0
0
19
21
90.5
62.7
1
4
4
4
19 Dominique Wilkins
D. Wilkins
4/19/1986
50
ATL ATL
vs
DET DET
43
5
3
1
0
19
28
67.9
0
0
12
15
80.0
72.3
0
5
6
2
20 Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
4/18/1975
50
BUF BUF
vs
WAS WAS
45
21
1
20
32
62.5
10
14
71.4
65.5
4
21 John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
4/1/1973
54
BOS BOS
vs
ATL ATL
48
9
6
24
36
66.7
6
6
100.0
69.9
2
22 Billy Cunningham
B. Cunningham
4/1/1970
50
PHI PHI
vs
MIL MIL
48
10
2
22
39
56.4
6
8
75.0
58.8
5
23 Jerry West
J. West
4/23/1969
53
LAL LAL
vs
BOS BOS
46
3
10
21
41
51.2
11
13
84.6
56.7
3
24 Rick Barry
R. Barry
4/18/1967
55
SFW SFW
vs
PHI PHI
46
12
5
22
48
45.8
11
19
57.9
48.8
4
25 Sam Jones
S. Jones
3/28/1967
51
BOS BOS
@
NYK NYK
43
4
1
19
30
63.3
13
17
76.5
68.0
3

More Celtics Stats

Team Rankings

ORTG

120.6

2nd

DRTG

111.1

5th

NETRTG

9.4

3rd

3P%

36.8

10th

2024-25 Conference Standings
TEAM W L PCT GB
1
Cavaliers Cavaliers
64
18
.780
2
Celtics Celtics
61
21
.744
3.0
3
Knicks Knicks
51
31
.622
13.0
4
Pacers Pacers
50
32
.610
14.0
5
Bucks Bucks
48
34
.585
16.0
Last Game
NYK Knicks

4 - 2

119

Final

81

BOS Celtics

2 - 4

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NBA 2024-25 Conference Standings

Western W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
4
Nuggets Nuggets
50
32
.610
18.0
5
Clippers Clippers
50
32
.610
18.0
6
Timberwolves Timberwolves
49
33
.598
19.0
Eastern W L PCT GB
1
Cavaliers Cavaliers
64
18
.780
2
Celtics Celtics
61
21
.744
3.0
3
Knicks Knicks
51
31
.622
13.0
4
Pacers Pacers
50
32
.610
14.0
5
Bucks Bucks
48
34
.585
16.0
6
Pistons Pistons
44
38
.537
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Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Fri
3/28
SAC SAC
@
ORL ORL
91-121
Fri
3/28
BKN BKN
@
WAS WAS
115-112
Fri
3/28
MIA MIA
@
PHI PHI
118-95
Fri
3/28
DAL DAL
@
CHI CHI
120-119
Fri
3/28
LAL LAL
@
MEM MEM
134-127

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
5/20
MIN MIN
@
OKC OKC
8:30 PM
Wed
5/21
IND IND
@
NYK NYK
8:00 PM
Thu
5/22
MIN MIN
@
OKC OKC
8:30 PM
Fri
5/23
IND IND
@
NYK NYK
8:00 PM
Sat
5/24
OKC OKC
@
MIN MIN
8:30 PM