who was the last player with 45 points in a playoff game in their first 3 seasons

Devin Booker scored 47 points in Game 3 of the 2023 Western Conference Semifinals against the Nuggets on May 5, 2023.

Interpreted as:
Who was the last player with 45 or more points in a playoff game in their first 3 seasons?
NAMEDATEPTSTMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Devin Booker
D. Booker
5/5/2023
47
PHX PHX
vs
DEN DEN
42
6
9
3
1
20
25
80.0
5
8
62.5
2
2
100.0
90.8
0
6
3
5
+7
2Devin Booker
D. Booker
4/25/2023
47
PHX PHX
vs
LAC LAC
42
8
10
2
0
19
27
70.4
4
7
57.1
5
6
83.3
79.3
2
6
3
4
+11
3Ja Morant
J. Morant
4/22/2023
45
MEM MEM
@
LAL LAL
42
9
13
0
0
13
26
50.0
6
10
60.0
13
14
92.9
70.0
3
6
3
2
+3
4Devin Booker
D. Booker
4/20/2023
45
PHX PHX
@
LAC LAC
45
6
3
3
2
18
29
62.1
3
7
42.9
6
7
85.7
70.1
1
5
0
2
+3
5Ja Morant
J. Morant
5/3/2022
47
MEM MEM
vs
GSW GSW
41
8
8
3
0
15
31
48.4
5
12
41.7
12
13
92.3
64.0
2
6
2
2
+13
6Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
5/2/2022
45
DAL DAL
@
PHX PHX
44
12
8
0
1
15
30
50.0
4
11
36.4
11
14
78.6
62.2
2
10
5
1
-4
7Trae Young
T. Young
6/23/2021
48
ATL ATL
@
MIL MIL
41
7
11
1
0
17
34
50.0
4
13
30.8
10
12
83.3
61.1
1
6
6
3
+10
8Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
6/6/2021
46
DAL DAL
@
LAC 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
9Devin Booker
D. Booker
6/3/2021
47
PHX PHX
@
LAL LAL
46
11
3
0
1
15
22
68.2
8
10
80.0
9
9
100.0
90.5
0
11
3
2
+10
10Ja Morant
J. Morant
5/26/2021
47
MEM MEM
@
UTA UTA
43
4
7
0
0
15
26
57.7
2
7
28.6
15
20
75.0
67.5
2
2
4
3
-6
11Jamal Murray
J. Murray
8/30/2020
50
DEN DEN
@
UTA UTA
43
5
6
0
0
17
24
70.8
9
12
75.0
7
9
77.8
89.4
1
4
5
5
+12
12Jamal Murray
J. Murray
8/23/2020
50
DEN DEN
@
UTA UTA
43
11
7
0
1
18
31
58.1
9
15
60.0
5
5
100.0
75.3
4
7
0
2
+5
13Donovan Mitchell
D. Mitchell
8/23/2020
51
UTA UTA
vs
DEN DEN
38
4
7
0
0
15
27
55.6
4
7
57.1
17
18
94.4
73.0
1
3
4
2
+5
14Donovan Mitchell
D. Mitchell
8/17/2020
57
UTA UTA
@
DEN DEN
43
9
7
1
0
19
33
57.6
6
15
40.0
13
13
100.0
73.6
2
7
5
2
-11
15Anthony Davis
A. Davis
4/21/2018
47
NOP NOP
vs
POR POR
39
10
1
0
3
15
23
65.2
2
4
50.0
15
17
88.2
77.1
4
6
2
4
+15
16Isaiah Thomas
I. Thomas
5/2/2017
53
BOS BOS
vs
WAS WAS
45
4
4
3
0
18
33
54.5
5
12
41.7
12
13
92.3
68.4
1
3
2
2
+10
17LeBron James
L. James
5/18/2008
45
CLE CLE
@
BOS 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
18LeBron James
L. James
5/31/2007
48
CLE CLE
@
DET DET
50
9
7
2
0
18
33
54.5
2
3
66.7
10
14
71.4
61.3
3
6
2
3
+2
19LeBron James
L. James
5/3/2006
45
CLE CLE
vs
WAS WAS
46
7
6
2
0
14
23
60.9
0
1
0.0
17
18
94.4
72.8
5
2
4
5
-4
20Bonzi Wells
B. Wells
4/23/2003
45
POR POR
@
DAL DAL
43
3
0
3
0
16
24
66.7
5
6
83.3
8
11
72.7
78.0
1
2
4
4
0
21Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
4/19/2003
46
DAL DAL
vs
POR POR
47
10
2
1
1
16
27
59.3
4
5
80.0
10
11
90.9
72.2
1
9
2
2
+10
22Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
5/3/2002
46
BOS BOS
vs
PHI PHI
44
4
6
1
1
16
25
64.0
8
10
80.0
6
7
85.7
81.9
1
3
0
1
+27
23Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
6/6/2001
48
PHI PHI
@
LAL LAL
52
5
6
5
0
18
41
43.9
3
8
37.5
9
9
100.0
53.4
2
3
3
0
+6
24Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
6/1/2001
46
PHI PHI
@
MIL MIL
44
2
3
1
1
14
33
42.4
5
9
55.6
13
15
86.7
58.1
1
1
6
1
-16
25Allen 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

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21st

3P%

37.5

11th

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8
Warriors Warriors
4
3
.571
3.0
9
Clippers Clippers
3
3
.500
3.5
10
Suns Suns
3
4
.429
4.0
11
Jazz Jazz
3
4
.429
4.0
12
Grizzlies Grizzlies
3
5
.375
4.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
11/4
PHX PHX
@
GSW GSW
10:00 PM
Thu
11/6
LAC LAC
@
PHX PHX
9:00 PM
Sat
11/8
PHX PHX
@
LAC LAC
10:30 PM
Mon
11/10
NOP NOP
@
PHX PHX
9:00 PM
Wed
11/12
PHX PHX
@
DAL DAL
8:30 PM
Last Game
SAS Spurs

5 - 1

118

Final

130

PHX Suns

3 - 4

Sun 2 Nov 2025

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WesternWLPCTGB
1
Thunder Thunder
7
0
1.000
2
Spurs Spurs
5
1
.833
1.5
3
Lakers Lakers
6
2
.750
1.5
4
Nuggets Nuggets
4
2
.667
2.5
5
Rockets Rockets
4
2
.667
2.5
6
Timberwolves Timberwolves
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3
.571
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1
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5
2
.714
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5
Heat Heat
4
3
.571
1.5
6
Knicks Knicks
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3
.571
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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Mon
10/20
HOU HOU
@
OKC OKC
124-125
Mon
10/20
GSW GSW
@
LAL LAL
119-109
Tue
10/21
CLE CLE
@
NYK NYK
111-119
Tue
10/21
BKN BKN
@
CHA CHA
117-136
Tue
10/21
MIA MIA
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ORL ORL
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Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
11/4
MIL MIL
@
TOR TOR
7:30 PM
Tue
11/4
CHA CHA
@
NOP NOP
8:00 PM
Tue
11/4
ORL ORL
@
ATL ATL
8:00 PM
Tue
11/4
PHI PHI
@
CHI CHI
8:00 PM
Tue
11/4
PHX PHX
@
GSW GSW
10:00 PM