highest ppg, by opponent, playoffs, from 2016-17 to 2018-19, by season

Between the 2016-17 and 2018-19 seasons, Russell Westbrook put up the most points per game by a player against a team in a single NBA playoff run, with 37.4 per game against the Rockets in the 2017 Western Conference First Round.

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highest ppg by a player, by opponent, playoffs, from 2016-17 to 2018-19, by season

	NAME	PPG	OPP	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	37.4	Rockets	2016-17	OKC	5	38.9	11.6	10.8	2.4	0.4	11.8	30.4	38.8	2.6	9.8	26.5	11.2	14.0	80.0	51.1	1.8	9.8	6.0	194	187	58	54	12	2	30	16	+15
2	Stephen Curry S. Curry	36.5	Trail Blazers	2018-19	GSW	4	39.7	8.3	7.3	0.5	0.0	11.3	24.0	46.9	6.5	15.3	42.6	7.5	8.0	93.8	66.3	1.3	7.0	3.5	159	146	33	29	2	0	14	8	+42
3	LeBron James L. James	36.0	Raptors	2016-17	CLE	4	41.1	8.3	5.3	1.3	1.0	10.8	18.8	57.3	3.3	6.8	48.1	11.3	13.5	83.3	72.9	1.0	7.3	4.3	164	144	33	21	5	4	17	7	+67
4	Kevin Durant K. Durant	35.2	Cavaliers	2016-17	GSW	5	39.7	8.2	5.4	1.0	1.6	12.0	21.6	55.6	3.6	7.6	47.4	7.6	8.2	92.7	69.8	1.4	6.8	2.2	199	176	41	27	5	8	11	13	+33
5	Kevin Durant K. Durant	35.0	Clippers	2018-19	GSW	6	36.2	5.3	5.3	1.5	1.2	11.3	20.0	56.7	3.0	7.5	40.0	9.3	9.8	94.9	71.9	0.2	5.2	4.2	217	210	32	32	9	7	25	22	+80
6	James Harden J. Harden	34.8	Warriors	2018-19	HOU	6	40.4	6.8	5.5	2.2	0.5	11.0	24.8	44.3	4.5	12.8	35.1	8.3	10.2	82.0	59.4	0.7	6.2	3.8	242	209	41	33	13	3	23	22	-13
7	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	34.7	76ers	2018-19	TOR	7	39.7	9.9	4.0	1.3	0.3	12.4	23.4	53.0	2.1	6.4	33.3	7.7	9.0	85.7	63.4	2.3	7.6	3.3	278	243	69	28	9	2	23	11	+34
8	LeBron James L. James	34.4	Pacers	2017-18	CLE	7	41.2	10.0	7.7	1.4	1.0	11.9	21.4	55.3	1.7	4.9	35.3	9.0	11.0	81.8	65.5	2.0	8.0	3.7	288	241	70	54	10	7	26	17	-28
9	LeBron James L. James	34.0	Warriors	2017-18	CLE	4	44.7	8.5	10.0	1.3	1.0	12.3	23.3	52.7	1.5	4.5	33.3	8.0	9.5	84.2	62.0	2.3	6.3	5.0	179	136	34	40	5	4	20	11	-60
10	LeBron James L. James	34.0	Raptors	2017-18	CLE	4	41.8	8.3	11.3	1.8	1.0	14.3	25.8	55.3	0.8	4.5	16.7	4.8	8.3	57.6	57.9	0.5	7.8	2.0	167	136	33	45	7	4	8	6	+55
11	LeBron James L. James	33.6	Warriors	2016-17	CLE	5	42.4	12.0	10.0	1.4	1.0	13.2	23.4	56.4	2.4	6.2	38.7	4.8	7.4	64.9	63.0	1.8	10.2	4.2	212	168	60	50	7	5	21	13	-7
12	LeBron James L. James	33.6	Celtics	2017-18	CLE	7	41.1	9.0	8.4	1.1	1.1	12.3	23.4	52.4	2.6	6.3	40.9	6.4	9.3	69.2	61.0	0.9	8.1	5.7	288	235	63	59	8	8	40	18	+11
13	Kevin Durant K. Durant	33.2	Rockets	2018-19	GSW	5	42.4	5.0	4.4	0.8	0.8	10.8	23.6	45.8	2.8	6.4	43.8	8.8	10.4	84.6	58.9	0.0	5.0	3.4	212	166	25	22	4	4	17	14	-1
14	James Harden J. Harden	33.2	Thunder	2016-17	HOU	5	37.4	6.4	7.0	1.6	0.6	8.8	21.4	41.1	2.4	10.0	24.0	13.2	14.6	90.4	59.7	0.6	5.8	5.6	187	166	32	35	8	3	28	18	+19
15	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	33.0	Thunder	2018-19	POR	5	39.7	4.4	6.0	2.4	0.6	10.6	23.0	46.1	5.2	10.8	48.1	6.6	7.8	84.6	62.4	0.6	3.8	4.4	198	165	22	30	12	3	22	13	+55
16	Anthony Davis A. Davis	33.0	Trail Blazers	2017-18	NOP	4	38.8	11.8	1.3	1.8	2.8	12.3	21.3	57.6	0.8	2.5	30.0	7.8	9.5	81.6	64.9	2.8	9.0	2.5	155	132	47	5	7	11	10	14	+43
17	LeBron James L. James	32.8	Pacers	2016-17	CLE	4	43.7	9.8	9.0	3.0	2.0	12.5	23.0	54.3	2.3	5.0	45.0	5.5	9.5	57.9	60.2	0.5	9.3	4.5	175	131	39	36	12	8	18	10	+28
18	Stephen Curry S. Curry	31.5	Spurs	2016-17	GSW	4	34.3	6.0	4.8	3.0	0.0	11.0	19.5	56.4	5.3	11.3	46.7	4.3	4.8	89.5	73.0	1.0	5.0	4.0	137	126	24	19	12	0	16	8	+67
19	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	31.2	Grizzlies	2016-17	SAS	6	37.7	6.0	3.8	2.0	0.2	9.5	17.3	54.8	2.3	4.8	48.3	9.8	10.2	96.7	71.5	1.0	5.0	2.3	226	187	36	23	12	1	14	12	+70
20	Stephen Curry S. Curry	30.5	Raptors	2018-19	GSW	6	41.7	5.2	6.0	1.5	0.2	8.8	21.3	41.4	3.8	11.2	34.3	9.0	9.5	94.7	59.8	1.0	4.2	2.8	250	183	31	36	9	1	17	15	-19
21	Kevin Durant K. Durant	30.4	Rockets	2017-18	GSW	7	39.1	5.7	2.7	0.3	0.9	10.0	21.7	46.1	2.7	6.9	39.6	7.7	8.7	88.5	59.6	0.9	4.9	1.9	274	213	40	19	2	6	13	14	+37
22	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	29.8	Bucks	2018-19	TOR	6	41.3	9.5	4.3	2.2	1.0	9.5	21.5	44.2	1.8	5.3	34.4	9.0	10.2	88.5	57.4	2.2	7.3	3.2	248	179	57	26	13	6	19	17	+13
23	Stephen Curry S. Curry	29.8	Trail Blazers	2016-17	GSW	4	33.7	5.3	6.5	2.0	0.8	9.3	20.5	45.1	4.8	11.3	42.2	6.5	7.5	86.7	62.5	1.0	4.3	3.5	135	119	21	26	8	3	14	7	+79
24	LeBron James L. James	29.6	Celtics	2016-17	CLE	5	38.6	6.4	6.8	2.2	1.2	11.6	20.0	58.0	2.0	5.8	34.5	4.4	6.6	66.7	64.6	0.8	5.6	3.2	193	148	32	34	11	6	16	13	+107
25	John Wall J. Wall	29.5	Hawks	2016-17	WAS	6	38.7	4.0	10.3	1.7	0.7	10.5	20.0	52.5	1.5	3.2	47.4	7.0	8.3	84.0	62.3	0.2	3.8	4.5	232	177	24	62	10	4	27	12	+3