most points by a player in a game western conference finals in 1971-72 to 2000-01

Between the 1971-72 and 2000-01 seasons, Kobe Bryant scored the most points in a Western Conference Finals game, with 45 points versus the Spurs on May 19, 2001.

	NAME	PTS	DATE	SEASON	SERIES	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	45	5/19/2001	2000-01	Conference Finals	LAL	@	SAS	47	10	3	1	1	19	35	54.3	1	2	50.0	6	8	75.0	58.4	1	9	4	4	+17
2	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	44	6/5/1993	1992-93	Conference Finals	PHX	vs	SEA	46	24	1	1	1	12	20	60.0	1	1	100.0	19	22	86.4	74.1	10	14	1	3
3	Rick Barry R. Barry	44	5/5/1976	1975-76	Conference Finals	GSW	vs	PHX	46	6	4	1	0	17	31	54.8				10	12	83.3	60.6	0	6		3
4	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	44	4/18/1974	1973-74	Conference Finals	MIL	@	CHI	48	21	3	1	3	20	29	69.0				4	4	100.0	71.5				3
5	Gail Goodrich G. Goodrich	44	4/25/1973	1972-73	Conference Finals	LAL	vs	GSW	36	3	8			19	26	73.1				6	7	85.7	75.7				3
6	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	43	5/26/1995	1994-95	Conference Finals	HOU	vs	SAS	46	11	4	0	5	19	32	59.4	1	1	100.0	4	4	100.0	63.7	3	8	2	5
7	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	43	6/1/1993	1992-93	Conference Finals	PHX	vs	SEA	47	15	10	2	2	16	22	72.7	0	0		11	11	100.0	80.1	5	10	3	2
8	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	42	5/30/1995	1994-95	Conference Finals	HOU	@	SAS	44	9	8	1	5	19	30	63.3	0	0		4	7	57.1	63.5	0	9	0	5
9	Xavier McDaniel X. McDaniel	42	5/23/1987	1986-87	Conference Finals	SEA	vs	LAL	39	10	4	0	0	20	29	69.0	1	2	50.0	1	2	50.0	70.3	7	3	3	5
10	Moses Malone M. Malone	42	4/26/1981	1980-81	Conference Finals	HOU	vs	KCK	48	23	1	0	1	16	34	47.1	0	0		10	14	71.4	52.3				3
11	Jim McMillian J. McMillian	42	4/12/1972	1971-72	Conference Finals	LAL	vs	MIL	43	7	2			16	25	64.0				10	14	71.4	67.4				2
12	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	41	5/20/2000	1999-00	Conference Finals	LAL	vs	POR	47	11	7	0	5	14	25	56.0	0	0		13	27	48.1	55.6	1	10	0	2	+22
13	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	41	5/24/1995	1994-95	Conference Finals	HOU	@	SAS	41	16	4	3	2	18	31	58.1	0	0		5	6	83.3	60.9	4	12	4	5
14	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	41	5/25/1994	1993-94	Conference Finals	HOU	vs	UTA	46	13	6	1	3	14	22	63.6	0	0		13	13	100.0	74.0	1	12	3	3
15	Terry Porter T. Porter	41	5/19/1992	1991-92	Conference Finals	POR	vs	UTA	38	6	7	3	0	12	14	85.7	4	5	80.0	13	14	92.9	101.7	3	3	1	1
16	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	41	5/28/1989	1988-89	Conference Finals	PHX	vs	LAL	45	13	6	0	2	17	28	60.7	0	2	0.0	7	8	87.5	65.0	3	10	4	4
17	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	40	5/21/2001	2000-01	Conference Finals	SAS	vs	LAL	48	15	3	0	4	15	26	57.7	1	1	100.0	9	9	100.0	66.8	6	9	6	3	-7
18	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	40	5/16/1986	1985-86	Conference Finals	HOU	vs	LAL	46	12	3	2	2	14	28	50.0	0	0		12	15	80.0	57.8	5	7	2	5
19	Alex English A. English	40	5/14/1985	1984-85	Conference Finals	DEN	@	LAL	39	10	6	0	0	17	31	54.8	0	0		6	8	75.0	57.9	5	5	1	3
20	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	40	5/8/1977	1976-77	Conference Finals	LAL	vs	POR	43	17	1	1	3	17	23	73.9				6	9	66.7	74.2	3	14		3
21	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	40	4/12/1972	1971-72	Conference Finals	MIL	@	LAL	48	7	7			18	31	58.1				4	4	100.0	61.1				4
22	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	39	5/22/1998	1997-98	Conference Finals	LAL	vs	UTA	41	15	2	0	1	17	30	56.7	0	0		5	13	38.5	54.6	7	8	5	6	-9
23	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	39	6/1/1995	1994-95	Conference Finals	HOU	vs	SAS	47	17	3	2	5	16	25	64.0	0	1	0.0	7	8	87.5	68.4	4	13	6	4
24	Karl Malone K. Malone	39	5/22/1992	1991-92	Conference Finals	UTA	vs	POR	45	7	7	2	0	14	23	60.9	0	0		11	13	84.6	67.9	1	6	4	2
25	James Worthy J. Worthy	39	5/23/1987	1986-87	Conference Finals	LAL	@	SEA	42	5	5	2	1	16	25	64.0	0	0		7	9	77.8	67.3	2	3	2	3