most points in a closeout game l=1 l=1 by a player

Ray Allen has scored the most points in a loss with exactly 1 loss in a closeout, with 51 points in Game 6 of the 2009 First Round versus the Bulls.

	NAME	PTS	L	DATE	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	51	1	4/30/2009	BOS	@	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	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	50	1	5/3/2024	CLE	@	ORL	42	4	4	0	1	22	36	61.1	3	9	33.3	3	6	50.0	64.7	1	3	4	4	-3
3	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	50	1	5/4/2006	LAL	vs	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	50	1	5/5/1989	CHI	vs	CLE	43	3	4	3	0	14	28	50.0	0	1	0.0	22	27	81.5	62.7	0	3	1	6
5	Kevin Durant K. Durant	48	1	6/19/2021	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
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	48	1	5/1/1990	CHI	@	MIL	46	9	5	1	2	20	35	57.1	1	5	20.0	7	9	77.8	61.6	2	7	5	4
7	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	47	1	5/22/1988	ATL	@	BOS	43	5	3	0	0	19	33	57.6	1	2	50.0	8	9	88.9	63.6	2	3	0	0
8	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	47	1	3/18/1961	LAL	@	DET						17						13	14	92.9					5
9	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	46	1	6/6/2021	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
10	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	46	1	6/1/2001	PHI	@	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
11	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	46	1	5/20/1995	PHX	vs	HOU	42	3	10	1	1	12	26	46.2	1	2	50.0	21	22	95.5	64.5	1	2	1	3
12	Kevin Durant K. Durant	45	1	4/24/2019	GSW	vs	LAC	41	6	6	2	1	14	26	53.8	5	12	41.7	12	12	100.0	71.9	0	6	1	4	+2
13	LeBron James L. James	45	1	5/18/2008	CLE	@	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
14	Lee Shaffer L. Shaffer	45	1	3/26/1963	SYR	vs	CIN		5				17	27	63.0				11	13	84.6	68.8				4
15	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	45	1	3/29/1962	LAL	@	DET		17				18	37	48.6				9	13	69.2	52.7				5
16	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	44	1	5/13/2022	MIL	vs	BOS	41	20	6	1	1	14	30	46.7	2	3	66.7	14	15	93.3	60.1	3	17	6	4	-5
17	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	44	1	8/30/2020	UTA	vs	DEN	40	6	5	3	0	14	25	56.0	9	13	69.2	7	7	100.0	78.3	2	4	4	1	+2
18	Karl Malone K. Malone	44	1	5/3/1992	UTA	@	LAC	46	11	2	0	0	11	18	61.1	0	0		22	24	91.7	77.0	4	7	3	4
19	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	44	1	5/5/1988	CHI	@	CLE	42	5	4	4	2	18	25	72.0	0	0		8	9	88.9	76.0	2	3	4	6
20	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	43	1	4/23/2023	DEN	@	MIN	39	11	6	2	0	15	26	57.7	5	8	62.5	8	12	66.7	68.7	2	9	4	3	-14
21	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	43	1	4/25/2019	DEN	@	SAS	38	12	9	2	1	19	30	63.3	2	6	33.3	3	4	75.0	67.7	6	6	2	2	-11
22	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	43	1	5/8/2012	LAL	vs	DEN	43	6	5	2	0	14	32	43.8	5	11	45.5	10	11	90.9	58.4	1	5	3	2	-6
23	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	43	1	6/19/1988	DET	@	LAL	44	3	8	6	1	18	32	56.3	2	3	66.7	5	7	71.4	61.3	1	2	5	4
24	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	43	1	5/1/1977	LAL	@	GSW	41	20	3	0	4	17	25	68.0				9	11	81.8	72.1	5	15		5
25	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	43	1	4/10/1963	CIN	@	BOS	48	6	6			11	24	45.8				21	22	95.5	63.8				4