most points in a playoff game with 20+ ppg by lebeeron

LeBron James has scored the most points with 20.0+ points per game in a playoff game, with 51 points in Game 1 of the 2018 NBA Finals against the Warriors.

	NAME	PTS	PPG	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	51	51.0	5/31/2018	CLE	@	GSW	48	8	8	1	1	19	32	59.4	3	7	42.9	10	11	90.9	69.2	4	4	5	2	-13
2	LeBron James L. James	49	49.0	5/12/2014	MIA	@	BKN	43	6	2	3	0	16	24	66.7	3	6	50.0	14	19	73.7	75.7	0	6	1	5	+13
3	LeBron James L. James	49	49.0	5/20/2009	CLE	vs	ORL	41	6	8	2	3	20	30	66.7	3	6	50.0	6	10	60.0	71.2	3	3	2	1	+7
4	LeBron James L. James	48	48.0	5/31/2007	CLE	@	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
5	LeBron James L. James	47	47.0	5/9/2009	CLE	@	ATL	43	12	8	1	1	15	25	60.0	5	10	50.0	12	16	75.0	73.3	2	10	1	2	+26
6	LeBron James L. James	46	46.0	5/25/2018	CLE	vs	BOS	46	11	9	3	1	17	33	51.5	5	7	71.4	7	11	63.6	60.8	3	8	3	2	+15
7	LeBron James L. James	46	46.0	4/18/2018	CLE	vs	IND	40	12	5	2	0	17	24	70.8	2	5	40.0	10	13	76.9	77.4	1	11	3	1	+7
8	LeBron James L. James	45	45.0	4/29/2018	CLE	vs	IND	43	8	7	4	0	16	25	64.0	2	3	66.7	11	15	73.3	71.2	2	6	4	4	-2
9	LeBron James L. James	45	45.0	6/7/2012	MIA	@	BOS	45	15	5	0	0	19	26	73.1	2	4	50.0	5	9	55.6	75.1	2	13	4	3	+22
10	LeBron James L. James	45	45.0	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
11	LeBron James L. James	45	45.0	5/3/2006	CLE	vs	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
12	LeBron James L. James	44	44.0	5/21/2018	CLE	vs	BOS	42	5	3	2	0	17	28	60.7	1	4	25.0	9	13	69.2	65.2	1	4	7	3	+9
13	LeBron James L. James	44	44.0	4/25/2018	CLE	vs	IND	42	10	8	1	1	14	24	58.3	1	4	25.0	15	15	100.0	71.9	3	7	5	3	+2
14	LeBron James L. James	44	44.0	6/4/2015	CLE	@	GSW	46	8	6	0	0	18	38	47.4	2	8	25.0	6	10	60.0	51.9	0	8	4	2	-3
15	LeBron James L. James	44	44.0	5/26/2009	CLE	@	ORL	49	12	7	1	1	13	29	44.8	4	10	40.0	14	18	77.8	59.6	1	11	8	5	+6
16	Anthony Davis A. Davis	43	43.0	8/29/2020	LAL	vs	POR	36	9	4	1	0	14	18	77.8	4	6	66.7	11	13	84.6	90.6	2	7	1	2	+15
17	LeBron James L. James	43	43.0	5/3/2018	CLE	@	TOR	41	8	14	1	0	19	28	67.9	1	3	33.3	4	8	50.0	68.2	1	7	1	1	+20
18	LeBron James L. James	42	42.0	5/15/2018	CLE	@	BOS	39	10	12	0	1	16	29	55.2	5	11	45.5	5	10	50.0	62.9	1	9	6	3	-9
19	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	42	42.0	5/23/2017	CLE	vs	BOS	41	3	4	0	0	15	22	68.2	4	7	57.1	8	9	88.9	80.9	0	3	3	2	+9
20	LeBron James L. James	41	41.0	6/12/2017	CLE	@	GSW	46	13	8	2	1	19	30	63.3	2	5	40.0	1	4	25.0	64.5	2	11	2	3	-13
21	LeBron James L. James	41	41.0	4/20/2017	CLE	@	IND	45	13	12	1	2	14	27	51.9	6	12	50.0	7	14	50.0	61.8	1	12	3	4	+13
22	LeBron James L. James	41	41.0	6/16/2016	CLE	vs	GSW	43	8	11	4	3	16	27	59.3	3	6	50.0	6	8	75.0	67.2	2	6	1	3	+26
23	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	41	41.0	6/13/2016	CLE	@	GSW	40	3	6	2	1	17	24	70.8	5	7	71.4	2	2	100.0	82.4	0	3	4	4	+20
24	LeBron James L. James	41	41.0	6/13/2016	CLE	@	GSW	43	16	7	3	3	16	30	53.3	4	8	50.0	5	8	62.5	61.2	4	12	2	1	+13
25	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	41	41.0	5/24/2012	MIA	@	IND	39	10	3	2	0	17	25	68.0	0	0		7	8	87.5	71.9	2	8	5	3	+4

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Sat 10/31	CLE	@	MIL	8:00 PM
Mon 11/2	OKC	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Wed 11/4	CLE	@	OKC	8:00 PM
Fri 11/6	PHI	@	CLE	7:30 PM
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2	76ers	4	1	.800
3	Celtics	3	1	.750	0.5
4	Raptors	3	1	.750	0.5
5	Hornets	3	2	.600	1.0
6	Cavaliers	3	2	.600	1.0
7	Hawks	3	3	.500	1.5
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4	Lakers	4	1	.800	1.0
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8	Timberwolves	3	2	.600	2.0
9	Nuggets	2	2	.500	2.5
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11	Suns	1	2	.333	3.0
12	Clippers	1	3	.250	3.5
13	Jazz	1	4	.200	4.0
14	Pelicans	1	4	.200	4.0
15	Kings	0	5	.000	5.0