most points in playoff when facing elimination in 2007-08 to 2017-18

Between the 2007-08 and 2017-18 seasons, Russell Westbrook put up the most points in an elimination game, with 47 points in Game 5 of the 2017 First Round against the Rockets.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in playoff when facing elimination in 2007-08 to 2017-18

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	47	4/25/2017	OKC	@	HOU	42	11	9	0	0	15	34	44.1	5	18	27.8	12	17	70.6	56.7	5	6	7	5	+12
2	LeBron James L. James	46	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
3	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	46	4/27/2018	OKC	@	UTA	44	10	5	2	0	18	43	41.9	7	19	36.8	3	6	50.0	50.4	1	9	5	3	-1
4	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	46	4/25/2010	MIA	vs	BOS	43	5	5	2	0	16	24	66.7	5	7	71.4	9	14	64.3	76.3	0	5	6	4	+7
5	LeBron James L. James	45	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
6	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	45	4/25/2018	OKC	vs	UTA	44	15	7	0	0	17	39	43.6	5	9	55.6	6	6	100.0	54.0	3	12	5	3	+10
7	James Harden J. Harden	45	5/25/2015	HOU	vs	GSW	40	9	5	2	2	13	22	59.1	7	11	63.6	12	13	92.3	81.2	2	7	3	2	+21
8	LeBron James L. James	45	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
9	LeBron James L. James	45	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
10	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	44	5/11/2009	DAL	vs	DEN	44	13	3	2	1	14	25	56.0	0	0		16	17	94.1	67.7	1	12	4	1	+12
11	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	42	5/21/2012	LAL	@	OKC	41	5	0	2	0	18	33	54.5	1	6	16.7	5	7	71.4	58.2	0	5	2	3	-14
12	LeBron James L. James	41	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
13	LeBron James L. James	41	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
14	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	41	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
15	LeBron James L. James	41	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
16	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	41	5/28/2016	GSW	@	OKC	40	4	0	1	1	14	31	45.2	11	18	61.1	2	2	100.0	64.3	1	3	1	4	+16
17	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	41	5/6/2012	NYK	vs	MIA	41	6	4	1	0	15	29	51.7	1	4	25.0	10	14	71.4	58.3	2	4	1	3	+13
18	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	41	5/1/2009	MIA	vs	ATL	39	5	2	0	2	11	23	47.8	3	7	42.9	16	17	94.1	67.3	0	5	0	1	+32
19	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	41	5/18/2008	BOS	vs	CLE	44	4	5	2	0	13	23	56.5	4	6	66.7	11	12	91.7	72.5	1	3	4	4	+10
20	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	40	6/9/2017	CLE	vs	GSW	41	7	4	1	0	15	27	55.6	7	12	58.3	3	4	75.0	69.5	3	4	3	4	+7
21	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	40	5/2/2008	HOU	@	UTA	42	10	5	0	1	13	26	50.0	2	7	28.6	12	18	66.7	59.0	1	9	1	1	-17
22	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	39	5/18/2013	NYK	@	IND	42	7	2	0	0	15	29	51.7	1	4	25.0	8	8	100.0	60.0	2	5	3	5	-8
23	Kevin Durant K. Durant	39	5/15/2011	OKC	vs	MEM	39	9	2	0	3	13	25	52.0	4	9	44.4	9	9	100.0	67.3	1	8	2	2	+18
24	CJ McCollum	38	4/21/2018	POR	@	NOP	45	2	3	0	0	15	22	68.2	2	3	66.7	6	7	85.7	75.8	0	2	2	5	-9
25	Bradley Beal B. Beal	38	5/15/2017	WAS	@	BOS	46	4	2	2	0	12	22	54.5	5	10	50.0	9	10	90.0	72.0	1	3	2	2	-11