most points in playoff when facing elimination in 2017-18

LeBron James and Russell Westbrook were tied for the most points in an elimination game, with 46 points.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in playoff when facing elimination in 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	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	LeBron James L. James	35	5/27/2018	CLE	@	BOS	48	15	9	0	2	12	24	50.0	3	8	37.5	8	11	72.7	60.7	0	15	8	4	+8
7	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	35	5/26/2018	GSW	vs	HOU	39	6	2	4	0	13	23	56.5	9	14	64.3	0	0		76.1	2	4	1	1	+32
8	Kevin Durant K. Durant	34	5/28/2018	GSW	@	HOU	44	5	5	1	3	11	21	52.4	5	11	45.5	7	10	70.0	66.9	0	5	2	3	+10
9	Anthony Davis A. Davis	34	5/8/2018	NOP	@	GSW	46	19	1	1	3	13	26	50.0	1	2	50.0	7	9	77.8	56.7	2	17	3	2	-8
10	Paul George P. George	34	4/25/2018	OKC	vs	UTA	45	8	2	2	1	12	26	46.2	2	6	33.3	8	10	80.0	55.9	1	7	2	5	+13
11	James Harden J. Harden	32	5/28/2018	HOU	vs	GSW	43	6	6	4	1	12	29	41.4	2	13	15.4	6	8	75.0	49.2	1	5	5	2	-13
12	Khris Middleton K. Middleton	32	4/28/2018	MIL	@	BOS	41	2	3	0	1	11	18	61.1	5	9	55.6	5	5	100.0	79.2	0	2	2	5	0
13	Bradley Beal B. Beal	32	4/27/2018	WAS	vs	TOR	43	3	1	0	2	10	22	45.5	6	10	60.0	6	6	100.0	64.9	0	3	6	3	-13
14	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	31	4/26/2018	MIL	vs	BOS	41	14	4	1	0	13	23	56.5	0	2	0.0	5	8	62.5	58.4	1	13	0	1	+17
15	Victor Oladipo V. Oladipo	30	4/29/2018	IND	@	CLE	41	12	6	3	0	10	21	47.6	4	9	44.4	6	9	66.7	60.1	0	12	2	1	+1
16	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	30	4/24/2018	SAS	@	GSW	40	12	4	1	0	8	18	44.4	0	2	0.0	14	14	100.0	62.1	3	9	2	3	-3
17	Stephen Curry S. Curry	29	5/26/2018	GSW	vs	HOU	40	5	6	0	3	12	23	52.2	5	14	35.7	0	0		63.0	0	5	2	2	+33
18	Victor Oladipo V. Oladipo	28	4/27/2018	IND	vs	CLE	34	13	10	4	0	11	19	57.9	6	8	75.0	0	0		73.7	1	12	2	1	+26
19	Stephen Curry S. Curry	27	5/28/2018	GSW	@	HOU	44	9	10	4	1	10	22	45.5	7	15	46.7	0	0		61.4	0	9	5	4	+13
20	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	27	5/9/2018	PHI	@	BOS	39	12	4	0	3	9	18	50.0	0	4	0.0	9	11	81.8	59.1	4	8	4	3	+5
21	Dario Šarić D. Šarić	27	5/9/2018	PHI	@	BOS	40	10	4	1	1	8	14	57.1	3	3	100.0	8	11	72.7	71.7	4	6	3	3	-4
22	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	27	5/8/2018	NOP	@	GSW	46	10	11	1	0	11	21	52.4	2	6	33.3	3	3	100.0	60.5	0	10	4	3	-9
23	Al-Farouq Aminu A. Aminu	27	4/21/2018	POR	@	NOP	35	6	1	2	0	11	20	55.0	5	11	45.5	0	0		67.5	1	5	0	4	0
24	Al Horford A. Horford	26	4/28/2018	BOS	vs	MIL	33	8	3	1	1	13	17	76.5	0	1	0.0	0	2	0.0	72.7	2	6	4	3	+9
25	Terry Rozier T. Rozier	26	4/28/2018	BOS	vs	MIL	36	6	9	1	1	10	16	62.5	5	8	62.5	1	3	33.3	75.1	2	4	2	1	+3