michael jordan was the nba star who scored the most points in a playoff game.
what nba star scored the most points in a playoff game?
michael jordan
on november 1, 2016, carter played in his 1,278th nba game, tying him with a. c. green for 25th on the nba's career list. he also became the 24th player in nba history to surpass 24,000 career points. on november 8, he scored 20 points against the denver nuggets and became the oldest player in the nba to post a 20-point game since michael jordan scored 25 for the washington wizards in april 2003, at age 40. it was also carter's first 20-point game since april 30, 2014. on november 12, carter made seven field goals against the milwaukee bucks to pass gary payton (8,708) for 21st in nba history. carter also passed charles oakley for 24th on the nba's career games played list with 1,283. on november 14, in a win over the utah jazz, carter had his second 20-point game of the season, joining michael jordan and patrick ewing as the only players in nba history to put up 20 points and 5+ rebounds off the bench at the age of 39, with carter being the oldest at 39 years and 287 days. carter missed seven games in early december with a right hip flexor strain. on january 11, carter hit his 1,989th career three-pointer to move ahead of jason kidd and into fifth on the all-time list. on february 1, in a game against the denver nuggets, carter hit his 2,000th career three-pointer, making him only the fifth player to ever reach that mark. on february 6 against san antonio, carter joined karl malone, dikembe mutombo, kareem abdul-jabbar and robert parish as the only 40-year old players to record at least four blocks in a game. on february 15, in a game against the new orleans pelicans, carter passed allen iverson for 23rd on the nba all-time scoring list. on march 13, carter made his first start of the season and made all eight of his shots, including six from beyond the arc, to score a season-high 24 points and lead the grizzlies past the milwaukee bucks 113–93. he became the first 40-year-old in nba history to hit six triples in one game. at 40 years, 46 days old, carter also became the oldest player to start an nba game since juwan howard in april 2013. on march 29 against the indiana pacers, carter passed ray allen for 22nd on the nba all-time scoring list. in the grizzlies' regular-season finale on april 12 against the dallas mavericks, carter played in his 1,347th game and passed kobe bryant for 13th in regular-season games played. on april 22, carter became the first 40-year-old to make three or more 3-pointers in a playoff game during game 4 of the grizzlies' first-round series against the san antonio spurs.
vince carter
in game 1 of the nuggets' first-round playoff series against the san antonio spurs, jokić became the fourth player in nba history to record a triple-double in his playoff debut and the first since lebron james in 2006. he had 10 points, 14 rebounds and 14 assists in a 101–96 loss. in game 6 of the series, he scored 27 of his 43 points in the second half of the nuggets' 120–103 loss. he also had 12 rebounds and nine assists. those 43 points set a franchise record for most points in a playoff game. in game 7, he helped the nuggets win the series 4–3 with 21 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists in a 90–86 victory. in game 1 of the second round, jokić scored 37 points in a 121–113 win over the trail blazers, becoming the first nuggets player to score 35+ points in a conference semifinals game since carmelo anthony (41 points) in may 2009. in game 3 against portland, he had 33 points, 18 rebounds and 14 assists in a 140–137 quadruple-overtime loss. in game 4, he had 21 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists in a 116–112 win. in game 5, he recorded 25 points and 19 rebounds in a 124–98 win. his 19 rebounds tied a team nba playoff high. the nuggets were eliminated from the playoffs following a 100–96 loss to portland in game 7, despite jokić's 29 points, 13 rebounds and four blocks. in 14 playoff games, he averaged 25.1 points, 13.0 rebounds and 8.4 assists in 39.7 minutes per game, with shooting splits of 50.6%/39.3%/84.6%. following the season, he was named to the all-nba first team, thus earning selection to his first all-nba team.
nikola jokić