paul pierce most points in a playoff game

Paul Pierce dropped his most points in a playoff game in Game 5 of the 2002 First Round against the 76ers, with 46 points.

	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	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	46	5/3/2002	BOS	vs	PHI	44	4	6	1	1	16	25	64.0	8	10	80.0	6	7	85.7	81.9	1	3	0	1	+27
2	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
3	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	40	4/19/2003	BOS	@	IND	45	11	6	4	1	8	24	33.3	3	5	60.0	21	21	100.0	60.2	2	9	2	5	+4
4	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	38	4/22/2011	BOS	@	NYK	33	3	1	3	0	14	19	73.7	6	8	75.0	4	4	100.0	91.5	0	3	3	3	+23
5	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	38	6/15/2008	BOS	@	LAL	48	6	8	1	0	10	22	45.5	2	6	33.3	16	19	84.2	62.6	1	5	5	5	-4
6	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	37	4/27/2003	BOS	vs	IND	48	10	7	1	1	10	21	47.6	3	5	60.0	14	15	93.3	67.0	1	9	3	4	+10
7	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	36	5/1/2012	BOS	@	ATL	44	14	4	0	0	12	26	46.2	1	5	20.0	11	13	84.6	56.7	1	13	8	4	+4
8	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	34	5/5/2003	BOS	@	NJN	44	5	8	4	2	9	17	52.9	1	4	25.0	15	20	75.0	65.9	1	4	8	3	-6
9	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	33	4/25/2005	BOS	vs	IND	43	7	5	0	0	9	16	56.3	2	7	28.6	13	15	86.7	73.0	1	6	1	2	-7
10	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	32	5/24/2010	BOS	vs	ORL	47	11	3	2	1	11	25	44.0	0	6	0.0	10	13	76.9	52.1	2	9	2	3	+5
11	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	32	4/23/2010	BOS	@	MIA	44	8	3	1	0	11	23	47.8	4	10	40.0	6	8	75.0	60.3	0	8	3	4	-6
12	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	32	5/7/2003	BOS	@	NJN	45	10	11	2	1	9	17	52.9	1	3	33.3	13	15	86.7	67.8	2	8	6	4	-2
13	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	31	5/28/2010	BOS	vs	ORL	45	13	5	2	0	9	15	60.0	4	5	80.0	9	10	90.0	79.9	2	11	2	5	+13
14	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	31	5/27/2002	BOS	vs	NJN	48	9	4	5	2	10	21	47.6	1	4	25.0	10	15	66.7	56.2	3	6	6	5	-2
15	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	31	4/21/2002	BOS	vs	PHI	46	11	3	4	3	10	25	40.0	3	8	37.5	8	9	88.9	53.5	3	8	4	4	+13
16	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	30	4/30/2005	BOS	@	IND	40	7	8	1	5	10	15	66.7	1	2	50.0	9	11	81.8	75.6	0	7	1	2	+32
17	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	29	4/28/2013	BOS	vs	NYK	50	8	6	0	1	9	20	45.0	4	8	50.0	7	8	87.5	61.6	0	8	6	5	-1
18	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	29	4/26/2009	BOS	@	CHI	52	7	1	2	0	9	24	37.5	3	7	42.9	8	9	88.9	51.9	1	6	6	4	+3
19	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	29	5/14/2008	BOS	vs	CLE	42	7	3	0	0	8	19	42.1	2	5	40.0	11	13	84.6	58.7	0	7	3	5	+9
20	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	29	4/28/2002	BOS	@	PHI	47	10	7	2	0	8	20	40.0	5	10	50.0	8	9	88.9	60.5	1	9	5	3	-4
21	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	28	5/18/2010	BOS	@	ORL	40	5	5	0	0	8	16	50.0	3	7	42.9	9	11	81.8	67.2	0	5	5	6	+7
22	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	28	6/8/2008	BOS	vs	LAL	41	4	8	1	1	9	16	56.3	4	4	100.0	6	7	85.7	73.4	0	4	5	4	+7
23	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	28	5/25/2002	BOS	vs	NJN	45	5	4	1	1	8	21	38.1	0	5	0.0	12	15	80.0	50.7	0	5	3	2	0
24	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	27	5/9/2011	BOS	vs	MIA	45	8	3	1	2	10	20	50.0	1	6	16.7	6	7	85.7	58.5	0	8	4	4	-11
25	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	27	5/7/2011	BOS	vs	MIA	41	5	5	2	0	9	20	45.0	5	7	71.4	4	4	100.0	62.0	2	3	1	2	+12

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