Players: Leaders / 30+ Points / 40+
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Games: Records / Schedule and Scores
Team Rankings: Points / 3-Pointers / Rebounds / Assists
NBA Players with 30+ Point Games in the 1981 Playoffs
Players who scored 30 or more points the most times in the 1981 Playoffs. Summary of players with at least one performace of this kind and a full list with all the 30+ games by date.
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Who had the most 30+ point games in the 1981 Playoffs?
Moses Malone had 8 games of 30 or more points, more than anybody else in the 1981 NBA Playoffs. This also means that he scored at least 30 in 38.1% of the 21 games he played.
Most 30+ Point Games
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Moses Malone
(Houston Rockets)
A total of 119 players scored points in the 1981 Playoffs and among them 18 players scored 30 or more points in a game at least once. While 6 of them scored 30 or more multiple times, the other 12 did it just once. Between those 18 players, they total 34 of such individual performances.
30+ Point Games by Player - 1981 Playoffs
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| Rk |
Player
(Team)
|
30+ Point Games |
Games played |
30+ % | Points Details | ||||
| 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-59 | 60-69 | 70+ | |||||
| 1 |
(Rockets) |
8 | 21 | 38.1 | 6 | 2 | - | - | - |
| 2 |
(Celtics) |
4 | 17 | 23.5 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| 3 |
(Spurs) |
3 | 7 | 42.9 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
|
(Rockets) |
3 | 19 | 15.8 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | |
| 5 |
(76ers) |
2 | 16 | 12.5 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
|
(Bucks) |
2 | 7 | 28.6 | 2 | - | - | - | - | |
| 7 |
(Lakers) |
1 | 3 | 33.3 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
|
(Trail Blazers) |
1 | 3 | 33.3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
|
(Kings) |
1 | 8 | 12.5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
|
(Bucks) |
1 | 7 | 14.3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
|
(Suns) |
1 | 7 | 14.3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
|
(Kings) |
1 | 15 | 6.7 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
|
(Spurs) |
1 | 7 | 14.3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
|
(Rockets) |
1 | 21 | 4.8 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
|
(Bulls) |
1 | 6 | 16.7 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
|
(Trail Blazers) |
1 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | |
|
(76ers) |
1 | 16 | 6.3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
|
(Kings) |
1 | 15 | 6.7 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| Total: | 34 | Points Details | |||||||
30+ Point Games by Date - 1981 Playoffs
(games in descending order by date)
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Date |
Player
(Team) |
Pts | W/L Game |
| 1981-05-07 |
(Rockets) |
31 | |
| 1981-04-29 |
(Celtics) |
32 | W 111-109 vs. 76ers |
| 1981-04-29 |
(Rockets) |
36 | W 97-88 @ Kings |
| 1981-04-26 |
(Rockets) |
42 | W 100-89 vs. Kings |
| 1981-04-22 |
(76ers) |
35 | L 99-118 @ Celtics |
| 1981-04-22 |
(Celtics) |
34 | W 118-99 vs. 76ers |
| 1981-04-22 |
(Kings) |
31 | W 88-79 vs. Rockets |
| 1981-04-21 |
(Celtics) |
33 | L 104-105 vs. 76ers |
| 1981-04-19 |
(Bucks) |
36 | L 98-99 @ 76ers |
| 1981-04-17 |
(Rockets) |
42 | W 105-100 @ Spurs |
Date |
Player
(Team) |
Pts | W/L Game |
| 1981-04-15 |
(Rockets) |
36 | L 96-101 vs. Spurs |
| 1981-04-14 |
(Rockets) |
36 | W 123-117 @ Spurs |
| 1981-04-14 |
(Rockets) |
34 | W 123-117 @ Spurs |
| 1981-04-12 |
(Rockets) |
33 | L 112-114 vs. Spurs |
| 1981-04-12 |
(Spurs) |
33 | W 114-112 @ Rockets |
| 1981-04-12 |
(Bucks) |
35 | W 109-98 vs. 76ers |
| 1981-04-12 |
(Celtics) |
35 | W 109-103 @ Bulls |
| 1981-04-10 |
(Rockets) |
41 | W 112-99 vs. Spurs |
| 1981-04-10 |
(Spurs) |
33 | L 99-112 @ Rockets |
| 1981-04-08 |
(Suns) |
31 | L 83-88 vs. Kings |
| 1981-04-08 |
(Spurs) |
34 | W 125-113 vs. Rockets |
| 1981-04-08 |
(Rockets) |
34 | L 113-125 @ Spurs |
Date |
Player
(Team) |
Pts | W/L Game |
| 1981-04-07 |
(Spurs) |
30 | L 98-107 vs. Rockets |
| 1981-04-05 |
(76ers) |
38 | W 125-122 vs. Bucks |
| 1981-04-05 |
(Bucks) |
32 | L 122-125 @ 76ers |
| 1981-04-05 |
(Trail Blazers) |
34 | L 95-104 vs. Kings |
| 1981-04-05 |
(Lakers) |
32 | L 86-89 vs. Rockets |
| 1981-04-03 |
(Kings) |
31 | L 119-124 OT vs. Trail Blazers |
| 1981-04-03 |
(Trail Blazers) |
40 | W 124-119 OT @ Kings |
| 1981-04-03 |
(Kings) |
30 | L 119-124 OT vs. Trail Blazers |
| 1981-04-03 |
(Bulls) |
37 | W 115-114 OT vs. Knicks |
| 1981-04-03 |
(Rockets) |
33 | L 106-111 vs. Lakers |
Date |
Player
(Team) |
Pts | W/L Game |
| 1981-04-01 |
(Rockets) |
38 | W 111-107 @ Lakers |
| 1981-03-31 |
(76ers) |
32 | W 124-108 vs. Pacers |