Our pick for the best single playoff game of each postseason, 1957 to 2026, in chronological order. Click any row to expand its shooting line. Click any column to sort, and click Year to return to the timeline.
Context marks the game: E for an elimination game, CO for a closeout game, and 7 for a Game 7. Series codes: WCF and ECF are conference finals, WCS and ECS conference semifinals, WC1 and EC1 first round, EDF and EDS the old division finals and semifinals. An asterisk on Game Score means the figure was adjusted by hand. Pts, Reb, Ast, Stl and Blk are raw box score numbers. Steals and blocks were not tracked before 1974 and some early games lack them.