every nba player that have scored 40 points in a playoff game before 1990

James Worthy scored 40 points in Game 4 of the 1989 NBA Finals against the Pistons on June 13, 1989.

	NAME	DATE	PTS	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	James Worthy J. Worthy	6/13/1989	40	LAL	vs	DET	46	3	3	0	3	17	26	65.4	2	3	66.7	4	6	66.7	69.8	0	3	1	3
2	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	5/28/1989	41	PHX	vs	LAL	45	13	6	0	2	17	28	60.7	0	2	0.0	7	8	87.5	65.0	3	10	4	4
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	5/27/1989	46	CHI	vs	DET	45	7	5	5	0	16	26	61.5	0	3	0.0	14	15	93.3	70.6	3	4	2	2
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	5/19/1989	40	CHI	vs	NYK	45	5	10	0	4	14	22	63.6	1	3	33.3	11	12	91.7	73.3	1	4	6	3
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	5/14/1989	47	CHI	vs	NYK	42	11	6	1	2	12	18	66.7	0	1	0.0	23	28	82.1	77.5	0	11	6	3
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	5/13/1989	40	CHI	vs	NYK	39	15	9	6	1	14	25	56.0	1	2	50.0	11	13	84.6	65.1	2	13	3	3
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	5/7/1989	44	CHI	@	CLE	44	9	6	1	0	17	32	53.1	1	1	100.0	9	13	69.2	58.3	3	6	2	3
8	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	5/5/1989	50	CHI	vs	CLE	43	3	4	3	0	14	28	50.0	0	1	0.0	22	27	81.5	62.7	0	3	1	6
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	5/3/1989	44	CHI	vs	CLE	39	7	10	5	1	18	34	52.9	1	1	100.0	7	9	77.8	58.0	2	5	5	4
10	Chris Mullin C. Mullin	4/27/1989	41	GSW	@	UTA	45	3	4	2	1	16	30	53.3	1	2	50.0	8	8	100.0	61.2	1	2	1	2
11	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	6/19/1988	43	DET	@	LAL	44	3	8	6	1	18	32	56.3	2	3	66.7	5	7	71.4	61.3	1	2	5	4
12	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	5/22/1988	47	ATL	@	BOS	43	5	3	0	0	19	33	57.6	1	2	50.0	8	9	88.9	63.6	2	3	0	0
13	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	5/16/1988	40	ATL	vs	BOS	37	5	4	0	0	15	29	51.7	0	1	0.0	10	13	76.9	57.6	4	1	4	3
14	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	5/5/1988	44	CHI	@	CLE	42	5	4	4	2	18	25	72.0	0	0		8	9	88.9	76.0	2	3	4	6
15	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	5/5/1988	40	HOU	vs	DAL	44	15	3	2	1	16	24	66.7	0	1	0.0	8	8	100.0	72.7	3	12	1	3
16	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	5/1/1988	43	ATL	vs	MIL	41	6	1	3	0	15	26	57.7	0	0		13	17	76.5	64.2	4	2	6	4
17	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	5/1/1988	55	CHI	vs	CLE	44	6	3	4	1	24	45	53.3	0	0		7	7	100.0	57.2	3	3	1	4
18	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	4/30/1988	42	HOU	@	DAL	44	3	9	1	0	16	22	72.7	1	1	100.0	9	10	90.0	79.5	1	2	2	2
19	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	4/30/1988	41	HOU	@	DAL	43	26	2	3	4	15	27	55.6	0	0		11	14	78.6	61.8	7	19	3	4
20	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	4/28/1988	50	CHI	vs	CLE	44	7	2	2	2	19	35	54.3	0	0		12	12	100.0	62.1	1	6	5	3
21	Xavier McDaniel X. McDaniel	5/23/1987	42	SEA	vs	LAL	39	10	4	0	0	20	29	69.0	1	2	50.0	1	2	50.0	70.3	7	3	3	5
22	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	5/14/1987	49	HOU	@	SEA	53	25	2	2	6	19	33	57.6	0	0		11	13	84.6	63.3	11	14	2	4
23	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	5/10/1987	51	GSW	vs	LAL	44	3	10	4	0	18	26	69.2	2	3	66.7	13	14	92.9	79.3	1	2	2	2
24	Larry Bird L. Bird	5/10/1987	42	BOS	@	MIL	56	7	8	0	2	13	23	56.5	3	5	60.0	13	15	86.7	70.9	1	6	4	4
25	Larry Bird L. Bird	5/5/1987	40	BOS	vs	MIL	44	11	7	4	1	13	23	56.5	1	1	100.0	13	13	100.0	69.6	2	9	3	2

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