first time kobe bryant scored 40 points in a game

Kobe Bryant put up 40 points versus the Kings on March 12, 2000.

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first time Kobe Bryant scored 40 or more points in a game

	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	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	3/12/2000	40	LAL	vs	SAC	43	10	8	0	1	15	24	62.5	2	4	50.0	8	9	88.9	71.5	3	7	4	3	-5
2	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	12/1/2000	43	LAL	vs	SAS	44	3	6	1	0	16	31	51.6	2	4	50.0	9	10	90.0	60.7	1	2	3	3	+8
3	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	12/6/2000	51	LAL	@	GSW	51	7	8	2	1	18	35	51.4	2	7	28.6	13	13	100.0	62.6	3	4	8	4	-2
4	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	12/17/2000	40	LAL	@	TOR	52	7	4	0	3	14	29	48.3	1	5	20.0	11	11	100.0	59.1	1	6	2	3	+1
5	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	12/21/2000	45	LAL	@	HOU	44	4	3	1	0	20	26	76.9	1	1	100.0	4	6	66.7	78.6	3	1	1	1	-2
6	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1/30/2001	47	LAL	@	CLE	41	5	3	3	1	12	26	46.2	0	1	0.0	23	26	88.5	62.8	2	3	7	3	+4
7	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	2/2/2001	44	LAL	vs	CHA	48	9	2	0	5	15	30	50.0	0	1	0.0	14	14	100.0	60.8	4	5	5	3	+6
8	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	5/13/2001	48	LAL	@	SAC	48	16	3	2	1	15	29	51.7	1	1	100.0	17	19	89.5	64.2	9	7	2	2	+6
9	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	5/19/2001	45	LAL	@	SAS	47	10	3	1	1	19	35	54.3	1	2	50.0	6	8	75.0	58.4	1	9	4	4	+17
10	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1/14/2002	56	LAL	vs	MEM	34	5	4	1	0	21	34	61.8	3	6	50.0	11	12	91.7	71.3	3	2	0	1	+40
11	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	11/7/2002	41	LAL	@	BOS	46	9	4	4	0	17	47	36.2	0	8	0.0	7	7	100.0	40.9	2	7	5	3	-3
12	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	11/15/2002	45	LAL	vs	GSW	45	4	4	3	1	18	40	45.0	1	3	33.3	8	10	80.0	50.7	0	4	1	3	+6
13	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	11/17/2002	46	LAL	vs	HOU	45	6	4	0	1	18	37	48.6	1	2	50.0	9	11	81.8	55.0	0	6	3	3	+5
14	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	11/29/2002	45	LAL	@	MEM	48	6	5	2	0	18	35	51.4	2	4	50.0	7	9	77.8	57.8	1	5	5	0	+8
15	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	12/20/2002	44	LAL	@	PHI	52	4	10	1	2	16	35	45.7	2	5	40.0	10	10	100.0	55.8	0	4	5	4	-4
16	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1/7/2003	45	LAL	vs	SEA	37	3	3	1	1	16	28	57.1	12	18	66.7	1	1	100.0	79.1	0	3	2	2	+19
17	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1/29/2003	40	LAL	@	PHX	46	5	4	1	1	15	29	51.7	0	1	0.0	10	11	90.9	59.1	1	4	4	3	+4
18	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	2/1/2003	42	LAL	vs	UTA	44	3	4	3	1	12	25	48.0	2	3	66.7	16	18	88.9	63.8	0	3	2	1	+12
19	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	2/6/2003	46	LAL	@	NYK	41	6	3	2	1	17	27	63.0	4	4	100.0	8	11	72.7	72.2	0	6	6	4	+12
20	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	2/11/2003	42	LAL	vs	DEN	31	2	5	4	0	12	20	60.0	1	3	33.3	17	21	81.0	71.8	0	2	1	0	+37
21	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	2/12/2003	51	LAL	@	DEN	31	3	2	2	0	15	28	53.6	3	8	37.5	18	20	90.0	69.3	0	3	0	1	+37
22	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	2/14/2003	44	LAL	vs	SAS	45	6	4	4	2	19	41	46.3	2	3	66.7	4	6	66.7	50.4	2	4	7	2	-6
23	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	2/16/2003	40	LAL	vs	NYK	42	4	5	2	0	14	31	45.2	3	5	60.0	9	10	90.0	56.5	1	3	3	4	-7
24	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	2/18/2003	52	LAL	vs	HOU	54	8	7	0	3	19	38	50.0	3	9	33.3	11	11	100.0	60.7	0	8	5	4	+13
25	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	2/19/2003	40	LAL	@	UTA	40	6	1	1	0	15	29	51.7	4	6	66.7	6	9	66.7	60.7	1	5	3	2	+2

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