how many times has kobe scored 45 pts or more as a starter regular season and playoffs

Kobe Bryant played 51 games as a starter in the regular-season and playoffs with 45+ points in his career.

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Data note: Games Started: player game data complete from 1981-82

	NAME	DATE	GP	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	12/6/2000	1	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
2	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	12/21/2000	1	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
3	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1/30/2001	1	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
4	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	5/13/2001	1	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
5	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	5/19/2001	1	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
6	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1/14/2002	1	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
7	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	11/15/2002	1	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
8	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	11/17/2002	1	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
9	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	11/29/2002	1	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
10	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1/7/2003	1	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
11	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	2/6/2003	1	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
12	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	2/12/2003	1	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
13	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	2/18/2003	1	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
14	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	3/28/2003	1	55	LAL	vs	WAS	41	5	3	3	0	15	29	51.7	9	13	69.2	16	18	88.9	74.5	0	5	3	5	+21
15	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	4/13/2004	1	45	LAL	vs	GSW	43	7	8	2	2	14	29	48.3	0	6	0.0	17	18	94.4	60.9	0	7	1	2	+9
16	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	12/28/2004	1	48	LAL	vs	TOR	46	2	4	2	0	14	26	53.8	4	7	57.1	16	18	88.9	70.8	0	2	5	2	+21
17	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	11/27/2005	1	46	LAL	vs	NJN	50	3	3	2	0	14	36	38.9	4	12	33.3	14	16	87.5	53.4	0	3	5	5	-10
18	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	12/20/2005	1	62	LAL	vs	DAL	33	8	0	3	0	18	31	58.1	4	10	40.0	22	25	88.0	73.8	3	5	2	3	+35
19	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	12/28/2005	1	45	LAL	vs	MEM	47	7	4	2	1	13	37	35.1	4	8	50.0	15	19	78.9	49.6	2	5	2	5	-6
20	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1/6/2006	1	48	LAL	vs	PHI	35	10	2	2	0	19	29	65.5	7	7	100.0	3	4	75.0	78.0	0	10	7	2	+23
21	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1/7/2006	1	50	LAL	@	LAC	45	8	8	1	0	17	41	41.5	7	15	46.7	9	10	90.0	55.1	3	5	3	2	+9
22	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1/9/2006	1	45	LAL	vs	IND	45	10	5	1	0	14	32	43.8	2	6	33.3	15	21	71.4	54.6	1	9	2	4	+7
23	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1/19/2006	1	51	LAL	@	SAC	44	9	4	1	0	17	35	48.6	4	12	33.3	13	13	100.0	62.6	0	9	4	2	-13
24	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1/22/2006	1	81	LAL	vs	TOR	42	6	2	3	1	28	46	60.9	7	13	53.8	18	20	90.0	73.9	2	4	3	1	+25
25	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	4/7/2006	1	51	LAL	@	PHX	42	5	3	1	0	19	33	57.6	5	11	45.5	8	10	80.0	68.2	0	5	2	3	-6
	Average		1.0	50.7				44.0	6.5	3.9	1.7	0.6	17.5	33.0	52.9	3.6	7.6	46.9	12.1	14.0	86.4	64.6	1.1	5.4	3.0	2.8	8.8
	Total		51	2,584				2,244	329	201	87	32	892	1,685	52.9	182	388	46.9	618	715	86.4	64.6	54	275	151	145	+448

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