how many times has lbj scored 40 pts or more as a starter regular season and playoffs

LeBron James has 108 games played as a starter in the regular-season and playoffs with 40+ 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	LeBron James L. James	3/27/2004	1	41	CLE	vs	NJN	43	6	13	3	0	15	29	51.7	1	2	50.0	10	10	100.0	61.4	2	4	2	1	+10
2	LeBron James L. James	11/24/2004	1	43	CLE	vs	DET	38	6	5	3	1	15	22	68.2	2	3	66.7	11	12	91.7	78.8	3	3	3	3	+12
3	LeBron James L. James	12/28/2004	1	40	CLE	@	ATL	46	9	7	1	0	13	25	52.0	3	5	60.0	11	14	78.6	64.2	1	8	1	2	+8
4	LeBron James L. James	3/20/2005	1	56	CLE	@	TOR	48	10	5	2	0	18	36	50.0	6	12	50.0	14	15	93.3	65.7	2	8	4	0	-7
5	LeBron James L. James	3/28/2005	1	44	CLE	@	NOH	53	6	3	4	0	16	29	55.2	3	10	30.0	9	11	81.8	65.0	2	4	10	3	+1
6	LeBron James L. James	4/9/2005	1	40	CLE	vs	MIL	47	10	10	2	1	15	26	57.7	7	13	53.8	3	3	100.0	73.2	1	9	3	2	+13
7	LeBron James L. James	12/10/2005	1	52	CLE	@	MIL	43	7	7	2	0	19	29	65.5	5	9	55.6	9	10	90.0	77.8	0	7	3	5	-3
8	LeBron James L. James	12/17/2005	1	41	CLE	vs	MIA	46	5	10	1	0	12	19	63.2	2	4	50.0	15	16	93.8	78.7	0	5	4	3	+9
9	LeBron James L. James	1/14/2006	1	46	CLE	@	PHX	44	7	8	1	0	18	28	64.3	5	8	62.5	5	5	100.0	76.2	0	7	1	1	-5
10	LeBron James L. James	1/21/2006	1	51	CLE	@	UTA	43	5	8	2	0	19	35	54.3	4	8	50.0	9	11	81.8	64.0	0	5	3	4	+19
11	LeBron James L. James	1/29/2006	1	44	CLE	vs	PHX	43	11	7	1	1	17	33	51.5	3	7	42.9	7	12	58.3	57.5	1	10	6	1	+5
12	LeBron James L. James	2/13/2006	1	44	CLE	vs	SAS	41	3	5	4	0	19	33	57.6	1	3	33.3	5	8	62.5	60.2	2	1	2	0	+12
13	LeBron James L. James	2/15/2006	1	43	CLE	@	BOS	54	12	11	2	4	16	32	50.0	0	5	0.0	11	15	73.3	55.7	1	11	2	5	+5
14	LeBron James L. James	3/12/2006	1	47	CLE	@	MIA	45	7	4	0	1	11	27	40.7	1	6	16.7	24	28	85.7	59.8	2	5	5	2	-7
15	LeBron James L. James	3/29/2006	1	46	CLE	vs	DAL	43	5	4	3	0	16	23	69.6	4	7	57.1	10	13	76.9	80.1	0	5	2	3	+16
16	LeBron James L. James	4/1/2006	1	47	CLE	vs	MIA	45	12	9	2	0	16	25	64.0	2	6	33.3	13	14	92.9	75.4	4	8	4	3	+13
17	LeBron James L. James	4/28/2006	1	41	CLE	@	WAS	48	5	3	2	0	16	28	57.1	3	5	60.0	6	9	66.7	64.1	1	4	4	3	+1
18	LeBron James L. James	5/3/2006	1	45	CLE	vs	WAS	46	7	6	2	0	14	23	60.9	0	1	0.0	17	18	94.4	72.8	5	2	4	5	-4
19	LeBron James L. James	3/7/2007	1	41	CLE	@	DET	51	7	8	3	1	17	31	54.8	1	3	33.3	6	8	75.0	59.4	2	5	4	4	+8
20	LeBron James L. James	5/31/2007	1	48	CLE	@	DET	50	9	7	2	0	18	33	54.5	2	3	66.7	10	14	71.4	61.3	3	6	2	3	+2
21	LeBron James L. James	11/2/2007	1	45	CLE	vs	NYK	44	7	7	3	1	13	28	46.4	3	5	60.0	16	22	72.7	59.7	3	4	3	1	+4
22	LeBron James L. James	11/16/2007	1	40	CLE	vs	UTA	40	10	9	0	3	13	27	48.1	1	3	33.3	13	15	86.7	59.5	2	8	5	3	+13
23	LeBron James L. James	11/21/2007	1	45	CLE	@	MIN	39	8	5	3	2	17	26	65.4	6	10	60.0	5	8	62.5	76.2	2	6	3	2	+14
24	LeBron James L. James	1/15/2008	1	51	CLE	@	MEM	47	8	9	3	1	18	28	64.3	6	12	50.0	9	16	56.3	72.8	3	5	4	1	+10
25	LeBron James L. James	1/27/2008	1	41	CLE	@	LAL	44	9	4	2	0	16	32	50.0	1	5	20.0	8	12	66.7	55.0	3	6	5	4	-3
	Average		1.0	44.3				42.3	9.0	7.3	1.8	0.9	15.8	27.0	58.4	3.5	7.0	49.5	9.2	11.9	77.7	68.6	1.7	7.3	3.5	2.1	7.3
	Total		108	4,780				4,569	973	783	190	98	1,704	2,919	58.4	377	761	49.5	995	1,281	77.7	68.6	180	793	383	222	+788

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Mon 11/2	OKC	@	CLE	7:00 PM
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2	Pistons	5	1	.833	0.5
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4	Cavaliers	4	2	.667	1.5
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Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	106-100
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