karl malone most points in a game after turning 38 years old

After turning 38, Karl Malone put up his most points in a game against the Magic on March 12, 2003, with 40 points.

	NAME	PTS	Age	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Karl Malone K. Malone	40	39-231	3/12/2003	UTA	@	ORL	42	9	7	4	0	12	19	63.2	0	0		16	22	72.7	69.7	0	9	1	2	+2
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	39	38-137	12/8/2001	UTA	vs	GSW	40	7	5	1	4	14	27	51.9	0	0		11	12	91.7	60.4	3	4	1	5	+16
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	37	38-181	1/21/2002	UTA	@	GSW	43	11	0	3	1	10	23	43.5	1	2	50.0	16	19	84.2	59.0	3	8	3	5	+1
4	Karl Malone K. Malone	35	38-209	2/18/2002	UTA	@	CLE	40	8	7	3	1	11	24	45.8	0	0		13	16	81.3	56.4	1	7	4	3	+4
5	Karl Malone K. Malone	34	39-238	3/19/2003	UTA	@	PHX	41	8	4	4	0	11	24	45.8	0	0		12	13	92.3	57.2	0	8	6	4	+16
6	Karl Malone K. Malone	34	39-176	1/16/2003	UTA	vs	SEA	43	9	2	5	0	14	23	60.9	1	1	100.0	5	8	62.5	64.1	4	5	6	2	+6
7	Karl Malone K. Malone	34	38-203	2/12/2002	UTA	@	IND	41	14	6	5	2	11	23	47.8	0	0		12	16	75.0	56.6	2	12	5	2	+18
8	Karl Malone K. Malone	34	38-120	11/21/2001	UTA	vs	NJN	45	12	4	3	0	13	25	52.0	0	2	0.0	8	12	66.7	56.1	2	10	5	4	+4
9	Karl Malone K. Malone	33	39-202	2/11/2003	UTA	@	HOU	45	5	9	3	0	13	23	56.5	0	0		7	8	87.5	62.2	1	4	2	3	+1
10	Karl Malone K. Malone	33	39-164	1/4/2003	UTA	@	MIN	38	9	4	2	0	11	20	55.0	0	0		11	11	100.0	66.4	1	8	1	1	+8
11	Karl Malone K. Malone	32	38-165	1/5/2002	UTA	@	CHI	46	6	6	3	1	10	23	43.5	1	2	50.0	11	14	78.6	54.9	2	4	4	2	+11
12	Karl Malone K. Malone	31	39-196	2/5/2003	UTA	vs	MEM	39	6	8	4	2	14	21	66.7	0	0		3	4	75.0	68.1	3	3	2	4	+23
13	Karl Malone K. Malone	31	39-152	12/23/2002	UTA	@	HOU	41	9	6	2	0	14	26	53.8	0	0		3	4	75.0	55.8	3	6	1	3	-1
14	Karl Malone K. Malone	31	38-195	2/4/2002	UTA	@	HOU	41	13	6	3	0	13	26	50.0	0	0		5	5	100.0	55.0	4	9	2	5	-7
15	Karl Malone K. Malone	31	38-151	12/22/2001	UTA	@	NJN	41	8	4	3	0	9	23	39.1	0	0		13	16	81.3	51.6	3	5	3	0	+4
16	Karl Malone K. Malone	31	38-144	12/15/2001	UTA	@	SAS	33	8	1	2	0	12	24	50.0	0	0		7	7	100.0	57.2	1	7	3	2	-18
17	Karl Malone K. Malone	30	38-177	1/17/2002	UTA	@	SAS	45	14	6	1	0	11	17	64.7	1	1	100.0	7	10	70.0	70.1	3	11	3	3	-1
18	Karl Malone K. Malone	30	38-170	1/10/2002	UTA	vs	HOU	38	10	6	2	0	11	23	47.8	0	1	0.0	8	10	80.0	54.7	3	7	1	2	+5
19	Karl Malone K. Malone	30	38-139	12/10/2001	UTA	vs	DAL	42	12	5	0	0	9	17	52.9	0	0		12	16	75.0	62.4	1	11	1	3	+16
20	Karl Malone K. Malone	30	38-116	11/17/2001	UTA	@	MIL	44	10	2	2	0	13	25	52.0	1	2	50.0	3	4	75.0	56.1	2	8	3	2	0
21	Karl Malone K. Malone	30	38-115	11/16/2001	UTA	@	WAS	42	12	4	3	1	10	21	47.6	0	0		10	11	90.9	58.0	2	10	2	4	+10
22	Karl Malone K. Malone	29	39-229	3/10/2003	UTA	@	MIA	39	13	5	1	0	10	22	45.5	0	0		9	11	81.8	54.0	1	12	4	4	+8
23	Karl Malone K. Malone	29	39-188	1/28/2003	UTA	@	SAC	41	10	6	1	0	12	20	60.0	0	0		5	7	71.4	62.8	2	8	0	4	+8
24	Karl Malone K. Malone	29	39-133	12/4/2002	UTA	vs	LAL	41	15	4	0	0	11	19	57.9	1	2	50.0	6	6	100.0	67.0	2	13	4	0	+14
25	Karl Malone K. Malone	29	38-136	12/7/2001	UTA	@	LAC	37	8	7	0	0	10	16	62.5	0	0		9	10	90.0	71.1	2	6	1	4	+18

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