Before 2002-03, Kevin Garnett posted his most points in a game on February 7, 2001 and on March 22, 2000, with 40 points.

Interpreted as:

Kevin Garnett most points in a regular-season game before 2003

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	40	2/7/2001	MIN	vs	SAC	34	7	6	1	2	17	22	77.3	2	2	100.0	4	4	100.0	84.2	1	6	2	4	+32
2	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	40	3/22/2000	MIN	@	BOS	43	8	3	0	1	16	23	69.6	0	1	0.0	8	10	80.0	73.0	2	6	6	4	+12
3	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	38	3/24/2000	MIN	@	NJN	45	8	4	2	6	15	24	62.5	0	0		8	9	88.9	68.0	1	7	3	5	-1
4	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	37	11/3/2001	MIN	@	HOU	41	12	4	1	0	16	30	53.3	0	0		5	5	100.0	57.5	4	8	4	2	-3
5	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	37	1/17/2000	MIN	vs	IND	43	13	7	0	2	16	26	61.5	0	1	0.0	5	6	83.3	64.6	5	8	2	2	+6
6	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	35	4/13/2002	MIN	@	LAC	42	10	5	2	0	13	18	72.2	0	0		9	9	100.0	79.7	1	9	3	4	+9
7	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	35	1/11/2000	MIN	vs	MIA	46	9	4	0	3	14	22	63.6	2	3	66.7	5	6	83.3	71.0	4	5	3	2	-10
8	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	35	11/11/1999	MIN	vs	NYK	46	14	4	2	2	13	26	50.0	2	4	50.0	7	7	100.0	60.2	3	11	3	0	+7
9	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	34	12/16/2000	MIN	vs	IND	46	20	5	1	1	12	25	48.0	0	0		10	12	83.3	56.1	4	16	4	4	+3
10	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	34	3/26/2000	MIN	vs	TOR	46	10	2	1	1	14	21	66.7	0	0		6	8	75.0	69.3	0	10	4	3	+11
11	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	34	11/5/1999	MIN	@	SAC	43	17	4	3	1	12	23	52.2	3	5	60.0	7	8	87.5	64.1	3	14	5	4	+3
12	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	33	2/27/2002	MIN	vs	LAL	40	15	9	2	2	14	25	56.0	1	3	33.3	4	4	100.0	61.7	1	14	1	2	+15
13	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	33	2/13/2002	MIN	vs	PHX	41	13	6	2	2	11	20	55.0	0	0		11	12	91.7	65.3	5	8	3	3	+20
14	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	33	3/30/1997	MIN	@	GSW	43	7	4	0	3	12	15	80.0	0	0		9	11	81.8	83.2	0	7	2	2	+18
15	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	33	3/27/1996	MIN	vs	BOS	43	8	4	1	3	14	21	66.7	0	1	0.0	5	6	83.3	69.8	4	4	4	4
16	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	32	4/6/2002	MIN	vs	PHX	43	11	5	3	1	13	20	65.0	0	0		6	6	100.0	70.7	1	10	0	2	+15
17	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	32	2/3/2002	MIN	vs	SAC	39	12	4	1	2	12	23	52.2	0	2	0.0	8	12	66.7	56.6	4	8	4	5	-5
18	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	32	1/18/2002	MIN	@	PHX	47	14	6	0	0	12	27	44.4	2	4	50.0	6	6	100.0	54.0	5	9	5	3	-5
19	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	32	1/11/2002	MIN	vs	LAL	40	9	8	4	3	11	21	52.4	3	5	60.0	7	7	100.0	66.4	1	8	0	3	+26
20	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	32	11/17/2000	MIN	vs	SAS	45	12	3	2	3	12	18	66.7	1	1	100.0	7	10	70.0	71.4	2	10	7	5	+7
21	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	32	3/29/1998	MIN	@	SAC	40	14	6	4	2	15	22	68.2	0	0		2	3	66.7	68.6	3	11	4	3	+18
22	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	32	1/25/1997	MIN	@	POR	43	6	2	1	2	15	25	60.0	2	3	66.7	0	0		64.0	3	3	4	2	-8
23	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	31	3/26/2002	MIN	vs	GSW	42	7	2	1	2	10	18	55.6	1	1	100.0	10	12	83.3	66.6	1	6	2	1	-9
24	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	31	1/12/2002	MIN	@	WAS	37	6	7	1	0	12	21	57.1	2	4	50.0	5	5	100.0	66.8	3	3	3	3	+3
25	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	31	2/16/2001	MIN	vs	SAS	45	16	5	1	2	12	24	50.0	0	2	0.0	7	13	53.8	52.2	2	14	4	5	-5