last time paul pierce scored 40 points in a game

Paul Pierce put up 40 points against the Cavaliers on December 19, 2012.

	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	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	12/19/2012	40	BOS	vs	CLE	34	8	5	3	1	13	16	81.3	6	7	85.7	8	8	100.0	102.5	0	8	1	2	+29
2	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	4/17/2012	43	BOS	@	NYK	43	2	3	2	0	11	19	57.9	4	6	66.7	17	18	94.4	79.9	0	2	3	4	+2
3	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	5/18/2008	41	BOS	vs	CLE	44	4	5	2	0	13	23	56.5	4	6	66.7	11	12	91.7	72.5	1	3	4	4	+10
4	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	2/15/2006	50	BOS	vs	CLE	54	7	8	0	0	17	36	47.2	0	4	0.0	16	20	80.0	55.8	0	7	4	6	-1
5	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	2/1/2006	40	BOS	vs	PHX	42	3	1	3	1	14	27	51.9	4	8	50.0	8	12	66.7	62.0	0	3	4	3	-6
6	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	12/26/2005	43	BOS	@	SEA	41	5	5	1	1	13	25	52.0	1	4	25.0	16	21	76.2	62.8	1	4	3	5	-3
7	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	12/2/2005	43	BOS	vs	CHI	42	11	5	4	1	12	21	57.1	5	8	62.5	14	18	77.8	74.3	0	11	6	2	+3
8	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	12/13/2003	41	BOS	@	CLE	44	9	6	4	2	12	25	48.0	1	5	20.0	16	18	88.9	62.3	2	7	4	1	+4
9	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	4/19/2003	40	BOS	@	IND	45	11	6	4	1	8	24	33.3	3	5	60.0	21	21	100.0	60.2	2	9	2	5	+4
10	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	4/4/2003	40	BOS	vs	SAC	46	5	4	2	0	12	23	52.2	3	8	37.5	13	18	72.2	64.7	0	5	7	0	-2
11	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	1/24/2003	45	BOS	vs	DEN	41	10	2	3	0	16	27	59.3	4	7	57.1	9	10	90.0	71.7	3	7	3	1	+20
12	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	1/20/2003	40	BOS	@	PHI	45	7	6	4	1	13	26	50.0	1	5	20.0	13	18	72.2	59.0	0	7	6	3	+7
13	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	12/20/2002	42	BOS	vs	MIN	45	14	4	4	1	11	25	44.0	4	8	50.0	16	18	88.9	63.8	1	13	6	1	+9
14	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	11/2/2002	46	BOS	@	NYK	40	6	3	2	2	12	22	54.5	2	6	33.3	20	21	95.2	73.6	2	4	3	4	+22
15	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	5/3/2002	46	BOS	vs	PHI	44	4	6	1	1	16	25	64.0	8	10	80.0	6	7	85.7	81.9	1	3	0	1	+27
16	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	12/1/2001	48	BOS	@	NJN	49	12	1	3	2	13	34	38.2	5	8	62.5	17	18	94.4	57.3	2	10	4	2	+14
17	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	4/11/2001	41	BOS	vs	MIA	46	4	5	0	3	12	23	52.2	2	4	50.0	15	16	93.8	68.2	0	4	3	4	0
18	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	3/27/2001	41	BOS	@	ATL	42	11	3	2	0	12	30	40.0	3	6	50.0	14	17	82.4	54.7	4	7	2	3	+16
19	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	3/22/2001	44	BOS	@	NJN	38	6	1	0	1	15	26	57.7	4	9	44.4	10	10	100.0	72.4	0	6	1	3	+11
20	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	3/15/2001	42	BOS	@	PHX	36	2	1	2	3	13	25	52.0	3	8	37.5	13	13	100.0	68.4	1	1	3	3	+21
21	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	3/13/2001	42	BOS	@	LAL	38	6	2	4	1	13	19	68.4	3	7	42.9	13	21	61.9	74.4	1	5	3	4	-19
22	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	2/2/2001	40	BOS	@	DET	44	7	2	2	2	14	19	73.7	5	7	71.4	7	7	100.0	90.6	2	5	3	3	+10
23	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	1/15/2001	42	BOS	@	MIN	42	5	3	2	0	15	22	68.2	1	2	50.0	11	12	91.7	77.0	1	4	3	4	+12
24	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	11/24/2000	41	BOS	vs	ORL	48	7	2	3	0	13	22	59.1	3	5	60.0	12	17	70.6	69.5	2	5	3	1	+15

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Paul Pierce put up 40 points against the Cavaliers on December 19, 2012.

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