37 players are tied for the most games with 40+ points in a game 2, with 1 game. The first three are Donovan Mitchell, Jaylen Brown and Nikola Jokić.

Interpreted as:

most 40 or more point games by a player in game 2

	NAME	GP	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	1	48	5/6/2025	CLE	vs	IND	36	5	9	4	1	15	30	50.0	1	7	14.3	17	21	81.0	61.2	2	3	5	4	+13
2	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	1	40	5/23/2024	BOS	vs	IND	37	5	2	1	0	14	27	51.9	4	10	40.0	8	11	72.7	62.8	2	3	2	4	+18
3	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	1	41	6/4/2023	DEN	vs	MIA	42	11	4	0	0	16	28	57.1	2	5	40.0	7	8	87.5	65.0	3	8	5	3	-11
4	Jamal Murray J. Murray	1	40	4/19/2023	DEN	vs	MIN	39	3	5	2	0	13	22	59.1	6	10	60.0	8	9	88.9	77.0	0	3	4	3	+1
5	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	1	41	4/19/2023	MIN	@	DEN	42	2	4	2	3	14	23	60.9	6	10	60.0	7	8	87.5	77.3	1	1	1	4	-3
6	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	1	42	5/20/2022	DAL	@	GSW	38	5	8	3	1	12	23	52.2	5	10	50.0	13	15	86.7	70.9	0	5	2	3	-12
7	Ja Morant J. Morant	1	47	5/3/2022	MEM	vs	GSW	41	8	8	3	0	15	31	48.4	5	12	41.7	12	13	92.3	64.0	2	6	2	2	+13
8	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	1	41	4/20/2022	CHI	@	MIL	44	7	4	1	2	16	31	51.6	0	2	0.0	9	9	100.0	58.6	0	7	2	3	+2
9	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	1	45	4/19/2022	MIA	vs	ATL	39	5	5	2	0	15	25	60.0	4	7	57.1	11	12	91.7	74.3	0	5	0	0	+19
10	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	1	41	4/18/2022	DAL	vs	UTA	42	8	5	2	0	15	25	60.0	6	10	60.0	5	7	71.4	73.0	0	8	0	0	+15
11	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	1	42	7/8/2021	MIL	@	PHX	40	12	4	1	3	15	22	68.2	1	5	20.0	11	18	61.1	70.2	4	8	3	3	+3
12	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	1	40	6/8/2021	PHI	vs	ATL	35	13	2	2	1	13	25	52.0	2	5	40.0	12	16	75.0	62.4	1	12	3	5	+14
13	Ja Morant J. Morant	1	47	5/26/2021	MEM	@	UTA	43	4	7	0	0	15	26	57.7	2	7	28.6	15	20	75.0	67.5	2	2	4	3	-6
14	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	1	41	5/25/2021	LAC	vs	DAL	41	6	4	2	0	14	21	66.7	4	7	57.1	9	10	90.0	80.7	2	4	2	2	-7
15	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	1	42	5/24/2021	POR	@	DEN	42	4	10	0	1	11	24	45.8	9	16	56.3	11	13	84.6	70.7	0	4	3	1	-16
16	LeBron James L. James	1	42	5/15/2018	CLE	@	BOS	39	10	12	0	1	16	29	55.2	5	11	45.5	5	10	50.0	62.9	1	9	6	3	-9
17	LeBron James L. James	1	43	5/3/2018	CLE	@	TOR	41	8	14	1	0	19	28	67.9	1	3	33.3	4	8	50.0	68.2	1	7	1	1	+20
18	LeBron James L. James	1	46	4/18/2018	CLE	vs	IND	40	12	5	2	0	17	24	70.8	2	5	40.0	10	13	76.9	77.4	1	11	3	1	+7
19	Isaiah Thomas I. Thomas	1	53	5/2/2017	BOS	vs	WAS	45	4	4	3	0	18	33	54.5	5	12	41.7	12	13	92.3	68.4	1	3	2	2	+10
20	John Wall J. Wall	1	40	5/2/2017	WAS	@	BOS	47	3	13	3	3	16	32	50.0	3	10	30.0	5	7	71.4	57.0	1	2	4	3	-3
21	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	1	51	4/19/2017	OKC	@	HOU	41	10	13	4	1	17	43	39.5	2	11	18.2	15	18	83.3	50.1	2	8	4	3	+11
22	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	1	41	5/2/2016	SAS	vs	OKC	43	8	3	0	2	15	21	71.4	1	1	100.0	10	10	100.0	80.7	3	5	0	0	-4
23	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	1	43	4/23/2014	POR	@	HOU	36	8	1	0	3	18	28	64.3	0	0		7	8	87.5	68.2	3	5	1	2	+3
24	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	1	44	5/30/2012	BOS	@	MIA	53	8	10	3	0	16	24	66.7	2	2	100.0	10	12	83.3	75.1	0	8	3	3	-4
25	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	1	42	4/19/2011	NYK	@	BOS	44	17	6	0	2	14	30	46.7	4	8	50.0	10	11	90.9	60.3	5	12	1	5	-5