most 40 point games in nba playoffs before turning 26

LeBron James has the most games by a player younger than 26 in the playoffs with 40+ points, with 9 games.

	NAME	GP	PTS	Age	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	9	400	25	45.3	44.4	7.9	6.9	1.7	0.9	15.2	27.6	55.2	2.6	6.4	39.7	11.4	14.9	76.9	65.2	1.9	6.0	3.0	408	71	62	15	8	27	28	+32
2	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	8	344	22	41.6	43.0	9.5	9.8	1.4	0.6	14.8	27.9	52.9	4.6	10.3	45.1	8.9	11.6	76.3	65.2	0.8	8.8	5.4	333	76	78	11	5	43	19	-29
3	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	8	370	25	47.6	46.3	31.1	2.4			19.1	37.3	51.3				8.0	15.8	50.8	52.3				381	249	19				16
4	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	7	329	25	45.9	47.0	4.0	5.6	2.6	0.1	17.0	32.9	51.7	4.1	7.4	55.8	8.9	10.3	86.1	62.9	1.1	2.9	3.4	321	28	39	18	1	24	14	+75
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	6	303	24	45.2	50.5	5.2	3.5	2.5	2.0	19.2	35.2	54.5	0.3	0.5	66.7	11.8	13.0	91.0	61.8	1.3	3.8	3.8	271	31	21	15	12	23	23
6	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	5	211	23	42.9	42.2	6.4	4.8	1.2	1.8	14.4	24.6	58.5	5.2	9.6	54.2	8.2	9.8	83.7	73.0	2.2	4.2	1.6	215	32	24	6	9	8	11	+22
7	Kevin Durant K. Durant	5	203	25	43.8	40.6	8.6	3.2	1.4	1.4	12.4	24.2	51.2	2.4	7.4	32.4	13.4	15.4	87.0	65.5	0.6	8.0	3.2	219	43	16	7	7	16	14	+7
8	Rick Barry R. Barry	5	230	22	45.2	46.0	9.2	4.2			17.2	40.2	42.8				11.6	14.8	78.4	49.2				226	46	21				22
9	Devin Booker D. Booker	4	169	24	42.5	42.3	7.3	4.8	0.5	0.8	16.0	28.0	57.1	3.3	6.0	54.2	7.0	7.5	93.3	67.5	0.8	6.5	2.8	170	29	19	2	3	11	15	+28
10	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	4	187	24	41.3	46.8	8.8	5.3	1.3	1.0	15.0	28.0	53.6	5.3	10.8	48.8	11.5	13.3	86.8	69.1	0.3	8.5	1.8	165	35	21	5	4	7	9	+46
11	Jamal Murray J. Murray	4	182	22	43.1	45.5	7.0	6.5	0.5	0.3	16.8	26.8	62.6	7.0	12.0	58.3	5.0	5.5	90.9	78.0	2.0	5.0	2.5	172	28	26	2	1	10	11	+52
12	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	4	197	24	39.6	49.3	5.5	6.0	1.3	0.3	16.0	28.8	55.7	6.3	12.5	50.0	11.0	11.5	95.7	72.8	1.3	4.3	4.0	158	22	24	5	1	16	5	+1
13	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	4	167	24	44.5	41.8	8.0	4.0	2.0	0.8	13.3	26.0	51.0	0.3	1.0	25.0	15.0	17.5	85.7	61.9	2.0	6.0	3.5	178	32	16	8	3	14	13	+17
14	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	4	170	25	46.5	42.5	19.5	2.5	2.3	3.3	16.0	28.0	57.1	0.0	0.3	0.0	10.5	12.5	84.0	63.4	6.5	13.0	2.0	186	78	10	9	13	8	16
15	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	4	174	24	47.3	43.5	15.0	1.5			18.3	34.3	53.3				7.0	9.8	71.8	56.4				189	60	6				17
16	Jerry West J. West	4	163	24		40.8	9.0				15.3	28.3	54.0				10.3	13.3	77.4	59.8					36					11
17	Ja Morant J. Morant	3	139	23	41.8	46.3	7.0	9.3	1.0	0.0	14.3	27.7	51.8	4.3	9.7	44.8	13.3	15.7	85.1	67.0	2.3	4.7	3.0	125	21	28	3	0	9	7	+10
18	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	3	123	24	40.6	41.0	4.3	4.7	1.0	0.3	15.7	24.3	64.4	5.3	8.7	61.5	4.3	5.0	86.7	77.3	1.0	3.3	3.3	122	13	14	3	1	10	10	+36
19	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	3	123	25	47.5	41.0	5.7	6.7	3.0	1.0	15.7	29.7	52.8	0.7	3.3	20.0	9.0	9.3	96.4	60.7	1.0	4.7	3.0	142	17	20	9	3	9	12	+26
20	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	3	123	22	40.0	41.0	13.7	1.0	0.7	2.3	14.0	24.7	56.8	0.0	0.3	0.0	13.0	15.3	84.8	65.3	6.3	7.3	2.3	120	41	3	2	7	7	10	+6
21	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	3	130	24	47.0	43.3	12.7	2.3	3.0	1.0	15.0	23.7	63.4	3.0	4.0	75.0	10.3	12.7	81.6	74.1	2.7	10.0	2.3	141	38	7	9	3	7	8	+6
22	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	3	135	25	46.7	45.0	10.7	3.7	2.0	1.0	16.3	30.3	53.8	1.3	2.3	57.1	11.0	13.3	82.5	62.2	3.3	7.3	2.0	140	32	11	6	3	6	8	+33
23	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	3	131	23	44.7	43.7	6.7	4.7	1.7	1.0	15.0	28.7	52.3	2.3	5.7	41.2	11.3	13.7	82.9	63.0	0.3	6.3	4.3	134	20	14	5	3	13	8	+3
24	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	3	127	24		42.3	11.7	9.3			13.7	25.3	53.9				15.0	17.3	86.5	64.2					35	28				8
25	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	3	120	25		40.0					14.0						12.0	15.7	76.6											13

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7	Hornets	0.5
8	Bulls	0.5
9	Cavaliers	0.5
10	Pacers	0.5
11	Heat	0.5

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Thu 10/22	CLE	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Sat 10/24	BKN	@	CLE	7:30 PM
Mon 10/26	MIN	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Wed 10/28	WAS	@	CLE	7:00 PM
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Gilgeous-Alexander

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1	Pistons	1	0	1.000
2	76ers	1	0	1.000
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4	Celtics	0	1	.000	1.0
5	Hawks	0	0		0.5
6	Nets	0	0		0.5
7	Hornets	0	0		0.5
8	Bulls	0	0		0.5
9	Cavaliers	0	0		0.5
10	Pacers	0	0		0.5
11	Heat	0	0		0.5
12	Bucks	0	0		0.5
13	Magic	0	0		0.5
14	Raptors	0	0		0.5
15	Wizards	0	0		0.5

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5	Nuggets	0	0		0.5
6	Rockets	0	0		0.5
7	Clippers	0	0		0.5
8	Lakers	0	0		0.5
9	Grizzlies	0	0		0.5
10	Timberwolves	0	0		0.5
11	Pelicans	0	0		0.5
12	Suns	0	0		0.5
13	Trail Blazers	0	0		0.5
14	Kings	0	0		0.5
15	Jazz	0	0		0.5