most 40 point playoffs games in the 1990s

Between the 1989-90 and 1998-99 seasons, Michael Jordan had the most games in the playoffs with 40+ points, with 25 games.

	NAME	GP	PTS	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	25	1,155	43.7	46.2	6.2	5.2	1.9	1.1	17.4	31.9	54.5	1.4	3.6	38.5	10.1	11.9	84.6	62.2	1.6	4.6	3.0	1,093	155	130	48	27	76	86	+11
2	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	7	298	42.7	42.6	10.4	5.0	1.6	3.6	17.1	28.1	60.9	0.3	0.4	66.7	8.0	10.4	76.7	65.0	1.9	8.6	2.7	299	73	35	11	25	19	30
3	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	5	232	45.2	46.4	15.6	4.2	1.8	1.4	16.6	25.0	66.4	1.6	2.8	57.1	11.6	13.4	86.6	75.1	5.4	10.2	2.4	226	78	21	9	7	12	15
4	Karl Malone K. Malone	3	126	42.7	42.0	12.0	2.7	0.7	0.0	11.0	21.0	52.4	0.0	0.0		20.0	21.3	93.8	69.1	3.0	9.0	3.0	128	36	8	2	0	9	12	+10
5	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	3	130	44.3	43.3	8.7	8.7	0.7	0.0	14.0	25.0	56.0	0.3	2.7	12.5	15.0	16.7	90.0	67.0	2.0	6.7	4.7	133	26	26	2	0	14	12
6	Anfernee Hardaway A. Hardaway	2	83	47.5	41.5	7.5	3.0	3.0	1.5	14.0	26.5	52.8	2.5	6.0	41.7	11.0	13.0	84.6	64.4	2.0	5.5	1.0	95	15	6	6	3	2	8	+21
7	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	2	87	35.5	43.5	12.0	4.0	0.5	1.5	17.5	27.5	63.6	0.0	0.0		8.5	14.5	58.6	64.2	6.0	6.0	1.5	71	24	8	1	3	3	5	+23
8	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	2	89	45.0	44.5	4.5	9.5	2.0	0.5	15.0	25.0	60.0	1.5	2.0	75.0	13.0	14.5	89.7	70.9	0.5	4.0	1.0	90	9	19	4	1	2	6
9	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	2	83	43.5	41.5	9.0	9.0	1.5	0.0	13.0	20.5	63.4	3.0	6.5	46.2	12.5	13.5	92.6	78.5	3.0	6.0	3.5	87	18	18	3	0	7	6
10	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	2	89	42.5	44.5	13.0	5.5	3.5	2.5	16.0	24.0	66.7	0.0	0.0		12.5	13.5	92.6	74.3	2.5	10.5	2.0	85	26	11	7	5	4	7
11	Rex Chapman R. Chapman	1	42	41.0	42.0	4.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	12.0	22.0	54.5	9.0	17.0	52.9	9.0	12.0	75.0	77.0	1.0	3.0	2.0	41	4	2	0	0	2	1	+5
12	David Robinson D. Robinson	1	40	42.0	40.0	21.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	14.0	25.0	56.0	0.0	0.0		12.0	16.0	75.0	62.4	4.0	17.0	1.0	42	21	1	2	3	1	4
13	Terry Porter T. Porter	1	41	38.0	41.0	6.0	7.0	3.0	0.0	12.0	14.0	85.7	4.0	5.0	80.0	13.0	14.0	92.9	101.7	3.0	3.0	1.0	38	6	7	3	0	1	1
14	Reggie Lewis R. Lewis	1	42	48.0	42.0	3.0	6.0	5.0	1.0	16.0	28.0	57.1	1.0	1.0	100.0	9.0	12.0	75.0	63.1	1.0	2.0	2.0	48	3	6	5	1	2	4
15	Brad Daugherty B. Daugherty	1	40	47.0	40.0	16.0	9.0	1.0	2.0	12.0	22.0	54.5	0.0	1.0	0.0	16.0	17.0	94.1	67.8	3.0	13.0	2.0	47	16	9	1	2	2	2
16	Drazen Petrovic D. Petrovic	1	40	47.0	40.0	4.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	17.0	31.0	54.8	0.0	4.0	0.0	6.0	6.0	100.0	59.5	3.0	1.0	1.0	47	4	1	1	0	1	4
17	Chris Mullin C. Mullin	1	41	47.0	41.0	4.0	5.0	2.0	1.0	16.0	21.0	76.2	4.0	4.0	100.0	5.0	6.0	83.3	86.7	1.0	3.0	1.0	47	4	5	2	1	1	5

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Wed 11/11	SAS	@	CHI	8:00 PM
Fri 11/13	ATL	@	CHI	8:00 PM
Sat 11/14	CHI	@	MIN	8:00 PM
Mon 11/16	CHI	@	CLE	7:00 PM
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2	Celtics	8	2	.800	0.5
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4	Hawks	7	4	.636	2.0
5	Knicks	5	4	.556	3.0
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1	Lakers	9	2	.818
2	Thunder	8	2	.800	0.5
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6	Rockets	7	3	.700	1.5
7	Grizzlies	6	3	.667	2.0
8	Trail Blazers	6	3	.667	2.0
9	Nuggets	5	3	.625	2.5
10	Mavericks	6	4	.600	2.5
11	Pelicans	4	6	.400	4.5
12	Suns	3	5	.375	4.5
13	Clippers	2	7	.222	6.0
14	Kings	1	9	.100	7.5
15	Jazz	1	9	.100	7.5