most efficient 40 point game in the playoffs ts

Michael Jordan had the most games in the playoffs with 40+ points, with 38 games.

Interpreted as:

most efficient 40 or more point game in the playoffs ts by a player

	NAME	GP	PTS	TS%	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	38	1,769	62.7	43.7	46.6	6.4	5.3	2.2	1.2	17.2	31.4	54.8	1.1	2.8	38.7	11.1	13.0	85.2	1.6	4.8	3.3	1,661	243	201	84	47	124	133	+11
2	LeBron James L. James	29	1,263	65.2	44.2	43.6	10.0	7.7	1.9	0.9	16.0	28.1	56.9	2.8	6.2	44.2	8.9	12.1	73.0	2.0	8.0	3.2	1,283	289	223	54	25	94	77	+137
3	Jerry West J. West	17	752	58.5		44.2	6.5	6.6			15.9	31.6	50.5				12.4	14.2	87.1					110	112				51
4	Kevin Durant K. Durant	14	607	68.3	44.6	43.4	8.1	4.9	1.3	1.1	13.8	25.9	53.3	3.7	8.9	41.6	12.1	13.4	90.4	0.5	7.6	2.8	624	113	69	18	16	39	41	+54
5	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	13	565	63.8	43.2	43.5	7.1	4.8	1.6	0.6	15.7	29.2	53.7	2.4	4.8	50.0	9.7	11.0	88.1	1.5	5.5	2.5	561	92	62	21	8	32	34	+86
6	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	12	510	61.1	44.1	42.5	16.4	3.8	0.4	3.0	16.8	27.3	61.3	0.0	0.0		9.0	16.9	53.2	5.4	11.0	2.5	529	197	45	5	36	30	35	+141
7	James Harden J. Harden	11	469	72.9	39.9	42.6	5.7	7.1	1.6	0.4	13.8	24.9	55.5	5.9	11.3	52.4	9.1	9.8	92.6	1.0	4.7	3.5	439	63	78	18	4	39	34	+31
8	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	11	468	64.4	44.1	42.5	13.7	4.1	1.8	3.5	16.7	28.1	59.5	0.2	0.4	50.0	8.9	11.2	79.7	3.5	10.2	2.5	485	151	45	20	38	27	46
9	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	10	471	64.0	45.9	47.1	4.4	5.5	2.7	0.1	16.4	31.5	52.1	3.9	7.2	54.2	10.4	12.1	86.0	0.9	3.5	3.3	459	44	55	27	1	33	22	+102
10	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	9	380	63.2	43.5	42.2	4.1	6.8	0.6	0.2	15.2	28.8	52.9	3.0	8.1	37.0	8.8	10.6	83.2	0.3	3.8	2.9	392	37	61	5	2	26	22	+68
11	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	9	379	65.9	43.4	42.1	17.8	2.9	1.3	3.7	17.2	27.4	62.8	0.0	0.0		7.7	10.2	75.0			5.0	391	160	26	9	26	5	33
12	Devin Booker D. Booker	8	357	73.4	42.8	44.6	6.8	5.9	1.5	0.9	16.8	26.8	62.6	3.5	6.4	54.9	7.6	8.3	92.4	0.8	6.0	2.4	343	54	47	12	7	19	31	+50
13	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	8	351	72.7	42.0	43.9	7.3	5.6	2.3	1.4	14.9	24.3	61.3	2.3	5.4	41.9	11.9	13.5	88.0	2.0	5.3	2.3	336	58	45	18	11	18	8	+71
14	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	8	381	67.8	38.7	47.6	5.6	5.5	1.4	0.4	16.0	29.5	54.2	4.8	11.4	41.8	10.9	12.8	85.3	1.8	3.9	3.5	309	45	44	11	3	28	18	+74
15	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	8	344	65.2	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	0.8	8.8	5.4	333	76	78	11	5	43	19	-29
16	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	8	340	65.6	40.3	42.5	13.0	4.6	0.9	2.1	14.8	25.5	57.8	1.4	4.5	30.6	11.6	15.6	74.4	2.9	10.1	3.8	322	104	37	7	17	30	25	+61
17	Stephen Curry S. Curry	8	344	65.1	41.8	43.0	7.0	6.9	1.3	0.1	14.8	29.5	50.0	6.5	14.9	43.7	7.0	8.0	87.5	1.5	5.5	3.6	334	56	55	10	1	29	16	+103
18	Rick Barry R. Barry	8	354	52.3	44.6	44.3	7.5	3.5	1.7	0.3	17.3	37.0	46.6				9.8	12.1	80.4	1.7	3.0		357	60	28	5	1		34
19	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	7	306	70.1	40.9	43.7	11.7	7.7	1.3	0.7	16.7	27.1	61.6	2.9	5.6	51.3	7.4	9.1	81.3	3.3	8.4	3.7	286	82	54	9	5	26	21	-11
20	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	7	312	55.5	44.8	44.6	9.0	7.7	2.1	0.6	16.3	35.4	46.0	3.0	9.6	31.3	9.0	10.7	84.0	2.0	7.0	4.3	313	63	54	15	4	30	26	+58
21	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	7	295	65.9	42.8	42.1	7.4	3.7	1.7	0.7	13.9	25.1	55.1	1.3	2.6	50.0	13.1	15.6	84.4	1.4	6.0	3.6	300	52	26	12	5	25	21	+60
22	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	7	312	75.6	44.9	44.6	10.6	2.9	1.7	1.1	13.9	22.4	61.8	2.3	3.0	76.2	14.6	16.0	91.1	1.4	9.1	2.6	314	74	20	12	8	18	16	+63
23	Bernard King B. King	7	304	68.5	39.3	43.4	6.0	3.0	1.1	0.4	16.9	26.3	64.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	9.7	12.3	79.1	2.3	3.7	2.9	275	42	21	8	3	20	24
24	Jamal Murray J. Murray	6	265	78.4	41.9	44.2	6.0	6.3	1.2	0.3	16.2	25.8	62.6	7.0	12.0	58.3	4.8	5.3	90.6	1.3	4.7	2.5	251	36	38	7	2	15	16	+70
25	George Gervin G. Gervin	6	257	65.4	40.8	42.8	6.8	2.0	1.3	0.8	17.3	28.3	61.2	0.0	0.7	0.0	8.2	10.0	81.7			2.7	245	41	12	8	5	16	14

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2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
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12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
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1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
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14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
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