most games with 40 points in elimination games

LeBron James has the most games in elimination games with 40+ points, with 8 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	LeBron James L. James	8	344	45.1	43.0	10.8	7.8	2.5	1.0	16.5	28.1	58.7	3.1	6.4	49.0	6.9	10.1	67.9	66.0	2.3	8.5	2.4	360	86	62	20	8	19	21	+59
2	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	5	250	47.0	50.0	30.6	1.8			21.4	38.6	55.4				7.2	18.2	39.6	53.6				235	153	9				12
3	Jamal Murray J. Murray	3	132	43.0	44.0	5.7	6.3	0.7	0.0	16.3	25.3	64.5	6.3	11.0	57.6	5.0	5.7	88.2	79.1	1.3	4.3	3.3	129	17	19	2	0	10	9	+47
4	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	3	138	43.2	46.0	12.0	7.0	0.7	0.0	16.7	38.7	43.1	5.7	15.3	37.0	7.0	9.7	72.4	53.6	3.0	9.0	5.7	130	36	21	2	0	17	11	+21
5	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	3	129	45.0	43.0	16.0	2.7	1.3	2.7	16.3	26.3	62.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	10.3	12.0	86.1	68.0	5.3	10.7	1.7	135	48	8	4	8	5	12
6	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	3	125	47.3	41.7	19.3	2.3			13.7	35.0	39.0				14.3	18.3	78.2	48.4				142	58	7				10
7	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	2	97	42.2	48.5	11.0	4.5	1.0	0.5	17.0	30.0	56.7	6.5	12.5	52.0	8.0	10.5	76.2	70.0	0.0	11.0	2.0	84	22	9	2	1	4	3	+54
8	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	2	86	42.5	43.0	7.0	3.0	2.5	0.0	17.0	32.0	53.1	3.5	9.0	38.9	5.5	6.0	91.7	62.1	3.0	4.0	4.0	85	14	6	5	0	8	2	+6
9	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	2	81	40.2	40.5	5.0	5.0	1.5	0.5	16.0	25.5	62.7	6.0	9.5	63.2	2.5	3.0	83.3	75.5	1.5	3.5	3.5	80	10	10	3	1	7	8	+27
10	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	2	87	41.3	43.5	5.0	3.5	1.0	1.0	13.5	23.5	57.4	4.0	7.0	57.1	12.5	15.5	80.6	71.7	0.0	5.0	3.0	83	10	7	2	2	6	5	+39
11	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	2	87	43.9	43.5	4.0	5.5	1.5	0.5	14.5	24.0	60.4	6.0	8.0	75.0	8.5	9.5	89.5	77.2	1.0	3.0	2.0	88	8	11	3	1	4	5	+37
12	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	2	86	44.0	43.0	5.5	5.5	3.5	0.0	13.5	28.0	48.2	3.5	5.5	63.6	12.5	13.5	92.6	63.3	0.5	5.0	2.5	88	11	11	7	0	5	7	+29
13	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	2	86	45.4	43.0	15.5	2.5	4.0	1.0	14.0	24.5	57.1	0.0	0.5	0.0	15.0	17.5	85.7	66.8	3.5	12.0	3.5	91	31	5	8	2	7	3	-6
14	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	2	82	46.1	41.0	9.0	7.5	1.5	1.5	13.5	29.0	46.6	1.0	4.5	22.2	13.0	18.0	72.2	55.5	0.5	8.5	1.5	92	18	15	3	3	3	4	-5
15	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
16	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2	86	43.0	43.0	7.5	5.0	1.5	1.5	16.0	30.5	52.5	0.5	0.5	100.0	10.5	13.0	80.8	59.4	3.0	4.5	3.5	86	15	10	3	3	7	6
17	Bernard King B. King	2	88	41.0	44.0	7.0	1.5	1.5	0.5	16.5	25.5	64.7	0.0	0.0		11.0	14.0	78.6	69.5	1.5	5.5	2.5	82	14	3	3	1	5	8
18	Alex English A. English	2	84	49.0	42.0	8.0	3.0	0.5	2.5	15.5	29.5	52.5	0.0	0.0		11.0	12.5	88.0	60.0	4.0	4.0	2.5	98	16	6	1	5	5	6
19	George Gervin G. Gervin	2	86	43.0	43.0	6.5	1.5	2.5	1.5	17.5	30.0	58.3	0.0	0.0		8.0	10.0	80.0	62.5			2.5	86	13	3	5	3	5	6
20	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	1	45	43.7	45.0	4.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	13.0	23.0	56.5	5.0	8.0	62.5	14.0	14.0	100.0	77.2	3.0	1.0	6.0	44	4	5	1	0	6	3	+3
21	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	1	46	51.9	46.0	5.0	9.0	0.0	0.0	17.0	30.0	56.7	7.0	12.0	58.3	5.0	8.0	62.5	68.6	0.0	5.0	3.0	52	5	9	0	0	3	5	+3
22	Devin Booker D. Booker	1	49	44.9	49.0	5.0	6.0	2.0	1.0	13.0	21.0	61.9	3.0	5.0	60.0	20.0	21.0	95.2	81.0	0.0	5.0	2.0	45	5	6	2	1	2	5	+1
23	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	1	41	45.2	41.0	4.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	14.0	22.0	63.6	5.0	10.0	50.0	8.0	9.0	88.9	79.0	0.0	4.0	3.0	45	4	3	0	0	3	4	+3
24	Stephen Curry S. Curry	1	50	37.7	50.0	8.0	6.0	1.0	0.0	20.0	38.0	52.6	7.0	18.0	38.9	3.0	5.0	60.0	62.2	1.0	7.0	1.0	38	8	6	1	0	1	2	+25
25	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	1	47	45.9	47.0	9.0	8.0	4.0	1.0	16.0	29.0	55.2	4.0	8.0	50.0	11.0	11.0	100.0	69.4	3.0	6.0	1.0	46	9	8	4	1	1	1	+8

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Team Leaders

PPG

22.8

Mitchell

RPG

8.3

Allen

APG

5.6

Harden

Team Rankings

ORTG

116.5

10th

DRTG

114.4

16th

NETRTG

2.1

14th

3P%

36.9

10th

2026-27 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
4	Hawks	7	5	.583	3.0
5	Knicks	6	5	.545	3.5
6	Cavaliers	6	6	.500	4.0
7	Raptors	5	6	.455	4.5
8	Heat	5	6	.455	4.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 11/13	CLE	@	MIA	8:00 PM
Sat 11/14	DAL	@	CLE	7:30 PM
Mon 11/16	CHI	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Wed 11/18	MEM	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Fri 11/20	IND	@	CLE	7:30 PM

Last Game

Cavaliers

6 - 6

115

Final

107

Knicks

6 - 5

Wed 11 Nov 2026

NBA 2026-27 Leaders

PPG Leaders

38.6

Dončić

30.3

Wembanyama

29.7

Gilgeous-Alexander

RPG Leaders

13.5

Towns

13.3

Sabonis

12.6

Antetokounmpo

APG Leaders

9.0

Jokić

8.5

Mitchell

8.3

Young

SPG Leaders

3.0

Daniels

2.3

Dunn

2.3

Barnes

BPG Leaders

4.4

Wembanyama

2.4

Turner

2.2

Kessler

3PM Leaders

5.5

Dončić

4.3

Curry

4.2

Robinson

TS% Leaders

73.4

Gafford

71.9

Curry

71.3

Spencer

NBA 2026-27 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.7

120.4

120.0

119.3

119.2

DRtg Rankings

106.1

107.6

108.6

108.8

109.0

NetRtg Rankings

11.7

11.2

11.0

9.2

8.2

8.0

Tank Leaderboard

1-11

1-10

1-9

2-8

3-8

NBA Fantasy 2026-27

FanDuel Points Leaders

759

Wembanyama

685.6

Dončić

583.3

Antetokounmpo

DraftKings Points Leaders

734.5

Wembanyama

723.3

Dončić

610.3

Antetokounmpo

USG% Leaders

40.1

Dončić

36.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

35.9

Wembanyama

MPG Leaders

37.4

Acuff

36.8

Wagner

36.4

Murray

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.11

Wembanyama

1.74

Dončić

1.62

Antetokounmpo

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.04

Wembanyama

1.83

Dončić

1.70

Antetokounmpo

NBA 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

10-1

9-3

7-3

9-4

8-4

7-4

Worst Record ATS

2-10

2-9

3-7

4-8

NBA 2026-27 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Celtics	10	2	.833
2	76ers	9	3	.750	1.0
3	Pistons	7	3	.700	2.0
4	Hawks	7	5	.583	3.0
5	Knicks	6	5	.545	3.5
6	Cavaliers	6	6	.500	4.0
7	Raptors	5	6	.455	4.5
8	Heat	5	6	.455	4.5
9	Hornets	4	7	.364	5.5
10	Magic	4	7	.364	5.5
11	Pacers	4	8	.333	6.0
12	Wizards	4	8	.333	6.0
13	Nets	3	8	.273	6.5
14	Bulls	1	9	.100	8.0
15	Bucks	1	11	.083	9.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Lakers	11	2	.846
2	Spurs	10	2	.833	0.5
3	Rockets	9	3	.750	1.5
4	Trail Blazers	8	3	.727	2.0
5	Timberwolves	8	3	.727	2.0
6	Warriors	8	4	.667	2.5
7	Thunder	8	4	.667	2.5
8	Mavericks	7	4	.636	3.0
9	Grizzlies	7	4	.636	3.0
10	Nuggets	6	4	.600	3.5
11	Suns	4	6	.400	5.5
12	Pelicans	4	8	.333	6.5
13	Clippers	2	8	.200	7.5
14	Kings	1	10	.091	9.0
15	Jazz	1	11	.083	9.5