most playoff loses for player when scoring 40 points

Michael Jordan has lost the most career games in the playoffs when scoring 40+ points, with 12 losses.

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most playoff loses for player when scoring 40 or more points

	NAME	L	PTS	GP	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	12	1,769	38	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	62.7	1.6	4.8	3.3	1,661	243	201	84	47	124	133	+11
2	LeBron James L. James	11	1,263	29	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	65.2	2.0	8.0	3.2	1,283	289	223	54	25	94	77	+137
3	Jerry West J. West	7	873	20		43.7	6.9				15.8	31.0	50.8				12.2	14.2	85.6	58.6					138					61
4	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	6	344	8	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
5	Kevin Durant K. Durant	6	607	14	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	68.3	0.5	7.6	2.8	624	113	69	18	16	39	41	+54
6	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	6	598	13	47.4	46.0	28.5	2.8			19.4	35.2	55.1				7.2	15.4	47.0	54.9				616	370	36				31
7	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	5	306	7	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	70.1	3.3	8.4	3.7	286	82	54	9	5	26	21	-11
8	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	4	381	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	67.8	1.8	3.9	3.5	309	45	44	11	3	28	18	+74
9	James Harden J. Harden	4	469	11	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	72.9	1.0	4.7	3.5	439	63	78	18	4	39	34	+31
10	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	4	312	7	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	55.5	2.0	7.0	4.3	313	63	54	15	4	30	26	+58
11	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	4	468	11	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	64.4	3.5	10.2	2.5	485	151	45	20	38	27	46
12	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	4	379	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	65.9			5.0	391	160	26	9	26	5	33
13	Rick Barry R. Barry	4	354	8	44.6	44.3	7.5	3.5	1.7	0.3	17.3	37.0	46.6				9.8	12.1	80.4	52.3	1.7	3.0		357	60	28	5	1		34
14	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	3	380	9	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	63.2	0.3	3.8	2.9	392	37	61	5	2	26	22	+68
15	Devin Booker D. Booker	3	357	8	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	73.4	0.8	6.0	2.4	343	54	47	12	7	19	31	+50
16	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	3	161	4	48.3	40.3	15.0	5.3	0.8	2.8	14.3	23.5	60.6	0.5	0.8	66.7	11.3	15.8	71.4	66.1	5.3	9.8	3.8	193	60	21	3	11	15	15	-6
17	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	3	565	13	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	63.8	1.5	5.5	2.5	561	92	62	21	8	32	34	+86
18	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	3	172	4	45.0	43.0	10.3	8.3	1.3	0.3	14.0	24.5	57.1	0.3	2.3	11.1	14.8	16.0	92.2	68.2	2.3	8.0	4.8	180	41	33	5	1	19	15
19	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	3	620	14		44.3					16.1						12.0	15.2	78.9											52
20	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	2	211	5	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
21	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	2	229	5	41.0	45.8	8.6	5.0	1.8	1.2	15.2	28.0	54.3	5.6	11.8	47.5	9.8	11.2	87.5	69.5	0.2	8.4	2.2	205	43	25	9	6	11	12	+37
22	Ja Morant J. Morant	2	139	3	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
23	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	2	340	8	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	65.6	2.9	10.1	3.8	322	104	37	7	17	30	25	+61
24	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	2	215	5	41.7	43.0	7.8	3.0	3.0	0.2	15.6	27.6	56.5	4.2	8.4	50.0	7.6	8.2	92.7	68.9	1.8	6.0	3.2	208	39	15	15	1	16	9	+43
25	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	2	187	4	45.3	46.8	5.5	9.0	1.0	1.3	14.8	27.0	54.6	9.8	16.0	60.9	7.5	8.8	85.7	75.8	1.5	4.0	3.3	181	22	36	4	5	13	5	+2

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