most points in a playoff game by a 42 year old

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has scored the most points by a 42-year-old player in a playoff game, with 24 points in Game 3 of the 1989 NBA Finals against the Pistons.

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most points by a player in a playoff game by a 42 year old

	NAME	PTS	Age	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	24	42-056	6/11/1989	LAL	vs	DET	33	13	2	1	0	10	19	52.6	4	4	100.0	57.8	3	10	2	1
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	22	42-017	5/3/1989	LAL	@	POR	29	6	0	0	0	9	17	52.9	4	8	50.0	53.6	2	4	1	0
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	16	42-021	5/7/1989	LAL	vs	SEA	28	0	1	0	1	8	14	57.1	0	0		57.1	0	0	1	2
4	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	15	42-040	5/26/1989	LAL	@	PHX	25	4	1	1	1	6	14	42.9	3	4	75.0	47.6	2	2	0	1
5	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	13	42-014	4/30/1989	LAL	vs	POR	29	4	0	2	2	6	10	60.0	1	2	50.0	59.7	0	4	2	4
6	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	11	42-053	6/8/1989	LAL	@	DET	28	2	2	0	1	4	12	33.3	3	4	75.0	40.0	1	1	3	3
7	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	11	42-011	4/27/1989	LAL	vs	POR	26	8	1	0	1	4	11	36.4	3	7	42.9	39.1	0	8	2	4
8	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	10	42-024	5/10/1989	LAL	vs	SEA	19	5	1	0	0	3	5	60.0	4	4	100.0	74.0	1	4	0	4
9	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	8	42-051	6/6/1989	LAL	@	DET	14	2	0	1	0	4	7	57.1	0	0		57.1	0	2	1	4
10	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	8	42-037	5/23/1989	LAL	vs	PHX	21	0	0	0	1	3	5	60.0	2	2	100.0	68.0	0	0	2	4
11	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	8	42-026	5/12/1989	LAL	@	SEA	21	1	2	0	0	2	3	66.7	4	4	100.0	84.0	0	1	1	2
12	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	7	42-058	6/13/1989	LAL	vs	DET	29	3	3	0	2	2	8	25.0	3	4	75.0	35.9	1	2	2	3
13	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	6	42-034	5/20/1989	LAL	vs	PHX	17	1	2	0	0	3	5	60.0	0	0		60.0	0	1	1	3
14	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	6	42-028	5/14/1989	LAL	@	SEA	22	7	4	0	2	3	11	27.3	0	0		27.3	3	4	3	3
15	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	2	42-042	5/28/1989	LAL	@	PHX	10	3	0	0	0	1	6	16.7	0	0		16.7	0	3	1	5

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1	Thunder	61	16	.792
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4	Nuggets	49	28	.636	12.0
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Sun 4/5	LAL	@	DAL	7:30 PM
Tue 4/7	OKC	@	LAL	10:30 PM
Thu 4/9	LAL	@	GSW	10:00 PM
Fri 4/10	PHX	@	LAL	10:30 PM
Sun 4/12	UTA	@	LAL	8:30 PM

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1	Thunder - x	61	16	.792
2	Spurs - x	59	18	.766	2.0
3	Lakers - x	50	27	.649	11.0
4	Nuggets - x	49	28	.636	12.0
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8	Trail Blazers	40	38	.513	21.5
9	Clippers	39	38	.506	22.0
10	Warriors	36	41	.468	25.0
11	Pelicans - e	25	52	.325	36.0
12	Grizzlies - e	25	52	.325	36.0
13	Mavericks - e	24	53	.312	37.0
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