most points in an nba playoff game by a 42 years old

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

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most points by a player in an NBA playoff game by a 42 years 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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