most points scored in a finals game by a 40 year old

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has the most points by a 40-year-old player in an NBA Finals game, with 32 points versus the Celtics on June 14, 1987.

Interpreted as:
most points by a player scored in a finals game by a 40 year old
NAME PTS AGE DATE SEASON SERIES TM OPP MIN REB AST STL BLK FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
32
40-059
6/14/1987
1986-87
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
vs
BOS BOS
29
6
1
0
4
13
18
72.2
0
0
6
10
60.0
71.4
2
4
0
5
2 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
27
40-052
6/7/1987
1986-87
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
@
BOS BOS
38
7
0
1
1
9
16
56.3
0
0
9
13
69.2
62.2
1
6
2
5
3 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
23
40-049
6/4/1987
1986-87
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
vs
BOS BOS
31
3
3
0
1
10
14
71.4
0
0
3
6
50.0
69.1
1
2
1
2
4 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
18
40-056
6/11/1987
1986-87
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
@
BOS BOS
35
7
0
1
4
8
21
38.1
0
1
0.0
2
2
100.0
41.1
5
2
0
4
5 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
16
40-054
6/9/1987
1986-87
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
@
BOS BOS
36
11
1
1
1
5
17
29.4
0
0
6
10
60.0
37.4
3
8
3
0
6 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
14
40-047
6/2/1987
1986-87
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
vs
BOS BOS
34
10
0
0
4
5
12
41.7
0
0
4
4
100.0
50.9
3
7
4
3
7 Karl Malone
K. Malone
9
40-320
6/8/2004
2003-04
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
vs
DET DET
39
9
2
1
0
3
9
33.3
0
1
0.0
3
4
75.0
41.8
3
6
1
3
+4
8 Kevin Willis
K. Willis
6
40-278
6/11/2003
2002-03
NBA Finals
SAS SAS
@
NJN NJN
16
5
0
0
1
2
7
28.6
0
0
2
2
100.0
38.1
5
0
2
3
+3
9 Karl Malone
K. Malone
5
40-322
6/10/2004
2003-04
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
@
DET DET
18
4
2
0
0
2
4
50.0
0
0
1
2
50.0
51.2
0
4
1
2
-13
10 Karl Malone
K. Malone
4
40-318
6/6/2004
2003-04
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
vs
DET DET
44
11
3
0
1
2
9
22.2
0
0
0
0
22.2
3
8
0
1
-10
11 Karl Malone
K. Malone
2
40-325
6/13/2004
2003-04
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
@
DET DET
21
5
2
0
0
1
2
50.0
0
0
0
0
50.0
2
3
2
2
-1
12 Kevin Willis
K. Willis
2
40-275
6/8/2003
2002-03
NBA Finals
SAS SAS
@
NJN NJN
3
1
0
0
0
1
1
100.0
0
0
0
0
100.0
1
0
1
1
-1

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68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
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50
32
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32
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32
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Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
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33
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21
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31
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38
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3/26
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5/11
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5/11
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5/12
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