nba playoffs most 40 points in a single game 1974

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bob McAdoo were tied for the most points in a 1974 playoff game, with 44 points.

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NBA playoffs most 40 points by a player in a single game 1974

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	PF
1	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	44	4/18/1974	MIL	@	CHI	48	21	3	1	3	20	29	69.0	4	4	100.0	71.5			3
2	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	44	4/6/1974	BUF	vs	BOS	48	16	1			21	40	52.5	2	2	100.0	53.8			5
3	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	43	4/3/1974	BOS	vs	BUF	46	12	8			18	30	60.0	7	7	100.0	65.0			1
4	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	40	4/12/1974	BUF	vs	BOS	48	15	2			15	32	46.9	10	13	76.9	53.0			6
5	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	40	3/29/1974	CAP	@	NYK	48	14	4			19	29	65.5	2	3	66.7	66.0			4
6	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	38	4/22/1974	MIL	@	CHI	47	24	4	0	2	18	26	69.2	2	3	66.7	69.5			3
7	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	38	4/19/1974	NYK	@	BOS	48	10	4			15	22	68.2	8	9	88.9	73.2			3
8	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	38	4/7/1974	NYK	vs	CAP	42	6	4			16	26	61.5	6	8	75.0	64.4			4
9	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	38	4/3/1974	BUF	@	BOS	44	13	2			16	26	61.5	6	6	100.0	66.3			4
10	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	38	4/1/1974	DET	vs	CHI		19	5			16	28	57.1	6	6	100.0	62.0			3
11	Bob Love B. Love	38	4/1/1974	CHI	@	DET		2	1			17	29	58.6	4	5	80.0	60.9			1
12	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	37	5/7/1974	MIL	vs	BOS	48	11	6	0	2	16	31	51.6	5	7	71.4	54.3	3	8	4
13	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	36	5/10/1974	BOS	vs	MIL	58	9	4	0	0	14	29	48.3	8	10	80.0	53.9	2	7	2
14	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	36	4/30/1974	MIL	vs	BOS	53	15	6	1	3	15	31	48.4	6	9	66.7	51.5	6	9	4
15	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	36	4/21/1974	BOS	@	NYK	45	2	5			17	28	60.7	2	2	100.0	62.3			3
16	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	35	4/28/1974	MIL	vs	BOS	46	14	5	1	3	14	28	50.0	7	9	77.8	54.8	2	12	1
17	Phil Chenier P. Chenier	35	3/31/1974	CAP	vs	NYK	47	5	3			12	29	41.4	11	11	100.0	51.7			2
18	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	35	3/29/1974	MIL	vs	LAL	48	21	2	4	6	16	32	50.0	3	4	75.0	51.8			2
19	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	34	5/10/1974	MIL	@	BOS	58	8	6	1	2	16	26	61.5	2	2	100.0	63.2	2	6	4
20	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	34	5/5/1974	MIL	@	BOS	48	14	6	0	3	14	24	58.3	6	7	85.7	62.8	3	11	2
21	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	34	3/31/1974	CAP	vs	NYK	42	21	2			13	20	65.0	8	11	72.7	68.4			5
22	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	33	5/5/1974	BOS	vs	MIL	48	5	2	1	0	12	26	46.2	9	10	90.0	54.3	1	4	4
23	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	33	4/24/1974	BOS	vs	NYK	48	5	5			14	22	63.6	5	5	100.0	68.2			1
24	Chet Walker C. Walker	33	4/11/1974	CHI	@	DET	38	9	0			14	20	70.0	5	7	71.4	71.5			4
25	Bob Love B. Love	32	4/22/1974	CHI	vs	MIL	48	8	5	1	0	12	26	46.2	8	11	72.7	51.9			4