oldest nba player to have 40 points in playoff game

Robert Parish is the oldest career when scoring 40+ points in the playoffs. He is 43 years old.

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	NAME	Age	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	Robert Parish R. Parish	43	2,820	184	33.6	15.3	9.6	1.3	0.8	1.7	6.2	12.2	50.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	4.2	72.2	54.7	3.1	6.5	2.1	6,177	1,765	234	145	309	365	617	-3
2	Udonis Haslem U. Haslem	42	833	149	21.5	5.6	5.5	0.6	0.4	0.3	2.2	4.7	47.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.1	1.6	71.3	52.2	1.5	4.0	0.8	3,197	823	82	58	41	118	386	-36
3	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	42	918	101	30.9	9.1	9.5	0.8	0.4	2.5	3.0	5.8	51.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.1	4.4	70.3	58.7	2.9	6.6	1.5	3,117	962	78	40	251	149	259	-71
4	LeBron James L. James	41	8,521	302	41.2	28.2	8.9	7.2	1.7	1.0	10.1	20.4	49.5	1.6	5.0	33.2	6.3	8.5	74.1	58.3	1.5	7.4	3.6	12,446	2,695	2,168	506	287	1,085	679	+1234
5	Kevin Willis K. Willis	41	970	98	24.3	9.9	6.5	0.6	0.6	0.4	4.1	8.4	48.4	0.0	0.1	21.4	1.7	2.5	69.2	52.1	2.4	4.1	1.3	2,377	637	60	60	39	129	294	-6
6	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	41	5,762	237	37.3	24.3	10.5	3.2	1.0	2.4	9.9	18.7	53.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.4	6.0	74.0	57.1	2.6	6.5	2.6	8,851	2,481	767	189	476	447	797
7	Jason Terry J. Terry	40	1,750	124	32.2	14.1	2.5	3.0	0.9	0.2	5.1	11.6	44.1	1.8	4.6	38.5	2.1	2.5	82.9	55.5	0.4	2.0	1.5	3,988	304	375	112	24	189	276	+11
8	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	40	3,054	218	27.9	14.0	4.0	3.8	1.3	0.3	4.4	10.1	43.3	1.5	4.2	35.8	3.8	4.6	81.7	57.6	0.7	3.3	2.2	6,075	874	827	292	61	481	588	+951
9	Vince Carter V. Carter	40	1,593	88	34.5	18.1	5.4	3.4	1.1	0.5	6.3	15.2	41.6	1.4	4.0	33.8	4.1	5.1	79.6	51.8	1.5	3.9	1.9	3,033	477	295	94	47	168	257	-7
10	Grant Hill G. Hill	40	523	39	31.6	13.4	6.1	3.6	0.9	0.5	5.1	10.9	46.9	0.1	0.5	23.8	3.0	3.9	78.1	53.1	1.1	5.0	2.0	1,232	238	140	35	19	79	108	-35
11	Clifford Robinson C. Robinson	40	1,453	141	27.6	10.3	3.9	1.8	1.0	0.9	3.8	9.7	39.3	0.6	2.1	29.8	2.0	3.2	62.9	46.2	1.3	2.6	1.6	3,887	554	250	141	132	230	496	-136
12	Herb Williams H. Williams	40	153	57	9.4	2.7	1.4	0.3	0.2	0.4	1.1	2.3	46.9	0.0	0.0		0.5	0.7	73.8	51.5	0.4	0.9	0.4	538	78	17	10	25	25	83	-34
13	Karl Malone K. Malone	40	4,761	193	41.0	24.7	10.7	3.2	1.3	0.7	9.0	19.5	46.3	0.0	0.2	16.2	6.6	8.9	73.6	52.6	2.6	8.1	2.8	7,907	2,062	610	258	135	550	662	+123
14	Charles Jones C. Jones	40	66	44	13.4	1.5	2.5	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.5	1.2	42.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.8	55.6	47.3	0.8	1.6	0.4	591	108	13	13	31	17	115	-2
15	John Stockton J. Stockton	40	2,436	182	35.2	13.4	3.3	10.1	1.9	0.3	4.7	9.9	47.3	0.6	1.9	32.6	3.4	4.2	81.0	56.8	0.9	2.5	2.8	6,398	608	1,839	338	50	517	539	+105
16	Rick Mahorn R. Mahorn	40	612	106	22.9	5.8	5.5	0.7	0.4	0.6	2.3	5.0	47.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.1	1.4	75.0	51.4	1.4	4.0	0.9	2,429	579	72	42	63	93	348	-8
17	James Edwards J. Edwards	40	1,030	111	19.9	9.3	3.2	0.8	0.2	0.4	3.6	7.7	46.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.1	3.1	68.2	51.4	1.0	2.2	1.1	2,212	354	84	17	46	126	325
18	P.J. Tucker	39	726	105	30.3	6.9	5.7	1.4	0.9	0.4	2.5	5.7	43.6	1.5	3.6	40.4	0.5	0.7	72.2	57.7	1.8	4.0	0.7	3,179	602	143	98	38	73	317	+276
19	Jeff Green J. Green	39	880	108	24.0	8.1	3.1	1.2	0.4	0.5	2.8	6.7	41.4	0.9	2.5	36.6	1.7	2.1	78.6	53.3	0.6	2.5	1.0	2,596	335	126	46	50	103	215	-190
20	Garrett Temple G. Temple	39	78	33	7.7	2.4	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.7	2.2	33.3	0.4	1.5	24.0	0.5	0.8	72.0	47.0	0.1	0.7	0.4	254	24	14	9	2	14	30	-77
21	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	39	1,836	138	32.4	13.3	4.2	5.3	1.3	0.3	4.4	10.8	41.1	1.7	5.1	33.8	2.7	3.4	80.3	54.2	0.7	3.5	2.2	4,468	583	730	174	48	305	448	+185
22	Andre Miller A. Miller	39	858	68	28.4	12.6	3.5	4.1	0.9	0.1	4.8	10.8	44.6	0.3	0.9	38.3	2.6	3.4	76.8	51.2	1.3	2.3	2.1	1,928	241	280	58	5	144	151	-243
23	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	39	3,180	170	36.6	18.7	5.8	3.4	1.2	0.6	6.0	14.2	42.3	1.6	4.6	35.5	5.1	6.1	83.0	55.4	0.7	5.1	2.8	6,229	985	579	204	105	476	547	+160
24	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	39	5,172	251	37.3	20.6	11.4	3.0	0.7	2.3	7.9	15.7	50.1	0.0	0.1	14.3	4.8	7.0	68.9	54.8	3.1	8.3	2.5	9,370	2,859	764	168	568	633	701	+1090
25	Derek Fisher D. Fisher	39	2,146	259	26.5	8.3	2.2	2.3	1.1	0.1	2.8	6.7	42.2	1.1	2.8	39.9	1.5	1.9	80.5	54.9	0.3	1.9	0.9	6,856	578	598	272	16	237	645	+725

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38.0

George

RPG

6.0

Walsh

APG

11.0

Tatum

Team Rankings

ORTG

115.4

2nd

DRTG

123.5

6th

NETRTG

-8.2

5th

3P%

40.5

2nd

2026-27 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	76ers	1	0	1.000
3	Knicks	0	1	.000	1.0
4	Celtics	0	1	.000	1.0
5	Hawks	0	0		0.5
6	Nets	0	0		0.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 10/23	NYK	@	BOS	7:00 PM
Mon 10/26	CHI	@	BOS	7:30 PM
Tue 10/27	BKN	@	BOS	7:30 PM
Fri 10/30	CHI	@	BOS	7:30 PM
Sun 11/1	BOS	@	ORL	3:30 PM

Last Game

Celtics

0 - 1

113

Final

121

Pistons

1 - 0

Tue 20 Oct 2026

NBA 2026-27 Leaders

PPG Leaders

38.0

George

32.0

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.0

Maxey

RPG Leaders

14.0

Drummond

13.0

Wembanyama

12.0

Towns

APG Leaders

11.0

Tatum

8.0

White

8.0

Cunningham

SPG Leaders

5.0

George

3.0

Maxey

3.0

Gilgeous-Alexander

BPG Leaders

6.0

Wembanyama

4.0

Holmgren

3.0

Maxey

3PM Leaders

7.0

George

6.0

McCain

5.0

Castle

TS% Leaders

111.1

McCain

92.2

Caruso

80.8

Green

NBA 2026-27 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

123.5

115.4

111.2

102.2

99.7

96.4

DRtg Rankings

96.4

99.7

102.2

111.2

115.4

123.5

NetRtg Rankings

11.5

8.2

5.8

-5.8

-8.2

-11.5

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0-1

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Embiid

NBA 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

1-0

Worst Record ATS

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NBA 2026-27 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	1	0	1.000
2	76ers	1	0	1.000
3	Knicks	0	1	.000	1.0
4	Celtics	0	1	.000	1.0
5	Hawks	0	0		0.5
6	Nets	0	0		0.5
7	Hornets	0	0		0.5
8	Bulls	0	0		0.5
9	Cavaliers	0	0		0.5
10	Pacers	0	0		0.5
11	Heat	0	0		0.5
12	Bucks	0	0		0.5
13	Magic	0	0		0.5
14	Raptors	0	0		0.5
15	Wizards	0	0		0.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	1	0	1.000
2	Spurs	0	1	.000	1.0
3	Warriors	0	0		0.5
4	Mavericks	0	0		0.5
5	Nuggets	0	0		0.5
6	Rockets	0	0		0.5
7	Clippers	0	0		0.5
8	Lakers	0	0		0.5
9	Grizzlies	0	0		0.5
10	Timberwolves	0	0		0.5
11	Pelicans	0	0		0.5
12	Suns	0	0		0.5
13	Trail Blazers	0	0		0.5
14	Kings	0	0		0.5
15	Jazz	0	0		0.5