player to score 40 points in a losing effort in nba history

Austin Reaves lost when scoring 40+ points against the Trail Blazers on Monday.

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player to score 40 or more points in a losing effort in NBA history

	NAME	DATE	L	PTS	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Austin Reaves A. Reaves	10/27/2025	1	41	LAL	vs	POR	39	4	5	3	0	13	22	59.1	3	8	37.5	12	14	85.7	72.8	0	4	8	2	0
2	Cam Thomas C. Thomas	10/26/2025	1	41	BKN	@	SAS	32	2	0	0	0	11	25	44.0	5	12	41.7	14	14	100.0	65.8	0	2	3	0	-7
3	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	10/26/2025	1	41	BOS	@	DET	35	6	4	0	0	12	25	48.0	5	9	55.6	12	15	80.0	64.9	2	4	4	3	-1
4	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	10/26/2025	1	40	MIL	@	CLE	33	14	9	2	2	14	20	70.0	1	1	100.0	11	16	68.8	74.0	5	9	2	1	-5
5	Aaron Gordon A. Gordon	10/23/2025	1	50	DEN	@	GSW	39	8	2	0	1	17	21	81.0	10	11	90.9	6	6	100.0	105.8	0	8	2	1	-1
6	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	10/21/2025	1	43	LAL	vs	GSW	41	12	9	2	1	17	27	63.0	2	10	20.0	7	10	70.0	68.5	0	12	3	1	-8
7	Jaime Jaquez Jr. J. Jaquez Jr.	4/13/2025	1	41	MIA	vs	WAS	41	10	7	0	0	17	25	68.0	2	6	33.3	5	7	71.4	73.0	1	9	3	2	-4
8	Devin Booker D. Booker	4/6/2025	1	40	PHX	@	NYK	40	4	3	1	0	16	29	55.2	2	7	28.6	6	7	85.7	62.3	3	1	4	4	-9
9	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	4/6/2025	1	41	DEN	vs	IND	39	15	13	2	1	18	33	54.5	3	11	27.3	2	3	66.7	59.7	3	12	4	0	+1
10	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	4/1/2025	1	61	DEN	vs	MIN	53	10	10	2	0	18	29	62.1	6	11	54.5	19	24	79.2	77.1	2	8	4	5	+2
11	CJ McCollum	3/23/2025	1	40	NOP	@	DET	37	5	7	1	0	16	28	57.1	5	12	41.7	3	5	60.0	66.2	1	4	2	2	+3
12	Quentin Grimes Q. Grimes	3/17/2025	1	46	PHI	@	HOU	43	13	4	2	1	15	27	55.6	8	14	57.1	8	13	61.5	70.3	2	11	6	3	-6
13	Desmond Bane D. Bane	3/17/2025	1	44	MEM	@	SAC	41	6	4	1	0	15	25	60.0	7	7	100.0	7	7	100.0	78.3	0	6	4	2	0
14	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	3/15/2025	1	40	DEN	vs	WAS	39	13	9	1	2	16	30	53.3	1	8	12.5	7	7	100.0	60.5	3	10	3	3	+6
15	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	3/14/2025	1	43	ORL	@	MIN	37	10	3	0	0	16	32	50.0	2	7	28.6	9	11	81.8	58.4	1	9	1	2	-2
16	Ja Morant J. Morant	3/14/2025	1	44	MEM	vs	CLE	35	8	7	1	0	17	22	77.3	1	4	25.0	9	10	90.0	83.3	0	8	2	3	-6
17	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	3/13/2025	1	45	LAL	@	MIL	36	11	3	2	1	14	27	51.9	7	13	53.8	10	12	83.3	69.7	1	10	6	2	-16
18	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	3/7/2025	1	46	CHA	vs	CLE	39	8	2	2	0	15	32	46.9	4	10	40.0	12	13	92.3	61.0	1	7	1	4	+5
19	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	3/4/2025	1	41	ORL	vs	TOR	40	8	8	4	1	14	20	70.0	4	5	80.0	9	10	90.0	84.0	0	8	3	2	-6
20	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	3/1/2025	1	42	MEM	vs	SAS	35	4	2	2	2	15	25	60.0	5	8	62.5	7	8	87.5	73.6	1	3	2	3	+10
21	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	2/28/2025	1	46	BOS	vs	CLE	41	16	9	0	3	19	37	51.4	4	12	33.3	4	5	80.0	58.7	5	11	3	4	+5
22	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	2/27/2025	1	41	ORL	vs	GSW	36	6	5	2	0	16	27	59.3	4	10	40.0	5	8	62.5	67.2	0	6	5	4	-12
23	Tyler Herro T. Herro	2/23/2025	1	40	MIA	@	MIL	40	7	11	0	0	12	27	44.4	3	12	25.0	13	14	92.9	60.3	1	6	2	1	+7
24	Tyler Herro T. Herro	2/13/2025	1	40	MIA	@	DAL	37	8	3	3	0	15	30	50.0	3	14	21.4	7	9	77.8	58.9	1	7	3	1	-8
25	Jordan Poole J. Poole	2/12/2025	1	42	WAS	vs	IND	41	5	5	2	1	15	29	51.7	6	15	40.0	6	6	100.0	66.4	0	5	4	5	-8