players to score 40 points in a playoff game before 2011

Amar'e Stoudemire scored 42 points in Game 3 of the 2010 Western Conference Finals against the Lakers on May 23, 2010.

Interpreted as:

players to score 40 or more points in a playoff game before 2011

	NAME	DATE	PTS	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	5/23/2010	42	PHX	vs	LAL	42	11	0	1	1	14	22	63.6	0	0		14	18	77.8	70.2	3	8	2	3	+14
2	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	5/17/2010	40	LAL	vs	PHX	35	5	5	1	0	13	23	56.5	3	6	50.0	11	12	91.7	70.7	0	5	2	1	+22
3	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	4/25/2010	46	MIA	vs	BOS	43	5	5	2	0	16	24	66.7	5	7	71.4	9	14	64.3	76.3	0	5	6	4	+7
4	Jason Richardson J. Richardson	4/22/2010	42	PHX	@	POR	37	8	2	3	0	13	19	68.4	8	12	66.7	8	10	80.0	89.7	2	6	0	3	+15
5	LeBron James L. James	4/19/2010	40	CLE	vs	CHI	41	8	8	1	2	16	23	69.6	2	4	50.0	6	6	100.0	78.0	1	7	2	2	+6
6	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	4/17/2010	42	DEN	vs	UTA	38	4	5	0	0	18	25	72.0	2	5	40.0	4	4	100.0	78.5	1	3	0	3	+17
7	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	6/4/2009	40	LAL	vs	ORL	38	8	8	2	2	16	34	47.1	0	1	0.0	8	8	100.0	53.3	1	7	1	1	+25
8	Dwight Howard D. Howard	5/30/2009	40	ORL	vs	CLE	41	14	4	0	1	14	21	66.7	0	1	0.0	12	16	75.0	71.3	6	8	2	5	+13
9	LeBron James L. James	5/26/2009	44	CLE	@	ORL	49	12	7	1	1	13	29	44.8	4	10	40.0	14	18	77.8	59.6	1	11	8	5	+6
10	LeBron James L. James	5/24/2009	41	CLE	@	ORL	42	7	9	2	1	11	28	39.3	1	8	12.5	18	24	75.0	53.2	0	7	2	3	-12
11	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	5/23/2009	41	LAL	@	DEN	41	6	5	2	0	12	24	50.0	2	5	40.0	15	17	88.2	65.1	1	5	1	4	+4
12	LeBron James L. James	5/20/2009	49	CLE	vs	ORL	41	6	8	2	3	20	30	66.7	3	6	50.0	6	10	60.0	71.2	3	3	2	1	+7
13	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	5/19/2009	40	LAL	vs	DEN	43	6	4	0	1	13	28	46.4	2	3	66.7	12	13	92.3	59.3	3	3	1	3	-5
14	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	5/11/2009	41	DEN	@	DAL	43	11	3	5	0	15	29	51.7	2	5	40.0	9	11	81.8	60.6	3	8	2	5	0
15	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	5/11/2009	44	DAL	vs	DEN	44	13	3	2	1	14	25	56.0	0	0		16	17	94.1	67.7	1	12	4	1	+12
16	LeBron James L. James	5/9/2009	47	CLE	@	ATL	43	12	8	1	1	15	25	60.0	5	10	50.0	12	16	75.0	73.3	2	10	1	2	+26
17	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	5/6/2009	40	LAL	vs	HOU	40	6	3	1	0	16	27	59.3	2	3	66.7	6	7	85.7	66.5	2	4	2	1	+19
18	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	5/1/2009	41	MIA	vs	ATL	39	5	2	0	2	11	23	47.8	3	7	42.9	16	17	94.1	67.3	0	5	0	1	+32
19	Ray Allen R. Allen	4/30/2009	51	BOS	@	CHI	59	5	3	3	0	18	32	56.3	9	18	50.0	6	7	85.7	72.7	2	3	3	1	+1
20	Tony Parker T. Parker	4/25/2009	43	SAS	@	DAL	41	5	3	4	1	18	29	62.1	2	5	40.0	5	8	62.5	66.1	0	5	3	3	+7
21	Brandon Roy B. Roy	4/21/2009	42	POR	vs	HOU	42	7	1	0	1	15	27	55.6	2	3	66.7	10	12	83.3	65.1	0	7	0	1	+5
22	Ben Gordon B. Gordon	4/20/2009	42	CHI	@	BOS	44	1	0	1	0	14	24	58.3	6	11	54.5	8	9	88.9	75.1	0	1	0	2	-1
23	LeBron James L. James	5/18/2008	45	CLE	@	BOS	47	5	6	2	0	14	29	48.3	3	11	27.3	14	19	73.7	60.2	1	4	2	4	0
24	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	5/18/2008	41	BOS	vs	CLE	44	4	5	2	0	13	23	56.5	4	6	66.7	11	12	91.7	72.5	1	3	4	4	+10
25	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	5/2/2008	40	HOU	@	UTA	42	10	5	0	1	13	26	50.0	2	7	28.6	12	18	66.7	59.0	1	9	1	1	-17