players to score 40 points in a playoff game before 2012

Dirk Nowitzki posted 40 points in Game 4 of the 2011 Western Conference Finals against the Thunder on May 23, 2011.

Interpreted as:

players to score 40 or more points in a playoff game before 2012

	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	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	5/23/2011	40	DAL	@	OKC	45	5	3	0	0	12	20	60.0	2	3	66.7	14	15	93.3	75.2	0	5	4	2	+11
2	Kevin Durant K. Durant	5/17/2011	40	OKC	@	DAL	42	8	5	1	2	10	18	55.6	2	5	40.0	18	19	94.7	75.9	0	8	3	3	-1
3	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	5/17/2011	48	DAL	vs	OKC	41	6	4	0	4	12	15	80.0	0	0		24	24	100.0	93.9	0	6	2	3	+12
4	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	5/9/2011	40	OKC	@	MEM	51	5	5	3	2	15	33	45.5	0	2	0.0	10	11	90.9	52.9	1	4	3	5	+12
5	Derrick Rose D. Rose	5/6/2011	44	CHI	@	ATL	38	5	7	1	1	16	27	59.3	4	7	57.1	8	9	88.9	71.1	1	4	2	1	+17
6	Kevin Durant K. Durant	4/27/2011	41	OKC	vs	DEN	42	5	2	1	2	14	27	51.9	2	10	20.0	11	12	91.7	63.5	1	4	0	2	+7
7	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	4/19/2011	42	NYK	@	BOS	44	17	6	0	2	14	30	46.7	4	8	50.0	10	11	90.9	60.3	5	12	1	5	-5
8	Kevin Durant K. Durant	4/17/2011	41	OKC	vs	DEN	43	9	2	1	0	13	22	59.1	3	6	50.0	12	15	80.0	71.7	0	9	1	3	+1
9	Dwight Howard D. Howard	4/16/2011	46	ORL	vs	ATL	46	19	1	0	1	16	23	69.6	0	1	0.0	14	22	63.6	70.4	6	13	8	5	-10
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	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