when was lebron first game with 40 points or more

LeBron James had 41 points against the New Jersey Nets on March 27, 2004.

	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	LeBron James L. James	3/27/2004	41	CLE	vs	NJN	43	6	13	3	0	15	29	51.7	1	2	50.0	10	10	100.0	61.4	2	4	2	1	+10
2	LeBron James L. James	11/24/2004	43	CLE	vs	DET	38	6	5	3	1	15	22	68.2	2	3	66.7	11	12	91.7	78.8	3	3	3	3	+12
3	LeBron James L. James	12/28/2004	40	CLE	@	ATL	46	9	7	1	0	13	25	52.0	3	5	60.0	11	14	78.6	64.2	1	8	1	2	+8
4	LeBron James L. James	3/20/2005	56	CLE	@	TOR	48	10	5	2	0	18	36	50.0	6	12	50.0	14	15	93.3	65.7	2	8	4	0	-7
5	LeBron James L. James	3/28/2005	44	CLE	@	NOH	53	6	3	4	0	16	29	55.2	3	10	30.0	9	11	81.8	65.0	2	4	10	3	+1
6	LeBron James L. James	4/9/2005	40	CLE	vs	MIL	47	10	10	2	1	15	26	57.7	7	13	53.8	3	3	100.0	73.2	1	9	3	2	+13
7	LeBron James L. James	12/10/2005	52	CLE	@	MIL	43	7	7	2	0	19	29	65.5	5	9	55.6	9	10	90.0	77.8	0	7	3	5	-3
8	LeBron James L. James	12/17/2005	41	CLE	vs	MIA	46	5	10	1	0	12	19	63.2	2	4	50.0	15	16	93.8	78.7	0	5	4	3	+9
9	LeBron James L. James	1/14/2006	46	CLE	@	PHX	44	7	8	1	0	18	28	64.3	5	8	62.5	5	5	100.0	76.2	0	7	1	1	-5
10	LeBron James L. James	1/21/2006	51	CLE	@	UTA	43	5	8	2	0	19	35	54.3	4	8	50.0	9	11	81.8	64.0	0	5	3	4	+19
11	LeBron James L. James	1/29/2006	44	CLE	vs	PHX	43	11	7	1	1	17	33	51.5	3	7	42.9	7	12	58.3	57.5	1	10	6	1	+5
12	LeBron James L. James	2/13/2006	44	CLE	vs	SAS	41	3	5	4	0	19	33	57.6	1	3	33.3	5	8	62.5	60.2	2	1	2	0	+12
13	LeBron James L. James	2/15/2006	43	CLE	@	BOS	54	12	11	2	4	16	32	50.0	0	5	0.0	11	15	73.3	55.7	1	11	2	5	+5
14	LeBron James L. James	3/12/2006	47	CLE	@	MIA	45	7	4	0	1	11	27	40.7	1	6	16.7	24	28	85.7	59.8	2	5	5	2	-7
15	LeBron James L. James	3/29/2006	46	CLE	vs	DAL	43	5	4	3	0	16	23	69.6	4	7	57.1	10	13	76.9	80.1	0	5	2	3	+16
16	LeBron James L. James	4/1/2006	47	CLE	vs	MIA	45	12	9	2	0	16	25	64.0	2	6	33.3	13	14	92.9	75.4	4	8	4	3	+13
17	LeBron James L. James	4/28/2006	41	CLE	@	WAS	48	5	3	2	0	16	28	57.1	3	5	60.0	6	9	66.7	64.1	1	4	4	3	+1
18	LeBron James L. James	5/3/2006	45	CLE	vs	WAS	46	7	6	2	0	14	23	60.9	0	1	0.0	17	18	94.4	72.8	5	2	4	5	-4
19	LeBron James L. James	3/7/2007	41	CLE	@	DET	51	7	8	3	1	17	31	54.8	1	3	33.3	6	8	75.0	59.4	2	5	4	4	+8
20	LeBron James L. James	5/31/2007	48	CLE	@	DET	50	9	7	2	0	18	33	54.5	2	3	66.7	10	14	71.4	61.3	3	6	2	3	+2
21	LeBron James L. James	11/2/2007	45	CLE	vs	NYK	44	7	7	3	1	13	28	46.4	3	5	60.0	16	22	72.7	59.7	3	4	3	1	+4
22	LeBron James L. James	11/16/2007	40	CLE	vs	UTA	40	10	9	0	3	13	27	48.1	1	3	33.3	13	15	86.7	59.5	2	8	5	3	+13
23	LeBron James L. James	11/21/2007	45	CLE	@	MIN	39	8	5	3	2	17	26	65.4	6	10	60.0	5	8	62.5	76.2	2	6	3	2	+14
24	LeBron James L. James	1/15/2008	51	CLE	@	MEM	47	8	9	3	1	18	28	64.3	6	12	50.0	9	16	56.3	72.8	3	5	4	1	+10
25	LeBron James L. James	1/27/2008	41	CLE	@	LAL	44	9	4	2	0	16	32	50.0	1	5	20.0	8	12	66.7	55.0	3	6	5	4	-3

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LeBron James had 41 points against the New Jersey Nets on March 27, 2004.

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