when was the last time lebron scored 40 point in the playoffs

LeBron James put up 40 points in Game 4 of the 2023 Western Conference Finals against the Nuggets on May 22, 2023.

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When was the last time lebron scored 40 or more point in a game in the playoffs?

	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	5/22/2023	40	LAL	vs	DEN	48	10	9	2	0	15	25	60.0	4	7	57.1	6	7	85.7	71.2	2	8	1	1	-2
2	LeBron James L. James	10/9/2020	40	LAL	vs	MIA	42	13	7	3	0	15	21	71.4	6	9	66.7	4	6	66.7	84.6	3	10	4	1	+7
3	LeBron James L. James	5/31/2018	51	CLE	@	GSW	48	8	8	1	1	19	32	59.4	3	7	42.9	10	11	90.9	69.2	4	4	5	2	-13
4	LeBron James L. James	5/25/2018	46	CLE	vs	BOS	46	11	9	3	1	17	33	51.5	5	7	71.4	7	11	63.6	60.8	3	8	3	2	+15
5	LeBron James L. James	5/21/2018	44	CLE	vs	BOS	42	5	3	2	0	17	28	60.7	1	4	25.0	9	13	69.2	65.2	1	4	7	3	+9
6	LeBron James L. James	5/15/2018	42	CLE	@	BOS	39	10	12	0	1	16	29	55.2	5	11	45.5	5	10	50.0	62.9	1	9	6	3	-9
7	LeBron James L. James	5/3/2018	43	CLE	@	TOR	41	8	14	1	0	19	28	67.9	1	3	33.3	4	8	50.0	68.2	1	7	1	1	+20
8	LeBron James L. James	4/29/2018	45	CLE	vs	IND	43	8	7	4	0	16	25	64.0	2	3	66.7	11	15	73.3	71.2	2	6	4	4	-2
9	LeBron James L. James	4/25/2018	44	CLE	vs	IND	42	10	8	1	1	14	24	58.3	1	4	25.0	15	15	100.0	71.9	3	7	5	3	+2
10	LeBron James L. James	4/18/2018	46	CLE	vs	IND	40	12	5	2	0	17	24	70.8	2	5	40.0	10	13	76.9	77.4	1	11	3	1	+7
11	LeBron James L. James	6/12/2017	41	CLE	@	GSW	46	13	8	2	1	19	30	63.3	2	5	40.0	1	4	25.0	64.5	2	11	2	3	-13
12	LeBron James L. James	4/20/2017	41	CLE	@	IND	45	13	12	1	2	14	27	51.9	6	12	50.0	7	14	50.0	61.8	1	12	3	4	+13
13	LeBron James L. James	6/16/2016	41	CLE	vs	GSW	43	8	11	4	3	16	27	59.3	3	6	50.0	6	8	75.0	67.2	2	6	1	3	+26
14	LeBron James L. James	6/13/2016	41	CLE	@	GSW	43	16	7	3	3	16	30	53.3	4	8	50.0	5	8	62.5	61.2	4	12	2	1	+13
15	LeBron James L. James	6/14/2015	40	CLE	@	GSW	45	14	11	1	0	15	34	44.1	3	8	37.5	7	9	77.8	52.7	1	13	2	5	-11
16	LeBron James L. James	6/9/2015	40	CLE	vs	GSW	46	12	8	4	2	14	34	41.2	2	6	33.3	10	12	83.3	50.9	1	11	4	1	+7
17	LeBron James L. James	6/4/2015	44	CLE	@	GSW	46	8	6	0	0	18	38	47.4	2	8	25.0	6	10	60.0	51.9	0	8	4	2	-3
18	LeBron James L. James	5/12/2014	49	MIA	@	BKN	43	6	2	3	0	16	24	66.7	3	6	50.0	14	19	73.7	75.7	0	6	1	5	+13
19	LeBron James L. James	6/7/2012	45	MIA	@	BOS	45	15	5	0	0	19	26	73.1	2	4	50.0	5	9	55.6	75.1	2	13	4	3	+22
20	LeBron James L. James	5/20/2012	40	MIA	@	IND	44	18	9	2	2	14	27	51.9	0	0		12	16	75.0	58.8	6	12	5	1	+4
21	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
22	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
23	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
24	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
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

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