which center scored the most points in a playoff game 2009

Dwight Howard dropped the most points by a center in a 2009 playoff game, with 40 points against the Cavaliers on May 30, 2009.

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Dwight Howard D. Howard	40	5/30/2009	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
2	Dwight Howard D. Howard	36	4/24/2009	ORL	@	PHI	45	11	0	0	3	12	16	75.0	0	0		12	14	85.7	81.2	6	5	4	4	+1
3	Dwight Howard D. Howard	31	4/19/2009	ORL	vs	PHI	38	16	2	0	2	11	13	84.6	0	0		9	12	75.0	84.8	5	11	2	3	0
4	Dwight Howard D. Howard	30	5/20/2009	ORL	@	CLE	38	13	1	2	0	14	20	70.0	0	0		2	2	100.0	71.8	5	8	3	6	-1
5	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	30	5/10/2009	LAL	@	HOU	39	9	1	0	2	11	17	64.7	0	0		8	13	61.5	66.0	3	6	1	4	-6
6	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	30	4/28/2009	SAS	vs	DAL	41	8	1	1	2	14	21	66.7	0	0		2	6	33.3	63.5	2	6	0	1	-14
7	Yao Ming Y. Ming	28	5/4/2009	HOU	@	LAL	40	10	0	1	2	9	17	52.9	0	0		10	10	100.0	65.4	1	9	2	4	+5
8	Dwight Howard D. Howard	27	5/26/2009	ORL	vs	CLE	49	14	4	1	3	10	16	62.5	0	0		7	9	77.8	67.6	2	12	2	5	+1
9	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	27	4/18/2009	SAS	vs	DAL	37	9	2	0	0	13	24	54.2	0	0		1	1	100.0	55.2	2	7	0	3	+1
10	Glen Davis G. Davis	26	4/20/2009	BOS	vs	CHI	41	9	0	1	1	12	21	57.1	0	0		2	3	66.7	58.2	4	5	1	3	+20
11	Nene	25	5/5/2009	DEN	vs	DAL	34	8	0	0	1	8	12	66.7	0	0		9	13	69.2	70.5	3	5	1	2	+6
12	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	25	4/25/2009	SAS	@	DAL	42	10	7	2	1	7	13	53.8	0	0		11	18	61.1	59.8	4	6	4	5	-6
13	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	24	6/7/2009	LAL	vs	ORL	44	10	3	2	1	7	14	50.0	0	0		10	11	90.9	63.7	0	10	0	3	0
14	Dwight Howard D. Howard	24	5/28/2009	ORL	@	CLE	37	10	2	1	1	8	10	80.0	0	0		8	13	61.5	76.3	3	7	3	6	-7
15	Dwight Howard D. Howard	24	5/24/2009	ORL	vs	CLE	28	9	2	0	0	5	8	62.5	0	0		14	19	73.7	73.3	4	5	1	6	+9
16	Nene	24	5/3/2009	DEN	vs	DAL	36	3	5	2	1	9	13	69.2	0	0		6	7	85.7	74.6	0	3	3	2	+16
17	Dwight Howard D. Howard	24	4/28/2009	ORL	vs	PHI	37	24	1	1	2	8	14	57.1	0	0		8	12	66.7	62.2	10	14	4	4	+8
18	Yao Ming Y. Ming	24	4/18/2009	HOU	@	POR	24	9	0	0	2	9	9	100.0	0	0		6	6	100.0	103.1	2	7	1	4	+22
19	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	23	6/9/2009	LAL	@	ORL	40	3	1	1	2	9	11	81.8	0	0		5	6	83.3	84.3	1	2	1	3	+1
20	Dwight Howard D. Howard	23	5/14/2009	ORL	vs	BOS	43	22	2	0	3	9	16	56.3	0	0		5	12	41.7	54.0	10	12	2	5	+10
21	Dwight Howard D. Howard	23	5/10/2009	ORL	vs	BOS	38	17	2	0	3	8	14	57.1	0	0		7	10	70.0	62.5	5	12	1	4	-4
22	Glen Davis G. Davis	23	4/30/2009	BOS	@	CHI	53	7	1	1	0	10	18	55.6	0	0		3	5	60.0	56.9	6	1	4	6	+8
23	Brad Miller B. Miller	23	4/30/2009	CHI	vs	BOS	35	10	1	0	2	8	9	88.9	2	2	100.0	5	5	100.0	102.7	0	10	4	5	+26
24	Glen Davis G. Davis	22	5/12/2009	BOS	vs	ORL	42	7	2	1	0	8	16	50.0	0	0		6	6	100.0	59.0	4	3	0	4	+16
25	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	22	5/6/2009	LAL	vs	HOU	38	14	4	0	4	9	13	69.2	0	0		4	6	66.7	70.3	5	9	1	2	+19