which nba player scored 40 points in a game in less than 29 minutes

Zion Williamson posted 40 points when playing <29 minutes against the Kings on February 8.

Interpreted as:

Which NBA player scored 40 or more points in a regular-season game in less than 29 minutes?

	NAME	DATE	PTS	MIN	TM		OPP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Zion Williamson Z. Williamson	2/8/2025	40	28	NOP	@	SAC	4	4	2	0	16	21	76.2	0	0		8	11	72.7	77.4	1	3	3	4	+4
2	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	1/12/2025	44	29	NYK	vs	MIL	5	6	1	0	16	26	61.5	5	10	50.0	7	8	87.5	74.5	1	4	1	0	+23
3	Devin Booker D. Booker	3/8/2023	44	28	PHX	vs	OKC	3	4	0	1	17	23	73.9	6	10	60.0	4	5	80.0	87.3	0	3	3	4	+33
4	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	10/22/2022	44	28	MIL	vs	HOU	12	3	0	0	17	21	81.0	2	3	66.7	8	13	61.5	82.3	2	10	4	2	+23
5	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	1/19/2022	50	27	PHI	vs	ORL	12	2	1	3	17	23	73.9	1	4	25.0	15	17	88.2	82.0	1	11	2	3	+24
6	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	12/30/2020	42	29	BOS	vs	MEM	5	4	1	0	15	21	71.4	7	10	70.0	5	6	83.3	88.8	1	4	4	1	+22
7	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	1/14/2020	43	29	LAC	vs	CLE	3	4	2	1	14	22	63.6	6	10	60.0	9	10	90.0	81.4	0	3	1	0	+39
8	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	1/21/2019	44	27	GSW	@	LAL	3	2	0	1	17	20	85.0	10	11	90.9	0	0		110.0	0	3	2	2	+29
9	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	10/29/2018	52	27	GSW	@	CHI	4	0	2	0	18	29	62.1	14	24	58.3	2	2	100.0	87.0	0	4	2	2	+28
10	Kemba Walker K. Walker	3/22/2018	46	28	CHA	vs	MEM	3	4	1	0	13	18	72.2	10	14	71.4	10	10	100.0	102.7	0	3	2	1	+47
11	Stephen Curry S. Curry	1/28/2017	43	29	GSW	vs	LAC	9	6	0	0	15	23	65.2	9	15	60.0	4	4	100.0	86.8	0	9	2	1	+42
12	Anthony Davis A. Davis	1/9/2017	40	29	NOP	@	NYK	18	2	0	3	14	22	63.6	1	1	100.0	11	12	91.7	73.3	4	14	0	2	+26
13	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	3/3/2012	40	29	DAL	vs	UTA	6	0	1	0	14	21	66.7	3	8	37.5	9	10	90.0	78.7	1	5	4	2	+8
14	Rik Smits R. Smits	4/22/1994	40	27	IND	vs	PHI	11	4	2	1	17	24	70.8	0	0		6	7	85.7	73.9	3	8	2	1
15	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	2/26/1991	40	24	HOU	@	DEN	2	3	2	0	16	25	64.0	1	3	33.3	7	7	100.0	71.2	1	1	1	2
16	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	4/13/1988	41	26	NYK	vs	IND	11	2	2	1	18	24	75.0	0	0		5	6	83.3	77.0	6	5	1	2
17	George Gervin G. Gervin	11/10/1984	42	27	SAS	vs	CLE	2	1	0	1	18	23	78.3	0	0		6	6	100.0	81.9	1	1	0	0
18	David Thompson D. Thompson	1/2/1982	41	27	DEN	@	SAS	2	0	0	2	13	21	61.9	0	0		15	19	78.9	69.8	2	0	3	5