who was the first player with 40 points in an nba games

Dino Martin posted 40 points versus the Cleveland Rebels on January 9, 1947.

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Who was the first player with 40 or more points in an NBA games?

	NAME	DATE	PTS	TM		OPP	AST	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	Dino Martin D. Martin	1/9/1947	40	PRO	vs	CLE		17			6	7	85.7		1
2	Joe Fulks J. Fulks	1/14/1947	41	PHI	@	TOR		15			11	16	68.8		3
3	Carl Braun C. Braun	12/6/1947	47	NYK	@	PRO		18	35	51.4	11
4	Max Zaslofsky M. Zaslofsky	3/7/1948	40	CHI	vs	PRO		15			10	13	76.9
5	George Mikan G. Mikan	12/1/1948	44	MIN	@	FTW		14			16	19	84.2
6	George Mikan G. Mikan	12/4/1948	47	MIN	@	CHI		16			15	19	78.9		1
7	Joe Fulks J. Fulks	12/18/1948	47	PHI	@	PRO		18	41	43.9	11	14	78.6	49.8	4
8	George Mikan G. Mikan	1/30/1949	48	MIN	vs	WAS		18	29	62.1	12	14	85.7	68.3	6
9	Joe Fulks J. Fulks	2/10/1949	63	PHI	vs	IND	0	27	56	48.2	9	14	64.3	50.7	3
10	George Mikan G. Mikan	2/22/1949	48	MIN	@	NYK		18	37	48.6	12	17	70.6	54.0
11	George Mikan G. Mikan	2/26/1949	53	MIN	@	BAL		17	28	60.7	19	20	95.0	72.0	5
12	George Mikan G. Mikan	3/13/1949	51	MIN	vs	NYK		22	40	55.0	7	12	58.3	56.3	2
13	George Mikan G. Mikan	3/19/1949	46	MIN	@	ROC		18	40	45.0	10	13	76.9	50.3
14	George Mikan G. Mikan	4/4/1949	42	MIN	vs	WAS		14	21	66.7	14	17	82.4	73.7	4
15	Alex Groza A. Groza	11/10/1949	41	IND	@	NYK		14	33	42.4	13	17	76.5	50.6
16	Alex Groza A. Groza	11/22/1949	43	IND	vs	ROC		17	35	48.6	9	16	56.3	51.1
17	Alex Groza A. Groza	12/22/1949	42	IND	vs	CHI		13			16	20	80.0
18	George Mikan G. Mikan	1/5/1950	42	MIN	@	SHE	4	14	32	43.8	14	16	87.5	53.8	4
19	Bobby Cook B. Cook	1/12/1950	44	SHE	vs	DEN	5	18	33	54.5	8	9	88.9	59.5	5
20	George Mikan G. Mikan	1/14/1950	51	MIN	@	ROC		20	36	55.6	11	12	91.7	61.8	5
21	George Mikan G. Mikan	1/24/1950	40	MIN	@	CHI		15			10	10	100.0		3
22	Bob Brannum B. Brannum	3/10/1950	41	SHE	vs	DEN		17			7	8	87.5		3
23	George Mikan G. Mikan	4/23/1950	40	MIN	vs	SYR	2	13	20	65.0	14	17	82.4	72.8	6
24	George Mikan G. Mikan	11/18/1950	47	MIN	@	ROC		16	40	40.0	15	16	93.8	50.0	4
25	George Mikan G. Mikan	12/13/1950	43	MIN	vs	ROC		14	27	51.9	15	20	75.0	60.1	5