1970's player to score 40 points in a playoff game

George Gervin scored 42 points in Game 7 of the 1979 Eastern Conference Finals versus the Washington Bullets on May 18, 1979.

Interpreted as:

1970's player to score 40 or more points in a playoff game

	NAME	DATE	PTS	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	George Gervin G. Gervin	5/18/1979	42	SAS	@	WAS	43	6	1	3	1	16	31	51.6	10	13	76.9	57.2			3	4
2	George Gervin G. Gervin	5/11/1979	42	SAS	vs	WAS	41	6	1	1	1	19	31	61.3	4	6	66.7	62.4			2	0
3	George Gervin G. Gervin	4/18/1978	46	SAS	vs	WAS	41	6	3	1	1	17	32	53.1	12	15	80.0	59.6			4	3
4	Kevin Grevey K. Grevey	4/14/1978	41	WAS	@	ATL	45	3	0	2	0	15	24	62.5	11	13	84.6	69.0			6	5
5	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	4/12/1978	41	NYK	@	CLE	43	6	2	1	2	17	25	68.0	7	8	87.5	71.9			5	4
6	Julius Erving J. Erving	6/5/1977	40	PHI	@	POR	43	6	8	2	1	17	29	58.6	6	7	85.7	62.3	2	4		2
7	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	5/8/1977	40	LAL	vs	POR	43	17	1	1	3	17	23	73.9	6	9	66.7	74.2	3	14		3
8	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	5/1/1977	43	LAL	@	GSW	41	20	3	0	4	17	25	68.0	9	11	81.8	72.1	5	15		5
9	Jo Jo White J. Jo White	4/29/1977	40	BOS	vs	PHI	48	5	5		0	16	31	51.6	8	9	88.9	57.2				4
10	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	4/29/1977	40	HOU	vs	WAS	37	3	2	3	1	16	29	55.2	8	8	100.0	61.5				5
11	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	4/29/1977	45	LAL	vs	GSW	44	18	3	2	1	16	28	57.1	13	18	72.2	62.6	7	11		4
12	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	4/26/1977	41	LAL	@	GSW	39	18	3	2	2	15	23	65.2	11	16	68.8	68.2	4	14		3
13	Rick Barry R. Barry	4/24/1977	40	GSW	vs	LAL	42	5	2	2	1	18	34	52.9	4	4	100.0	55.9	4	1		4
14	David Thompson D. Thompson	4/24/1977	40	DEN	@	POR	40	8	3	0	0	16	29	55.2	8	8	100.0	61.5	4	4		2
15	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	4/22/1977	40	LAL	vs	GSW	40	19	3	3	9	18	28	64.3	4	6	66.7	65.3	7	12		4
16	Rick Barry R. Barry	4/20/1977	40	GSW	@	LAL	43	3	1	2	0	17	30	56.7	6	7	85.7	60.5	1	2		5
17	Rick Barry R. Barry	5/5/1976	44	GSW	vs	PHX	46	6	4	1	0	17	31	54.8	10	12	83.3	60.6	0	6		3
18	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	4/23/1976	40	BUF	@	BOS	48	8	2			17	33	51.5	6	10	60.0	53.5				2
19	Fred Brown F. Brown	4/15/1976	45	SEA	vs	PHX	40	3	4	1	0	19	35	54.3	7	7	100.0	59.1	2	1		4
20	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	4/20/1975	46	WAS	vs	BUF	48	12	5	3	3	19	26	73.1	8	13	61.5	72.5				3
21	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	4/18/1975	50	BUF	vs	WAS	45	21	1			20	32	62.5	10	14	71.4	65.5				4
22	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	4/18/1974	44	MIL	@	CHI	48	21	3	1	3	20	29	69.0	4	4	100.0	71.5				3
23	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	4/12/1974	40	BUF	vs	BOS	48	15	2			15	32	46.9	10	13	76.9	53.0				6
24	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	4/6/1974	44	BUF	vs	BOS	48	16	1			21	40	52.5	2	2	100.0	53.8				5
25	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	4/3/1974	43	BOS	vs	BUF	46	12	8			18	30	60.0	7	7	100.0	65.0				1