all lakers players who scored 40+ points in a playoff game before 1999

Shaquille O'Neal posted 46 points in Game 1 of the 1997 First Round against the Trail Blazers on April 25, 1997.

	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	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	4/25/1997	46	LAL	vs	POR	35	11	2	1	2	17	27	63.0	0	0		12	18	66.7	65.9	3	8	1	3	+23
2	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	5/8/1991	44	LAL	vs	GSW	44	12	9	0	0	12	23	52.2	0	3	0.0	20	22	90.9	67.3	1	11	5	5
3	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	5/15/1990	43	LAL	vs	PHX	44	8	7	0	0	15	26	57.7	0	2	0.0	13	16	81.3	65.1	2	6	6	4
4	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	5/13/1990	43	LAL	@	PHX	45	6	10	2	0	15	26	57.7	1	3	33.3	12	12	100.0	68.7	3	3	3	3
5	James Worthy J. Worthy	6/13/1989	40	LAL	vs	DET	46	3	3	0	3	17	26	65.4	2	3	66.7	4	6	66.7	69.8	0	3	1	3
6	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	5/16/1980	42	LAL	@	PHI	47	15	7	3	1	14	23	60.9	0	1	0.0	14	14	100.0	72.0	3	12	5	3
7	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	5/14/1980	40	LAL	vs	PHI	41	15	1	0	4	16	24	66.7	0	0		8	9	88.9	71.5	4	11	5	4
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	Gail Goodrich G. Goodrich	4/25/1973	44	LAL	vs	GSW	36	3	8			19	26	73.1				6	7	85.7	75.7				3
14	Jim McMillian J. McMillian	4/12/1972	42	LAL	vs	MIL	43	7	2			16	25	64.0				10	14	71.4	67.4				2
15	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	5/6/1970	45	LAL	vs	NYK	46	27	3			20	27	74.1				5	14	35.7	67.9				3
16	Jerry West J. West	5/5/1969	42	LAL	vs	BOS	48	13	12			14	29	48.3				14	18	77.8	56.9				2
17	Jerry West J. West	4/29/1969	40	LAL	@	BOS	45	6	4			15	30	50.0				10	10	100.0	58.1				4
18	Jerry West J. West	4/25/1969	41	LAL	vs	BOS	41	3	8			12	22	54.5				17	20	85.0	66.6				3
19	Jerry West J. West	4/23/1969	53	LAL	vs	BOS	46	3	10			21	41	51.2				11	13	84.6	56.7				3
20	Jerry West J. West	4/11/1968	40	LAL	@	SFW	45	6	8			14	20	70.0				12	14	85.7	76.5				2
21	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	4/24/1966	41	LAL	@	BOS	46	16	2			13	31	41.9				15	17	88.2	53.3				1
22	Jerry West J. West	4/22/1966	45	LAL	vs	BOS	47	4	10			19	31	61.3				7	10	70.0	63.6				2
23	Jerry West J. West	4/17/1966	41	LAL	@	BOS	51	8	2			15	27	55.6				11	13	84.6	62.7				3
24	Jerry West J. West	4/9/1966	42	LAL	@	STL	42	7	4			18	32	56.3				6	6	100.0	60.6				3
25	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	4/3/1966	42	LAL	vs	STL	41	14	9			17	27	63.0				8	9	88.9	67.8				2