all players who have scored 40 points in an nba playoff game between 1979-80 to 2022-23

George Gervin dropped 44 points in Game 2 of the 1980 First Round versus the Rockets on April 4, 1980.

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all players who have scored 40 or more points in an NBA playoff game between 1979-80 to 2022-23

	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	George Gervin G. Gervin	4/4/1980	44	SAS	vs	HOU	43	7	2	2	2	19	29	65.5	0	0		6	7	85.7	68.6			2	2
2	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
3	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
4	Mychal Thompson M. Thompson	4/3/1981	40	POR	@	KCK	49	11	2	2	5	15	23	65.2	0	0		10	12	83.3	70.7	4	7	1	4
5	Moses Malone M. Malone	4/10/1981	41	HOU	vs	SAS	48	15	0	0	1	16	23	69.6	0	0		9	14	64.3	70.3			4	3
6	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	4/17/1981	42	HOU	@	SAS	42	1	3	0	0	19	28	67.9	0	1	0.0	4	4	100.0	70.6			5	2
7	Moses Malone M. Malone	4/26/1981	42	HOU	vs	KCK	48	23	1	0	1	16	34	47.1	0	0		10	14	71.4	52.3				3
8	Bernard King B. King	4/20/1983	40	NYK	@	NJN	35	3	3	0	0	16	21	76.2	0	0		8	9	88.9	80.1	1	2	0	1
9	Alex English A. English	4/24/1983	42	DEN	@	PHX	48	9	4	1	3	16	29	55.2	0	0		10	12	83.3	61.3	4	5	2	2
10	George Gervin G. Gervin	4/26/1983	42	SAS	vs	DEN	35	10	2	1	0	17	22	77.3	0	0		8	8	100.0	82.3	5	5	2	3
11	Bernard King B. King	4/19/1984	46	NYK	@	DET	39	6	2	2	0	18	35	51.4	0	0		10	13	76.9	56.5	2	4	5	3
12	Bernard King B. King	4/22/1984	46	NYK	vs	DET	40	10	4	0	1	19	27	70.4	0	0		8	12	66.7	71.3	6	4	2	5
13	Kelly Tripucka K. Tripucka	4/22/1984	40	DET	@	NYK	44	7	2	1	0	15	25	60.0	0	0		10	11	90.9	67.0	2	5	4	5
14	Bernard King B. King	4/25/1984	41	NYK	vs	DET	39	5	5	3	1	15	25	60.0	0	1	0.0	11	13	84.6	66.7	2	3	4	2
15	Bernard King B. King	4/27/1984	44	NYK	@	DET	41	12	1	0	1	17	26	65.4	0	0		10	13	76.9	69.4	3	9	1	5
16	Bernard King B. King	5/6/1984	43	NYK	vs	BOS	40	4	4	0	0	17	25	68.0	0	0		9	11	81.8	72.1	2	2	4	5
17	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	5/8/1984	46	UTA	vs	PHX	41	6	4	2	0	16	27	59.3	0	0		14	14	100.0	69.4	1	5	6	2
18	Bernard King B. King	5/11/1984	44	NYK	vs	BOS	41	2	2	3	0	16	25	64.0	0	0		12	15	80.0	69.6	0	2	4	3
19	Larry Bird L. Bird	4/18/1985	40	BOS	vs	CLE	43	7	3	2	1	14	25	56.0	1	2	50.0	11	12	91.7	66.1	2	5	2	2
20	Rolando Blackman R. Blackman	4/18/1985	43	DAL	vs	POR	51	10	6	1	1	19	33	57.6	0	0		5	5	100.0	61.1	4	6	3	2
21	Rolando Blackman R. Blackman	4/20/1985	41	DAL	vs	POR	45	4	3	1	0	16	27	59.3	1	1	100.0	8	8	100.0	67.2	1	3	3	1
22	George Gervin G. Gervin	4/20/1985	41	SAS	@	DEN	42	6	3	0	0	16	25	64.0	0	2	0.0	9	11	81.8	68.7	2	4	3	2
23	Larry Bird L. Bird	4/30/1985	42	BOS	vs	DET	40	10	6	0	1	14	26	53.8	0	1	0.0	14	15	93.3	64.4	4	6	1	3
24	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	4/30/1985	41	MIL	vs	PHI	39	12	4	3	1	14	25	56.0	0	1	0.0	13	16	81.3	64.0	5	7	1	4
25	Alex English A. English	5/5/1985	40	DEN	@	UTA	42	7	4	1	0	14	19	73.7	0	0		12	14	85.7	79.5	1	6	3	2