Michael Jordan had the most games with 40+ points versus the New Jersey Nets, with 10 games.

Interpreted as:

most 40+ pt regular-season games by a player vs nets

	NAME	GP	PTS	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	10	432	38.7	43.2	7.0	4.6	3.0	1.2	16.0	28.7	55.7	0.2	0.8	25.0	11.0	12.9	85.3	62.8	1.4	5.6	2.6	387	70	46	30	12	26	27	+35
2	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	5	208	43.6	41.6	4.0	6.4	1.6	0.2	13.8	27.6	50.0	2.4	5.2	46.2	11.6	14.4	80.6	61.3	0.2	3.8	3.0	218	20	32	8	1	15	6	+49
3	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	4	177	36.4	44.3	12.3	5.5	1.3	2.0	16.3	25.5	63.7	2.3	4.8	47.4	9.5	12.5	76.0	71.4	2.3	10.0	4.3	146	49	22	5	8	17	9	+41
4	Bernard King B. King	4	205	40.3	51.3	7.8	4.5	0.8	0.3	17.8	31.0	57.3	0.0	0.5	0.0	15.8	19.0	82.9	65.1	3.0	4.8	5.0	161	31	18	3	1	20	13
5	LeBron James L. James	3	123	42.0	41.0	8.0	8.3	1.3	0.7	13.3	23.0	58.0	4.0	6.3	63.2	10.3	13.0	79.5	71.4	2.0	6.0	4.0	126	24	25	4	2	12	6	+28
6	Larry Bird L. Bird	3	123	42.3	41.0	10.0	8.7	1.7	0.0	16.0	28.0	57.1	2.7	5.3	50.0	6.3	7.0	90.5	66.0	2.7	7.3	2.3	127	30	26	5	0	7	9
7	Alex English A. English	3	129	39.7	43.0	4.3	4.0	0.3	0.0	17.0	29.3	58.0	0.0	0.0		9.0	10.0	90.0	63.7	1.7	2.7	2.7	119	13	12	1	0	8	6
8	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	2	90	38.3	45.0	10.5	10.5	1.5	0.0	15.0	26.5	56.6	5.5	10.0	55.0	9.5	11.5	82.6	71.3	1.0	9.5	2.5	77	21	21	3	0	5	3	+29
9	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	2	95	40.1	47.5	9.5	4.0	1.0	0.5	15.0	28.0	53.6	6.5	13.0	50.0	11.0	12.5	88.0	70.9	1.0	8.5	2.0	80	19	8	2	1	4	7	+33
10	Trae Young T. Young	2	90	40.2	45.0	6.0	7.5	1.5	0.0	13.0	30.5	42.6	5.5	14.0	39.3	13.5	16.0	84.4	59.9	1.5	4.5	4.5	80	12	15	3	0	9	1	-6
11	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	2	102	42.1	51.0	3.5	8.5	1.0	0.0	16.0	27.5	58.2	7.5	15.0	50.0	11.5	12.0	95.8	77.8	0.0	3.5	1.5	84	7	17	2	0	3	2	+3
12	James Harden J. Harden	2	102	42.0	51.0	10.0	6.0	1.0	2.0	16.5	30.5	54.1	5.5	14.5	37.9	12.5	16.0	78.1	67.9	1.5	8.5	3.5	84	20	12	2	4	7	7	+8
13	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	2	84	41.5	42.0	4.5	5.5	2.5	2.5	14.0	22.5	62.2	1.0	2.0	50.0	13.0	15.0	86.7	72.2	1.5	3.0	4.0	83	9	11	5	5	8	6	+4
14	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	2	92	43.5	46.0	9.0	1.0	1.5	1.5	14.0	30.0	46.7	4.5	8.5	52.9	13.5	14.0	96.4	63.6	1.0	8.0	2.5	87	18	2	3	3	5	5	+25
15	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	2	86	43.5	43.0	10.0	9.0	1.5	2.5	17.0	29.5	57.6	1.5	4.5	33.3	7.5	8.5	88.2	64.7	2.5	7.5	3.5	87	20	18	3	5	7	3	+34
16	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	2	90	40.0	45.0	10.5	3.0	1.0	1.0	17.0	23.5	72.3	0.0	0.0		11.0	20.0	55.0	69.7	3.0	7.5	4.5	80	21	6	2	2	9	8	+28
17	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	2	86	42.0	43.0	4.0	5.5	0.5	0.0	14.0	23.0	60.9	3.0	4.5	66.7	12.0	13.0	92.3	74.9	1.5	2.5	3.5	84	8	11	1	0	7	2
18	Nick Anderson N. Anderson	2	90	36.5	45.0	6.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	15.5	22.0	70.5	3.5	6.0	58.3	10.5	12.0	87.5	82.5	3.5	2.5	1.5	73	12	8	2	0	3	2	+20
19	George Gervin G. Gervin	2	88	39.0	44.0	4.5	3.5	2.5	2.0	16.0	26.0	61.5	0.0	0.0		12.0	13.5	88.9	68.9				78	9	7	5	4		8
20	Moses Malone M. Malone	2	95	43.0	47.5	13.5	0.5			16.0	27.0	59.3	0.0	0.0		15.5	16.5	93.9	69.3				86	27	1				7
21	Stephen Curry S. Curry	1	40	35.6	40.0	4.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	12.0	20.0	60.0	7.0	13.0	53.8	9.0	9.0	100.0	83.5	2.0	2.0	5.0	36	4	4	0	0	5	3	-16
22	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	1	45	40.6	45.0	12.0	6.0	4.0	0.0	15.0	30.0	50.0	4.0	12.0	33.3	11.0	13.0	84.6	63.0	2.0	10.0	7.0	41	12	6	4	0	7	1	+11
23	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	1	41	36.5	41.0	9.0	5.0	1.0	1.0	15.0	21.0	71.4	3.0	4.0	75.0	8.0	10.0	80.0	80.7	1.0	8.0	3.0	37	9	5	1	1	3	4	+5
24	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	1	40	35.7	40.0	2.0	5.0	0.0	1.0	15.0	21.0	71.4	6.0	9.0	66.7	4.0	8.0	50.0	81.6	1.0	1.0	0.0	36	2	5	0	1	0	3	+23
25	Darius Garland D. Garland	1	46	39.7	46.0	3.0	8.0	1.0	0.0	14.0	20.0	70.0	5.0	7.0	71.4	13.0	15.0	86.7	86.5	1.0	2.0	1.0	40	3	8	1	0	1	1	+6