nba players with 40 pts in a game before march 9, 2022

Kyrie Irving scored 50 points against the Hornets on March 8, 2022.

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NBA players with 40 or more pts in a regular-season game before march 9, 2022

	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	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	3/8/2022	50	BKN	@	CHA	37	3	6	1	1	15	19	78.9	9	12	75.0	11	13	84.6	101.1	0	3	3	4	+14
2	Darius Garland D. Garland	3/8/2022	41	CLE	@	IND	37	5	13	2	0	14	26	53.8	4	9	44.4	9	9	100.0	68.4	2	3	4	2	+18
3	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	3/7/2022	43	PHI	vs	CHI	36	14	2	2	3	15	27	55.6	1	3	33.3	12	16	75.0	63.2	3	11	2	2	+14
4	Julius Randle J. Randle	3/7/2022	46	NYK	@	SAC	34	9	2	1	1	18	31	58.1	8	16	50.0	2	2	100.0	72.1	2	7	1	5	+18
5	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	3/6/2022	54	BOS	vs	BKN	41	5	3	0	0	16	30	53.3	8	15	53.3	14	17	82.4	72.0	2	3	2	4	+12
6	Khris Middleton K. Middleton	3/6/2022	44	MIL	vs	PHX	36	8	5	1	0	16	27	59.3	5	9	55.6	7	7	100.0	73.1	0	8	3	2	+21
7	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	3/6/2022	46	DEN	vs	NOP	43	12	11	3	4	16	22	72.7	3	5	60.0	11	12	91.7	84.3	3	9	5	3	+22
8	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	3/5/2022	44	SAC	@	DAL	40	2	6	1	0	18	31	58.1	3	4	75.0	5	6	83.3	65.4	0	2	1	4	+6
9	LeBron James L. James	3/5/2022	56	LAL	vs	GSW	39	10	3	0	1	19	31	61.3	6	11	54.5	12	13	92.3	76.3	2	8	4	0	+13
10	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	3/3/2022	41	DAL	vs	GSW	40	10	9	2	0	15	26	57.7	4	10	40.0	7	9	77.8	68.4	2	8	6	1	+8
11	Ja Morant J. Morant	2/28/2022	52	MEM	vs	SAS	34	7	2	0	0	22	30	73.3	4	4	100.0	4	7	57.1	78.6	1	6	4	1	+23
12	Trae Young T. Young	2/26/2022	41	ATL	vs	TOR	37	4	11	1	1	17	24	70.8	1	4	25.0	6	6	100.0	77.0	1	3	4	3	+37
13	Ja Morant J. Morant	2/26/2022	46	MEM	@	CHI	36	4	3	1	0	15	28	53.6	3	4	75.0	13	15	86.7	66.5	1	3	5	2	+11
14	RJ Barrett	2/25/2022	46	NYK	vs	MIA	38	9	2	0	0	13	22	59.1	6	11	54.5	14	22	63.6	72.6	0	9	3	5	-3
15	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	2/17/2022	49	DAL	@	NOP	38	15	8	0	1	17	35	48.6	7	14	50.0	8	12	66.7	60.8	1	14	5	3	+21
16	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	2/17/2022	42	PHI	@	MIL	37	14	5	1	0	14	21	66.7	3	4	75.0	11	14	78.6	77.3	2	12	6	5	+13
17	Ja Morant J. Morant	2/16/2022	44	MEM	vs	POR	38	5	11	0	1	11	20	55.0	1	6	16.7	21	25	84.0	71.0	0	5	2	3	+2
18	Trae Young T. Young	2/15/2022	41	ATL	vs	CLE	35	3	9	1	0	13	22	59.1	4	7	57.1	11	13	84.6	74.0	0	3	4	0	+5
19	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	2/15/2022	50	MIL	vs	IND	36	14	4	0	0	17	21	81.0	2	3	66.7	14	18	77.8	86.4	4	10	3	3	+7
20	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	2/14/2022	40	CHI	vs	SAS	35	3	7	0	0	16	24	66.7	0	0		8	8	100.0	72.7	0	3	3	1	+15
21	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	2/12/2022	40	PHI	vs	CLE	33	14	10	3	0	11	22	50.0	4	5	80.0	14	15	93.3	69.9	1	13	4	4	+24
22	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	2/12/2022	45	DAL	vs	LAC	39	15	8	0	0	15	33	45.5	6	13	46.2	9	13	69.2	58.1	0	15	7	2	+8
23	Gary Trent Jr. G. Trent Jr.	2/10/2022	42	TOR	@	HOU	37	1	4	4	0	15	26	57.7	6	13	46.2	6	7	85.7	72.2	0	1	2	2	+9
24	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	2/10/2022	51	DAL	vs	LAC	40	9	6	1	1	17	26	65.4	7	14	50.0	10	14	71.4	79.3	0	9	7	4	+9
25	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	2/8/2022	44	MIL	@	LAL	35	14	8	1	2	17	20	85.0	2	2	100.0	8	13	61.5	85.5	4	10	0	5	+23