players scoring 40+ in one game in playoffs in the 2000s

Kobe Bryant scored 40 points in Game 1 of the 2009 NBA Finals against the Magic on June 4, 2009.

	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	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	6/4/2009	40	LAL	vs	ORL	38	8	8	2	2	16	34	47.1	0	1	0.0	8	8	100.0	53.3	1	7	1	1	+25
2	Dwight Howard D. Howard	5/30/2009	40	ORL	vs	CLE	41	14	4	0	1	14	21	66.7	0	1	0.0	12	16	75.0	71.3	6	8	2	5	+13
3	LeBron James L. James	5/26/2009	44	CLE	@	ORL	49	12	7	1	1	13	29	44.8	4	10	40.0	14	18	77.8	59.6	1	11	8	5	+6
4	LeBron James L. James	5/24/2009	41	CLE	@	ORL	42	7	9	2	1	11	28	39.3	1	8	12.5	18	24	75.0	53.2	0	7	2	3	-12
5	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	5/23/2009	41	LAL	@	DEN	41	6	5	2	0	12	24	50.0	2	5	40.0	15	17	88.2	65.1	1	5	1	4	+4
6	LeBron James L. James	5/20/2009	49	CLE	vs	ORL	41	6	8	2	3	20	30	66.7	3	6	50.0	6	10	60.0	71.2	3	3	2	1	+7
7	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	5/19/2009	40	LAL	vs	DEN	43	6	4	0	1	13	28	46.4	2	3	66.7	12	13	92.3	59.3	3	3	1	3	-5
8	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	5/11/2009	41	DEN	@	DAL	43	11	3	5	0	15	29	51.7	2	5	40.0	9	11	81.8	60.6	3	8	2	5	0
9	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	5/11/2009	44	DAL	vs	DEN	44	13	3	2	1	14	25	56.0	0	0		16	17	94.1	67.7	1	12	4	1	+12
10	LeBron James L. James	5/9/2009	47	CLE	@	ATL	43	12	8	1	1	15	25	60.0	5	10	50.0	12	16	75.0	73.3	2	10	1	2	+26
11	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	5/6/2009	40	LAL	vs	HOU	40	6	3	1	0	16	27	59.3	2	3	66.7	6	7	85.7	66.5	2	4	2	1	+19
12	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	5/1/2009	41	MIA	vs	ATL	39	5	2	0	2	11	23	47.8	3	7	42.9	16	17	94.1	67.3	0	5	0	1	+32
13	Ray Allen R. Allen	4/30/2009	51	BOS	@	CHI	59	5	3	3	0	18	32	56.3	9	18	50.0	6	7	85.7	72.7	2	3	3	1	+1
14	Tony Parker T. Parker	4/25/2009	43	SAS	@	DAL	41	5	3	4	1	18	29	62.1	2	5	40.0	5	8	62.5	66.1	0	5	3	3	+7
15	Brandon Roy B. Roy	4/21/2009	42	POR	vs	HOU	42	7	1	0	1	15	27	55.6	2	3	66.7	10	12	83.3	65.1	0	7	0	1	+5
16	Ben Gordon B. Gordon	4/20/2009	42	CHI	@	BOS	44	1	0	1	0	14	24	58.3	6	11	54.5	8	9	88.9	75.1	0	1	0	2	-1
17	LeBron James L. James	5/18/2008	45	CLE	@	BOS	47	5	6	2	0	14	29	48.3	3	11	27.3	14	19	73.7	60.2	1	4	2	4	0
18	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	5/18/2008	41	BOS	vs	CLE	44	4	5	2	0	13	23	56.5	4	6	66.7	11	12	91.7	72.5	1	3	4	4	+10
19	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	5/2/2008	40	HOU	@	UTA	42	10	5	0	1	13	26	50.0	2	7	28.6	12	18	66.7	59.0	1	9	1	1	-17
20	Tony Parker T. Parker	4/25/2008	41	SAS	@	PHX	41	5	12	2	0	17	26	65.4	1	3	33.3	6	7	85.7	70.5	0	5	3	2	+24
21	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	4/23/2008	49	LAL	vs	DEN	42	4	10	1	1	18	27	66.7	5	9	55.6	8	9	88.9	79.1	1	3	2	4	+13
22	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	4/19/2008	40	SAS	vs	PHX	51	15	5	1	3	16	24	66.7	1	1	100.0	7	12	58.3	68.3	6	9	4	3	+3
23	LeBron James L. James	5/31/2007	48	CLE	@	DET	50	9	7	2	0	18	33	54.5	2	3	66.7	10	14	71.4	61.3	3	6	2	3	+2
24	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	4/26/2007	45	LAL	vs	PHX	45	6	6	1	1	15	26	57.7	2	3	66.7	13	13	100.0	70.9	0	6	5	3	+1
25	Carlos Boozer C. Boozer	4/23/2007	41	UTA	@	HOU	42	12	6	0	0	17	30	56.7	0	0		7	9	77.8	60.4	3	9	1	4	-6