Don Nelson 30, 40 and 50-point games
How many 40-point games does Don Nelson have?
Don Nelson has scored 40 or more points 1 time: 1 in the regular season and 0 in the playoffs. His best is 40 points against the Houston Rockets on Feb 25, 1970. He has 8 regular-season games of 30 or more.
Every 40-point game, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | PTSPTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3. | Line |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 1970 |  vs HOU | W 147-124 | 40 | 12 REB, 5 AST, 13-18 FG |
What the columns mean: PTS
By season
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975-76 |  BOS | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1974-75 | BOS | 79 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| 1973-74 | BOS | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1972-73 | BOS | 72 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| 1971-72 | BOS | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970-71 | BOS | 82 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| 1969-70 | BOS | 82 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 40 |
| 1968-69 | BOS | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1967-68 | BOS | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1966-67 | BOS | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1965-66 | BOS | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1964-65 |  LAL | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1963-64 | LAL | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1962-63 |  WSH | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
What the columns mean: GP
40-point games by opponent
Counted from the game logs on file, regular season and playoffs; NBA logs start in 1946-47. Each opponent links to every game against it.