who has scored the most points in an nba basketball game?
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Chamberlain holds the single-game scoring record, having scored 100 points in a game in 1962. Jordan (63) and Baylor (61) are the only players to score at least 60 points in a game during the playoffs, each accomplishing this once.
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['Willie Cauley-Stein, Sacramento Kings: 175. ...', 'JaVale McGee, Los Angeles Lakers: 185.', 'Montrezl Harrell, Los Angeles Clippers: 196. ...', 'Clint Capela, Houston Rockets: 230. ...', 'Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks: 273. ...', 'Rudy Gobert, Utah Jazz: 292.']
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Michael Jordan has won the award a record six times. Shaquille O'Neal is the only player other than Michael Jordan to have won the award three times consecutively.
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Rudy Gobert now holds an NBA Record. Against the Phoenix Suns, Rudy Gobert dunked for the 270th time this season which is now an NBA Record. Dunks have been tracked as a stat by the NBA since 2000.
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Klay Thompson set an NBA record for points in a quarter by scoring 37 points in the third quarter during Golden State's 126-101 home victory over Sacramento on Friday. The previous mark of 33 points was shared by two renowned scorers: George Gervin and Carmelo Anthony.
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['Bill Russell.', 'Hakeem Olajuwon.', 'Tim Duncan.', 'Dikembe Mutombo.', 'Wilt Chamberlain.']
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The most points scored in a National Hockey League regular-season game: 10 (6g-4a) - Darryl Sittler, Toronto, vs. Boston, Feb. 7, 1976.
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Bill Walton's 44-point game against Memphis State in 1973 is the highest-scoring championship game in NCAA history.
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['Karl Malone: 14-time All-Star. • ... ', 'Michael Jordan: 14-time All-Star. • ... ', 'LeBron James: 15-time All-Star. •', "Shaquille O'Neal: 15-time All-Star. • ... ", 'Kevin Garnett: 15-time All-Star. • ... ', 'Tim Duncan: 15-time All-Star. • ... ', 'Kobe Bryant: 18-time All-Star. • ... ', 'Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: 19-time All-Star. •']
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Wilt Chamberlain holds the all-time records for total points scored (4,029) and points per game (50.4) in a season; both records were achieved in the 1961–62 season. He also holds the rookie records for points per game when he averaged 37.6 points in the 1959–60 season.
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Miami won Game 4, 104–98, to go up three games to one in the series. ... However, for the final 16 minutes of the game, Russell Westbrook (who led the Thunder with 43 points) and Kevin Durant (who had 28 points) were the only two Oklahoma City players able to score.
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Bill Russell (left) won the award five times in his NBA career. Wilt Chamberlain (center) won the award four times in his career. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar won the award a record-setting six times in his career.
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['Rudy Gobert, Utah Jazz: 292.', 'Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks: 273. ... ', 'Clint Capela, Houston Rockets: 230. ... ', 'Montrezl Harrell, Los Angeles Clippers: 196. ... ', 'JaVale McGee, Los Angeles Lakers: 185. ... ', 'Willie Cauley-Stein, Sacramento Kings: 175. ... ']
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DENVER (AP) — The Golden State Warriors scored an NBA-record 51 points in the first quarter against the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday night. Kevin Durant led the way with 17 points as the Warriors shot 76 percent from the field.
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On March 25, 2019, Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert set the record for most dunks in a game with 27 slams of the rock against the Phoenix Suns. Fun fact Wilt holds the single season record with 8000 dunks.
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['Tim Duncan.', 'Larry Bird.', 'Wilt Chamberlain.', 'Magic Johnson.', 'Bill Russell.', 'Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.', 'LeBron James.', 'Michael Jordan.']
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['Wilt Chamberlain, 1962. There can be no surprises that Wilt Chamberlain finds his way onto this list! ... ', "Kobe Bryant, 2006. It's also not a ground-breaking discovery to find that Kobe makes the list in his 81-point game! ... ", 'David Thompson, 1978. ... ', 'George Gervin, 1978.']