lebron james scored the most points in nba in one game.
lebron james scored the most points in nba in one game.
who scored the most points in nba in one game?
lebron james
short started working out with pete newell during the off-seasons, which short later claimed help improve his shooting skills significantly. during a november 17, 1984 game against the new jersey nets, short scored a career high 59 points during a 131-114 loss. he hit 20 of 28 field goal attempts and 15 free throws. at the time, only nine other players had scored more points in one game, and it was the most points scored in the nba since david thompson and george gervin scored 73 and 63 points respectively on april 9, 1978. excluding wilt chamberlain's many games of 60 or over points as a warrior, it was also the third highest total in franchise history, behind joe fulks' 63 points in 1949 and rick barry's 64 points in 1974. he also scored 57 points against the san antonio spurs and 46 against the washington bullets that season. short finished the 1984–85 season with an average of 28.0 points per game, and was the nba's fourth leading scorer. during the off-season, short got involved in a contract dispute and held out for four weeks, but the warriors managed to come to a contract agreement with him. he ended up with a 25.5 points per game average in 64 games in 1985–86, finishing fifth in the league in scoring. short missed two months early in the 1986–87 season due to knee surgery. he missed further time with a pulled thigh muscle in march. golden state reached the playoffs, an achievement short later recalled as "the best time" in his warriors career. he ended up appearing in 34 games that year, with an 18.3 points per game average.
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the following season, the "big three" played in this series and contributed with points as the spurs were able to make it to a southwest division title with a 59–23 record, securing the second seed in the western conference. the spurs began the playoffs by defeating the denver nuggets in five games. the "big three" contributed in this series. in the conference semifinal series against the seattle supersonics, the spurs split the first four games of the series. in game 5, ginóbili returned to the starting lineup and posted a playoff career-high 39 points. his effort was enough to help the spurs to a 103–90 victory over the supersonics, putting them one game away from the western conference finals. in game 6, duncan delivered in yet another pivotal moment, making a shot with 0.5 seconds to break the tie and lead the spurs to a 98–96 victory. the spurs then advanced to a matchup with the phoenix suns in the western conference finals. in this series, the "big three" continued to play with each other, as duncan, ginobili, and parker averaged 27.4 points, 22.2 points, and 20.4 points, respectively. bolstered by excellent performances from their three stars, the spurs jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the series. in games 3 and 4, the "big three" scored combined totals of 80 and 69 points. after losing game 4 111–106, the "big three" delivered another performance;in game 5, they scored a combined 68 points to help defeat the suns and advance to the 2005 nba finals the spurs had a strong start to the 2005 nba finals against the detroit pistons as duncan and ginóbili combined for 50 points in game 1—26 from ginóbili, 24 from duncan—to win game 1 84–69 and take a 1–0 series lead. ginóbili was the star once again in game 2 with 27 points to lead the spurs to a 97–76 victory and a 2–0 series lead in the nba finals. the pistons fought back with victories in games 3 and 4, but duncan bounced back in game 5 with 26 points and 19 rebounds to help lead the spurs to a 96–95 overtime win over the pistons and take a 3–2 lead heading back to san antonio. duncan and ginóbili were strong once again in game 6 as they both scored 21 points, but the pistons were able to pull away late to tie the series and force a game 7. duncan and ginóbili had a strong performance in game 7 as the two combined for 48 points—25 from duncan, 23 from ginóbili—to take an 81–74 win in game 7 to win the second nba championship of the "big three" era. the voting for the nba finals mvp award was very close between duncan and ginóbili, but duncan ultimately won his third nba finals mvp award.
big three (san antonio spurs)