wilt chamberlain has scored the most points in a game in the nba.
wilt chamberlain has scored the most points in a game in the nba.
who has scored the most points in a game in the nba?
wilt chamberlain
on july 8, 2017, harden signed a four-year contract extension with the rockets for approximately $160 million, giving him a total six-year deal with $228 million guaranteed—the richest contract in nba history. the deal will keep harden the face of the rockets through the 2022–23 season. on november 5, he scored a career-high 56 points in a 137–110 win over the utah jazz, falling just shy of calvin murphy's 57-point franchise record set in 1978. harden joined wilt chamberlain as the only players in nba history to have at least 10 assists and shoot better than 75 percent from the field in a 50-point performance. on november 16, he had 23 of his 48 points in the second quarter while the rockets scored 90 points in the first half en route to a 142–116 win over the phoenix suns. the rockets made 61 percent of their first-half shots to get the second-most points in a first half in nba history. he went on to become the first player in team history to score at least 20 points in each of the team's first 20 games of a season. harden was named western conference player of the month for games played in october and november, marking the fifth time harden has received the honor, all coming as a rocket. on december 9, he scored 48 points to help the rockets rally from a 14-point, fourth-quarter deficit to beat the portland trail blazers 124–117, scoring at least 20 points in each of houston's 24 games, becoming only the second player to accomplish such a feat since the 1990–91 season. on december 20, despite harden's 51 points, the rockets were defeated 122–116 by the los angeles lakers, ending their 14-game winning streak. harden set a franchise record by scoring at least 20 points in his 30th straight game. the previous record was held by malone, who did it in 29 straight games in the 1981–82 season. two days later, harden had a second straight 51-point performance in a 128–118 loss to the los angeles clippers. it was harden's third 50-point game of the season and he became the first player in franchise history to have two straight 50-point games. he also became the first nba player to score 50 or more in consecutive games since kobe bryant did so in four straight in march 2007. on december 31 against the lakers, harden scored 40 points before leaving with a hamstring injury late in the fourth quarter. without harden, the rockets won 148–142 in double overtime. the following day, he was ruled out for two weeks with a grade 2 hamstring strain. he missed seven games as a result. on january 26, he had 23 points and 11 assists in a 115–113 loss to the new orleans pelicans. harden moved into second in rockets history in assists with 3,347, passing allen leavell's 3,339. on january 30, in a 114–107 win over the orlando magic, harden became the first player in nba history to score 60 points as part of a triple-double, finishing with 10 rebounds and 11 assists for his third triple-double of the season. harden scored 18 points in the fourth quarter to eclipse the 57 points calvin murphy scored in 1978 to break houston's single-game scoring record. it was his fourth 50-point game of the season and bested his previous career high of 56 points set in november against utah. on march 25, he helped the rockets reach 60 wins in a season for the first time in franchise history, recording a triple-double (fourth of season, 35th of career) with 18 points, 15 assists and 10 rebounds in three quarters in a 118–99 win over the atlanta hawks. the rockets finished the regular season as the no. 1 seed for the first time in franchise history, with a franchise-best 65–17 record. harden won his first scoring title, averaging 30.4 points per game, second in franchise history to malone's 31.1 in 1981–82.
james harden
on october 17, 2018, walker scored 41 points in a 113–112 loss to the milwaukee bucks, setting a franchise record for points scored in a season opener. it was his 10th 40-point game of his career, tying glen rice for the franchise record for 40-point games. three days later, he scored 39 points, including the game-winning free throw with a half-second left, to lift the hornets to a 113–112 win over the miami heat. during the game, he eclipsed the career 10,000-point mark. walker set the nba record for most three-point field goals through the first three games of a season with 19 (previously held by danilo gallinari with 18 in 2009–10) and became the first player in nba history to make five or more three-point field goals in each of the first three games of a season. he was subsequently named eastern conference player of the week for the first week of the season. on november 17, he scored a career-high and franchise-best 60 points in a 122–119 overtime loss to the philadelphia 76ers. two days later, he scored 43 points in a 117–112 win over the boston celtics. on december 5 against the minnesota timberwolves, walker made his 502nd career start for charlotte, the most of any player in team history, passing muggsy bogues (501). on december 29, he scored 47 points in a 130–126 loss to the washington wizards. on january 24, he was named a starter for the eastern conference in the 2019 nba all-star game, joining glen rice as the only players to represent charlotte in three all-star games and becomes the third hornets player to start an all-star game, along with larry johnson (1993) and eddie jones (2000). on february 6, he had 30 points and a season-high 11 rebounds in a 99–93 loss to the dallas mavericks. on february 9, he hit a season-high nine 3-pointers and scored 37 points in a 129–120 win over the atlanta hawks. on march 11, he had 40 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists in a 118–106 loss to the houston rockets. on march 26, he recorded 38 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds in a 125–116 overtime win over the san antonio spurs. on april 1, he scored 38 of his 47 points in the second half of the hornets' 111–102 loss to the utah jazz. with 32 points, seven assists and three rebounds against the new orleans pelicans on april 3, walker recorded his 26th 30-point game of the season, passing glen rice for the franchise record for 30-point games in a season. he also set the franchise record for 3-pointers made in a season when he made his 244th 3-pointer against new orleans. on april 5, he scored 29 points in a 113–111 win over the toronto raptors, thus joining glen rice as the only players in franchise history to score 2,000 points in a season—rice scored 2,115 points in the 1996–97 season. with his 250th made 3-pointer on april 7 against the detroit pistons, walker became only the ninth different player in nba history to connect on 250+ 3-pointers in a season. he was subsequently named eastern conference player of the week for games played april 1–7, marking his seventh career player of the week award. on april 10, in the hornets' season finale, walker scored 43 points in a 122–114 loss to the orlando magic. following the season, he was named to the all-nba third team, his first all-league selection.
kemba walker