nba most points in game by a player is 100.
nba most points in game by a player is 100.
nba most points in game by a player?
100
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.
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midway through the 1996 nba finals, seattle coach george karl decided to assign payton to play defense as a shooting guard instead of his normal point guard assignment in order to defend jordan. though the bulls won the series, seattle's (and especially payton's) defense held jordan and the bulls to their lowest offensive output in an nba finals and "frustrated the best player in the game." in his first three nba finals, jordan averaged 36.3 points per game and had scored at least 30 points in 14 of his 17 games. however, in the 1996 finals, jordan averaged 27.3 points per game and scored more than 30 points in only one of the six games. in a game 5 preview after payton had held jordan to a career nba finals low of 23, an nba pregame show described the rivalry of two strong defensive players renowned for their competitiveness. "[in game 4, jordan had his] lowest output in a finals game, much of it with payton guarding him. though afterwards, jordan refused to give payton credit, saying 'no one can stop me, i can only stop myself. i missed some easy shots.' the truth is, jordan finds the nba's defensive player of the year [payton] annoying. he views the [young payton] as impudent, and he would love to have a big game at [payton's] expense." (nba on nbc preview, game 5) the sonics won that game by 21 points and payton held jordan to 26 points – jordan's second-lowest-scoring finals game in his career up to that point. in game 6, which the bulls would win to capture the championship, payton played 47 minutes and jordan missed 14 of his 19 shots, getting a career finals low 22 points. bill walton, commentating for nbc at the time, said payton "outplayed" jordan during the second half of the series, and that seattle coach george karl would "rue" the decision to "hide [payton] from 'the king'" in the early games of the series. during this series, payton and his sonics also held jordan's bulls to the lowest-scoring quarter in their nba finals history. michael jordan would never score fewer points in an nba finals game than his 22 points in game 6, and would never be held under 30 points more than twice in a finals series, which the sonics did five times.
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