russell westbrook scored the most nba points in a game.
russell westbrook scored the most nba points in a game.
who scored the most nba points in a game?
russell westbrook
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 june 21, 2018, wagner was selected with the 25th overall pick in the 2018 nba draft by the los angeles lakers. on july 1, he signed his rookie scale contract with the lakers. on july 10, wagner injured both his left knee and left ankle in the las vegas summer league. he was sidelined for all of training camp and the preseason by the knee injury. wagner was assigned to the south bay lakers on rehab assignment on october 26. wagner made his g-league debut for the south bay lakers on november 3, scoring 17 points in 29 minutes in a 108–106 loss to the stockton kings. he made his nba debut on november 17 against the orlando magic. on december 2, in a 120–96 victory against the phoenix suns, wagner scored his first nba points (a pair of free throws) and finished the game with 10 points. on march 9, 2019, wagner scored a career-high 22 points with six rebounds, three assists and a block in his first career start in a 107–120 loss to the boston celtics.
moritz wagner (basketball)