Who has the most points in an NBA game with fewer than 30 minutes?

Klay Thompson scored a career-high 60 points in 29.1 minutes, the most ever in a game with fewer than 30 minutes.

Interpreted as:
Who has the most points in an NBA regular season game with fewer than 30 minutes?
NAME DATE TM OPP PTS MIN +/- REB AST STL BLK 3PM FG% FT% TOV FGM FGA 3PA 3P% FTM FTA PF
1 Klay Thompson
Klay Thompson
12/5/2016
GSW GSW
vs. IND vs. IND
60
29
37
2
1
0
0
8
63.6
90.9
0
21
33
14
57.1
10
11
0
2 Klay Thompson
Klay Thompson
10/29/2018
GSW GSW
@ CHI @ CHI
52
27
28
4
0
2
0
14
62.1
100.0
2
18
29
24
58.3
2
2
2
3 Damian Lillard
Damian Lillard
2/9/2018
POR POR
@ SAC @ SAC
50
29
18
1
6
3
0
8
61.5
100.0
2
16
26
13
61.5
10
10
2
4 CJ McCollum
CJ McCollum
1/31/2018
POR POR
vs. CHI vs. CHI
50
29
29
5
2
1
0
6
72.0
100.0
3
18
25
9
66.7
8
8
1
5 Kemba Walker
Kemba Walker
3/22/2018
CHA CHA
vs. MEM vs. MEM
46
28
47
3
4
1
0
10
72.2
100.0
2
13
18
14
71.4
10
10
1
6 Stephen Curry
Stephen Curry
4/13/2016
GSW GSW
vs. MEM vs. MEM
46
30
19
4
6
2
0
10
62.5
100.0
2
15
24
19
52.6
6
6
2
7 Stephen Curry
Stephen Curry
1/6/2018
GSW GSW
@ LAC @ LAC
45
30
28
6
3
3
0
8
52.4
93.8
2
11
21
16
50.0
15
16
2
8 JR Smith
JR Smith
4/13/2009
DEN DEN
vs. SAC vs. SAC
45
30
23
4
1
1
0
11
59.1
100.0
0
13
22
18
61.1
8
8
0
9 Klay Thompson
Klay Thompson
1/21/2019
GSW GSW
@ LAL @ LAL
44
27
29
3
2
0
1
10
85.0
2
17
20
11
90.9
0
0
2
10 James Harden
James Harden
1/11/2019
HOU HOU
vs. CLE vs. CLE
43
30
28
10
12
2
2
8
50.0
100.0
4
12
24
16
50.0
11
11
2
11 Stephen Curry
Stephen Curry
1/28/2017
GSW GSW
vs. LAC vs. LAC
43
29
42
9
6
0
0
9
65.2
100.0
2
15
23
15
60.0
4
4
1
12 Larry Bird
Larry Bird
3/18/1986
BOS BOS
vs. CLE vs. CLE
43
29
8
3
3
0
5
70.8
100.0
1
17
24
6
83.3
4
4
0
13 Klay Thompson
Klay Thompson
4/13/2015
GSW GSW
vs. MEM vs. MEM
42
30
25
5
3
1
0
8
75.0
100.0
2
15
20
10
80.0
4
4
0
14 George Gervin
George Gervin
11/10/1984
SAS SAS
vs. CLE vs. CLE
42
27
2
1
0
1
0
78.3
100.0
0
18
23
0
6
6
0
15 Kyle Kuzma
Kyle Kuzma
1/9/2019
LAL LAL
vs. DET vs. DET
41
29
14
2
0
0
0
5
66.7
66.7
2
16
24
10
50.0
4
6
2
16 Stephon Marbury
Stephon Marbury
11/11/2000
NJN NJN
vs. SEA vs. SEA
41
29
24
5
9
2
0
2
65.4
62.5
2
17
26
4
50.0
5
8
3
17 Patrick Ewing
Patrick Ewing
4/13/1988
NYK NYK
vs. IND vs. IND
41
26
11
2
2
1
0
75.0
83.3
1
18
24
0
5
6
2
18 David Thompson
David Thompson
1/2/1982
DEN DEN
@ SAS @ SAS
41
27
2
0
0
2
0
61.9
78.9
3
13
21
0
15
19
5
19 James Harden
James Harden
2/11/2017
HOU HOU
vs. PHX vs. PHX
40
29
26
6
8
0
0
8
52.9
87.5
8
9
17
15
53.3
14
16
2
20 Anthony Davis
Anthony Davis
1/9/2017
NOP NOP
@ NYK @ NYK
40
29
26
18
2
0
3
1
63.6
91.7
0
14
22
1
100.0
11
12
2
21 Dirk Nowitzki
Dirk Nowitzki
3/3/2012
DAL DAL
vs. UTA vs. UTA
40
29
8
6
0
1
0
3
66.7
90.0
4
14
21
8
37.5
9
10
2
22 Rodrigue Beaubois
Rodrigue Beaubois
3/27/2010
DAL DAL
@ GSW @ GSW
40
30
21
8
3
0
3
9
68.2
100.0
1
15
22
11
81.8
1
1
2
23 Rik Smits
Rik Smits
4/22/1994
IND IND
vs. PHI vs. PHI
40
27
11
4
2
1
0
70.8
85.7
2
17
24
0
6
7
1
24 Sleepy Floyd
Sleepy Floyd
2/26/1991
HOU HOU
@ DEN @ DEN
40
24
2
3
2
0
1
64.0
100.0
1
16
25
3
33.3
7
7
2
25 Gail Goodrich
Gail Goodrich
11/25/1973
LAL LAL
vs. POR vs. POR
40
29
4
9
2
0
85.7
88.9
12
14
16
18
3
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2
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52
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.634
16.0
3
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50
32
.610
18.0
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50
32
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5
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50
32
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49
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1
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64
18
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2
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61
21
.744
3.0
3
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51
31
.622
13.0
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50
32
.610
14.0
5
Bucks Bucks
48
34
.585
16.0
6
Pistons Pistons
44
38
.537
20.0