Billy Ray Bates averaged his most career points per game against the Bulls, with 16.5 per game.

billy ray bates highest career ppg by opponent

OPP	PPG	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
Bulls	16.5	6	20.7	1.7	1.5	0.5	0.2	1.3	7.0	11.5	60.9	0.5	0.8	60.0	2.0	2.5	80.0	124	99	10	9	3	1	8	11
Nets	16.4	5	21.2	2.8	2.4	1.0	0.0	1.8	6.8	13.4	50.7	0.2	0.6	33.3	2.6	2.8	92.9	106	82	14	12	5	0	9	13
Celtics	16.4	5	21.2	2.2	2.2	0.6	0.2	1.0	6.0	12.2	49.2	0.4	0.8	50.0	4.0	5.6	71.4	106	82	11	11	3	1	5	7
Knicks	15.8	5	20.2	3.4	2.6				6.4	12.2	52.5	0.0			3.0	4.0	75.0	101	79	17	13				9
Hawks	15.8	5	21.6	3.6	2.6	1.2	0.0	1.2	6.6	13.6	48.5	0.2	1.0	20.0	2.4	4.0	60.0	108	79	18	13	6	0	6	10
Clippers	15.6	13	19.5	1.6	2.2				6.5	11.5	56.0	0.3			2.4	2.8	86.1	254	203	21	28				18
Mavericks	14.8	10	19.3	1.5	1.3	0.5	0.1	1.8	6.0	10.4	57.7	0.1	0.4	25.0	2.7	3.3	81.8	193	148	15	13	5	1	18	21
Bullets	13.5	4	21.0	1.3	2.3	0.8	0.0	1.5	5.8	11.5	50.0	0.0	0.0		2.0	2.5	80.0	84	54	5	9	3	0	6	9
Cavaliers	13.0	3	18.3	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.3	1.3	4.3	10.7	40.6	0.3	1.0	33.3	4.0	4.7	85.7	55	39	2	2	2	1	4	3
Pistons	12.4	5	17.2	2.6	1.6	1.0	0.0	1.6	5.6	10.4	53.8	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.2	1.6	75.0	86	62	13	8	5	0	8	3
Nuggets	11.7	9	15.4	1.4	2.4	0.6	0.1	1.8	5.1	9.0	56.8	0.1	0.6	20.0	1.3	1.6	85.7	139	105	13	22	5	1	16	7
Spurs	11.5	13	18.0	1.6	1.6	0.5	0.0	1.3	4.6	10.5	43.8	0.2	0.8	27.3	2.1	2.4	87.1	234	150	21	21	6	0	17	27
Warriors	11.3	12	17.8	1.3	1.3	0.4	0.1	1.3	4.3	10.1	43.0	0.4	1.0	41.7	2.3	3.1	73.0	213	136	16	15	5	1	16	19
Jazz	11.1	12	15.1	1.3	1.5	1.3	0.0	1.0	4.4	9.3	47.3	0.3	0.4	60.0	2.0	2.5	80.0	181	133	15	18	16	0	12	14
Suns	10.9	14	18.7	1.5	2.4	0.6	0.0	2.4	4.3	10.4	41.1	0.2	0.9	25.0	2.1	2.5	82.9	262	152	21	33	9	0	33	23
SuperSonics	10.6	14	18.4	1.9	3.0	1.1	0.1	1.6	4.4	9.8	45.3	0.1	0.5	28.6	1.6	2.1	75.9	257	148	26	42	15	1	22	20
Rockets	10.2	11	17.1	1.1	2.1	0.4	0.0	0.9	4.0	9.6	41.5	0.1	0.5	16.7	2.1	2.4	88.5	188	112	12	23	4	0	10	12
Lakers	10.1	12	16.3	1.3	2.0				4.1	9.9	41.2	0.3	0.9	36.4	1.6	1.8	86.4	196	121	15	24				10
76ers	10.0	5	17.8	1.4	1.4	0.6	0.4	1.8	4.0	8.2	48.8	0.0	0.6	0.0	2.0	2.2	90.9	89	50	7	7	3	2	9	5
Bucks	7.5	6	15.3	2.2	1.0	0.7	0.5	1.3	3.0	8.2	36.7	0.2	0.8	20.0	1.3	2.2	61.5	92	45	13	6	4	3	8	9
Pacers	7.4	7	15.9	1.1	1.0				3.0	7.0	42.9	0.0			1.4	1.9	76.9	111	52	8	7				3
Kings	6.4	10	14.4	2.0	1.6	1.0	0.3	1.0	2.8	7.5	37.3	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.2	66.7	144	64	20	16	10	3	10	12
Trail Blazers	2.0	1	5.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	50.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		5	2	0	0	1	0	0	0