exactly 52 point games in a game before 1991 by player nba

Hakeem Olajuwon played 1 game with exactly 52 points versus the Nuggets on April 19, 1990.

Interpreted as:
exactly 52 point games in a regular-season game before 1991 by player NBA
NAME DATE GP PTS TM OPP MIN REB AST STL BLK FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
4/19/1990
1
52
HOU HOU
vs
DEN DEN
42
18
4
3
3
21
34
61.8
0
0
10
13
76.9
65.5
6
12
11
6
2 Terry Cummings
T. Cummings
1/31/1990
1
52
SAS SAS
vs
CHA CHA
39
11
2
2
0
19
32
59.4
0
2
0.0
14
17
82.4
65.9
3
8
2
4
3 Karl Malone
K. Malone
12/22/1989
1
52
UTA UTA
@
CHA CHA
43
17
3
2
0
22
28
78.6
0
0
8
12
66.7
78.1
3
14
2
3
4 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
12/20/1989
1
52
CHI CHI
@
ORL ORL
45
5
7
4
0
20
37
54.1
2
3
66.7
10
10
100.0
62.8
1
4
3
3
5 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
11/26/1988
1
52
CHI CHI
@
DEN DEN
44
11
7
1
0
19
27
70.4
3
5
60.0
11
14
78.6
78.4
2
9
6
3
6 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
11/16/1988
1
52
CHI CHI
@
PHI PHI
43
9
1
4
2
24
29
82.8
0
1
0.0
4
4
100.0
84.5
3
6
4
2
7 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
11/9/1988
1
52
CHI CHI
@
BOS BOS
42
3
2
9
2
18
33
54.5
2
4
50.0
14
16
87.5
64.9
0
3
2
4
8 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
2/26/1988
1
52
CHI CHI
vs
POR POR
43
8
3
2
3
21
34
61.8
0
2
0.0
10
12
83.3
66.2
2
6
6
5
9 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
12/17/1987
1
52
CHI CHI
vs
CLE CLE
41
3
6
4
1
20
31
64.5
0
0
12
12
100.0
71.7
0
3
2
2
10 Bernard King
B. King
11/24/1984
1
52
NYK NYK
vs
IND IND
36
7
7
0
0
19
31
61.3
0
0
14
17
82.4
67.6
2
5
2
4
11 Joe Barry Carroll
J. Barry Carroll
3/5/1983
1
52
GSW GSW
vs
UTA UTA
42
14
1
1
5
22
32
68.8
0
0
8
13
61.5
68.9
7
7
1
2
12 Ray Williams
R. Williams
4/17/1982
1
52
NJN NJN
@
DET DET
43
4
7
21
34
61.8
1
1
100.0
9
11
81.8
66.9
5
13 Billy Knight
B. Knight
11/11/1980
1
52
IND IND
@
SAS SAS
39
5
0
5
0
19
30
63.3
0
0
14
16
87.5
70.2
1
14 Mike Newlin
M. Newlin
12/16/1979
1
52
NJN NJN
vs
BOS BOS
49
6
3
1
0
19
28
67.9
1
3
33.3
13
15
86.7
75.1
3
3
4
3
15 George Gervin
G. Gervin
1/11/1979
1
52
SAS SAS
vs
SDC SDC
37
1
4
2
1
24
33
72.7
4
4
100.0
74.8
3
1
16 Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
3/17/1976
1
52
BUF BUF
@
SEA SEA
45
11
2
18
26
69.2
16
22
72.7
72.9
4
17 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
1/2/1975
1
52
MIL MIL
vs
ATL ATL
43
10
1
0
2
18
29
62.1
16
20
80.0
68.8
5
18 Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
2/22/1974
1
52
BUF BUF
vs
BOS BOS
48
22
2
7
20
28
71.4
12
14
85.7
76.1
4
19 Nate Archibald
N. Archibald
1/27/1973
1
52
KCO KCO
@
ATL ATL
48
8
11
21
31
67.7
10
13
76.9
70.8
2
20 Nate Archibald
N. Archibald
1/9/1973
1
52
KCO KCO
vs
NYK NYK
53
3
14
18
28
64.3
16
17
94.1
73.3
1
21 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
12/1/1967
1
52
PHI PHI
SEA SEA
48
37
2
22
29
75.9
8
30
26.7
61.6
3
22 Rick Barry
R. Barry
2/16/1967
1
52
SFW SFW
CHI CHI
43
9
2
18
40
45.0
16
19
84.2
53.8
4
23 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
11/6/1964
1
52
SFW SFW
vs
NYK NYK
58
21
3
21
43
48.8
10
22
45.5
49.4
1
24 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
2/25/1964
1
52
SFW SFW
vs
CIN CIN
47
22
4
22
40
55.0
8
16
50.0
55.3
3
25 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
2/18/1964
1
52
SFW SFW
DET DET
48
32
2
20
37
54.1
12
16
75.0
59.0
3

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35.3

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TEAM W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
4
Nuggets Nuggets
50
32
.610
18.0
5
Clippers Clippers
50
32
.610
18.0
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
10/21
HOU HOU
@
OKC OKC
7:30 PM
Fri
10/24
DET DET
@
HOU HOU
8:00 PM
Mon
10/27
BKN BKN
@
HOU HOU
8:00 PM
Wed
10/29
HOU HOU
@
TOR TOR
7:30 PM
Sat
11/1
HOU HOU
@
BOS BOS
8:00 PM
Last Game
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3 - 4

89

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103

GSW Warriors

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NBA 2024-25 Conference Standings

Western W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
4
Nuggets Nuggets
50
32
.610
18.0
5
Clippers Clippers
50
32
.610
18.0
6
Timberwolves Timberwolves
49
33
.598
19.0
Eastern W L PCT GB
1
Cavaliers Cavaliers
64
18
.780
2
Celtics Celtics
61
21
.744
3.0
3
Knicks Knicks
51
31
.622
13.0
4
Pacers Pacers
50
32
.610
14.0
5
Bucks Bucks
48
34
.585
16.0
6
Pistons Pistons
44
38
.537
20.0

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Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sun
3/30
UTA UTA
@
CHA CHA
106-110
Sun
3/30
BOS BOS
@
MEM MEM
117-103
Sun
3/30
CHI CHI
@
OKC OKC
117-145
Sun
3/30
BKN BKN
@
DAL DAL
113-109
Sun
3/30
HOU HOU
@
LAL LAL
98-104

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
10/21
HOU HOU
@
OKC OKC
7:30 PM
Tue
10/21
GSW GSW
@
LAL LAL
10:00 PM
Wed
10/22
CLE CLE
@
NYK NYK
7:00 PM
Wed
10/22
BKN BKN
@
CHA CHA
7:00 PM
Wed
10/22
MIA MIA
@
ORL ORL
7:00 PM