exactly 53 point games in a game before 1987 by a player

Larry Bird played 1 game with exactly 53 points versus the Pacers on March 30, 1983.

Interpreted as:

exactly 53 point games in a regular-season game before 1987 by a player

	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	Larry Bird L. Bird	3/30/1983	1	53	BOS	vs	IND	33	8	3	1	2	21	30	70.0	0	1	0.0	11	11	100.0	76.1	3	5	6	2
2	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	4/10/1982	1	53	UTA	vs	DEN	45	12	6	0	0	19	28	67.9	0	0		15	18	83.3	73.8	9	3	1	4
3	Moses Malone M. Malone	2/2/1982	1	53	HOU	vs	SDC	42	22	4	2	1	19	30	63.3	0	0		15	18	83.3	69.9	11	11	3	2
4	George Gervin G. Gervin	1/8/1980	1	53	SAS	vs	DEN	43	3	2	3	1	23	40	57.5	0	0		7	8	87.5	60.9	1	2	2	2
5	Gail Goodrich G. Goodrich	3/28/1975	1	53	LAL	vs	KCO	44	3	2	1		21	38	55.3				11	12	91.7	61.2				5
6	Phil Chenier P. Chenier	12/6/1972	1	53	BAL	vs	POR	42	1	4			22	31	71.0				9	11	81.8	73.9				0
7	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	2/18/1972	1	53	MIL	vs	PHI		13	9			18	28	64.3				17	22	77.3	70.3
8	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	2/9/1972	1	53	MIL	@	CLE	48	14	8			23	31	74.2				7	9	77.8	75.8				1
9	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	1/27/1971	1	53	MIL	@	BOS	48	14	7			22	31	71.0				9	14	64.3	71.3				2
10	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	11/4/1970	1	53	MIL	@	CLE	45	11	3			20	32	62.5				13	14	92.9	69.4				4
11	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	3/18/1968	1	53	PHI	vs	LAL	48	32	14			24	29	82.8				5	10	50.0	79.3				0
12	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	12/20/1967	1	53	PHI	@	SEA	45	38	6			20	23	87.0				13	26	50.0	76.9				2
13	Willis Reed W. Reed	11/1/1967	1	53	NYK	@	LAL		18	2			21	29	72.4				11	14	78.6	75.4				2
14	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	1/25/1966	1	53	PHI		LAL	48	31	3			21	41	51.2				11	13	84.6	56.7				0
15	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	10/23/1965	1	53	PHI	vs	DET	45	21	2			21	25	84.0				11	15	73.3	83.9				1
16	Jerry West J. West	1/29/1965	1	53	LAL	vs	CIN		6	3			21	36	58.3				11	12	91.7	64.2				6
17	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	1/3/1965	1	53	SFW	@	BAL	48	28	4			24	42	57.1				5	8	62.5	58.2				0
18	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	11/12/1964	1	53	SFW	@	DET	48	23	2			22	46	47.8				9	22	40.9	47.6				3
19	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	11/29/1962	1	53	SFW	vs	STL	48	34	4			20	29	69.0				13	24	54.2	67.0				1
20	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	11/23/1962	1	53	SFW	vs	LAL	48	24	3			20	36	55.6				13	22	59.1	58.0				2
21	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	10/28/1962	1	53	SFW	@	CIN	53	27	2			23	60	38.3				7	17	41.2	39.3				2
22	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	2/1/1962	1	53	PHI	vs	CIN	48	26	5			22	36	61.1				9	16	56.3	61.6				1
23	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	1/27/1962	1	53	PHI	vs	BOS	48	27	1			21	28	75.0				11	17	64.7	74.7				3
24	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	1/19/1962	1	53	PHI		DET	48	21	2			23	42	54.8				7	10	70.0	57.1				1
25	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	1/5/1962	1	53	PHI	vs	STL	48	22	2			20	39	51.3				13	21	61.9	54.9				0