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Carmelo Anthony had 62 points versus the Charlotte Bobcats on January 24, 2014.

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	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	62	1/24/2014	NYK	vs	CHA	39	13	0	0	0	23	35	65.7	6	11	54.5	10	10	100.0	78.7	1	12	0	1	+34
2	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	61	3/29/2024	NYK	@	SAS	43	4	6	1	0	25	47	53.2	5	13	38.5	6	6	100.0	61.4	1	3	1	2	+20
3	Bernard King B. King	60	12/25/1984	NYK	vs	NJN	41	7	4	0	0	19	30	63.3	0	0		22	26	84.6	72.4	2	5	5	2
4	Richie Guerin R. Guerin	57	12/11/1959	NYK	vs	SYR	38	12	8			18	31	58.1				21	26	80.8	67.2				1
5	Julius Randle J. Randle	57	3/20/2023	NYK	vs	MIN	37	4	1	0	0	19	29	65.5	8	14	57.1	11	13	84.6	82.1	0	4	4	4	-6
6	Bernard King B. King	55	2/16/1985	NYK	vs	NJN	44	11	3	1	0	19	33	57.6	0	1	0.0	17	23	73.9	63.8	7	4	6	4
7	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	55	12/28/2024	NYK	@	WAS	44	3	9	0	0	18	31	58.1	3	11	27.3	16	17	94.1	71.5	0	3	3	1	+1
8	Willis Reed W. Reed	53	11/1/1967	NYK	@	LAL		18	2			21	29	72.4				11	14	78.6	75.4				2
9	Allan Houston A. Houston	53	2/16/2003	NYK	@	LAL	43	4	5	2	0	18	29	62.1	4	5	80.0	13	15	86.7	74.4	0	4	0	3	+3
10	Bernard King B. King	52	11/24/1984	NYK	vs	IND	36	7	7	0	0	19	31	61.3	0	0		14	17	82.4	67.6	2	5	2	4
11	Jamal Crawford J. Crawford	52	1/26/2007	NYK	vs	MIA	39	3	1	2	0	20	30	66.7	8	10	80.0	4	4	100.0	81.9	2	1	3	2	+27
12	Richie Guerin R. Guerin	51	2/14/1962	NYK	vs	BOS		10	6			23	36	63.9				5	6	83.3	66.0				5
13	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	51	3/24/1990	NYK	vs	BOS	41	18	1	1	0	20	29	69.0	0	0		11	13	84.6	73.4	5	13	5	6
14	Richie Guerin R. Guerin	50	2/25/1962	NYK	@	PHI		11	13			17	28	60.7				16	19	84.2	68.8				3
15	Bernard King B. King	50	1/31/1984	NYK	@	SAS	44	8	2	0	0	20	30	66.7	0	0		10	13	76.9	70.0	3	5	1	5
16	Bernard King B. King	50	2/1/1984	NYK	@	DAL	41	7	0	0	0	20	28	71.4	0	0		10	13	76.9	74.1	1	6	2	3
17	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	50	12/1/1990	NYK	vs	CHA	42	15	2	0	3	22	31	71.0	0	0		6	6	100.0	74.3	3	12	4	4
18	Allan Houston A. Houston	50	3/16/2003	NYK	vs	MIL	44	2	1	0	0	13	25	52.0	6	14	42.9	18	18	100.0	75.9	1	1	0	3	+8
19	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	50	4/2/2013	NYK	@	MIA	40	2	2	1	1	18	26	69.2	7	10	70.0	7	8	87.5	84.7	0	2	0	3	+15
20	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	50	12/15/2023	NYK	@	PHX	35	6	9	5	0	17	23	73.9	9	9	100.0	7	9	77.8	92.7	1	5	2	0	+7
21	Willie Naulls W. Naulls	49	2/7/1961	NYK	vs	DET		24				23	35	65.7				3	4	75.0	66.6				1
22	Latrell Sprewell L. Sprewell	49	12/11/2001	NYK	vs	BOS	48	7	1	1	0	18	32	56.3	6	10	60.0	7	8	87.5	69.0	1	6	6	4	-2
23	Latrell Sprewell L. Sprewell	48	1/26/2002	NYK	@	MIL	54	7	6	2	0	17	36	47.2	9	14	64.3	5	7	71.4	61.4	3	4	6	2	-2
24	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	48	3/31/2023	NYK	@	CLE	38	4	9	0	0	18	32	56.3	7	12	58.3	5	8	62.5	67.6	2	2	2	1	+3
25	Carl Braun C. Braun	47	12/6/1947	NYK	@	PRO						18	35	51.4				11