highest scoring game by a point guard in the 1970s

Between the 1969-70 and 1978-79 seasons, Nate Archibald had the most points by a point guard in a game, with 55 points against the Trail Blazers on February 23, 1972.

Interpreted as:

highest scoring regular-season game by a point guard in the 1970s

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	55	2/23/1972	CIN	vs	POR	44	3	7			20	31	64.5	15	19	78.9	69.9				0
2	Dave Bing D. Bing	54	2/21/1971	DET	vs	CHI	46	7	3			22	38	57.9	10	10	100.0	63.7				3
3	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	52	1/27/1973	KCO	@	ATL	48	8	11			21	31	67.7	10	13	76.9	70.8				2
4	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	52	1/9/1973	KCO	vs	NYK	53	3	14			18	28	64.3	16	17	94.1	73.3				1
5	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	51	11/18/1972	KCO	vs	HOU	48	1	14			17	34	50.0	17	18	94.4	60.8				4
6	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	50	2/5/1972	ATL	vs	CLE	44	4	2			20	27	74.1	10	13	76.9	76.4				4
7	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	50	1/16/1972	ATL	vs	PHI	47	3	6			18	29	62.1	14	16	87.5	69.4				3
8	World B. Free W. B. Free	49	2/2/1979	SDC	vs	DEN	39	6	4	1	0	18	33	54.5	13	14	92.9	62.6	3	3	5	6
9	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	49	2/13/1973	KCO	vs	HOU	47	2	10			22	33	66.7	5	5	100.0	69.6				4
10	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	49	2/2/1972	CIN	vs	NYK		2	5			17	35	48.6	15	16	93.8	58.3				3
11	Dave Bing D. Bing	49	3/9/1971	DET	vs	PHX	44	5	3			17	29	58.6	15	18	83.3	66.4				6
12	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	48	1/16/1973	KCO	vs	SEA	48	5	11			19	36	52.8	10	12	83.3	58.1				5
13	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	47	2/8/1975	NOJ	@	ATL		8	5			18	37	48.6	11	12	91.7	55.6				5
14	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	47	11/15/1972	KCO	vs	SEA	48	5	11			19	39	48.7	9	9	100.0	54.7				1
15	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	47	3/13/1971	CIN	vs	ATL		3				15	20	75.0	17	21	81.0	80.4				4
16	World B. Free W. B. Free	46	1/13/1979	SDC	@	ATL	44	7	3	1	0	12	18	66.7	22	29	75.9	74.8			5	3
17	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	46	3/22/1972	CIN	vs	DET		3	12			19	26	73.1	8	11	72.7	74.6
18	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	46	3/12/1972	CIN	vs	GSW	48	6	11			17	29	58.6	12	16	75.0	63.8				2
19	World B. Free W. B. Free	45	2/13/1979	SDC	vs	WAS	51	3	2			16	32	50.0	13	14	92.9	59.0			3	3
20	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	45	12/28/1974	HOU	vs	BUF		2	8			18	25	72.0	9	10	90.0	76.5				2
21	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	45	12/30/1972	KCO	@	GSW	48	3	10			18	29	62.1	9	11	81.8	66.5				5
22	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	45	3/26/1972	CIN	@	CLE	48	2	13			15	29	51.7	15	17	88.2	61.7				3
23	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	45	3/19/1972	CIN	vs	BUF		1	10			17	30	56.7	11	13	84.6	63.0
24	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	45	2/5/1972	CIN	vs	DET		4	11			11	28	39.3	23	24	95.8	58.4
25	Jerry West J. West	45	12/1/1971	LAL	@	BOS	43	6	5			19	27	70.4	7	10	70.0	71.7				0