Kobe Bryant scored his most points in a game versus Metta Sandiford-Artest on January 4, 2007, with 42 points.

Interpreted as:

kobe highest scoring regular-season game vs ron artest

	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	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	42	1/4/2007	LAL	@	SAC	48	10	9	0	0	11	21	52.4	3	5	60.0	17	20	85.0	70.5	3	7	4	5	+6
2	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	38	2/6/2002	LAL	vs	CHI	41	8	1	1	2	14	26	53.8	1	2	50.0	9	10	90.0	62.5	3	5	8	2	-7
3	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	37	3/11/2009	LAL	@	HOU	40	5	6	4	2	14	23	60.9	2	3	66.7	7	10	70.0	67.5	1	4	4	2	+10
4	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	36	2/23/2006	LAL	vs	SAC	36	6	10	2	0	14	27	51.9	4	7	57.1	4	4	100.0	62.6	0	6	1	4	+29
5	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	34	3/4/2008	LAL	@	SAC	43	10	3	2	0	10	26	38.5	0	3	0.0	14	16	87.5	51.5	2	8	4	3	+11
6	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	34	4/18/2007	LAL	@	SAC	34	7	6	1	0	12	19	63.2	0	2	0.0	10	12	83.3	70.0	1	6	1	4	+8
7	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	30	3/2/2007	LAL	vs	SAC	41	4	10	0	0	10	22	45.5	1	5	20.0	9	9	100.0	57.8	0	4	1	3	-14
8	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	30	3/14/2006	LAL	@	SAC	45	7	7	1	1	12	28	42.9	4	8	50.0	2	3	66.7	51.2	2	5	3	3	-8
9	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	29	4/6/2008	LAL	@	SAC	36	5	5	2	0	9	15	60.0	4	7	57.1	7	8	87.5	78.3	2	3	4	3	+18
10	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	28	3/22/2006	LAL	vs	SAC	41	5	4	3	0	11	20	55.0	2	3	66.7	4	6	66.7	61.8	0	5	4	2	+9
11	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	26	3/9/2008	LAL	vs	SAC	42	3	5	3	0	7	18	38.9	0	3	0.0	12	15	80.0	52.8	0	3	3	2	+1
12	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	26	1/12/2002	LAL	@	CHI	47	5	9	3	0	9	25	36.0	0	2	0.0	8	11	72.7	43.6	3	2	7	5	+3
13	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	25	3/1/2002	LAL	vs	IND	37	3	3	1	1	8	17	47.1	0	1	0.0	9	12	75.0	56.1	0	3	5	2	+10
14	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	23	11/9/2008	LAL	vs	HOU	33	3	3	2	2	10	17	58.8	1	2	50.0	2	4	50.0	61.3	2	1	4	3	+10
15	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	22	11/19/2000	LAL	vs	CHI	39	12	3	1	0	8	22	36.4	0	2	0.0	6	9	66.7	42.4	1	11	2	2	+11
16	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	21	2/15/2000	LAL	@	CHI	42	5	5	5	2	8	14	57.1	1	3	33.3	4	4	100.0	66.6	1	4	4	1	+15
17	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	20	4/3/2009	LAL	vs	HOU	39	1	7	2	0	7	11	63.6	4	6	66.7	2	2	100.0	84.2	0	1	3	0	+16
18	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	20	3/5/2003	LAL	vs	IND	43	10	5	3	1	9	26	34.6	0	3	0.0	2	3	66.7	36.6	0	10	3	2	-10
19	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	19	4/1/2007	LAL	vs	SAC	38	2	13	3	1	6	14	42.9	1	2	50.0	6	6	100.0	57.1	0	2	4	1	+13
20	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	12	11/30/2003	LAL	vs	IND	36	2	7	1	0	4	10	40.0	1	2	50.0	3	4	75.0	51.0	1	1	2	3	+24