last player with 50 pts in a game before 1972

Dave Bing put up 54 points versus the Bulls on February 21, 1971.

Interpreted as:
last player with 50 or more pts in a game before 1972
NAMEDATEPTSTMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Dave Bing
D. Bing
2/21/1971
54
vs
46
7
3
22
38
57.9
10
10
100.0
63.7
3
2Walt Wesley
W. Wesley
2/19/1971
50
vs
44
12
1
20
34
58.8
10
14
71.4
62.3
3
3Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
1/27/1971
53
@
48
14
7
22
31
71.0
9
14
64.3
71.3
2
4Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
11/20/1970
50
vs
48
25
3
18
35
51.4
14
16
87.5
59.5
1
5Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
11/4/1970
53
@
45
11
3
20
32
62.5
13
14
92.9
69.4
4
6Billy Cunningham
B. Cunningham
4/1/1970
50
vs
48
10
2
22
39
56.4
6
8
75.0
58.8
5
7Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
2/21/1970
51
43
8
3
18
25
72.0
15
23
65.2
72.6
4
8Lou Hudson
L. Hudson
11/10/1969
57
38
8
8
25
34
73.5
7
8
87.5
76.0
4
9Jerry West
J. West
4/23/1969
53
vs
46
3
10
21
41
51.2
11
13
84.6
56.7
3
10Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
2/9/1969
66
vs
48
27
4
29
35
82.9
8
18
44.4
76.9
1
11Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
1/26/1969
60
21
22
36
61.1
16
24
66.7
64.4
1
12Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
11/13/1968
54
vs
48
22
20
45
44.4
14
17
82.4
51.4
2
13Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
3/18/1968
53
vs
48
32
14
24
29
82.8
5
10
50.0
79.3
0
14Earl Monroe
E. Monroe
2/13/1968
56
vs
51
7
3
20
33
60.6
16
22
72.7
65.6
4
15Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
12/20/1967
53
@
45
38
6
20
23
87.0
13
26
50.0
76.9
2
16Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
12/16/1967
68
@
48
34
2
30
40
75.0
8
22
36.4
68.4
1
17Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
12/1/1967
52
48
37
2
22
29
75.9
8
30
26.7
61.6
3
18Willis Reed
W. Reed
11/1/1967
53
@
18
2
21
29
72.4
11
14
78.6
75.4
2
19Rick Barry
R. Barry
4/18/1967
55
vs
46
12
5
22
48
45.8
11
19
57.9
48.8
4
20Sam Jones
S. Jones
3/28/1967
51
@
43
4
1
19
30
63.3
13
17
76.5
68.0
3
21Rick Barry
R. Barry
2/16/1967
52
43
9
2
18
40
45.0
16
19
84.2
53.8
4
22Rick Barry
R. Barry
2/14/1967
50
45
8
5
16
32
50.0
18
19
94.7
61.9
5
23Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
2/13/1967
58
vs
48
25
6
26
34
76.5
6
14
42.9
72.2
3
24Rick Barry
R. Barry
1/14/1967
50
@
43
8
5
20
37
54.1
10
11
90.9
59.8
2
25Rick Barry
R. Barry
12/25/1966
50
@
47
6
4
19
35
54.3
12
13
92.3
61.4
1

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Team Leaders

PPG

25.2

Cunningham

Cade Cunningham

RPG

10.7

Duren

Jalen Duren

APG

9.8

Cunningham

Cade Cunningham
Team Rankings

ORTG

116.8

11th

DRTG

109.4

2nd

NETRTG

7.3

3rd

3P%

34.5

24th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
1
Pistons Pistons
45
16
.738
2
41
21
.661
4.5
3
40
23
.635
6.0
4
39
24
.619
7.0
5
35
27
.565
10.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
3/7
@
6:00 PM
Sun
3/8
@
6:00 PM
Tue
3/10
@
7:30 PM
Thu
3/12
@
7:00 PM
Fri
3/13
@
7:30 PM
Last Game
DET Pistons

45 - 16

106

Final

121

SAS Spurs

45 - 17

Thu 5 Mar 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
45
16
.738
2
41
21
.661
4.5
3
40
23
.635
6.0
4
39
24
.619
7.0
5
35
27
.565
10.5
6
34
28
.548
11.5
7
33
28
.541
12.0
8
34
29
.540
12.0
9
32
31
.508
14.0
10
32
31
.508
14.0
11
26
35
.426
19.0
12
26
37
.413
20.0
13
16
46
.258
29.5
14
15
47
.242
30.5
15
15
47
.242
30.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
49
15
.766
2
45
17
.726
3.0
3
40
23
.635
8.5
4
38
23
.623
9.5
5
39
24
.619
9.5
6
37
25
.597
11.0
7
35
27
.565
13.0
8
32
30
.516
16.0
9
30
31
.492
17.5
10
30
33
.476
18.5
11
23
38
.377
24.5
12
21
41
.339
27.0
13
20
44
.313
29.0
14
19
44
.302
29.5
15
14
50
.219
35.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
1/31
@
100-112
Sat
1/31
@
117-93
Sat
1/31
@
130-111
Sat
1/31
@
121-111
Sun
2/1
@
95-102

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
3/6
@
7:00 PM
Fri
3/6
@
7:00 PM
Fri
3/6
@
8:00 PM
Fri
3/6
@
9:00 PM
Fri
3/6
@
9:00 PM