Pete Maravich hit the most baskets in a game in 1976-77, with 26 made versus the Knicks on February 25, 1977.

Interpreted as:

most field goals by a player in a regular-season game 1977

	NAME	FGM	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	PF
1	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	26	2/25/1977	NOJ	vs	NYK	43	68	6	6	3	2	43	60.5	16	19	84.2	66.2	1	5	6
2	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	23	12/26/1976	NOJ	vs	WAS	48	50	3	5			39	59.0	4	5	80.0	60.7			2
3	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	21	3/18/1977	NOJ	@	PHX	48	51	6	1	5	2	34	61.8	9	10	90.0	66.4	1	5	3
4	Rick Barry R. Barry	20	4/5/1977	GSW	vs	LAL	36	40	5	4	3	1	26	76.9	0	0		76.9	2	3	2
5	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	20	3/13/1977	WAS	@	GSW	46	47	20	3	0	4	26	76.9	7	14	50.0	73.1	5	15	5
6	Lionel Hollins L. Hollins	20	2/22/1977	POR	vs	BOS	38	43	2	3	3	0	31	64.5	3	4	75.0	65.6	2	0	5
7	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	20	12/15/1976	WAS	vs	KCK	41	45	7	2	0	1	32	62.5	5	7	71.4	64.1			5
8	Brian Winters B. Winters	20	11/30/1976	MIL	vs	POR	43	43	2	6	1	1	30	66.7	3	3	100.0	68.6	1	1	2
9	Phil Smith P. Smith	20	11/9/1976	GSW	@	DEN	40	43	2	4	4	1	30	66.7	3	4	75.0	67.7	1	1	2
10	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	19	3/25/1977	NOJ	vs	KCK	49	44	7	4	1	1	40	47.5	6	7	85.7	51.1			1
11	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	19	3/20/1977	NOJ	@	LAL	47	46	7	2		0	38	50.0	8	10	80.0	54.2			2
12	Fred Brown F. Brown	19	12/30/1976	SEA	@	CLE	37	42	1	2	1	0	25	76.0	4	5	80.0	77.2	0	1	4
13	Austin Carr A. Carr	18	4/10/1977	CLE	@	BOS	43	42	6	3	0	0	23	78.3	6	6	100.0	81.9	4	2	3
14	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	18	4/8/1977	NYK	@	BUF	43	41	17	4			29	62.1	5	5	100.0	65.7			3
15	David Thompson D. Thompson	18	3/23/1977	DEN	vs	SAS	40	44	5	7	1	0	30	60.0	8	13	61.5	61.6	1	4	4
16	Jo Jo White J. Jo White	18	3/20/1977	BOS	vs	KCK	42	41	4	8	0	0	25	72.0	5	5	100.0	75.4			0
17	Randy Smith R. Smith	18	3/2/1977	BUF	@	IND	44	41	8	7	5		24	75.0	5	6	83.3	77.0			4
18	Alvan Adams A. Adams	18	2/22/1977	PHX	@	BUF	40	47	18	12	0	5	27	66.7	11	12	91.7	72.8	5	13	3
19	John Drew J. Drew	18	2/11/1977	ATL	@	POR	44	40	10	2	1	0	25	72.0	4	8	50.0	70.1	3	7	2
20	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	18	12/14/1976	NOJ	vs	KCK	47	51	7	6	1	1	38	47.4	15	18	83.3	55.5			2
21	Phil Smith P. Smith	18	12/11/1976	GSW	vs	HOU	43	51	1	3	0	0	27	66.7	15	20	75.0	71.2	1	0	3
22	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	18	11/20/1976	DET	vs	BOS	38	40	10	2			30	60.0	4	6	66.7	61.3			5
23	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	18	10/27/1976	SAS	vs	PHX	43	41	12	2	5	2	33	54.5	5	5	100.0	58.2	6	6	3
24	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	17	4/1/1977	NOJ	vs	CLE	48	41	5	6	1	0	31	54.8	7	7	100.0	60.2	0	5	2
25	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	17	3/29/1977	NYK	@	KCK	42	40	20	4	1	0	27	63.0	6	10	60.0	63.7			5