most points by a player in one game in cavaliers heat history

Donovan Mitchell has put up the most points for the Cavaliers in a game, with 71 points versus the Bulls on January 2, 2023.

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most points by a player in one regular-season game in cavaliers heat history

	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	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	71	1/2/2023	CLE	vs	CHI	50	8	11	0	1	22	34	64.7	7	15	46.7	20	25	80.0	78.9	3	5	4	3	+19
2	LeBron James L. James	61	3/3/2014	MIA	vs	CHA	41	7	4	0	0	22	33	66.7	8	10	80.0	9	12	75.0	79.7	3	4	2	2	+16
3	LeBron James L. James	57	11/3/2017	CLE	@	WAS	43	11	7	3	2	23	34	67.6	2	4	50.0	9	9	100.0	75.1	5	6	3	2	+6
4	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	57	3/12/2015	CLE	@	SAS	47	3	5	4	0	20	32	62.5	7	7	100.0	10	10	100.0	78.3	1	2	2	3	+6
5	LeBron James L. James	56	3/20/2005	CLE	@	TOR	48	10	5	2	0	18	36	50.0	6	12	50.0	14	15	93.3	65.7	2	8	4	0	-7
6	Glen Rice G. Rice	56	4/15/1995	MIA	vs	ORL	45	4	0	0	0	20	27	74.1	7	8	87.5	9	10	90.0	89.2	1	3	2	4
7	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	55	1/28/2015	CLE	vs	POR	39	4	5	2	0	17	36	47.2	11	19	57.9	10	10	100.0	68.1	2	2	3	0	+12
8	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	55	4/12/2009	MIA	vs	NYK	39	9	4	0	1	19	30	63.3	6	12	50.0	11	13	84.6	77.0	2	7	3	3	+24
9	LeBron James L. James	55	2/20/2009	CLE	@	MIL	40	5	9	0	0	16	29	55.2	8	11	72.7	15	22	68.2	71.1	1	4	6	3	+13
10	LeBron James L. James	52	2/4/2009	CLE	@	NYK	44	9	11	0	2	17	33	51.5	2	7	28.6	16	19	84.2	62.9	0	9	3	1	+7
11	LeBron James L. James	52	12/10/2005	CLE	@	MIL	43	7	7	2	0	19	29	65.5	5	9	55.6	9	10	90.0	77.8	0	7	3	5	-3
12	Darius Garland D. Garland	51	11/13/2022	CLE	vs	MIN	40	2	6	2	0	16	31	51.6	10	15	66.7	9	13	69.2	69.4	1	1	2	3	+6
13	LeBron James L. James	51	2/3/2011	MIA	@	ORL	43	11	8	1	1	17	25	68.0	3	5	60.0	14	17	82.4	78.5	2	9	3	2	+2
14	LeBron James L. James	51	3/13/2009	CLE	@	SAC	47	4	9	2	3	16	30	53.3	4	11	36.4	15	17	88.2	68.0	0	4	3	2	+6
15	LeBron James L. James	51	1/15/2008	CLE	@	MEM	47	8	9	3	1	18	28	64.3	6	12	50.0	9	16	56.3	72.8	3	5	4	1	+10
16	LeBron James L. James	51	1/21/2006	CLE	@	UTA	43	5	8	2	0	19	35	54.3	4	8	50.0	9	11	81.8	64.0	0	5	3	4	+19
17	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	50	3/14/2009	MIA	vs	UTA	52	10	9	4	2	19	39	48.7	4	11	36.4	8	9	88.9	58.2	3	7	6	2	+10
18	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	50	2/22/2009	MIA	@	ORL	37	5	5	1	1	17	30	56.7	2	7	28.6	14	15	93.3	68.3	0	5	1	3	-16
19	LeBron James L. James	50	3/5/2008	CLE	@	NYK	44	8	10	4	0	16	30	53.3	7	13	53.8	11	16	68.8	67.5	1	7	2	3	+11
20	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	50	3/29/1996	MIA	vs	WAS	39	12	1	0	2	17	24	70.8	0	0		16	17	94.1	79.4	6	6	4	3
21	Walt Wesley W. Wesley	50	2/19/1971	CLE	vs	CIN	44	12	1			20	34	58.8				10	14	71.4	62.3				3
22	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	49	1/23/2017	CLE	@	NOP	42	2	4	2	1	15	28	53.6	8	14	57.1	11	11	100.0	74.6	0	2	0	4	+12
23	LeBron James L. James	48	12/30/2009	CLE	vs	ATL	43	10	6	2	2	15	23	65.2	4	6	66.7	14	16	87.5	79.9	3	7	3	3	+7
24	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	48	3/9/2009	MIA	vs	CHI	50	6	12	4	3	15	21	71.4	5	6	83.3	13	18	72.2	83.0	1	5	5	0	+20
25	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	48	12/28/2007	MIA	vs	ORL	52	7	11	3	3	16	21	76.2	0	0		16	23	69.6	77.1	0	7	5	4	-2