most points by a player in the eastern conference in a game

Donovan Mitchell has dropped the most points in the Eastern Conference in a game, with 71 points against the Bulls on January 2, 2023.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in the eastern conference in a regular-season game

	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	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	70	1/22/2024	PHI	vs	SAS	37	18	5	1	1	24	41	58.5	1	2	50.0	21	23	91.3	68.5	9	9	1	2	+11
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	69	3/28/1990	CHI	@	CLE	50	18	6	4	1	23	37	62.2	2	6	33.3	21	23	91.3	73.2	7	11	2	5
4	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	68	2/25/1977	NOJ	vs	NYK	43	6	6	3	2	26	43	60.5				16	19	84.2	66.2	1	5		6
5	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	64	12/13/2023	MIL	vs	IND	37	14	3	4	1	20	28	71.4	0	3	0.0	24	32	75.0	76.0	3	11	4	1	+29
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	64	1/16/1993	CHI	vs	ORL	47	6	1	5	0	27	49	55.1	1	5	20.0	9	11	81.8	59.4	4	2	2	5
7	George Gervin G. Gervin	63	4/9/1978	SAS	@	NOJ	33	2	1	2	1	23	49	46.9				17	20	85.0	54.5				3
8	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	62	1/24/2014	NYK	vs	CHA	39	13	0	0	0	23	35	65.7	6	11	54.5	10	10	100.0	78.7	1	12	0	1	+34
9	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	62	3/10/2004	ORL	vs	WAS	46	10	5	1	0	20	37	54.1	5	14	35.7	17	26	65.4	64.0	3	7	6	1	+10
10	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	61	3/29/2024	NYK	@	SAS	43	4	6	1	0	25	47	53.2	5	13	38.5	6	6	100.0	61.4	1	3	1	2	+20
11	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
12	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	61	4/16/1987	CHI	vs	ATL	41	10	1	4	1	22	38	57.9	0	3	0.0	17	21	81.0	64.6	5	5	3	3
13	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	61	3/4/1987	CHI	@	DET	43	7	3	3	3	22	39	56.4	0	0		17	18	94.4	65.0	3	4	5	0
14	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	60	3/15/2022	BKN	@	ORL	35	6	4	4	1	20	31	64.5	8	12	66.7	12	13	92.3	81.7	2	4	1	3	+36
15	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	60	4/30/2021	BOS	vs	SAS	45	8	5	0	1	20	37	54.1	5	7	71.4	15	17	88.2	67.4	2	6	0	2	+6
16	Bradley Beal B. Beal	60	1/6/2021	WAS	@	PHI	38	7	5	1	0	20	35	57.1	7	10	70.0	13	15	86.7	72.1	4	3	4	3	-9
17	Kemba Walker K. Walker	60	11/17/2018	CHA	vs	PHI	45	7	4	4	0	21	34	61.8	6	14	42.9	12	12	100.0	76.4	0	7	9	2	+1
18	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	60	12/17/2006	WAS	@	LAL	49	8	8	2	0	17	32	53.1	5	12	41.7	21	27	77.8	68.4	0	8	3	3	+10
19	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	60	2/12/2005	PHI	vs	ORL	42	4	6	5	1	17	36	47.2	2	5	40.0	24	27	88.9	62.7	1	3	3	1	+27
20	Larry Bird L. Bird	60	3/12/1985	BOS	@	ATL	43	7	3	0	0	22	36	61.1	1	4	25.0	15	16	93.8	69.7	4	3	3	3
21	Bernard King B. King	60	12/25/1984	NYK	vs	NJN	41	7	4	0	0	19	30	63.3	0	0		22	26	84.6	72.4	2	5	5	2
22	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	59	11/13/2024	MIL	vs	DET	44	14	7	2	3	21	34	61.8	1	2	50.0	16	17	94.1	71.1	3	11	3	1	+7
23	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	59	11/13/2022	PHI	vs	UTA	37	11	8	1	7	19	28	67.9	1	5	20.0	20	24	83.3	76.5	1	10	5	3	+25
24	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	59	4/3/1988	CHI	@	DET	42	4	6	2	2	21	27	77.8	0	1	0.0	17	19	89.5	83.4	2	2	1	4
25	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	58	1/15/2002	PHI	vs	HOU	50	2	6	2	0	21	42	50.0	2	3	66.7	14	14	100.0	60.2	0	2	6	2	+8