most points by a player vs the lakers in a game 1981

David Thompson dropped the most points in a game versus the Lakers in 1980-81, with 43 points on March 29, 1981.

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most points by a player vs the lakers in a regular-season game 1981

	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	David Thompson D. Thompson	43	3/29/1981	DEN	@	LAL	42	5	1	1	1	17	27	63.0	0	0		9	11	81.8	67.5	2	3	4	2
2	Alex English A. English	37	11/29/1980	DEN	vs	LAL	50	13	4	3	1	17	29	58.6	0	0		3	4	75.0	60.1	8	5	2	5
3	Larry Bird L. Bird	36	2/11/1981	BOS	@	LAL	47	21	6	5	3	16	25	64.0	0	0		4	5	80.0	66.2	5	16	3	3
4	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	36	10/25/1980	UTA	vs	LAL	40	2	1	1	0	12	19	63.2	0	0		12	13	92.3	72.8	0	2	0	3
5	Bernard King B. King	34	3/22/1981	GSW	vs	LAL	41	10	8	1	0	15	28	53.6	0	0		4	5	80.0	56.3	6	4	3	3
6	Moses Malone M. Malone	34	2/20/1981	HOU	@	LAL	47	21	2	0	4	15	26	57.7	0	0		4	5	80.0	60.3	7	14	4	3
7	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	34	12/30/1980	UTA	vs	LAL	48	16	4		0	14	26	53.8	0	0		6	8	75.0	57.6				3
8	James Edwards J. Edwards	34	12/26/1980	IND	@	LAL	33	9	1	0	2	15	21	71.4	0	1	0.0	4	6	66.7	71.9	6	3	1	4
9	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	32	12/7/1980	UTA	@	LAL	43	5	4	3	3	12	18	66.7	0	0		8	9	88.9	72.9	3	2	2	2
10	Joe Barry Carroll J. Barry Carroll	32	11/27/1980	GSW	vs	LAL	35	7	0	1	1	16	24	66.7	0	0		0	0		66.7	3	4	1	5
11	Brian Taylor B. Taylor	31	3/15/1981	SDC	@	LAL	33	2	9	1	0	12	16	75.0	4	4	100.0	3	3	100.0	89.5	1	1	1	5
12	Alex English A. English	31	3/4/1981	DEN	vs	LAL	38	11	3	2	0	12	25	48.0	0	0		7	7	100.0	55.2	6	5	5	3
13	David Thompson D. Thompson	31	11/2/1980	DEN	@	LAL	34	3	6	0	2	11	21	52.4	0	0		9	11	81.8	60.0	2	1	2	3
14	Truck Robinson T. Robinson	31	10/17/1980	PHX	@	LAL	46	17	3	0	2	11	22	50.0	0	0		9	11	81.8	57.7	6	11	2	3
15	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	30	3/28/1981	UTA	vs	LAL	40	6	2	0	0	10	26	38.5	0	1	0.0	10	11	90.9	48.6	4	2	6	5
16	Alvan Adams A. Adams	30	3/1/1981	PHX	@	LAL	39	10	4	4	0	14	22	63.6	0	0		2	4	50.0	63.1	5	5	5	3
17	John Drew J. Drew	30	11/11/1980	ATL	vs	LAL	35	5	0	0	0	10	22	45.5	0	0		10	12	83.3	55.0	3	2	1	2
18	George Gervin G. Gervin	30	11/8/1980	SAS	vs	LAL	33	4	1	1	0	11	23	47.8	0	0		8	9	88.9	55.6				2
19	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	29	2/25/1981	MIL	vs	LAL	30	11	6	4	2	11	16	68.8	0	0		7	10	70.0	71.1	5	6	0	2
20	Moses Malone M. Malone	29	2/13/1981	HOU	vs	LAL	47	18	4	2	3	8	18	44.4	0	0		13	16	81.3	57.9	8	10	5	0
21	David Thompson D. Thompson	29	1/23/1981	DEN	@	LAL	45	6	4	0	0	12	26	46.2	0	0		5	10	50.0	47.7	3	3	2	2
22	Alex English A. English	29	11/2/1980	DEN	@	LAL	42	14	3	0	0	13	24	54.2	0	0		3	3	100.0	57.3	3	11	2	3
23	Alex English A. English	28	3/29/1981	DEN	@	LAL	46	10	5	0	0	11	20	55.0	0	0		6	6	100.0	61.8	2	8	2	4
24	George Gervin G. Gervin	28	3/10/1981	SAS	@	LAL	40	9	1	1	0	9	22	40.9	0	1	0.0	10	12	83.3	51.3	5	4	5	1
25	David Thompson D. Thompson	28	3/4/1981	DEN	vs	LAL	31	2	3	1	0	11	24	45.8	0	0		6	6	100.0	52.6	1	1	4	4

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