most points in a game for a player in their second season

David Thompson posted the most points by a player in a game in his 2nd season, with 73 points versus the Pistons on April 9, 1978.

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most points in a regular-season game for a player in their second season

	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	73	4/9/1978	DEN	@	DET	43	7	2	0	1	28	38	73.7				17	20	85.0	78.0	3	4	4	2
2	Devin Booker D. Booker	70	3/24/2017	PHX	@	BOS	45	8	6	3	1	21	40	52.5	4	11	36.4	24	26	92.3	68.0	2	6	5	3	-6
3	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	67	3/9/1961	PHI	vs	NYK	48	31	1			27	37	73.0				13	17	76.5	75.3				1
4	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	64	11/8/1959	MIN	vs	BOS		17	8			25	47	53.2				14	19	73.7	57.8				4
5	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
6	Jerry West J. West	63	1/17/1962	LAL	vs	NYK	39	3	3			22	36	61.1				19	22	86.4	69.0				5
7	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	58	2/25/1961	PHI	@	CIN	48	27				25	38	65.8				8	18	44.4	63.2				0
8	Rick Barry R. Barry	57	10/29/1966	SFW	@	CIN	48	15	7			21	44	47.7				15	17	88.2	55.4				2
9	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
10	Kelly Tripucka K. Tripucka	56	1/29/1983	DET	vs	CHI	37	6	4			18	26	69.2	0	0		20	22	90.9	78.5				4
11	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	56	3/1/1961	PHI	@	SYR	48	20	5			22	44	50.0				12	20	60.0	53.0				0
12	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	56	1/21/1961	PHI	vs	LAL	48	45	0			25	46	54.3				6	13	46.2	54.1				2
13	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	56	1/5/1961	PHI	vs	SYR	48	26	1			20	32	62.5				16	22	72.7	67.2				1
14	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	56	1/2/1961	PHI	vs	NYK	48	28	0			23	37	62.2				10	20	50.0	61.1				2
15	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	55	2/23/1972	CIN	vs	POR	44	3	7			20	31	64.5				15	19	78.9	69.9				0
16	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	55	2/5/1961	PHI	vs	NYK	53	29	1			21	34	61.8				13	18	72.2	65.6				4
17	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	53	4/20/1994	ORL	vs	MIN	36	18	4	2	2	22	31	71.0	0	0		9	13	69.2	72.2	7	11	3	3
18	Phil Chenier P. Chenier	53	12/6/1972	BAL	vs	POR	42	1	4			22	31	71.0				9	11	81.8	73.9				0
19	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	53	1/27/1971	MIL	@	BOS	48	14	7			22	31	71.0				9	14	64.3	71.3				2
20	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	53	11/4/1970	MIL	@	CLE	45	11	3			20	32	62.5				13	14	92.9	69.4				4
21	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	52	2/22/1974	BUF	vs	BOS	48	22	2		7	20	28	71.4				12	14	85.7	76.1				4
22	Rick Barry R. Barry	52	2/16/1967	SFW		CHI	43	9	2			18	40	45.0				16	19	84.2	53.8				4
23	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	52	2/3/1961	PHI		CIN	48	30	0			23	38	60.5				6	11	54.5	60.7				1
24	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	52	10/18/1959	MIN	vs	DET		21				22	36	61.1				8	12	66.7	63.0				4
25	Saddiq Bey S. Bey	51	3/17/2022	DET	@	ORL	39	9	4	3	0	17	27	63.0	10	14	71.4	7	10	70.0	81.2	0	9	1	1	+11

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3	Timberwolves	40	23	.635	8.5
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Fri 3/6	NYK	@	DEN	9:00 PM
Mon 3/9	DEN	@	OKC	7:30 PM
Wed 3/11	HOU	@	DEN	10:00 PM
Thu 3/12	DEN	@	SAS	9:00 PM
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