David Thompson had the most points in a game in 1977-78, with 73 points versus the Pistons on April 9, 1978.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a regular-season game in 1978

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	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	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
3	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	57	3/18/1978	HOU	vs	NJN	48	6	2	3	0	24	40	60.0	9	12	75.0	62.9				4
4	Rick Barry R. Barry	55	3/25/1978	GSW	vs	NYK	44	9	9	3	0	19	31	61.3	17	18	94.4	70.7	1	8	2	3
5	Rick Barry R. Barry	51	10/29/1977	GSW	vs	PHI	43	5	5	1	0	22	38	57.9	7	8	87.5	61.4	0	5	2	4
6	John Williamson J. Williamson	50	4/4/1978	NJN	@	IND	44	4	3			19	32	59.4	12	13	92.3	66.3				5
7	John Drew J. Drew	48	2/12/1978	ATL	@	LAL	43	12	3	3	0	21	33	63.6	6	9	66.7	64.9	7	5	5	5
8	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	48	11/27/1977	PHX	vs	DEN	36	5	4	4	0	20	30	66.7	8	10	80.0	69.8	1	4	2	2
9	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	46	3/10/1978	HOU	vs	WAS	43	4	4	2	0	21	38	55.3	4	4	100.0	57.8				3
10	John Drew J. Drew	45	1/29/1978	ATL	vs	BUF	40	17	4	7	0	15	29	51.7	15	22	68.2	58.2				4
11	Rick Barry R. Barry	45	11/9/1977	GSW	vs	IND	41	8	8	1	0	16	31	51.6	13	13	100.0	61.3	1	7	6	4
12	Bernard King B. King	44	1/4/1978	NJN	vs	PHX	37	13	2	1	2	20	29	69.0	4	6	66.7	69.5	8	5	3	2
13	Rick Barry R. Barry	44	10/25/1977	GSW	@	CHI	41	5	5	1	1	17	30	56.7	10	11	90.9	63.1	0	5	4	4
14	Kevin Grevey K. Grevey	43	3/10/1978	WAS	@	HOU	40	3	2	0	0	15	24	62.5	13	15	86.7	70.3				3
15	John Williamson J. Williamson	43	2/12/1978	NJN	vs	NYK	48	7	1			18	33	54.5	7	8	87.5	58.9				2
16	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	43	2/12/1978	PHX	vs	WAS	39	2	7	2	0	19	35	54.3	5	6	83.3	57.1	1	1	5	2
17	David Thompson D. Thompson	43	2/10/1978	DEN	@	SEA	44	5	4		0	18	29	62.1	7	9	77.8	65.2	2	3		4
18	Julius Erving J. Erving	43	1/19/1978	PHI	@	CLE	44	6	5	1	1	18	32	56.3	7	8	87.5	60.5	3	3	2	3
19	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	43	1/5/1978	PHX	@	BOS	40	4	6	0	0	16	28	57.1	11	11	100.0	65.5	1	3	3	1
20	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	43	12/11/1977	LAL	vs	BUF	45	19	6	0	1	14	27	51.9	15	19	78.9	60.8	6	13	4	5
21	John Williamson J. Williamson	43	11/23/1977	IND	vs	GSW	44	3	2	1	0	18	34	52.9	7	9	77.8	56.6	1	2	4	2
22	Larry Wright L. Wright	43	10/28/1977	WAS	@	IND	41	4	5			18	20	90.0	7	8	87.5	91.4				3
23	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	42	4/7/1978	HOU	vs	NOJ	46	5	1			17	32	53.1	8	8	100.0	59.1				3
24	David Thompson D. Thompson	42	3/26/1978	DEN	@	NOJ	41	6	3	3	1	18	26	69.2	6	7	85.7	72.2	0	6	3	2
25	John Williamson J. Williamson	42	3/17/1978	NJN	vs	DEN	39	6	4	1	0	18	34	52.9	6	8	75.0	56.0	1	5	2	2