most points in a game in nba history by a player with the last name smith

Charles Smith scored his most points in a game against the Nuggets on December 1, 1990, with 52 points.

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most points in a regular-season game in NBA history by a player with the last name smith

	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	Charles Smith C. Smith	52	12/1/1990	LAC	@	DEN	37	6	2	3	2	17	27	63.0	0	0		18	21	85.7	71.7	1	5	4	2
2	Phil Smith P. Smith	51	12/11/1976	GSW	vs	HOU	43	1	3	0	0	18	27	66.7				15	20	75.0	71.2	1	0		3
3	Phil Smith P. Smith	51	1/8/1976	GSW	vs	PHX	40	4	4	2	1	20	27	74.1				11	14	78.6	76.9	1	3		3
4	JR Smith	45	4/13/2009	DEN	vs	SAC	30	4	1	1	0	13	22	59.1	11	18	61.1	8	8	100.0	88.2	0	4	0	0	+23
5	Phil Smith P. Smith	45	2/14/1976	GSW	vs	DET	47	5	4	4	0	19	26	73.1				7	7	100.0	77.4	1	4		0
6	JR Smith	43	2/22/2008	DEN	@	CHI	33	5	1	2	0	15	25	60.0	8	14	57.1	5	8	62.5	75.4	1	4	3	3	+8
7	Phil Smith P. Smith	43	11/9/1976	GSW	@	DEN	40	2	4	4	1	20	30	66.7				3	4	75.0	67.7	1	1		2
8	JR Smith	41	12/23/2009	DEN	vs	ATL	30	2	3	0	0	15	25	60.0	10	17	58.8	1	6	16.7	74.2	0	2	0	1	+6
9	Steve Smith S. Smith	41	1/30/1997	ATL	@	UTA	46	2	0	1	0	13	25	52.0	5	11	45.5	10	11	90.9	68.7	0	2	3	1	-8
10	Kenny Smith K. Smith	41	12/26/1993	HOU	@	LAL	43	4	6	3	0	16	24	66.7	3	6	50.0	6	6	100.0	77.0	1	3	1	0
11	Derek Smith D. Smith	41	4/3/1985	LAC	vs	KCK	39	7	6	2	1	14	23	60.9	0	0		13	17	76.5	67.3	4	3	4	4
12	Randy Smith R. Smith	41	3/2/1977	BUF	@	IND	44	8	7	5		18	24	75.0				5	6	83.3	77.0				4
13	Bingo Smith B. Smith	41	11/6/1974	CLE	@	WAS	42	8	2	1	1	17	24	70.8				7	7	100.0	75.7	2	6		2
14	JR Smith	40	3/20/2009	DEN	vs	WAS	35	5	3	3	1	15	23	65.2	3	8	37.5	7	8	87.5	75.4	1	4	4	0	+11
15	Charles Smith C. Smith	40	4/19/1991	LAC	vs	GSW	40	17	2	0	3	14	19	73.7	0	0		12	13	92.3	80.9	7	10	3	0
16	Charles Smith C. Smith	40	3/3/1990	LAC	@	IND	39	5	0	0	1	13	20	65.0	0	0		14	17	82.4	72.8	1	4	2	4
17	Randy Smith R. Smith	40	11/5/1977	BUF	vs	SAS	44	3	2	1	0	18	27	66.7				4	4	100.0	69.5				1
18	Elmore Smith E. Smith	40	2/25/1972	BUF	vs	BOS	46	15	1			17	27	63.0				6	9	66.7	64.6				4
19	Randy Smith R. Smith	39	4/3/1978	BUF	vs	DEN	43	5	5			14	32	43.8				11	11	100.0	52.9			2	3
20	Phil Smith P. Smith	39	1/29/1976	GSW	vs	PHI	45	4	7	3	0	14	26	53.8				11	13	84.6	61.5	2	2		3
21	Josh Smith J. Smith	38	11/17/2007	ATL	@	MIL	40	7	2	2	3	13	22	59.1	0	3	0.0	12	16	75.0	65.4	3	4	3	2	+4
22	Steve Smith S. Smith	38	3/17/1997	ATL	vs	ORL	50	5	5	0	1	14	23	60.9	3	6	50.0	7	7	100.0	72.9	2	3	4	4	+5
23	Joe Smith J. Smith	38	1/8/1997	GSW	vs	VAN	44	15	1	0	1	12	25	48.0	1	2	50.0	13	15	86.7	60.1	7	8	0	5	-8
24	Kenny Smith K. Smith	38	1/22/1991	HOU	@	GSW	40	6	5	3	0	15	18	83.3	4	4	100.0	4	6	66.7	92.1	1	5	4	5
25	Randy Smith R. Smith	38	3/15/1978	BUF	@	IND	46	9	13	2		16	26	61.5				6	7	85.7	65.3				3