most points in a game including playoffs vs byron russel

Kobe Bryant has dropped the most points in a regular-season or postseason game versus Bryon Russell, with 55 points on March 28, 2003.

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most points by a player in a game including playoffs vs byron russel

	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	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	55	3/28/2003	LAL	vs	WAS	41	5	3	3	0	15	29	51.7	9	13	69.2	16	18	88.9	74.5	0	5	3	5	+21
2	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf M. Abdul-Rauf	51	12/7/1995	DEN	@	UTA	41	2	2	2	0	17	27	63.0	9	14	64.3	8	8	100.0	83.6	0	2	2	2
3	Darius Miles D. Miles	47	4/19/2005	POR	@	DEN	40	12	0	4	5	19	33	57.6	1	3	33.3	8	14	57.1	60.0	4	8	1	3	0
4	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	46	1/10/2000	SAS	vs	UTA	46	14	2	0	1	16	28	57.1	0	1	0.0	14	16	87.5	65.6	3	11	3	2	+6
5	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	45	1/9/2005	HOU	@	DEN	41	12	5	1	3	15	26	57.7	5	9	55.6	10	14	71.4	70.0	0	12	3	4	+27
6	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	45	12/20/2000	PHI	vs	UTA	47	3	1	4	0	15	34	44.1	0	4	0.0	15	18	83.3	53.7	1	2	6	3	+2
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	45	6/14/1998	CHI	@	UTA	44	1	1	4	0	15	35	42.9	3	7	42.9	12	15	80.0	54.1	0	1	1	2	+2
8	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	44	11/16/2001	WAS	vs	UTA	41	7	3	1	0	17	33	51.5	1	2	50.0	9	11	81.8	58.1	3	4	0	0	-11
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	44	11/23/1996	CHI	@	UTA	39	6	4	2	1	17	32	53.1	0	6	0.0	10	12	83.3	59.0	1	5	2	3	-7
10	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	43	3/11/2003	ORL	@	WAS	42	2	6	2	0	16	26	61.5	4	6	66.7	7	9	77.8	71.8	2	0	3	2	+1
11	Vince Carter V. Carter	43	11/10/2001	TOR	@	UTA	41	5	4	3	1	14	32	43.8	8	14	57.1	7	7	100.0	61.3	1	4	1	2	+29
12	Ray Allen R. Allen	43	4/12/2001	MIL	vs	UTA	40	5	5	2	0	14	23	60.9	8	14	57.1	7	7	100.0	82.4	1	4	0	2	+32
13	Jason Richardson J. Richardson	42	1/17/2005	GSW	vs	DEN	39	3	8	3	1	17	30	56.7	2	9	22.2	6	7	85.7	63.5	2	1	1	1	+18
14	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	42	1/2/2005	LAL	vs	DEN	36	5	4	4	1	14	29	48.3	2	6	33.3	12	16	75.0	58.3	0	5	7	5	+26
15	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
16	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	41	1/25/1997	HOU	vs	UTA	46	15	6	2	2	14	29	48.3	1	1	100.0	12	14	85.7	58.3	3	12	7	0	-3
17	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	41	5/5/1995	HOU	vs	UTA	41	9	6	1	0	12	18	66.7	4	8	50.0	13	14	92.9	84.9	3	6	1	3
18	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	41	2/2/1995	HOU	vs	UTA	38	4	3	0	4	15	22	68.2	0	0		11	15	73.3	71.7	0	4	2	3
19	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	41	5/25/1994	HOU	vs	UTA	46	13	6	1	3	14	22	63.6	0	0		13	13	100.0	74.0	1	12	3	3
20	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	40	2/4/1998	CHI	@	UTA	43	7	3	2	1	17	37	45.9	1	5	20.0	5	6	83.3	50.5	2	5	1	2	-13
21	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	40	5/5/1995	HOU	vs	UTA	38	8	3	0	1	14	22	63.6	0	0		12	15	80.0	69.9	2	6	2	5
22	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	40	1/22/1994	HOU	vs	UTA	46	10	3	2	3	13	25	52.0	0	1	0.0	14	19	73.7	60.0	1	9	4	3
23	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	39	5/2/2005	SAS	@	DEN	40	14	1	0	1	13	23	56.5	0	0		13	14	92.9	66.9	1	13	5	6	0
24	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	39	2/5/2004	PHI	vs	LAL	41	3	6	2	0	15	29	51.7	1	4	25.0	8	12	66.7	56.9	0	3	2	2	+24
25	Jamal Mashburn J. Mashburn	39	2/1/2003	NOH	@	WAS	41	8	5	1	0	15	23	65.2	3	6	50.0	6	6	100.0	76.1	2	6	6	2	-7