most points in a game while having under 38 points in a regular season or post season game before by a point before april 2021

Before April 1, 2021, 33 players were tied for the most points with fewer than 38 points in a regular-season or postseason game, with 37 points. The first three are Nikola Jokić on March 26, 2021 and on March 2, 2021, De'Aaron Fox on March 24, 2021 and Julius Randle on March 23, 2021.

Interpreted as:

most points in a game while having under 38 points in a regular season or post season game before by a point by a player before april 2021

	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	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	37	3/26/2021	DEN	@	NOP	41	6	9	2	1	17	30	56.7	3	5	60.0	0	0		61.7	2	4	1	3	+23
2	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	37	3/24/2021	SAC	vs	ATL	40	2	3	2	1	13	20	65.0	3	4	75.0	8	9	88.9	77.2	0	2	3	0	+5
3	Julius Randle J. Randle	37	3/23/2021	NYK	vs	WAS	38	6	2	0	0	13	24	54.2	7	10	70.0	4	5	80.0	70.6	0	6	3	5	+21
4	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	37	3/21/2021	DAL	@	POR	30	7	4	0	0	13	19	68.4	8	9	88.9	3	6	50.0	85.5	2	5	5	2	+24
5	LeBron James L. James	37	3/18/2021	LAL	vs	CHA	37	8	6	1	1	14	23	60.9	4	9	44.4	5	6	83.3	72.2	1	7	3	2	+7
6	Bradley Beal B. Beal	37	3/15/2021	WAS	vs	MIL	42	6	5	1	0	13	19	68.4	4	7	57.1	7	7	100.0	83.8	0	6	3	4	-4
7	Trae Young T. Young	37	3/11/2021	ATL	@	TOR	37	5	6	0	1	11	24	45.8	2	7	28.6	13	16	81.3	59.6	1	4	6	3	-5
8	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	37	3/2/2021	DEN	@	MIL	36	10	11	2	0	15	23	65.2	2	3	66.7	5	5	100.0	73.4	4	6	2	1	+18
9	Stephen Curry S. Curry	37	2/23/2021	GSW	@	NYK	37	6	6	2	0	9	22	40.9	7	14	50.0	12	12	100.0	67.8	0	6	2	1	+19
10	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	37	2/23/2021	MIL	vs	MIN	29	8	8	2	2	13	18	72.2	1	3	33.3	10	13	76.9	78.0	1	7	3	1	+21
11	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	37	2/21/2021	ORL	vs	DET	36	12	3	1	2	14	27	51.9	2	6	33.3	7	7	100.0	61.5	0	12	1	2	+16
12	James Harden J. Harden	37	2/21/2021	BKN	@	LAC	41	11	7	2	0	13	25	52.0	4	9	44.4	7	11	63.6	62.0	1	10	3	2	+6
13	Bradley Beal B. Beal	37	2/20/2021	WAS	@	POR	35	7	3	2	0	16	27	59.3	2	8	25.0	3	4	75.0	64.3	3	4	5	5	+8
14	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	37	2/17/2021	CHI	vs	DET	35	5	5	3	0	14	22	63.6	4	6	66.7	5	7	71.4	73.8	1	4	5	3	+1
15	Bradley Beal B. Beal	37	2/15/2021	WAS	vs	HOU	36	8	3	3	0	14	24	58.3	3	8	37.5	6	8	75.0	67.2	0	8	3	2	+15
16	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	37	2/4/2021	PHI	vs	POR	34	5	1	1	1	14	21	66.7	0	1	0.0	9	9	100.0	74.1	1	4	5	1	-23
17	Bradley Beal B. Beal	37	2/2/2021	WAS	vs	POR	38	2	4	0	1	14	24	58.3	6	12	50.0	3	5	60.0	70.6	1	1	4	2	-12
18	Bradley Beal B. Beal	37	1/31/2021	WAS	vs	BKN	38	6	4	0	0	13	23	56.5	2	5	40.0	9	9	100.0	68.6	1	5	2	3	-12
19	Kevin Durant K. Durant	37	1/31/2021	BKN	@	WAS	38	7	6	2	1	11	19	57.9	2	4	50.0	13	13	100.0	74.8	0	7	5	4	+5
20	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	37	1/29/2021	PHI	@	MIN	27	11	3	1	0	10	19	52.6	1	2	50.0	16	18	88.9	68.7	3	8	0	3	+21
21	Anthony Davis A. Davis	37	1/23/2021	LAL	@	CHI	28	6	3	2	1	14	21	66.7	2	3	66.7	7	9	77.8	74.1	1	5	1	3	+5
22	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	37	1/20/2021	BKN	@	CLE	48	2	3	1	3	15	28	53.6	3	8	37.5	4	5	80.0	61.3	1	1	4	4	-7
23	Nickeil Alexander-Walker N. Alexander-Walker	37	1/13/2021	NOP	@	LAC	33	8	1	1	0	15	23	65.2	5	8	62.5	2	2	100.0	77.5	0	8	1	2	-4
24	CJ McCollum	37	1/9/2021	POR	@	SAC	29	3	3	2	0	13	22	59.1	6	11	54.5	5	5	100.0	76.4	0	3	1	3	+26
25	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	37	12/25/2020	BKN	@	BOS	33	6	8	1	0	13	21	61.9	7	10	70.0	4	4	100.0	81.3	1	5	1	4	+31