most points in a game with least minutes over 40 points

14 players posted 41 points. The first three are Patrick Ewing on April 13, 1988, David Thompson on January 2, 1982 and Stephon Marbury on November 11, 2000.

Interpreted as:
most points in a regular-season game with least minutes by a player over 40 points
NAME PTS MIN DATE TM OPP REB AST STL BLK FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 Patrick Ewing
P. Ewing
41
26
4/13/1988
NYK NYK
vs
IND IND
11
2
2
1
18
24
75.0
0
0
5
6
83.3
77.0
6
5
1
2
2 Klay Thompson
K. Thompson
52
27
10/29/2018
GSW GSW
@
CHI CHI
4
0
2
0
18
29
62.1
14
24
58.3
2
2
100.0
87.0
0
4
2
2
+28
3 Klay Thompson
K. Thompson
44
27
1/21/2019
GSW GSW
@
LAL LAL
3
2
0
1
17
20
85.0
10
11
90.9
0
0
110.0
0
3
2
2
+29
4 George Gervin
G. Gervin
42
27
11/10/1984
SAS SAS
vs
CLE CLE
2
1
0
1
18
23
78.3
0
0
6
6
100.0
81.9
1
1
0
0
5 David Thompson
D. Thompson
41
27
1/2/1982
DEN DEN
@
SAS SAS
2
0
0
2
13
21
61.9
0
0
15
19
78.9
69.8
2
0
3
5
6 Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
50
27
1/19/2022
PHI PHI
vs
ORL ORL
12
2
1
3
17
23
73.9
1
4
25.0
15
17
88.2
82.0
1
11
2
3
+24
7 Devin Booker
D. Booker
44
28
3/8/2023
PHX PHX
vs
OKC OKC
3
4
0
1
17
23
73.9
6
10
60.0
4
5
80.0
87.3
0
3
3
4
+33
8 Giannis Antetokounmpo
G. Antetokounmpo
44
28
10/22/2022
MIL MIL
vs
HOU HOU
12
3
0
0
17
21
81.0
2
3
66.7
8
13
61.5
82.3
2
10
4
2
+23
9 Kemba Walker
K. Walker
46
28
3/22/2018
CHA CHA
vs
MEM MEM
3
4
1
0
13
18
72.2
10
14
71.4
10
10
100.0
102.7
0
3
2
1
+47
10 Kawhi Leonard
K. Leonard
43
29
1/14/2020
LAC LAC
vs
CLE CLE
3
4
2
1
14
22
63.6
6
10
60.0
9
10
90.0
81.4
0
3
1
0
+39
11 Jalen Brunson
J. Brunson
44
29
1/12/2025
NYK NYK
vs
MIL MIL
5
6
1
0
16
26
61.5
5
10
50.0
7
8
87.5
74.5
1
4
1
0
+23
12 Stephen Curry
S. Curry
43
29
1/28/2017
GSW GSW
vs
LAC LAC
9
6
0
0
15
23
65.2
9
15
60.0
4
4
100.0
86.8
0
9
2
1
+42
13 Jaylen Brown
J. Brown
42
29
12/30/2020
BOS BOS
vs
MEM MEM
5
4
1
0
15
21
71.4
7
10
70.0
5
6
83.3
88.8
1
4
4
1
+22
14 Larry Bird
L. Bird
43
29
3/18/1986
BOS BOS
vs
CLE CLE
8
3
3
0
17
24
70.8
5
6
83.3
4
4
100.0
83.5
0
8
1
0
15 Stephon Marbury
S. Marbury
41
29
11/11/2000
NJN NJN
vs
SEA SEA
5
9
2
0
17
26
65.4
2
4
50.0
5
8
62.5
69.4
2
3
2
3
+24
16 Klay Thompson
K. Thompson
60
29
12/5/2016
GSW GSW
vs
IND IND
2
1
0
0
21
33
63.6
8
14
57.1
10
11
90.9
79.3
0
2
0
0
+37
17 Cam Thomas
C. Thomas
44
29
2/4/2023
BKN BKN
vs
WAS WAS
5
5
0
0
16
23
69.6
4
5
80.0
8
9
88.9
81.6
2
3
4
2
+6
18 Kyle Kuzma
K. Kuzma
41
29
1/9/2019
LAL LAL
vs
DET DET
2
0
0
0
16
24
66.7
5
10
50.0
4
6
66.7
77.0
1
1
2
2
+14
19 CJ McCollum
CJ McCollum
50
29
1/31/2018
POR POR
vs
CHI CHI
5
2
1
0
18
25
72.0
6
9
66.7
8
8
100.0
87.7
1
4
3
1
+29
20 Trae Young
T. Young
41
29
3/30/2022
ATL ATL
@
OKC OKC
2
8
1
0
13
24
54.2
4
12
33.3
11
12
91.7
70.0
0
2
3
2
+16
21 Gordon Hayward
G. Hayward
41
29
12/15/2021
CHA CHA
@
SAS SAS
5
3
0
0
15
19
78.9
5
6
83.3
6
6
100.0
94.7
0
5
1
1
+35
22 LeBron James
L. James
43
29
12/31/2021
LAL LAL
vs
POR POR
14
4
2
2
16
26
61.5
5
10
50.0
6
9
66.7
71.8
2
12
0
1
+18
23 Jaren Jackson Jr.
J. Jackson Jr.
43
29
12/13/2019
MEM MEM
vs
MIL MIL
5
1
0
1
14
21
66.7
9
15
60.0
6
9
66.7
86.1
0
5
3
5
-5
24 Stephen Curry
S. Curry
49
29
5/8/2021
GSW GSW
vs
OKC OKC
5
2
1
0
14
26
53.8
11
21
52.4
10
10
100.0
80.6
0
5
1
2
+31
25 Stephen Curry
S. Curry
42
29
4/14/2021
GSW GSW
@
OKC OKC
6
8
0
0
14
20
70.0
11
16
68.8
3
3
100.0
98.5
0
6
0
3
+31
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for minutes played going back to the 1982-83 season.

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4.2

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36.9

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TEAM W L PCT GB
1
Cavaliers Cavaliers
64
18
.780
2
Celtics Celtics
61
21
.744
3.0
3
Knicks Knicks
51
31
.622
13.0
4
Pacers Pacers
50
32
.610
14.0
5
Bucks Bucks
48
34
.585
16.0
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
5/23
IND IND
@
NYK NYK
8:00 PM
Sun
5/25
NYK NYK
@
IND IND
8:00 PM
Tue
5/27
NYK NYK
@
IND IND
8:00 PM
Thu
5/29
IND IND
@
NYK NYK
8:00 PM
Sat
5/31
NYK NYK
@
IND IND
8:00 PM
Last Game
NYK Knicks

0 - 1

135

Final

138

IND Pacers

1 - 0

Wed 21 May 2025

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Western W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
4
Nuggets Nuggets
50
32
.610
18.0
5
Clippers Clippers
50
32
.610
18.0
6
Timberwolves Timberwolves
49
33
.598
19.0
Eastern W L PCT GB
1
Cavaliers Cavaliers
64
18
.780
2
Celtics Celtics
61
21
.744
3.0
3
Knicks Knicks
51
31
.622
13.0
4
Pacers Pacers
50
32
.610
14.0
5
Bucks Bucks
48
34
.585
16.0
6
Pistons Pistons
44
38
.537
20.0

NBA 2024-25 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Fri
3/28
MIA MIA
@
PHI PHI
118-95
Fri
3/28
DAL DAL
@
CHI CHI
120-119
Fri
3/28
LAL LAL
@
MEM MEM
134-127
Fri
3/28
BOS BOS
@
SAS SAS
121-111
Fri
3/28
IND IND
@
OKC OKC
111-132

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
5/23
IND IND
@
NYK NYK
8:00 PM
Sat
5/24
OKC OKC
@
MIN MIN
8:30 PM
Sun
5/25
NYK NYK
@
IND IND
8:00 PM
Mon
5/26
OKC OKC
@
MIN MIN
8:30 PM
Tue
5/27
NYK NYK
@
IND IND
8:00 PM