Steve Nash has posted the most points in a game on May 15, with 48 points in Game 4 of the 2005 Western Conference Semifinals versus the Mavericks.

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most points by a player in a NBA game on may 15

	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	Steve Nash S. Nash	48	5/15/2005	PHX	@	DAL	44	5	5	3	1	20	28	71.4	4	6	66.7	4	4	100.0	80.6	1	4	9	4	-8
2	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	43	5/15/1990	LAL	vs	PHX	44	8	7	0	0	15	26	57.7	0	2	0.0	13	16	81.3	65.1	2	6	6	4
3	LeBron James L. James	42	5/15/2018	CLE	@	BOS	39	10	12	0	1	16	29	55.2	5	11	45.5	5	10	50.0	62.9	1	9	6	3	-9
4	Kevin Durant K. Durant	39	5/15/2014	OKC	@	LAC	44	16	5	0	2	12	23	52.2	5	8	62.5	10	10	100.0	71.2	0	16	5	2	+7
5	Kevin Durant K. Durant	39	5/15/2011	OKC	vs	MEM	39	9	2	0	3	13	25	52.0	4	9	44.4	9	9	100.0	67.3	1	8	2	2	+18
6	Bradley Beal B. Beal	38	5/15/2017	WAS	@	BOS	46	4	2	2	0	12	22	54.5	5	10	50.0	9	10	90.0	72.0	1	3	2	2	-11
7	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	38	5/15/1994	PHX	vs	HOU	47	4	12	0	0	15	31	48.4	2	3	66.7	6	7	85.7	55.8	1	3	4	3
8	Terry Porter T. Porter	38	5/15/1990	POR	vs	SAS	54	5	5	0	0	13	19	68.4	5	9	55.6	7	9	77.8	82.8	0	5	6	1
9	George Gervin G. Gervin	38	5/15/1982	SAS	vs	LAL	42	7	5	0	1	16	30	53.3	0	0		6	7	85.7	57.4			4	6
10	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	37	5/15/2003	SAS	@	LAL	42	16	4	0	2	16	25	64.0	0	0		5	7	71.4	65.9	6	10	3	3	+25
11	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	37	5/15/2000	PHI	@	IND	46	5	1	1	0	12	29	41.4	2	4	50.0	11	12	91.7	54.0	2	3	1	4	+26
12	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	37	5/15/1999	LAL	@	HOU	43	11	3	0	3	14	22	63.6	0	0		9	18	50.0	61.8	5	6	2	2	+11
13	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	37	5/15/1999	PHI	vs	ORL	43	3	9	2	0	14	27	51.9	4	6	66.7	5	6	83.3	62.4	1	2	4	1	+15
14	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	37	5/15/1990	PHX	@	LAL	42	3	8	2	0	14	23	60.9	0	0		9	10	90.0	67.5	1	2	4	1
15	Julius Erving J. Erving	37	5/15/1977	PHI	vs	HOU	42	6	6	3	0	16	29	55.2				5	7	71.4	57.7				4
16	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	35	5/15/2022	DAL	@	PHX	30	10	4	2	0	12	19	63.2	6	11	54.5	5	5	100.0	82.5	1	9	2	3	+37
17	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	35	5/15/2016	TOR	vs	MIA	42	7	9	4	0	11	20	55.0	5	7	71.4	8	11	72.7	70.5	3	4	4	4	+31
18	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	35	5/15/2005	SAS	@	SEA	32	10	1	1	2	10	19	52.6	1	1	100.0	14	17	82.4	66.1	4	6	5	2	-6
19	Nick Van Exel N. Van Exel	35	5/15/2003	DAL	@	SAC	37	2	3	0	0	15	23	65.2	5	11	45.5	0	0		76.1	1	1	3	4	-12
20	Danny Manning D. Manning	35	5/15/1994	ATL	@	IND	41	6	4	1	2	14	20	70.0	0	0		7	8	87.5	74.4	2	4	1	4
21	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	35	5/15/1990	POR	vs	SAS	48	8	9	2	1	13	24	54.2	3	5	60.0	6	8	75.0	63.6	5	3	4	6
22	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	35	5/15/1983	SAS	vs	LAL	45	11	1	0	2	16	29	55.2	1	1	100.0	2	2	100.0	58.6	5	6	3	4
23	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	34	5/15/1988	DAL	vs	DEN	34	7	7	1	2	14	20	70.0	0	1	0.0	6	7	85.7	73.7	2	5	2	2
24	Sidney Moncrief S. Moncrief	34	5/15/1987	MIL	vs	BOS	39	6	4	3	0	11	20	55.0	1	3	33.3	11	13	84.6	66.1	2	4	2	4
25	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	33	5/15/2024	CLE	@	BOS	43	7	4	1	2	15	24	62.5	0	3	0.0	3	5	60.0	63.0	4	3	3	1	-15