most points in a single nba game in april 5~

Jerry West has dropped the most points in a game on April 5, with 52 points in Game 2 of the 1965 Division Finals versus the Baltimore Bullets.

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most points by a player in a single NBA game in april 5~

	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	Jerry West J. West	52	4/5/1965	LAL	vs	BAL		5	9			16	38	42.1				20	21	95.2	55.0				4
2	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	49	4/5/2000	LAL	@	GSW	44	13	1	0	3	19	27	70.4	0	0		11	16	68.8	72.0	2	11	2	3	+8
3	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	47	4/5/2008	DEN	vs	SAC	38	11	2	3	0	19	24	79.2	3	4	75.0	6	6	100.0	88.2	5	6	3	5	-6
4	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	46	4/5/1964	SFW	@	STL	48	23	2			19	36	52.8				8	16	50.0	53.4				5
5	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	45	4/5/2022	PHI	@	IND	39	13	2	0	1	18	30	60.0	2	3	66.7	7	10	70.0	65.4	2	11	3	1	+20
6	Blake Griffin B. Griffin	45	4/5/2019	DET	@	OKC	35	7	3	2	0	11	20	55.0	9	14	64.3	14	16	87.5	83.2	0	7	1	0	-11
7	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	45	4/5/2017	OKC	@	MEM	38	9	10	4	0	14	25	56.0	8	13	61.5	9	12	75.0	74.3	0	9	7	4	+3
8	Vernon Maxwell V. Maxwell	45	4/5/1991	HOU	@	DEN	44	9	7	0	0	14	25	56.0	8	12	66.7	9	10	90.0	76.5	2	7	2	3
9	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	44	4/5/2014	CLE	vs	CHA	43	7	8	3	0	16	31	51.6	5	9	55.6	7	8	87.5	63.7	2	5	3	3	+3
10	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	44	4/5/2005	HOU	@	GSW	42	5	7	4	0	18	34	52.9	2	6	33.3	6	6	100.0	60.0	2	3	5	2	-2
11	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	43	4/5/2005	WAS	vs	BOS	48	9	4	1	1	9	21	42.9	4	10	40.0	21	25	84.0	67.2	2	7	3	1	-8
12	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	42	4/5/2022	BKN	vs	HOU	40	3	6	2	1	13	24	54.2	8	16	50.0	8	8	100.0	76.3	0	3	4	2	+21
13	Stephen Curry S. Curry	42	4/5/2017	GSW	@	PHX	35	4	11	2	2	15	25	60.0	8	12	66.7	4	7	57.1	74.8	0	4	3	0	+25
14	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	41	4/5/2022	DEN	vs	SAS	40	17	4	2	0	18	35	51.4	1	5	20.0	4	6	66.7	54.5	2	15	2	3	-11
15	James Harden J. Harden	41	4/5/2015	HOU	@	OKC	38	6	6	3	0	12	22	54.5	6	9	66.7	11	13	84.6	74.0	2	4	3	6	-3
16	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	41	4/5/2013	NYK	vs	MIL	37	14	1	0	1	17	28	60.7	3	7	42.9	4	4	100.0	68.9	5	9	5	2	+22
17	Nick Van Exel N. Van Exel	41	4/5/1999	DEN	@	LAL	45	8	9	0	0	14	26	53.8	2	9	22.2	11	13	84.6	64.6	0	8	2	3	-11
18	Glen Rice G. Rice	41	4/5/1997	CHA	vs	PHI	39	3	2	1	1	14	22	63.6	3	3	100.0	10	10	100.0	77.7	0	3	0	3	-8
19	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	41	4/5/1995	DET	@	ORL	39	1	5	0	0	17	27	63.0	7	12	58.3	0	2	0.0	73.5	0	1	5	3
20	Michael Adams M. Adams	41	4/5/1991	DEN	vs	HOU	45	0	8	3	0	15	34	44.1	6	15	40.0	5	5	100.0	56.6	0	0	6	3
21	John Drew J. Drew	41	4/5/1977	ATL	@	PHX	37	12	0	1	0	10	23	43.5				21	28	75.0	58.0	8	4		5
22	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	40	4/5/2024	SAC	@	BOS	44	4	2	1	0	16	29	55.2	7	13	53.8	1	2	50.0	66.9	1	3	1	2	+2
23	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	40	4/5/2023	MEM	@	NOP	41	9	3	1	4	13	28	46.4	3	9	33.3	11	12	91.7	60.1	4	5	3	4	-17
24	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	40	4/5/2022	CHI	vs	MIL	37	3	6	1	0	16	26	61.5	0	2	0.0	8	8	100.0	67.8	2	1	4	5	-17
25	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	40	4/5/2021	BKN	vs	NYK	37	2	7	1	0	15	28	53.6	5	12	41.7	5	5	100.0	66.2	0	2	2	4	-5