most points in an nba game in 15 minutes or less

Kevin Love has scored the most points in a game with 15 or fewer minutes played, with 32 points against the Bucks on April 10, 2022.

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most points by a player in an NBA regular-season game in 15 minutes or less

	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	Kevin Love K. Love	32	15	4/10/2022	CLE	vs	MIL	10	2	1	0	10	16	62.5	8	11	72.7	4	6	66.7	85.8	2	8	0	1	+15
2	Anthony Davis A. Davis	29	0	3/12/2016	NOP	@	MIL	11	2	2	0	8	22	36.4	2	3	66.7	11	12	91.7	53.2	2	9	1	1	-24
3	Earl Monroe E. Monroe	25	15	3/26/1980	NYK	@	BOS	2	1	0	0	10	12	83.3	0	0		5	5	100.0	88.0	1	1	0	0
4	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	24	15	10/26/2021	DEN	@	UTA	6	6	0	0	8	9	88.9	3	3	100.0	5	7	71.4	99.3	1	5	1	1	+7
5	Henry James H. James	24	10	4/15/1997	ATL	vs	NJN	2	1	0	0	7	10	70.0	7	9	77.8	3	3	100.0	106.0	0	2	0	2	+25
6	Ernie Grunfeld E. Grunfeld	24	14	1/12/1982	KCK	@	DEN	4	1	3	1	9	12	75.0	1	2	50.0	5	7	71.4	79.6	1	3	2	5
7	Darryl Dawkins D. Dawkins	24	15	4/4/1979	PHI	vs	HOU	13	0			10	16	62.5				4	6	66.7	64.4				5
8	Frank Ramsey F. Ramsey	24	15	2/4/1962	BOS	vs	NYK		1			9	13	69.2				6	7	85.7	74.6				1
9	James Robinson J. Robinson	23	10	12/30/1996	MIN	@	CLE	1	1	1	0	7	9	77.8	6	7	85.7	3	3	100.0	111.4	0	1	0	3	+20
10	Jim Eakins J. Eakins	23	15	11/3/1976	KCK	vs	SEA	9	1	0	0	7	7	100.0				9	9	100.0	104.9				2
11	Jon McGlocklin J. McGlocklin	23	11	1/8/1969	MIL	vs	NYK	8	2			10	24	41.7				3	3	100.0	45.4				1
12	Kyle Kuzma K. Kuzma	22	12	4/13/2025	MIL	vs	DET	2	2	0	0	8	10	80.0	5	7	71.4	1	1	100.0	105.4	0	2	1	0	+18
13	Buddy Hield B. Hield	22	15	10/23/2024	GSW	@	POR	5	1	0	0	8	12	66.7	5	7	71.4	1	1	100.0	88.4	1	4	1	2	+21
14	Peter Thibeaux P. Thibeaux	22	14	12/12/1984	GSW	@	LAL	6	2	1	1	10	14	71.4	0	0		2	4	50.0	69.8	3	3	3	4
15	Scott May S. May	22	15	3/27/1982	MIL	@	SDC	5	1	2	0	5	6	83.3	0	0		12	12	100.0	97.5			0	0
16	Howard Porter H. Porter	22	15	2/24/1978	NJN	vs	HOU	5	1	0	0	8	13	61.5				6	7	85.7	68.4				3
17	Tom Owens T. Owens	22	15	1/10/1978	POR	vs	NYK	6	0	0	0	6	7	85.7				10	13	76.9	86.5	4	2	1	3
18	Dick Snyder D. Snyder	22	15	10/19/1967	STL	vs	LAL	1	3			8	13	61.5				6	6	100.0	70.3				4
19	Jock Landale J. Landale	21	15	11/20/2025	MEM	vs	SAC	6	0	0	0	8	9	88.9	1	2	50.0	4	4	100.0	97.6	2	4	0	0	+14
20	Paul George P. George	21	15	11/19/2022	LAC	vs	SAS	1	1	2	0	8	12	66.7	5	8	62.5	0	0		87.5	0	1	0	0	+25
21	Goran Dragic G. Dragic	21	15	3/2/2015	MIA	vs	PHX	4	1	1	0	5	9	55.6	2	2	100.0	9	9	100.0	81.0	2	2	1	5	+7
22	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	21	15	1/15/2013	TOR	@	BKN	1	2	0	0	5	7	71.4	4	5	80.0	7	7	100.0	104.2	0	1	0	5	+16
23	John Long J. Long	21	14	12/1/1984	DET	@	IND	1	0	1	0	9	12	75.0	0	0		3	3	100.0	78.8	1	0	0	0
24	John Mengelt J. Mengelt	21	14	1/4/1980	CHI	vs	SDC	1	1	0	0	9	11	81.8	0	0		3	3	100.0	85.2	0	1	0	2
25	Larry Siegfried L. Siegfried	21	14	10/15/1966	BOS	vs	SFW	5	1			8	14	57.1				5	5	100.0	64.8				2

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