Jimmy Butler III has the most points in a game on October 4, with 40 points in Game 3 of the 2020 NBA Finals against the Lakers.

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most points by a player in an NBA game on october 4

	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	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	40	10/4/2020	MIA	vs	LAL	45	11	13	2	2	14	20	70.0	0	0		12	14	85.7	76.5	1	10	5	0	+20
2	LeBron James L. James	25	10/4/2020	LAL	@	MIA	39	10	8	0	2	9	16	56.3	1	5	20.0	6	9	66.7	62.6	1	9	8	2	-4
3	Markieff Morris M. Morris	19	10/4/2020	LAL	@	MIA	25	6	2	0	0	6	13	46.2	5	11	45.5	2	3	66.7	66.3	1	5	1	1	+10
4	Kyle Kuzma K. Kuzma	19	10/4/2020	LAL	@	MIA	23	3	0	0	0	6	13	46.2	4	8	50.0	3	3	100.0	66.3	2	1	1	3	+6
5	Kelly Olynyk K. Olynyk	17	10/4/2020	MIA	vs	LAL	31	7	1	2	0	5	9	55.6	3	5	60.0	4	4	100.0	79.0	0	7	0	4	-1
6	Tyler Herro T. Herro	17	10/4/2020	MIA	vs	LAL	36	3	2	1	0	6	18	33.3	2	7	28.6	3	3	100.0	44.0	0	3	1	1	+1
7	Anthony Davis A. Davis	15	10/4/2020	LAL	@	MIA	33	5	3	2	0	6	9	66.7	1	2	50.0	2	2	100.0	75.9	2	3	5	4	-26
8	Duncan Robinson D. Robinson	13	10/4/2020	MIA	vs	LAL	39	5	3	2	1	4	12	33.3	3	10	30.0	2	2	100.0	50.5	0	5	0	4	+27
9	Jae Crowder J. Crowder	12	10/4/2020	MIA	vs	LAL	34	8	1	0	0	5	12	41.7	2	8	25.0	0	0		50.0	1	7	1	4	+21
10	Alex Caruso A. Caruso	8	10/4/2020	LAL	@	MIA	26	1	2	1	0	1	4	25.0	1	3	33.3	5	6	83.3	60.2	1	0	0	0	+8
11	Meyers Leonard M. Leonard	7	10/4/2020	MIA	vs	LAL	13	1	0	1	0	3	3	100.0	1	1	100.0	0	0		116.7	0	1	0	2	+13
12	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope K. Caldwell-Pope	5	10/4/2020	LAL	@	MIA	29	3	1	1	0	1	5	20.0	1	3	33.3	2	4	50.0	37.0	0	3	0	4	-26
13	Dwight Howard D. Howard	4	10/4/2020	LAL	@	MIA	15	3	1	1	0	2	2	100.0	0	0		0	0		100.0	2	1	1	2	-15
14	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	4	10/4/2020	LAL	@	MIA	28	8	5	2	0	2	8	25.0	0	3	0.0	0	0		25.0	2	6	2	3	+6
15	Kendrick Nunn K. Nunn	4	10/4/2020	MIA	vs	LAL	20	1	2	0	0	2	3	66.7	0	1	0.0	0	0		66.7	0	1	4	5	-6
16	Solomon Hill S. Hill	3	10/4/2020	MIA	vs	LAL	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	100.0	1	1	100.0	0	0		150.0	0	0	0	1	-5
17	JR Smith	3	10/4/2020	LAL	@	MIA	5	1	0	1	0	1	3	33.3	1	3	33.3	0	0		50.0	0	1	0	0	+1
18	Danny Green D. Green	2	10/4/2020	LAL	@	MIA	17	3	1	0	0	0	6	0.0	0	4	0.0	2	2	100.0	14.5	0	3	1	3	-15
19	Andre Iguodala A. Iguodala	2	10/4/2020	MIA	vs	LAL	17	1	3	0	0	1	2	50.0	0	1	0.0	0	0		50.0	1	0	1	2	-13