most points in last nba game before 2024

Before 2023-24, Jalen Brunson had the most points in the last team game, with 41 points in Game 6 of the 2023 Eastern Conference Semifinals versus the Heat.

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most points by a player in last NBA game before 2024

	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	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	41	5/12/2023	NYK	@	MIA	45	4	3	0	0	14	22	63.6	5	10	50.0	8	9	88.9	79.0	0	4	3	4	+3
2	LeBron James L. James	40	5/22/2023	LAL	vs	DEN	48	10	9	2	0	15	25	60.0	4	7	57.1	6	7	85.7	71.2	2	8	1	1	-2
3	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	38	4/26/2023	MIL	vs	MIA	42	20	3	0	0	14	27	51.9	0	2	0.0	10	23	43.5	51.2	4	16	7	4	-8
4	Khris Middleton K. Middleton	33	4/26/2023	MIL	vs	MIA	41	6	6	0	0	10	24	41.7	4	10	40.0	9	9	100.0	59.0	1	5	3	5	-2
5	Stephen Curry S. Curry	32	5/12/2023	GSW	@	LAL	39	6	5	1	1	11	28	39.3	4	14	28.6	6	6	100.0	52.2	1	5	4	3	-21
6	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	32	4/12/2023	TOR	vs	CHI	42	9	6	1	0	13	22	59.1	1	3	33.3	5	11	45.5	59.6	2	7	3	3	+6
7	Cameron Payne C. Payne	31	5/11/2023	PHX	vs	DEN	42	6	2	0	1	12	16	75.0	7	9	77.8	0	3	0.0	89.5	0	6	4	3	-10
8	Trae Young T. Young	30	4/27/2023	ATL	vs	BOS	40	3	10	1	2	9	28	32.1	4	12	33.3	8	8	100.0	47.6	0	3	5	3	-11
9	Brandon Ingram B. Ingram	30	4/12/2023	NOP	vs	OKC	38	6	7	0	1	10	19	52.6	1	2	50.0	9	11	81.8	62.9	2	4	4	3	-13
10	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	29	4/25/2023	MIN	@	DEN	40	8	7	0	2	13	27	48.1	0	6	0.0	3	4	75.0	50.4	1	7	1	3	0
11	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	28	6/12/2023	DEN	vs	MIA	42	16	4	0	1	12	16	75.0	1	3	33.3	3	5	60.0	76.9	1	15	4	3	+12
12	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	28	4/26/2023	CLE	vs	NYK	44	7	5	2	1	11	26	42.3	3	12	25.0	3	3	100.0	51.2	0	7	3	2	-8
13	Norman Powell N. Powell	27	4/25/2023	LAC	@	PHX	39	2	3	0	0	8	17	47.1	3	7	42.9	8	10	80.0	63.1	1	1	1	5	-13
14	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	26	4/25/2023	MIN	@	DEN	38	11	3	1	1	9	17	52.9	1	6	16.7	7	9	77.8	62.0	1	10	3	6	-9
15	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	26	4/14/2023	CHI	@	MIA	41	4	9	1	0	9	19	47.4	0	2	0.0	8	9	88.9	56.6	1	3	2	2	-5
16	Fred VanVleet F. VanVleet	26	4/12/2023	TOR	vs	CHI	42	12	8	1	1	8	22	36.4	7	13	53.8	3	6	50.0	52.8	0	12	3	4	-4
17	Killian Hayes K. Hayes	26	4/9/2023	DET	@	CHI	39	8	7	0	1	8	18	44.4	3	8	37.5	7	8	87.5	60.4	2	6	5	0	-4
18	Bennedict Mathurin B. Mathurin	26	4/9/2023	IND	@	NYK	37	3	6	0	1	6	13	46.2	2	3	66.7	12	13	92.3	69.4	0	3	3	2	+3
19	Kris Dunn K. Dunn	26	4/9/2023	UTA	@	LAL	40	10	8	1	0	11	18	61.1	2	3	66.7	2	2	100.0	68.9	0	10	3	2	-12
20	Jaden Hardy J. Hardy	25	4/9/2023	DAL	vs	SAS	28	5	5	0	0	11	23	47.8	1	7	14.3	2	2	100.0	52.3	2	3	0	1	-5
21	Kevin Durant K. Durant	23	5/11/2023	PHX	vs	DEN	37	5	5	0	1	8	19	42.1	0	0		7	7	100.0	52.1	0	5	4	2	-13
22	Theo Pinson T. Pinson	23	4/9/2023	DAL	vs	SAS	40	13	12	1	0	8	16	50.0	5	10	50.0	2	2	100.0	68.1	2	11	0	3	-11
23	Sandro Mamukelashvili S. Mamukelashvili	23	4/9/2023	SAS	@	DAL	31	11	4	0	1	8	17	47.1	4	7	57.1	3	6	50.0	58.6	3	8	2	0	+27
24	Kelly Olynyk K. Olynyk	23	4/9/2023	UTA	@	LAL	29	5	4	0	2	9	13	69.2	3	4	75.0	2	2	100.0	82.9	0	5	4	1	-11
25	Domantas Sabonis D. Sabonis	22	4/30/2023	SAC	vs	GSW	37	8	7	0	2	10	16	62.5	0	1	0.0	2	6	33.3	59.0	3	5	1	4	-22