most points scored by a player in a game on april 9

David Thompson has posted the most points in a game on April 9, with 73 points against the Pistons on April 9, 1978.

	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	David Thompson D. Thompson	73	4/9/1978	DEN	@	DET	43	7	2	0	1	28	38	73.7				17	20	85.0	78.0	3	4	4	2
2	George Gervin G. Gervin	63	4/9/1978	SAS	@	NOJ	33	2	1	2	1	23	49	46.9				17	20	85.0	54.5				3
3	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	53	4/9/2021	BOS	vs	MIN	41	10	4	0	1	16	25	64.0	6	10	60.0	15	16	93.8	82.7	1	9	5	3	+5
4	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	51	4/9/2024	MIN	vs	WAS	38	6	7	0	0	17	29	58.6	6	13	46.2	11	11	100.0	75.4	1	5	2	0	+6
5	Jamal Crawford J. Crawford	51	4/9/2019	PHX	@	DAL	38	5	5	1	1	18	30	60.0	7	13	53.8	8	9	88.9	75.1	0	5	4	4	-5
6	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	50	4/9/2021	CHI	@	ATL	39	8	5	0	0	18	31	58.1	7	12	58.3	7	8	87.5	72.4	1	7	3	1	-3
7	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	50	4/9/2017	OKC	@	DEN	37	16	10	1	0	17	32	53.1	5	12	41.7	11	11	100.0	67.9	2	14	2	1	+10
8	Jerry West J. West	48	4/9/1965	LAL	@	BAL		3	5			20	43	46.5				8	8	100.0	51.6				5
9	Cam Thomas C. Thomas	46	4/9/2023	BKN	vs	PHI	43	2	1	1	1	16	29	55.2	6	8	75.0	8	8	100.0	70.7	0	2	4	1	-20
10	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	46	4/9/2019	UTA	vs	DEN	36	7	4	2	0	14	26	53.8	5	8	62.5	13	16	81.3	69.6	2	5	4	4	+24
11	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	45	4/9/2025	LAL	@	DAL	38	8	6	4	0	16	28	57.1	7	10	70.0	6	9	66.7	70.4	1	7	3	4	+26
12	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	45	4/9/2024	NYK	@	CHI	42	3	8	1	0	13	24	54.2	7	12	58.3	12	12	100.0	76.8	0	3	1	0	+9
13	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	45	4/9/2017	CLE	@	ATL	45	2	9	1	0	16	30	53.3	8	12	66.7	5	6	83.3	68.9	0	2	3	3	+9
14	Stephen Curry S. Curry	45	4/9/2015	GSW	vs	POR	35	2	10	0	0	17	23	73.9	8	13	61.5	3	3	100.0	92.5	1	1	4	2	+21
15	Vince Carter V. Carter	45	4/9/2005	NJN	vs	BOS	36	7	3	4	1	18	32	56.3	7	9	77.8	2	3	66.7	67.5	1	6	2	2	+23
16	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	45	4/9/1986	UTA	vs	SAC	38	6	1	0	0	16	27	59.3	0	0		13	16	81.3	66.1	4	2	3	5
17	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	44	4/9/2005	WAS	vs	PHI	47	4	3	0	1	13	24	54.2	6	14	42.9	12	15	80.0	71.9	0	4	1	2	-4
18	Larry Hughes L. Hughes	44	4/9/2000	GSW	vs	DEN	44	6	7	3	1	16	29	55.2	1	2	50.0	11	15	73.3	61.8	0	6	3	2	+21
19	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	43	4/9/1993	DET	@	BOS	44	8	10	5	0	17	35	48.6	1	3	33.3	8	10	80.0	54.6	3	5	5	3
20	Kenneth Lofton Jr. K. Lofton Jr.	42	4/9/2023	MEM	@	OKC	40	14	0	1	0	17	25	68.0	0	2	0.0	8	12	66.7	69.4	6	8	2	3	-17
21	Brandon Ingram B. Ingram	42	4/9/2023	NOP	@	MIN	42	12	7	2	1	16	28	57.1	1	3	33.3	9	9	100.0	65.7	3	9	4	2	+7
22	Trae Young T. Young	42	4/9/2021	ATL	vs	CHI	38	8	9	0	0	15	25	60.0	1	6	16.7	11	14	78.6	67.4	0	8	4	1	+20
23	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	42	4/9/1991	DET	@	MIL	39	2	1	0	0	19	24	79.2	1	1	100.0	3	3	100.0	82.9	0	2	3	2
24	Jerry West J. West	42	4/9/1966	LAL	@	STL	42	7	4			18	32	56.3				6	6	100.0	60.6				3
25	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	41	4/9/2022	PHI	vs	IND	37	20	4	2	1	14	17	82.4	2	2	100.0	11	15	73.3	86.9	5	15	5	4	+11

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Mon 11/9	DEN	@	HOU	8:30 PM
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David Thompson has posted the most points in a game on April 9, with 73 points against the Pistons on April 9, 1978.

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