most points scored in a loss by a player 2017

Devin Booker put up the most points in a loss in 2016-17, with 70 points versus the Celtics on March 24, 2017.

Interpreted as:

most points scored in a regular-season loss by a player 2017

	NAME	PTS	L	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Devin Booker D. Booker	70	1	3/24/2017	PHX	@	BOS	45	8	6	3	1	21	40	52.5	4	11	36.4	24	26	92.3	68.0	2	6	5	3	-6
2	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	58	1	3/7/2017	OKC	vs	POR	36	3	9	3	1	21	39	53.8	3	9	33.3	13	16	81.3	63.0	1	2	4	4	+7
3	John Wall J. Wall	52	1	12/6/2016	WAS	vs	ORL	42	4	8	3	0	18	31	58.1	5	8	62.5	11	14	78.6	70.0	1	3	4	3	-1
4	Anthony Davis A. Davis	50	1	10/26/2016	NOP	vs	DEN	41	15	5	5	4	17	34	50.0	0	2	0.0	16	17	94.1	60.3	1	14	3	4	-3
5	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	49	1	1/23/2017	CLE	@	NOP	42	2	4	2	1	15	28	53.6	8	14	57.1	11	11	100.0	74.6	0	2	0	4	+12
6	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	49	1	1/5/2017	OKC	@	HOU	38	8	5	2	0	16	34	47.1	8	15	53.3	9	11	81.8	63.1	1	7	5	2	+2
7	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	48	1	3/3/2017	OKC	@	PHX	38	17	9	3	0	14	30	46.7	3	12	25.0	17	18	94.4	63.3	1	16	4	4	+10
8	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	47	1	2/11/2017	OKC	vs	GSW	37	11	8	1	0	14	26	53.8	3	10	30.0	16	18	88.9	69.3	1	10	11	5	-13
9	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	47	1	11/30/2016	MIN	vs	NYK	42	18	2	1	3	15	22	68.2	0	3	0.0	17	20	85.0	76.3	3	15	4	2	+7
10	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	46	1	1/30/2017	SAC	@	PHI	32	15	5	1	1	11	16	68.8	4	6	66.7	20	22	90.9	89.6	4	11	8	6	-6
11	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	46	1	12/19/2016	OKC	vs	ATL	35	11	7	1	0	16	33	48.5	3	10	30.0	11	13	84.6	59.4	2	9	4	2	-2
12	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	45	1	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
13	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	45	1	3/2/2017	OKC	@	POR	37	7	4	1	1	12	36	33.3	6	16	37.5	15	15	100.0	52.8	2	5	4	0	-7
14	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	45	1	1/29/2017	NYK	@	ATL	46	6	4	0	1	18	36	50.0	3	9	33.3	6	7	85.7	57.6	0	6	3	6	-3
15	Anthony Davis A. Davis	45	1	10/28/2016	NOP	vs	GSW	40	17	3	2	2	17	31	54.8	1	2	50.0	10	14	71.4	60.5	6	11	1	2	-3
16	Paul George P. George	43	1	4/2/2017	IND	@	CLE	48	9	9	3	1	16	33	48.5	6	16	37.5	5	7	71.4	59.6	0	9	3	5	+17
17	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	42	1	1/21/2017	SAC	@	CHI	35	14	3	1	2	16	28	57.1	2	7	28.6	8	9	88.9	65.7	2	12	2	4	-6
18	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	41	1	4/9/2017	MIN	@	LAL	38	2	1	0	0	13	26	50.0	2	5	40.0	13	14	92.9	63.7	1	1	2	2	+2
19	Anthony Davis A. Davis	41	1	4/4/2017	NOP	vs	DEN	41	5	0	1	4	18	31	58.1	2	5	40.0	3	3	100.0	63.4	2	3	0	3	+9
20	John Wall J. Wall	41	1	3/29/2017	WAS	@	LAC	39	7	8	3	0	16	23	69.6	1	3	33.3	8	11	72.7	73.6	2	5	6	5	-9
21	James Harden J. Harden	41	1	3/17/2017	HOU	@	NOP	40	14	11	2	0	12	21	57.1	4	10	40.0	13	14	92.9	75.5	2	12	5	2	-12
22	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	41	1	2/14/2017	MIN	vs	CLE	41	3	2	1	0	16	29	55.2	4	8	50.0	5	6	83.3	64.8	1	2	0	1	-9
23	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	41	1	2/10/2017	MIL	vs	LAL	42	8	6	2	3	11	20	55.0	1	6	16.7	18	21	85.7	70.1	1	7	5	3	-8
24	Bradley Beal B. Beal	41	1	2/6/2017	WAS	vs	CLE	45	5	8	0	0	16	28	57.1	6	14	42.9	3	3	100.0	69.9	0	5	0	1	-7
25	James Harden J. Harden	41	1	2/2/2017	HOU	vs	ATL	39	8	8	4	0	10	23	43.5	5	12	41.7	16	21	76.2	63.6	2	6	4	3	+1