most points scored in a single game by a jazz player who scored 38 points or fewer before 1980

Before 1979-80, Truck Robinson, Gail Goodrich and Pete Maravich were tied for the most points for the New Orleans Jazz in a game with 38 or fewer points, with 38 points.

Interpreted as:

most points scored in a single regular-season game by a jazz player who scored 38 points or fewer before 1980

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Truck Robinson T. Robinson	38	12/29/1978	NOJ	@	GSW	42	11	2	1	1	14	20	70.0	10	12	83.3	75.2	2	9	2	2
2	Gail Goodrich G. Goodrich	38	3/31/1978	NOJ	vs	NYK	44	3	7			15	23	65.2	8	8	100.0	71.6				3
3	Truck Robinson T. Robinson	38	3/3/1978	NOJ	@	BOS	46	6	1			16	28	57.1	6	8	75.0	60.3				2
4	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	38	1/5/1978	NOJ	@	MIL	45	4	8	0	1	13	24	54.2	12	12	100.0	64.9				5
5	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	38	1/3/1978	NOJ	vs	IND	46	9	9	4	0	16	31	51.6	6	7	85.7	55.8				3
6	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	38	2/23/1977	NOJ	vs	MIL	44	12	9	0	0	12	35	34.3	14	18	77.8	44.3				4
7	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	38	1/23/1977	NOJ	vs	NYK	48	8	9			15	30	50.0	8	11	72.7	54.5				3
8	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	38	1/2/1977	NOJ	@	ATL	48	6	7	0		14	34	41.2	10	11	90.9	48.9				1
9	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	38	12/1/1976	NOJ	vs	MIL	41	6	5	0	1	16	33	48.5	6	8	75.0	52.0				0
10	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	38	4/7/1976	NOJ	@	PHI	44	5	4			13	23	56.5	12	13	92.3	66.2				3
11	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	38	3/28/1976	NOJ	vs	PHI	45	5	7			14	25	56.0	10	10	100.0	64.6				6
12	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	38	2/23/1975	NOJ	vs	HOU		7	11	2		13	21	61.9	12	14	85.7	70.0				1
13	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	38	1/10/1975	NOJ	vs	HOU		11	8			15	31	48.4	8	11	72.7	53.0				6
14	Jim McElroy J. McElroy	37	2/21/1979	NOJ	vs	SEA	45	5	5			14	25	56.0	9	10	90.0	62.9	2	3		1
15	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	37	12/1/1978	NOJ	vs	WAS	40	4	4			15	30	50.0	7	8	87.5	55.2				3
16	Truck Robinson T. Robinson	37	10/25/1978	NOJ	@	KCK	44	13	2	0		13	28	46.4	11	17	64.7	52.1				3
17	Truck Robinson T. Robinson	37	10/19/1978	NOJ	vs	BOS	46	18	2	1	3	12	24	50.0	13	15	86.7	60.5	1	17	3	4
18	Truck Robinson T. Robinson	37	2/15/1978	NOJ	@	MIL	46	11	5	0	0	17	29	58.6	3	10	30.0	55.4			2	2
19	Truck Robinson T. Robinson	37	10/28/1977	NOJ	vs	PHX	48	25	2	1	2	13	19	68.4	11	15	73.3	72.3	2	23	6	4
20	Jim McElroy J. McElroy	37	3/27/1977	NOJ	@	IND	53	5	10			15	25	60.0	7	8	87.5	64.9				1
21	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	37	1/8/1977	NOJ	@	GSW	44	9	8	0	0	14	30	46.7	9	9	100.0	54.5	4	5		4
22	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	37	11/23/1976	NOJ	vs	GSW	42	12	8	1	0	14	26	53.8	9	9	100.0	61.7	2	10		3
23	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	37	3/9/1976	NOJ	@	BOS	41	11	10			13	24	54.2	11	11	100.0	64.1				2
24	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	37	1/28/1976	NOJ	vs	BUF		1	5			14	28	50.0	9	14	64.3	54.2				4
25	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	37	1/8/1976	NOJ	@	KCK	45	6	3	0	1	14	25	56.0	9	11	81.8	62.0				4