George Yardley scored the most points in a game in 1957-58, with 52 points versus the Syracuse Nationals on February 4, 1958.
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most points scored in a single regular-season game by a player in 1958| NAME | PTS | DATE | TM | OPP | MIN | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- | |||
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| 1 |  | G. Yardley | 52 | 2/4/1958 | vs | 20 | 18 | 31 | 58.1 | 16 | 16 | 100.0 | 68.3 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | | G. Yardley | 51 | 1/15/1958 | @ | 47 | 19 | 17 | 33 | 51.5 | 17 | 19 | 89.5 | 61.7 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 3 |  | B. Pettit | 51 | 12/21/1957 | 18 | 27 | 66.7 | 15 | 20 | 75.0 | 71.2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | | G. Yardley | 49 | 3/6/1958 | @ | 19 | 33 | 57.6 | 11 | 15 | 73.3 | 61.9 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | | G. Yardley | 48 | 2/18/1958 | vs | 16 | 29 | 55.2 | 16 | 19 | 84.2 | 64.2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | | G. Yardley | 48 | 12/26/1957 | @ | 14 | 32 | 43.8 | 20 | 24 | 83.3 | 56.4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | | B. Pettit | 45 | 11/1/1957 | @ | 14 | 14 | 33 | 42.4 | 17 | 21 | 81.0 | 53.3 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | | G. Yardley | 44 | 2/25/1958 | 18 | 29 | 62.1 | 8 | 10 | 80.0 | 65.9 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| 9 | | G. Yardley | 44 | 1/23/1958 | @ | 15 | 33 | 45.5 | 14 | 14 | 100.0 | 56.2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 |  | B. Sharman | 44 | 12/26/1957 | vs | 39 | 4 | 17 | 37 | 45.9 | 10 | 11 | 90.9 | 52.6 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | | G. Yardley | 43 | 2/19/1958 | @ | 17 | 27 | 63.0 | 9 | 10 | 90.0 | 68.5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 12 | | B. Pettit | 43 | 12/11/1957 | 22 | 18 | 29 | 62.1 | 7 | 11 | 63.6 | 63.5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 13 |  | J. Kerr | 42 | 12/20/1957 | @ | 17 | 16 | 25 | 64.0 | 10 | 15 | 66.7 | 66.5 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 14 | | G. Yardley | 41 | 2/27/1958 | 27 | 2 | 17 | 30 | 56.7 | 7 | 9 | 77.8 | 60.4 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 15 |  | C. Hagan | 41 | 2/4/1958 | @ | 10 | 18 | 31 | 58.1 | 5 | 6 | 83.3 | 60.9 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 16 | | B. Sharman | 41 | 12/21/1957 | vs | 32 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 69.6 | 9 | 9 | 100.0 | 76.0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 17 | | G. Yardley | 41 | 10/26/1957 | vs | 15 | 11 | 19 | 57.9 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 18 | | B. Pettit | 40 | 1/18/1958 | vs | 12 | 16 | 18 | 88.9 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 19 | | C. Hagan | 40 | 12/15/1957 | @ | 16 | 31 | 51.6 | 8 | 10 | 80.0 | 56.5 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 20 | | C. Hagan | 40 | 11/23/1957 | vs | 18 | 27 | 66.7 | 4 | 8 | 50.0 | 65.5 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 21 | | B. Pettit | 39 | 3/7/1958 | vs | 25 | 15 | 27 | 55.6 | 9 | 13 | 69.2 | 59.6 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 22 |  | B. Cousy | 39 | 1/29/1958 | vs | 41 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 35 | 48.6 | 5 | 6 | 83.3 | 51.8 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 23 |  | D. Garmaker | 39 | 1/26/1958 | vs | 16 | 30 | 53.3 | 7 | 8 | 87.5 | 58.2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | | B. Sharman | 39 | 1/9/1958 | 16 | 19 | 84.2 | 7 | 7 | 100.0 | 88.3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| 25 | | G. Yardley | 39 | 12/1/1957 | @ | 15 | 9 | 12 | 75.0 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
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