most points scored in an nba game on may 18

Jayson Tatum has scored the most points in a game on May 18, with 50 points against the Wizards on May 18, 2021.

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most points by a player scored in an NBA game on may 18

	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	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	50	5/18/2021	BOS	vs	WAS	41	8	4	1	2	14	32	43.8	5	12	41.7	17	17	100.0	63.3	2	6	2	1	+25
2	LeBron James L. James	45	5/18/2008	CLE	@	BOS	47	5	6	2	0	14	29	48.3	3	11	27.3	14	19	73.7	60.2	1	4	2	4	0
3	George Gervin G. Gervin	42	5/18/1979	SAS	@	WAS	43	6	1	3	1	16	31	51.6				10	13	76.9	57.2			3	4
4	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	41	5/18/2026	SAS	@	OKC	49	24	3	1	3	14	25	56.0	1	2	50.0	12	13	92.3	66.7	9	15	3	4	+16
5	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	41	5/18/2008	BOS	vs	CLE	44	4	5	2	0	13	23	56.5	4	6	66.7	11	12	91.7	72.5	1	3	4	4	+10
6	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	39	5/18/2013	NYK	@	IND	42	7	2	0	0	15	29	51.7	1	4	25.0	8	8	100.0	60.0	2	5	3	5	-8
7	Vince Carter V. Carter	39	5/18/2001	TOR	vs	PHI	43	5	5	4	1	17	31	54.8	4	8	50.0	1	2	50.0	61.2	3	2	0	3	+21
8	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	38	5/18/2007	PHX	@	SAS	41	12	0	0	4	14	28	50.0	1	1	100.0	9	10	90.0	58.6	5	7	0	2	-6
9	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	38	5/18/1997	MIA	vs	NYK	45	3	7	5	0	12	20	60.0	6	10	60.0	8	10	80.0	77.9	0	3	6	1	+16
10	Jamal Murray J. Murray	37	5/18/2023	DEN	vs	LAL	43	10	5	4	0	11	24	45.8	6	14	42.9	9	10	90.0	65.1	2	8	3	1	+8
11	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	37	5/18/1997	NYK	@	MIA	44	17	4	0	2	17	27	63.0	0	1	0.0	3	3	100.0	65.3	6	11	2	2	-8
12	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	37	5/18/1979	WAS	vs	SAS	45	9	5	1	0	16	31	51.6				5	8	62.5	53.6			3	4
13	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	36	5/18/2024	OKC	@	DAL	43	3	8	0	2	14	25	56.0	4	5	80.0	4	7	57.1	64.1	0	3	0	3	0
14	Stephen Curry S. Curry	36	5/18/2019	GSW	@	POR	37	6	3	0	0	11	26	42.3	6	16	37.5	8	9	88.9	60.1	0	6	5	3	+19
15	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	36	5/18/2012	LAL	vs	OKC	39	7	6	2	0	9	25	36.0	0	1	0.0	18	18	100.0	54.7	2	5	2	4	+11
16	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	36	5/18/1993	PHX	vs	SAS	44	12	3	0	1	11	16	68.8	1	1	100.0	13	15	86.7	79.6	5	7	3	4
17	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	35	5/18/2025	OKC	vs	DEN	36	3	4	3	1	12	19	63.2	3	4	75.0	8	9	88.9	76.2	0	3	0	2	+32
18	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	35	5/18/1986	HOU	vs	LAL	42	8	1	0	4	11	23	47.8	0	0		13	20	65.0	55.0	6	2	0	3
19	Shawn Marion S. Marion	34	5/18/2006	PHX	@	LAC	43	9	1	6	1	13	22	59.1	4	7	57.1	4	4	100.0	71.5	4	5	1	2	-16
20	Steve Nash S. Nash	34	5/18/2005	PHX	vs	DAL	42	13	12	1	0	13	26	50.0	2	5	40.0	6	6	100.0	59.4	0	13	5	0	+4
21	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	34	5/18/2005	DAL	@	PHX	41	10	1	3	1	11	22	50.0	1	3	33.3	11	14	78.6	60.4	2	8	2	4	-2
22	Allan Houston A. Houston	34	5/18/1999	NYK	@	ATL	35	4	4	1	0	13	20	65.0	0	3	0.0	8	8	100.0	72.3	0	4	1	3	+4
23	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	34	5/18/1995	PHX	@	HOU	43	14	3	3	1	12	22	54.5	2	5	40.0	8	10	80.0	64.4	3	11	1	0
24	Walter Davis W. Davis	34	5/18/1984	PHX	vs	LAL	43	4	4	2	0	12	22	54.5	0	0		10	11	90.9	63.3	0	4	5	4
25	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	33	5/18/2007	SAS	vs	PHX	36	11	6	4	0	11	17	64.7	4	7	57.1	7	9	77.8	78.7	4	7	3	4	+12

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