most points scored in nba game by a player vs houston

Damian Lillard has the most points in a game against the Rockets, with 71 points on February 26, 2023.

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most points scored in NBA regular-season game by a player vs houston

	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	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	71	2/26/2023	POR	vs	HOU	39	6	6	0	0	22	38	57.9	13	22	59.1	14	14	100.0	80.4	1	5	2	0	+21
2	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	58	1/15/2002	PHI	vs	HOU	50	2	6	2	0	21	42	50.0	2	3	66.7	14	14	100.0	60.2	0	2	6	2	+8
3	Alex English A. English	54	11/19/1985	DEN	vs	HOU	37	4	1	0	0	21	30	70.0	0	0		12	12	100.0	76.5	1	3	1	3
4	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	53	3/30/2007	LAL	vs	HOU	48	2	2	0	0	19	44	43.2	3	9	33.3	12	14	85.7	52.8	1	1	3	2	+1
5	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	53	12/15/2006	LAL	vs	HOU	54	10	8	2	1	17	38	44.7	5	8	62.5	14	16	87.5	58.8	0	10	5	1	+20
6	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	53	12/2/2004	DAL	vs	HOU	49	16	2	3	4	15	32	46.9	2	5	40.0	21	22	95.5	63.6	4	12	1	2	+12
7	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	52	2/18/2003	LAL	vs	HOU	54	8	7	0	3	19	38	50.0	3	9	33.3	11	11	100.0	60.7	0	8	5	4	+13
8	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	51	3/3/2025	OKC	vs	HOU	36	5	7	1	1	18	30	60.0	5	9	55.6	10	10	100.0	74.1	2	3	2	1	+6
9	Corey Brewer C. Brewer	51	4/11/2014	MIN	vs	HOU	45	2	1	6	1	19	30	63.3	2	6	33.3	11	15	73.3	69.7	1	1	2	4	+4
10	Phil Smith P. Smith	51	12/11/1976	GSW	vs	HOU	43	1	3	0	0	18	27	66.7				15	20	75.0	71.2	1	0		3
11	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	51	3/18/1975	BUF	@	HOU		20	6	4	2	22	31	71.0				7	9	77.8	72.9				4
12	Geoff Petrie G. Petrie	51	3/16/1973	POR	vs	HOU	40	4	5			19	28	67.9				13	16	81.3	72.8				1
13	Geoff Petrie G. Petrie	51	1/20/1973	POR	@	HOU	42	2	7			19	35	54.3				13	14	92.9	62.0				1
14	Rick Barry R. Barry	51	1/17/1973	GSW		HOU	43	5	7			24	33	72.7				3	4	75.0	73.4				3
15	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	51	11/18/1972	KCO	vs	HOU	48	1	14			17	34	50.0				17	18	94.4	60.8				4
16	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	50	12/23/2022	DAL	@	HOU	42	8	10	3	0	17	30	56.7	6	12	50.0	10	12	83.3	70.9	0	8	7	3	0
17	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	50	2/7/2011	DEN	vs	HOU	39	11	0	1	3	16	24	66.7	2	3	66.7	16	18	88.9	78.3	1	10	4	2	-3
18	Dana Barros D. Barros	50	3/14/1995	PHI	vs	HOU	42	6	8	2	0	21	26	80.8	6	8	75.0	2	2	100.0	93.0	2	4	4	2
19	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	49	1/5/2023	UTA	@	HOU	36	8	1	0	1	15	27	55.6	6	15	40.0	13	13	100.0	74.9	1	7	0	0	+16
20	Ja Morant J. Morant	49	10/21/2022	MEM	@	HOU	31	4	8	1	2	17	26	65.4	5	6	83.3	10	13	76.9	77.2	3	1	3	2	+23
21	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	49	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
22	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	49	12/21/1985	ATL	vs	HOU	47	11	1	3	0	19	32	59.4	1	2	50.0	10	10	100.0	67.3	4	7	2	1
23	Cazzie Russell C. Russell	49	12/11/1973	GSW	vs	HOU	41	6	0	0		22	43	51.2				5	6	83.3	53.7	6	0		1
24	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	49	2/13/1973	KCO	vs	HOU	47	2	10			22	33	66.7				5	5	100.0	69.6				4
25	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	48	4/7/2024	DAL	vs	HOU	45	7	2	1	0	15	25	60.0	3	8	37.5	15	17	88.2	73.9	0	7	2	1	+21