most points scored in one nba game by a player vs houston before 1976

Before 1975-76, 4 players were tied for the most points in a game against the Rockets, with 51 points. The first three are Bob McAdoo on March 18, 1975, Geoff Petrie on March 16, 1973 and on January 20, 1973 and Rick Barry on January 17, 1973.

Interpreted as:

most points scored in one NBA regular-season game by a player vs houston before 1976

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	PF
1	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
2	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
3	Geoff Petrie G. Petrie	51	1/20/1973	POR	@	HOU	42	2	7			19	35	54.3	13	14	92.9	62.0			1
4	Rick Barry R. Barry	51	1/17/1973	GSW		HOU	43	5	7			24	33	72.7	3	4	75.0	73.4			3
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	48	1/25/1973	MIL		HOU	44	24	1			24	32	75.0	0	0		75.0			2
9	Lou Hudson L. Hudson	48	3/11/1970	ATL	vs	SDR	42	7	2			22	33	66.7	4	5	80.0	68.2			4
10	Gail Goodrich G. Goodrich	47	3/9/1969	PHX	vs	SDR	46	8	15			16	32	50.0	15	18	83.3	58.9			3
11	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	45	3/28/1973	BUF		HOU		25				20	36	55.6	5	6	83.3	58.2			5
12	Mahdi Abdul-Rahman M. Abdul-Rahman	45	12/28/1967	SEA	vs	SDR	41	6	8			17	34	50.0	11	13	84.6	56.6			5
13	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	44	3/3/1974	MIL		HOU	53	12	3	4	4	19	33	57.6	6	9	66.7	59.5			5
14	Gail Goodrich G. Goodrich	44	2/5/1974	LAL	@	HOU	50	6	8	2		18	29	62.1	8	10	80.0	65.9	2	4	6
15	Tom Van Arsdale T. Van Arsdale	44	2/13/1972	CIN	@	HOU		5	10			19	31	61.3	6	8	75.0	63.7
16	Connie Hawkins C. Hawkins	44	3/22/1970	PHX	@	SDR	45	20	8			15	30	50.0	14	18	77.8	58.0			5
17	Gus Johnson G. Johnson	44	2/11/1968	BAL	vs	SDR	39	14	3			19	28	67.9	6	8	75.0	69.8			3
18	Bob Love B. Love	43	3/6/1974	CHI	@	HOU	44	10	5	1		18	29	62.1	7	7	100.0	67.0	5	5	2
19	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	43	10/30/1969	NYK	vs	SDR		9	5			14	22	63.6	15	19	78.9	70.8			1
20	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	42	3/22/1975	BUF	vs	HOU		15	4	0	2	18	30	60.0	6	9	66.7	61.8			3
21	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	42	2/25/1973	DET	vs	HOU		21				15	27	55.6	12	16	75.0	61.7			2
22	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	42	11/4/1972	DET		HOU		16				17	33	51.5	8	8	100.0	57.5			3
23	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	42	3/18/1972	MIL	@	HOU		14	8			17	27	63.0	8	12	66.7	65.1			5
24	Gail Goodrich G. Goodrich	42	12/8/1971	LAL	@	HOU	42	8	3			16	29	55.2	10	12	83.3	61.3			3
25	Jack Marin J. Marin	42	11/7/1971	BAL	@	HOU	45	8	2			18	28	64.3	6	7	85.7	67.6			0