nba most points in a single game off the bench before 1980

Before 1979-80, Cazzie Russell posted the most points by a player off the bench in a game, with 46 points on March 24, 1974 and on November 10, 1973.

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NBA most points by a player in a single regular-season game off the bench before 1980

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Cazzie Russell C. Russell	46	3/24/1974	GSW	@	PHX	40	2	5	2	1	21	38	55.3	4	4	100.0	57.8	1	1		1
2	Cazzie Russell C. Russell	46	11/10/1973	GSW	vs	BUF	37	6	5	1		20	33	60.6	6	7	85.7	63.7	1	5		4
3	Fred Brown F. Brown	42	12/30/1976	SEA	@	CLE	37	1	2	1	0	19	25	76.0	4	5	80.0	77.2	0	1		4
4	John Drew J. Drew	42	1/11/1976	ATL	vs	POR	41	10	2	2	1	12	25	48.0	18	19	94.7	62.9	5	5		4
5	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	42	11/28/1973	ATL	vs	BUF			10			12			18	18	100.0
6	Nate Williams N. Williams	41	4/10/1977	NOJ	vs	DEN	39	6	5	3	0	15	24	62.5	11	12	91.7	70.0	5	1		5
7	Cazzie Russell C. Russell	41	10/26/1973	GSW	@	SEA	36	6	2	0		17	33	51.5	7	8	87.5	56.1	1	5		4
8	Geoff Petrie G. Petrie	38	10/24/1970	POR	@	SFW	32	5	6			16	30	53.3	6	7	85.7	57.4				1
9	Junior Bridgeman J. Bridgeman	37	4/1/1979	MIL	vs	POR	35	7	3	1	0	15	22	68.2	7	10	70.0	70.1	3	4	1	2
10	Billy Knight B. Knight	37	10/18/1978	BOS	@	ATL	37	6	0	2	0	14	16	87.5	9	12	75.0	86.9	1	5	6	4
11	Robert Hawkins R. Hawkins	37	2/6/1977	NYN	@	CLE	32	3	0	0	0	15	20	75.0	7	13	53.8	71.9	2	1		4
12	Fred Brown F. Brown	37	3/17/1976	SEA	vs	BUF	34	4	0			15	33	45.5	7	8	87.5	50.7				3
13	Mike Newlin M. Newlin	37	1/5/1975	HOU	@	KCO		5	5	1	0	14	20	70.0	9	9	100.0	77.2				3
14	Cazzie Russell C. Russell	37	2/19/1974	GSW	@	CLE	40	6	3	1	1	15	32	46.9	7	8	87.5	52.1	2	4		3
15	Mo Layton M. Layton	37	2/27/1972	PHX	@	CLE	29	0	3			14	19	73.7	9	9	100.0	80.6				4
16	Don Nelson D. Nelson	36	3/14/1971	BOS	vs	CHI	37	5	4			15	22	68.2	6	7	85.7	71.8				1
17	Scott Wedman S. Wedman	35	11/11/1978	KCK	@	DEN	37	8	4	1	0	12	19	63.2	11	16	68.8	67.2	7	1	2	6
18	Campy Russell C. Russell	35	12/30/1975	CLE	vs	KCK	40	14	6	3	0	16	29	55.2	3	3	100.0	57.7	7	7		1
19	Charlie Scott C. Scott	35	2/6/1975	PHX	vs	SEA	31	5	4	0	0	16	27	59.3	3	4	75.0	60.8	1	4		4
20	Cazzie Russell C. Russell	35	3/15/1974	GSW	@	LAL	40	3	2	2	0	16	32	50.0	3	3	100.0	52.5	2	1		3
21	Geoff Petrie G. Petrie	35	12/3/1971	POR	vs	GSW	35	2	6			16	28	57.1	3	4	75.0	58.8				1
22	Ray Williams R. Williams	34	3/24/1979	NYK	vs	CHI	38	5	9	0	2	13	25	52.0	8	8	100.0	59.6	1	4	4	6
23	Steve Mix S. Mix	34	11/11/1978	PHI	vs	DET	27	11	3			13	21	61.9	8	10	80.0	66.9				1
24	Julius Erving J. Erving	34	10/29/1977	PHI	@	GSW	27	6	3	1	1	13	22	59.1	8	9	88.9	65.5	1	5	4	2
25	Jack Marin J. Marin	34	2/17/1976	CHI	vs	PHX	37	6	1	2	0	14	23	60.9	6	6	100.0	66.3	1	5		3