nba players to score 48 or more points in a game on 20 or less field goal attempts

Kyrie Irving scored 50 points when attempting 20 or fewer shots against the Hornets on March 8, 2022.

Interpreted as:
NBA players to score 48 or more points in a regular-season game on 20 or less field goal attempts
NAMEDATEPTSFGATMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Kyrie Irving
K. Irving
3/8/2022
50
19
BKN BKN
@
CHA CHA
37
3
6
1
1
15
78.9
9
12
75.0
11
13
84.6
101.1
0
3
3
4
+14
2Damian Lillard
D. Lillard
3/16/2021
50
20
POR POR
vs
NOP NOP
41
6
10
0
0
13
65.0
6
13
46.2
18
18
100.0
89.5
1
5
4
3
+9
3James Harden
J. Harden
7/31/2020
49
20
HOU HOU
@
DAL DAL
43
9
8
3
3
14
70.0
3
9
33.3
18
21
85.7
83.8
0
9
1
5
+8
4Willie Burton
W. Burton
12/13/1994
53
19
PHI PHI
vs
MIA MIA
43
8
3
1
2
12
63.2
5
8
62.5
24
28
85.7
84.6
4
4
1
2
5Adrian Dantley
A. Dantley
10/31/1980
50
17
UTA UTA
vs
DAL DAL
41
4
4
2
0
12
70.6
0
0
26
29
89.7
84.0
3
4
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for field-goal attempts going back to the 1982-83 season.

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ORTG

115.4

14th

DRTG

131.8

30th

NETRTG

-16.4

30th

3P%

36.6

14th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
11
Hawks Hawks
1
3
.250
2.5
12
Magic Magic
1
3
.250
2.5
13
Celtics Celtics
1
3
.250
2.5
14
Pacers Pacers
0
3
.000
3.0
15
Nets Nets
0
4
.000
3.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
10/29
ATL ATL
@
BKN BKN
7:30 PM
Sun
11/2
PHI PHI
@
BKN BKN
6:00 PM
Mon
11/3
MIN MIN
@
BKN BKN
7:00 PM
Wed
11/5
BKN BKN
@
IND IND
7:00 PM
Fri
11/7
DET DET
@
BKN BKN
7:30 PM
Last Game
BKN Nets

0 - 4

109

Final

137

HOU Rockets

1 - 2

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NBA 2025-26 Conference Standings

WesternWLPCTGB
1
Spurs Spurs
4
0
1.000
2
Thunder Thunder
4
0
1.000
3
Warriors Warriors
3
1
.750
1.0
4
Jazz Jazz
2
1
.667
1.5
5
Clippers Clippers
2
1
.667
1.5
6
Nuggets Nuggets
2
1
.667
1.5
EasternWLPCTGB
1
Bulls Bulls
3
0
1.000
2
76ers 76ers
3
0
1.000
3
Cavaliers Cavaliers
3
1
.750
0.5
4
Hornets Hornets
2
1
.667
1.0
5
Heat Heat
2
1
.667
1.0
6
Knicks Knicks
2
1
.667
1.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Mon
10/20
HOU HOU
@
OKC OKC
124-125
Mon
10/20
GSW GSW
@
LAL LAL
119-109
Tue
10/21
CLE CLE
@
NYK NYK
111-119
Tue
10/21
BKN BKN
@
CHA CHA
117-136
Tue
10/21
MIA MIA
@
ORL ORL
121-125

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
10/28
LAC LAC
@
GSW GSW
11:00 PM
Wed
10/29
HOU HOU
@
TOR TOR
6:30 PM
Wed
10/29
CLE CLE
@
BOS BOS
7:00 PM
Wed
10/29
ORL ORL
@
DET DET
7:00 PM
Wed
10/29
ATL ATL
@
BKN BKN
7:30 PM