nba players with the most points in a game on may 2nd

Isaiah Thomas has posted the most points in a game on May 2, with 53 points in Game 2 of the 2017 Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Wizards.

	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	Isaiah Thomas I. Thomas	53	5/2/2017	BOS	vs	WAS	45	4	4	3	0	18	33	54.5	5	12	41.7	12	13	92.3	68.4	1	3	2	2	+10
2	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	49	5/2/2021	MIL	vs	BKN	36	8	4	1	3	21	36	58.3	4	8	50.0	3	6	50.0	63.4	1	7	1	2	+5
3	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	47	5/2/1995	PHX	@	POR	46	12	2	2	2	16	26	61.5	4	8	50.0	11	13	84.6	74.1	1	11	4	5
4	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	45	5/2/2022	DAL	@	PHX	44	12	8	0	1	15	30	50.0	4	11	36.4	11	14	78.6	62.2	2	10	5	1	-4
5	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	45	5/2/2003	PHI	@	NOH	47	7	4	2	0	14	30	46.7	4	10	40.0	13	18	72.2	59.3	1	6	2	3	+4
6	Kevin Durant K. Durant	42	5/2/2021	BKN	@	MIL	40	10	2	1	0	16	33	48.5	7	13	53.8	3	4	75.0	60.4	2	8	5	3	-8
7	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	41	5/2/2024	NYK	@	PHI	44	3	12	0	0	13	27	48.1	3	8	37.5	12	16	75.0	60.2	0	3	2	2	+9
8	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	41	5/2/2016	SAS	vs	OKC	43	8	3	0	2	15	21	71.4	1	1	100.0	10	10	100.0	80.7	3	5	0	0	-4
9	John Wall J. Wall	40	5/2/2017	WAS	@	BOS	47	3	13	3	3	16	32	50.0	3	10	30.0	5	7	71.4	57.0	1	2	4	3	-3
10	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	40	5/2/2008	HOU	@	UTA	42	10	5	0	1	13	26	50.0	2	7	28.6	12	18	66.7	59.0	1	9	1	1	-17
11	Chauncey Billups C. Billups	40	5/2/2003	DET	@	ORL	45	4	4	1	0	11	23	47.8	7	14	50.0	11	12	91.7	70.7	0	4	2	3	+17
12	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	40	5/2/1968	BOS	@	LAL	47	10	7			14	28	50.0				12	12	100.0	60.1				4
13	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	39	5/2/2024	PHI	vs	NYK	40	13	2	1	1	12	25	48.0	2	5	40.0	13	13	100.0	63.5	5	8	5	6	-2
14	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	39	5/2/2021	TOR	@	LAL	38	13	4	2	2	15	26	57.7	4	8	50.0	5	7	71.4	67.1	3	10	4	2	+13
15	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	39	5/2/2005	SAS	@	DEN	40	14	1	0	1	13	23	56.5	0	0		13	14	92.9	66.9	1	13	5	6	0
16	Bonzi Wells B. Wells	38	5/2/2006	SAC	@	SAS	46	12	2	1	0	13	20	65.0	3	3	100.0	9	12	75.0	75.2	3	9	3	4	-5
17	Karl Malone K. Malone	38	5/2/1991	UTA	vs	PHX	46	13	4	0	0	13	31	41.9	0	1	0.0	12	16	75.0	49.9	3	10	3	4
18	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	38	5/2/1986	ATL	vs	BOS	39	5	4	2	0	15	27	55.6	1	1	100.0	7	8	87.5	62.3	0	5	2	3
19	Rick Barry R. Barry	38	5/2/1976	GSW	vs	PHX	35	7	3	6	1	17	31	54.8				4	5	80.0	57.2	2	5		4
20	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	37	5/2/2021	TOR	@	LAL	41	2	11	1	0	12	20	60.0	8	13	61.5	5	6	83.3	81.7	0	2	1	4	+7
21	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	37	5/2/2003	ORL	vs	DET	47	11	5	2	0	11	28	39.3	1	6	16.7	14	17	82.4	52.1	2	9	4	3	-13
22	Peja Stojakovic P. Stojakovic	37	5/2/2001	SAC	@	PHX	44	6	0	2	1	10	18	55.6	3	6	50.0	14	14	100.0	76.6	4	2	3	3	+11
23	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	37	5/2/1993	ATL	@	CHI	43	8	5	1	0	13	31	41.9	1	4	25.0	10	12	83.3	51.0	7	1	1	2
24	Larry Bird L. Bird	37	5/2/1984	BOS	vs	NYK	37	11	4	4	2	16	22	72.7	1	1	100.0	4	4	100.0	77.9	4	7	5	3
25	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	37	5/2/1983	DEN	vs	SAS	45	11	4	1	1	17	24	70.8	0	0		3	7	42.9	68.3	1	10	3	1