nba who scored the most points on may 17th in one game

Dirk Nowitzki has posted the most points in a game on May 17, with 48 points in Game 1 of the 2011 Western Conference Finals versus the Thunder.

	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	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	48	5/17/2011	DAL	vs	OKC	41	6	4	0	4	12	15	80.0	0	0		24	24	100.0	93.9	0	6	2	3	+12
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	42	5/17/1992	CHI	vs	NYK	42	6	4	2	3	15	29	51.7	0	0		12	13	92.3	60.5	3	3	5	3
3	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	41	5/17/2022	MIA	vs	BOS	41	9	5	4	3	12	19	63.2	0	2	0.0	17	18	94.4	76.2	5	4	2	3	+25
4	Kevin Durant K. Durant	40	5/17/2011	OKC	@	DAL	42	8	5	1	2	10	18	55.6	2	5	40.0	18	19	94.7	75.9	0	8	3	3	-1
5	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	40	5/17/2010	LAL	vs	PHX	35	5	5	1	0	13	23	56.5	3	6	50.0	11	12	91.7	70.7	0	5	2	1	+22
6	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	39	5/17/2005	SAS	vs	SEA	36	4	6	2	0	10	15	66.7	4	6	66.7	15	17	88.2	86.7	2	2	1	5	+17
7	LeBron James L. James	38	5/17/2017	CLE	@	BOS	42	9	7	2	0	14	24	58.3	1	6	16.7	9	11	81.8	65.9	2	7	2	2	+17
8	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	36	5/17/2006	SAS	vs	DAL	44	12	4	1	3	13	19	68.4	0	0		10	15	66.7	70.3	4	8	3	2	+3
9	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	35	5/17/2023	MIA	@	BOS	43	5	7	6	0	12	25	48.0	2	4	50.0	9	10	90.0	59.5	3	2	3	4	+5
10	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	35	5/17/1999	PHI	@	IND	45	9	1	2	0	13	26	50.0	1	6	16.7	8	9	88.9	58.4	5	4	2	3	-6
11	Kevin McHale K. McHale	34	5/17/1991	BOS	@	DET	46	8	3	0	0	11	19	57.9	1	1	100.0	11	14	78.6	67.6	1	7	2	5
12	Julius Erving J. Erving	34	5/17/1977	PHI	@	HOU	45	9	6		1	15	24	62.5				4	5	80.0	64.9				2
13	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	33	5/17/2001	MIL	@	CHA	42	4	11	2	0	10	16	62.5	0	0		13	15	86.7	73.0	1	3	3	4	+4
14	Danny Schayes D. Schayes	33	5/17/1988	DEN	vs	DAL	34	13	1	0	0	11	16	68.8	0	0		11	14	78.6	74.5	5	8	3	4
15	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	33	5/17/1979	SEA	vs	PHX	45	11	2	0	1	10	18	55.6				13	15	86.7	67.1	4	7	3	5
16	Kevin Love K. Love	32	5/17/2017	CLE	@	BOS	34	12	0	1	1	9	16	56.3	6	9	66.7	8	9	88.9	80.2	1	11	2	3	+18
17	LeBron James L. James	32	5/17/2006	CLE	@	DET	47	5	5	2	1	13	30	43.3	1	4	25.0	5	7	71.4	48.4	3	2	2	3	+2
18	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	32	5/17/1991	DET	vs	BOS	45	3	10	0	0	14	25	56.0	3	5	60.0	1	3	33.3	60.8	1	2	1	2
19	Larry Bird L. Bird	32	5/17/1984	BOS	vs	MIL	43	13	7	3	1	9	17	52.9	0	0		14	14	100.0	69.1	1	12	5	4
20	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	31	5/17/2024	NYK	@	IND	38	1	5	0	0	11	26	42.3	3	8	37.5	6	9	66.7	51.7	0	1	1	2	-11
21	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	31	5/17/2019	TOR	@	MIL	38	8	2	0	1	10	18	55.6	1	4	25.0	10	10	100.0	69.2	1	7	2	4	-19
22	James Harden J. Harden	31	5/17/2015	HOU	vs	LAC	43	7	8	3	1	7	20	35.0	2	7	28.6	15	18	83.3	55.5	0	7	7	1	+12
23	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	31	5/17/2006	DAL	@	SAS	44	10	4	2	0	13	22	59.1	1	2	50.0	4	4	100.0	65.2	1	9	4	4	0
24	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	31	5/17/1998	CHI	vs	IND	41	6	1	5	0	11	28	39.3	0	0		9	10	90.0	47.8	2	4	1	1	+9
25	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	31	5/17/1993	CHI	@	CLE	40	9	6	2	1	11	24	45.8	2	2	100.0	7	9	77.8	55.4	3	6	4	2