nowitzki most points scored in an nba game

Dirk Nowitzki had his most points in a game against the Rockets on December 2, 2004, with 53 points.

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	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	53	12/2/2004	DAL	vs	HOU	49	16	2	3	4	15	32	46.9	2	5	40.0	21	22	95.5	63.6	4	12	1	2	+12
2	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	51	3/23/2006	DAL	vs	GSW	41	9	5	2	1	16	24	66.7	3	4	75.0	16	17	94.1	81.0	3	6	5	3	+3
3	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	46	12/13/2008	DAL	vs	OKC	40	8	4	0	2	17	30	56.7	2	4	50.0	10	10	100.0	66.9	1	7	5	2	+6
4	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	44	2/7/2009	DAL	vs	CHI	44	9	1	2	3	16	34	47.1	1	2	50.0	11	11	100.0	56.6	2	7	2	2	0
5	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	44	1/13/2009	DAL	@	DEN	42	14	0	1	0	15	26	57.7	2	6	33.3	12	12	100.0	70.3	2	12	1	3	+7
6	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	43	1/12/2007	DAL	@	IND	44	12	2	0	0	13	24	54.2	2	4	50.0	15	18	83.3	67.4	3	9	3	1	+18
7	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	43	1/27/2004	DAL	@	SEA	41	4	2	2	1	16	22	72.7	8	11	72.7	3	5	60.0	88.8	1	3	5	1	-1
8	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	42	11/23/2010	DAL	vs	DET	40	12	1	0	2	13	23	56.5	3	3	100.0	13	16	81.3	69.9	5	7	1	4	+9
9	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	41	11/18/2009	DAL	vs	SAS	45	12	0	0	1	15	29	51.7	1	1	100.0	10	12	83.3	59.8	3	9	0	3	+4
10	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	41	2/27/2009	DAL	vs	OKC	46	9	2	0	0	16	30	53.3	1	3	33.3	8	10	80.0	59.6	1	8	3	0	+3
11	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	41	11/11/2004	DAL	@	MIA	42	10	4	0	2	12	24	50.0	4	7	57.1	13	13	100.0	69.0	1	9	2	2	+30
12	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	40	3/20/2016	DAL	vs	POR	39	8	4	2	0	16	26	61.5	3	5	60.0	5	5	100.0	70.9	0	8	2	5	+7
13	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	40	1/11/2014	DAL	vs	NOP	33	4	4	2	0	10	20	50.0	5	9	55.6	15	16	93.8	74.0	0	4	1	2	+11
14	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	40	4/16/2012	DAL	@	UTA	53	9	6	0	0	13	26	50.0	2	7	28.6	12	12	100.0	63.9	1	8	3	4	+8
15	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	40	3/3/2012	DAL	vs	UTA	29	6	0	1	0	14	21	66.7	3	8	37.5	9	10	90.0	78.7	1	5	4	2	+8
16	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	40	4/9/2010	DAL	@	POR	42	10	0	1	0	11	24	45.8	1	2	50.0	17	17	100.0	63.5	2	8	3	2	0
17	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	40	11/3/2009	DAL	vs	UTA	39	11	5	2	5	12	22	54.5	1	3	33.3	15	16	93.8	68.9	2	9	0	2	+23
18	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	40	2/7/2004	DAL	vs	DET	42	8	3	4	1	15	24	62.5	3	4	75.0	7	8	87.5	72.7	0	8	2	3	+10
19	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	40	12/30/2002	DAL	vs	MIL	47	14	5	2	1	12	25	48.0	2	6	33.3	14	16	87.5	62.4	4	10	2	1	-3
20	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	40	1/15/2002	DAL	@	ATL	48	11	1	1	1	12	22	54.5	6	15	40.0	10	13	76.9	72.2	0	11	0	2	+9
21	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	39	4/10/2010	DAL	@	SAC	37	7	2	0	0	12	20	60.0	2	2	100.0	13	13	100.0	75.8	2	5	2	1	+15
22	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	39	1/17/2009	DAL	vs	UTA	40	8	2	0	1	16	20	80.0	0	0		7	8	87.5	82.9	1	7	5	2	+20
23	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	39	12/4/2008	DAL	vs	PHX	38	9	2	0	1	17	25	68.0	2	3	66.7	3	3	100.0	74.1	2	7	2	3	+15
24	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	39	11/16/2008	DAL	@	NYK	44	15	4	1	1	13	27	48.1	1	1	100.0	12	12	100.0	60.4	2	13	0	1	+13
25	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	39	1/2/2005	DAL	vs	MIL	46	5	6	1	2	14	25	56.0	4	7	57.1	7	9	77.8	67.3	1	4	4	1	+26

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Dirk Nowitzki had his most points in a game against the Rockets on December 2, 2004, with 53 points.

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