what nba player has scored the most points in a game on may 24

Damian Lillard has posted the most points in a game on May 24, with 42 points in Game 2 of the 2021 First Round versus the Nuggets.

	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	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	42	5/24/2021	POR	@	DEN	42	4	10	0	1	11	24	45.8	9	16	56.3	11	13	84.6	70.7	0	4	3	1	-16
2	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	41	5/24/2012	MIA	@	IND	39	10	3	2	0	17	25	68.0	0	0		7	8	87.5	71.9	2	8	5	3	+4
3	LeBron James L. James	41	5/24/2009	CLE	@	ORL	42	7	9	2	1	11	28	39.3	1	8	12.5	18	24	75.0	53.2	0	7	2	3	-12
4	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	41	5/24/1995	HOU	@	SAS	41	16	4	3	2	18	31	58.1	0	0		5	6	83.3	60.9	4	12	4	5
5	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	38	5/24/2021	DEN	vs	POR	31	8	5	1	0	15	20	75.0	2	4	50.0	6	6	100.0	83.9	3	5	4	5	+12
6	Ray Allen R. Allen	38	5/24/2001	MIL	@	PHI	43	6	6	0	1	15	24	62.5	7	11	63.6	1	2	50.0	76.4	1	5	0	2	+24
7	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	38	5/24/1998	LAL	vs	UTA	39	7	1	1	1	14	24	58.3	0	0		10	18	55.6	59.5	3	4	0	4	+1
8	LeBron James L. James	37	5/24/2015	CLE	vs	ATL	47	18	13	3	0	14	37	37.8	1	6	16.7	8	10	80.0	44.7	8	10	6	4	-3
9	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	37	5/24/2005	PHX	vs	SAS	42	8	2	1	0	14	23	60.9	0	0		9	10	90.0	67.5	4	4	5	3	-5
10	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	36	5/24/2016	OKC	vs	GSW	41	11	11	4	0	12	27	44.4	4	8	50.0	8	8	100.0	59.0	5	6	6	1	+26
11	LeBron James L. James	36	5/24/2013	MIA	vs	IND	45	8	3	3	1	14	20	70.0	3	7	42.9	5	7	71.4	78.0	4	4	5	3	-7
12	LeBron James L. James	35	5/24/2011	MIA	vs	CHI	49	6	6	2	2	11	26	42.3	0	1	0.0	13	13	100.0	55.2	2	4	5	4	-1
13	Boris Diaw B. Diaw	34	5/24/2006	PHX	@	DAL	38	6	2	1	1	13	23	56.5	0	0		8	10	80.0	62.0	4	2	3	4	+5
14	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	34	5/24/1997	CHI	@	MIA	36	8	1	1	0	14	25	56.0	1	2	50.0	5	5	100.0	62.5	3	5	3	3	+26
15	Terry Porter T. Porter	34	5/24/1992	POR	@	UTA	42	5	7	0	0	9	16	56.3	4	8	50.0	12	12	100.0	79.9	1	4	2	4
16	Karl Malone K. Malone	33	5/24/1992	UTA	vs	POR	46	12	3	0	0	10	17	58.8	0	1	0.0	13	14	92.9	71.2	0	12	4	4
17	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	32	5/24/2024	DAL	@	MIN	41	10	13	0	0	10	23	43.5	5	11	45.5	7	7	100.0	61.3	1	9	4	0	+6
18	Dwight Howard D. Howard	32	5/24/2010	ORL	@	BOS	43	16	0	0	4	13	19	68.4	0	0		6	14	42.9	63.6	5	11	4	4	+8
19	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	32	5/24/2010	BOS	vs	ORL	47	11	3	2	1	11	25	44.0	0	6	0.0	10	13	76.9	52.1	2	9	2	3	+5
20	Karl Malone K. Malone	32	5/24/1998	UTA	@	LAL	42	14	5	1	0	9	20	45.0	0	0		14	15	93.3	60.2	1	13	1	5	+7
21	David Robinson D. Robinson	32	5/24/1995	SAS	vs	HOU	46	12	2	0	1	10	18	55.6	0	0		12	14	85.7	66.2	6	6	5	3
22	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	32	5/24/1987	DET	vs	BOS	33	4	6	1	0	11	15	73.3	0	0		10	12	83.3	78.9	2	2	2	2
23	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	31	5/24/2021	MIL	vs	MIA	31	13	6	3	1	12	23	52.2	1	7	14.3	6	7	85.7	59.4	6	7	2	2	+19
24	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	30	5/24/2022	DAL	vs	GSW	38	14	9	2	2	10	26	38.5	3	11	27.3	7	10	70.0	49.3	0	14	3	2	+13
25	Jeff Teague J. Teague	30	5/24/2015	ATL	@	CLE	43	6	7	1	1	9	23	39.1	3	8	37.5	9	9	100.0	55.6	0	6	0	3	+8