what was the highest scoring nba game by a player ever in 2008

Kobe Bryant posted the most points in a game in 2007-08, with 53 points against the Grizzlies on March 28, 2008.

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What was the highest scoring NBA regular-season game by a player ever in 2008?

	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	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	53	3/28/2008	LAL	vs	MEM	42	10	1	3	0	19	37	51.4	9	17	52.9	6	7	85.7	66.1	2	8	1	4	+1
2	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	52	3/2/2008	LAL	vs	DAL	51	11	4	1	2	15	27	55.6	2	3	66.7	20	27	74.1	66.9	1	10	5	2	+4
3	LeBron James L. James	51	1/15/2008	CLE	@	MEM	47	8	9	3	1	18	28	64.3	6	12	50.0	9	16	56.3	72.8	3	5	4	1	+10
4	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	51	12/5/2007	DEN	vs	LAL	48	2	8	1	0	18	27	66.7	0	1	0.0	15	18	83.3	73.0	0	2	5	4	-4
5	LeBron James L. James	50	3/5/2008	CLE	@	NYK	44	8	10	4	0	16	30	53.3	7	13	53.8	11	16	68.8	67.5	1	7	2	3	+11
6	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	49	2/8/2008	DEN	vs	WAS	39	4	2	2	0	19	25	76.0	3	3	100.0	8	8	100.0	85.9	0	4	1	2	+14
7	Kevin Martin K. Martin	48	3/7/2008	SAC	vs	MIN	42	6	1	0	0	12	23	52.2	2	5	40.0	22	24	91.7	71.5	2	4	1	3	-2
8	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	48	1/14/2008	LAL	@	SEA	42	2	2	1	0	21	44	47.7	2	8	25.0	4	7	57.1	51.0	0	2	1	1	-3
9	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	48	12/28/2007	MIA	vs	ORL	52	7	11	3	3	16	21	76.2	0	0		16	23	69.6	77.1	0	7	5	4	-2
10	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	47	4/5/2008	DEN	vs	SAC	38	11	2	3	0	19	24	79.2	3	4	75.0	6	6	100.0	88.2	5	6	3	5	-6
11	Josh Howard J. Howard	47	12/8/2007	DAL	vs	UTA	42	10	2	0	1	14	19	73.7	4	5	80.0	15	17	88.2	88.7	6	4	1	4	+19
12	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	47	11/1/2007	HOU	@	UTA	40	4	4	0	0	17	27	63.0	2	5	40.0	11	14	78.6	70.9	1	3	1	2	+6
13	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	46	2/13/2008	SAS	@	CLE	41	5	8	3	1	15	20	75.0	8	11	72.7	8	9	88.9	96.0	0	5	1	2	+12
14	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	46	2/1/2008	LAL	@	TOR	44	7	5	1	0	19	28	67.9	4	8	50.0	4	4	100.0	77.3	0	7	1	2	+19
15	Nate Robinson N. Robinson	45	3/8/2008	NYK	vs	POR	52	6	6	1	0	16	28	57.1	2	6	33.3	11	13	84.6	66.7	0	6	2	3	-4
16	LeBron James L. James	45	11/21/2007	CLE	@	MIN	39	8	5	3	2	17	26	65.4	6	10	60.0	5	8	62.5	76.2	2	6	3	2	+14
17	LeBron James L. James	45	11/2/2007	CLE	vs	NYK	44	7	7	3	1	13	28	46.4	3	5	60.0	16	22	72.7	59.7	3	4	3	1	+4
18	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	45	10/30/2007	LAL	vs	HOU	43	8	4	4	1	13	32	40.6	1	3	33.3	18	27	66.7	51.3	0	8	5	4	+3
19	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	44	2/21/2008	SAS	@	MIN	38	3	4	1	0	13	18	72.2	7	9	77.8	11	12	91.7	94.5	2	1	2	2	-2
20	JR Smith	43	2/22/2008	DEN	@	CHI	33	5	1	2	0	15	25	60.0	8	14	57.1	5	8	62.5	75.4	1	4	3	3	+8
21	Jamal Crawford J. Crawford	43	2/22/2008	NYK	vs	TOR	46	3	5	0	0	15	29	51.7	6	16	37.5	7	8	87.5	66.1	1	2	7	2	+8
22	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	43	1/11/2008	MEM	@	GSW	45	11	3	1	1	17	25	68.0	0	0		9	12	75.0	71.0	4	7	3	2	+2
23	Chris Paul C. Paul	43	12/7/2007	NOH	vs	MEM	49	5	9	4	0	15	27	55.6	5	7	71.4	8	9	88.9	69.4	1	4	3	2	0
24	Kevin Martin K. Martin	43	11/16/2007	SAC	vs	NYK	49	10	2	0	0	11	21	52.4	5	7	71.4	16	19	84.2	73.2	2	8	3	4	+12
25	Kevin Durant K. Durant	42	4/16/2008	SEA	@	GSW	43	13	6	1	2	18	25	72.0	1	2	50.0	5	6	83.3	76.0	3	10	5	0	+14

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