what was the highest scoring nba game by a player in 1953

Ed Macauley and George Mikan were tied for the most points in a game in 1952-53, with 46 points.

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What was the highest scoring NBA regular-season game by a player in 1953?

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	Ed Macauley E. Macauley	46	3/6/1953	BOS	vs	MIN	41			18	29	62.1	10	17	58.8	63.0	3
2	George Mikan G. Mikan	46	1/14/1953	MIN	@	BAL		28		16	30	53.3	14	15	93.3	62.8	6
3	Bill Sharman B. Sharman	42	12/11/1952	BOS		BAL	41	4	4	17	25	68.0	8	9	88.9	72.5	3
4	George Mikan G. Mikan	41	1/17/1953	MIN	@	ROC				15	27	55.6	11	12	91.7	63.5	5
5	Ed Macauley E. Macauley	37	11/1/1952	BOS	@	MIN				10	19	52.6	17	22	77.3	64.5	4
6	George Mikan G. Mikan	36	2/12/1953	MIN	vs	SYR				13	22	59.1	10	13	76.9	64.9	2
7	George Mikan G. Mikan	36	2/5/1953	MIN	vs	NYK		25		12	20	60.0	12	13	92.3	70.0	4
8	Jack Nichols J. Nichols	36	1/22/1953	MIL	@	PHI		6	4	16	30	53.3	4	5	80.0	55.9	4
9	Dolph Schayes D. Schayes	35	2/15/1953	SYR	vs	NYK		19		7	14	50.0	21	25	84.0	70.0	6
10	George Mikan G. Mikan	35	11/22/1952	MIN	vs	FTW				15	31	48.4	5	6	83.3	52.0	5
11	Jack Nichols J. Nichols	34	1/18/1953	MIL	@	MIN				15	26	57.7	4	6	66.7	59.4	5
12	Neil Johnston N. Johnston	34	1/10/1953	PHI		SYR		15		11			12	15	80.0		4
13	Bill Sharman B. Sharman	34	1/7/1953	BOS	@	PHI		5	5	13	18	72.2	8	9	88.9	77.4	5
14	Neil Johnston N. Johnston	33	3/15/1953	PHI	@	BOS	47		7	12	21	57.1	9	11	81.8	63.9	4
15	George Mikan G. Mikan	33	3/1/1953	MIN		PHI				9	17	52.9	15	18	83.3	66.2	5
16	Ed Macauley E. Macauley	33	2/7/1953	BOS	@	BAL		12		10			13	13	100.0		3
17	Ed Macauley E. Macauley	33	1/18/1953	BOS	vs	NYK	48		3	10	21	47.6	13	15	86.7	59.8	2
18	Bill Sharman B. Sharman	33	1/10/1953	BOS	@	BAL				10			13	14	92.9		6
19	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	32	3/3/1953	BOS		BAL				13			6	9	66.7		3
20	Neil Johnston N. Johnston	32	2/17/1953	PHI	@	IND				9			14	17	82.4		2
21	Neil Johnston N. Johnston	32	2/15/1953	PHI		BAL		22		10			12	19	63.2		3
22	Bill Sharman B. Sharman	32	2/4/1953	BOS	vs	SYR	34		5	13	18	72.2	6	8	75.0	74.3	3
23	Neil Johnston N. Johnston	32	1/11/1953	PHI	@	SYR				10			12	12	100.0		6
24	Paul Hoffman P. Hoffman	32	1/9/1953	BAL		BOS				14	26	53.8	4	7	57.1	55.0
25	Neil Johnston N. Johnston	32	12/10/1952	PHI		BOS	48	19		13			6	10	60.0		2

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