when did dwight howard score the most points in a game

Dwight Howard dropped his most points in a game on January 12, 2012 and on February 17, 2009, with 45 points.

Interpreted as:

When did Dwight Howard score the most points in a regular-season game?

	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	Dwight Howard D. Howard	45	1/12/2012	ORL	@	GSW	44	23	3	4	2	12	21	57.1	0	0		21	39	53.8	59.0	7	16	3	2	+12
2	Dwight Howard D. Howard	45	2/17/2009	ORL	vs	CHA	47	19	0	1	8	16	23	69.6	0	0		13	18	72.2	72.8	8	11	5	5	+17
3	Dwight Howard D. Howard	40	2/25/2011	ORL	vs	OKC	42	15	0	2	6	16	20	80.0	0	0		8	12	66.7	79.1	6	9	5	1	+23
4	Dwight Howard D. Howard	40	1/28/2011	ORL	@	CHI	42	15	2	4	3	14	20	70.0	0	0		12	16	75.0	74.0	5	10	3	2	-11
5	Dwight Howard D. Howard	39	3/12/2013	LAL	@	ORL	38	16	2	1	3	7	13	53.8	0	0		25	39	64.1	64.7	3	13	0	3	+16
6	Dwight Howard D. Howard	39	1/13/2011	ORL	@	OKC	43	18	1	0	2	11	19	57.9	0	0		17	20	85.0	70.1	8	10	2	4	+1
7	Dwight Howard D. Howard	39	12/9/2010	ORL	@	POR	43	15	0	1	3	13	20	65.0	0	1	0.0	13	18	72.2	69.8	3	12	4	3	-14
8	Dwight Howard D. Howard	39	1/4/2009	ORL	@	TOR	37	8	2	0	1	14	19	73.7	0	0		11	18	61.1	72.4	5	3	1	4	+4
9	Dwight Howard D. Howard	39	11/28/2007	ORL	@	SEA	41	16	1	0	5	12	17	70.6	0	0		15	20	75.0	75.6	4	12	6	4	+18
10	Dwight Howard D. Howard	37	2/20/2008	ORL	@	TOR	42	15	0	1	1	13	16	81.3	0	0		11	15	73.3	81.9	10	5	3	4	-22
11	Dwight Howard D. Howard	36	1/18/2016	HOU	@	LAC	45	26	4	1	1	11	16	68.8	0	0		14	18	77.8	75.3	10	16	4	2	-4
12	Dwight Howard D. Howard	36	3/5/2012	ORL	@	TOR	36	13	0	1	2	16	20	80.0	0	0		4	14	28.6	68.8	3	10	2	3	+6
13	Dwight Howard D. Howard	35	12/21/2013	HOU	@	DET	40	19	5	1	3	13	18	72.2	0	0		9	14	64.3	72.4	4	15	5	2	+25
14	Dwight Howard D. Howard	35	2/2/2009	ORL	vs	DAL	40	11	3	0	1	13	19	68.4	0	0		9	12	75.0	72.1	6	5	3	3	-7
15	Dwight Howard D. Howard	35	11/14/2007	ORL	@	CLE	49	16	2	0	4	11	17	64.7	0	0		13	16	81.3	72.8	6	10	3	3	-1
16	Dwight Howard D. Howard	35	4/14/2007	ORL	@	PHI	43	11	5	3	0	14	15	93.3	0	0		7	10	70.0	90.2	5	6	5	3	+23
17	Dwight Howard D. Howard	34	2/5/2014	HOU	vs	PHX	39	14	0	3	2	11	17	64.7	0	0		12	18	66.7	68.2	0	14	5	4	+24
18	Dwight Howard D. Howard	34	11/23/2007	ORL	vs	CHA	37	17	2	3	4	11	14	78.6	0	1	0.0	12	21	57.1	73.1	6	11	3	4	+15
19	Dwight Howard D. Howard	34	11/21/2007	ORL	@	SAS	41	16	0	1	3	14	19	73.7	0	0		6	12	50.0	70.0	3	13	2	4	-7
20	Dwight Howard D. Howard	33	3/15/2018	CHA	@	ATL	32	12	1	2	2	13	20	65.0	0	0		7	8	87.5	70.2	2	10	0	3	+21
21	Dwight Howard D. Howard	33	11/20/2013	HOU	@	DAL	36	11	1	0	0	12	16	75.0	0	0		9	13	69.2	76.0	3	8	1	3	+1
22	Dwight Howard D. Howard	33	10/31/2012	LAL	@	POR	41	14	5	1	1	9	15	60.0	0	0		15	19	78.9	70.6	6	8	3	5	-2
23	Dwight Howard D. Howard	33	3/1/2012	ORL	vs	OKC	39	9	2	2	1	14	20	70.0	0	0		5	8	62.5	70.2	5	4	3	2	0
24	Dwight Howard D. Howard	33	2/6/2012	ORL	vs	LAC	44	14	1	2	2	15	21	71.4	0	0		3	8	37.5	67.3	3	11	4	3	+8
25	Dwight Howard D. Howard	33	3/23/2011	ORL	@	NYK	42	11	2	1	3	11	15	73.3	0	0		11	13	84.6	79.6	4	7	5	2	+12

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