which nba player had the most 21 point games in 1978

George Gervin and David Thompson were tied for the most games with 21+ points in 1977-78, with 63 games.

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Which NBA player had the most 21 or more point games in 1978?

	NAME	GP	PTS	SEASON	TM	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	George Gervin G. Gervin	63	1,911	1977-78	SAS	36.0	30.3	5.2	3.7	1.8	1.4	11.8	21.0	56.1	6.7	8.0	83.4	61.7				2,271	330	233	114	90		191
2	David Thompson D. Thompson	63	1,877	1977-78	DEN	38.7	29.8	5.3	4.7			11.4	21.1	53.9	7.0	8.8	79.7	59.6				2,436	332	298				165
3	Randy Smith R. Smith	60	1,687	1977-78	BUF		28.1					11.1			5.9	7.3	81.4
4	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	58	1,752	1977-78	NYK	42.5	30.2	13.6	4.0			11.8	21.6	54.5	6.7	9.1	73.5	59.1				2,463	789	230				222
5	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	58	1,662	1977-78	PHX	32.6	28.7	2.2	5.9			11.4	20.9	54.8	5.8	7.1	81.1	59.6			3.5	1,888	126	341			202	115
6	Walter Davis W. Davis	54	1,495	1977-78	PHX	32.8	27.7	6.4	3.5			11.0	19.4	56.8	5.7	6.8	84.1	62.0			3.3	1,771	344	188			179	163
7	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	54	1,423	1977-78	CHI	38.4	26.4	14.1	3.3	0.5	2.4	9.9	16.9	58.9	6.5	9.1	71.5	63.2	4.2	9.9		2,072	761	177	26	130		163
8	Bernard King B. King	53	1,526	1977-78	NJN		28.8					12.1			4.7	6.7	70.3
9	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	52	1,558	1977-78	HOU	39.8	30.0	2.3	3.3			13.1	24.9	52.8	3.7	4.0	92.8	56.2				2,071	118	170				161
10	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	49	1,385	1977-78	LAL	38.1	28.3	13.6	4.4			11.9	21.0	56.6	4.5	5.8	77.5	60.0				1,866	664	217				149
11	Truck Robinson T. Robinson	49	1,327	1977-78	NOJ	44.8	27.1	16.9	2.1			10.9	23.5	46.4	5.3	8.0	65.9	50.2				2,194	826	105				143
12	Dan Issel D. Issel	47	1,231	1977-78	DEN	36.5	26.2	10.4	3.5			9.9	18.2	54.5	6.3	8.2	77.1	60.0				1,717	489	164				160
13	Rick Barry R. Barry	46	1,374	1977-78	GSW	38.9	29.9	5.7	5.9	1.9	0.8	11.9	24.4	48.8	6.0	6.4	94.2	54.9			2.6	1,790	264	271	88	35	121	109
14	John Drew J. Drew	45	1,284	1977-78	ATL		28.5	8.2	2.2			10.4	20.0	52.1	7.6	10.0	76.6	58.4					367	99
15	John Williamson J. Williamson	45	1,397	1977-78	TOT		31.0					12.4	26.6	46.7	6.2	7.1	87.8	52.3
16	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	45	1,263	1977-78	DET		28.1	12.2				11.4			5.4	6.8	79.0						549
17	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	41	1,073	1977-78	SAS	37.0	26.2	10.0	3.5	1.6	0.3	10.8	19.7	54.7	4.6	5.3	86.3	59.3				1,516	411	144	66	11		103
18	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	40	1,109	1977-78	TOT	39.8	27.7	8.7	3.5			9.4	17.1	54.9	8.9	10.9	81.7	63.2				1,591	347	139				128
19	Brian Winters B. Winters	40	1,022	1977-78	MIL	38.4	25.6	3.4	5.3			10.7	20.9	51.1	4.2	5.0	84.4	55.4				1,535	137	210				123
20	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	39	952	1977-78	MIL	36.5	24.4	11.3	2.5			9.7	17.4	56.0	4.9	6.5	75.3	60.2				1,425	442	98				108
21	Phil Smith P. Smith	37	979	1977-78	GSW	40.1	26.5	4.1	5.4	1.5	0.4	10.6	19.8	53.5	5.3	6.4	83.0	58.5				1,483	150	198	54	14		101
22	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	37	955	1977-78	WAS	42.9	25.8	14.3	1.6			10.4	20.8	50.3	4.9	7.5	65.8	53.6				1,587	530	61				135
23	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	36	1,156	1977-78	NOJ	42.9	32.1	3.9	7.2			12.9	27.8	46.6	6.2	7.1	87.2	51.9				1,546	142	259				85
24	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	36	972	1977-78	PHI		27.0	11.1	4.1			10.0	19.1	52.5	6.9	9.5	73.1	58.0					401	147				136
25	Julius Erving J. Erving	35	926	1977-78	PHI	34.7	26.5	6.4	4.0			10.5	18.7	56.4	5.4	6.2	86.6	61.8				1,216	224	141				89

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George Gervin and David Thompson were tied for the most games with 21+ points in 1977-78, with 63 games.

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