which nba player scored the most points in a game they played under 25 minutes

Sleepy Floyd has the most points in a game with fewer than 25 minutes played, with 40 points against the Nuggets on February 26, 1991.

Interpreted as:

Which NBA player scored the most points in a regular-season game they played under 25 minutes?

	NAME	PTS	MIN	DATE	TM		OPP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	40	24	2/26/1991	HOU	@	DEN	2	3	2	0	16	25	64.0	1	3	33.3	7	7	100.0	71.2	1	1	1	2
2	Quintin Dailey Q. Dailey	38	21	1/28/1986	CHI	@	NYK	2	2	2	0	12	19	63.2	0	0		14	18	77.8	70.6	2	0	0	2
3	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	37	21	1/14/2020	MIL	vs	NYK	9	4	0	1	12	17	70.6	3	5	60.0	10	12	83.3	83.0	3	6	1	1	+32
4	Paul George P. George	37	20	11/16/2019	LAC	vs	ATL	4	3	2	1	10	17	58.8	6	11	54.5	11	11	100.0	84.7	2	2	3	0	+28
5	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	36	24	1/10/2023	PHI	vs	DET	11	1	0	2	12	20	60.0	1	3	33.3	11	11	100.0	72.5	2	9	3	3	+36
6	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	36	20	4/15/1988	POR	vs	GSW	2	3	1	0	10	14	71.4	1	2	50.0	15	15	100.0	87.4	1	1	0	1
7	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	36	23	1/29/1987	DAL	@	DEN	3	1	1	1	14	20	70.0	2	2	100.0	6	6	100.0	79.5	2	1	0	0
8	Walter Davis W. Davis	36	24	3/13/1979	PHX	@	CLE	1	2	1	0	13	16	81.3				10	13	76.9	82.9	0	1	2	6
9	Ben Gordon B. Gordon	35	23	3/30/2005	CHI	@	CHA	3	5	2	0	11	17	64.7	6	8	75.0	7	8	87.5	85.3	1	2	3	2	+10
10	Cliff Robinson C. Robinson	35	24	11/11/1986	PHI	@	SEA	4	1	1	0	13	19	68.4	0	0		9	9	100.0	76.2	1	3	1	4
11	Sandro Mamukelashvili S. Mamukelashvili	34	19	3/19/2025	SAS	vs	NYK	9	3	1	0	13	14	92.9	7	7	100.0	1	1	100.0	117.7	5	4	0	1	+22
12	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	34	22	2/3/2025	OKC	vs	MIL	3	6	0	0	15	19	78.9	2	3	66.7	2	3	66.7	83.7	0	3	3	1	+34
13	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	34	25	5/5/2021	PHI	@	HOU	12	2	0	1	10	17	58.8	0	2	0.0	14	16	87.5	70.7	7	5	3	1	+9
14	Lou Williams L. Williams	34	23	3/11/2019	LAC	vs	BOS	4	5	0	0	14	20	70.0	2	6	33.3	4	4	100.0	78.1	1	3	3	2	+28
15	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	34	25	2/28/2018	BOS	vs	CHA	4	5	1	0	13	18	72.2	4	6	66.7	4	4	100.0	86.0	1	3	1	1	+18
16	Austin Croshere A. Croshere	34	24	1/30/2007	DAL	vs	SEA	7	3	0	0	11	14	78.6	7	10	70.0	5	5	100.0	104.9	0	7	1	2	+10
17	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	33	25	4/8/2023	MIN	@	SAS	5	3	2	0	13	25	52.0	4	9	44.4	3	4	75.0	61.7	2	3	0	1	+15
18	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	33	19	1/24/2021	BOS	vs	CLE	3	1	2	0	13	20	65.0	3	4	75.0	4	4	100.0	75.8	0	3	1	3	+31
19	Paul George P. George	33	24	11/14/2019	LAC	@	NOP	9	4	0	0	10	17	58.8	3	5	60.0	10	10	100.0	77.1	0	9	5	5	+7
20	Nicolas Batum N. Batum	33	25	2/4/2012	POR	vs	DEN	0	0	3	1	11	19	57.9	9	15	60.0	2	3	66.7	81.2	0	0	1	1	+19
21	John Drew J. Drew	33	23	2/4/1983	UTA	vs	MIL	7	0	1	0	9	15	60.0	0	0		15	18	83.3	72.0			2	2
22	Johnny Green J. Green	33	22	12/30/1964	NYK		SFW	9	0			15	20	75.0				3	4	75.0	75.8				5
23	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	32	25	3/5/2025	MIL	vs	DAL	15	4	1	0	13	20	65.0	0	0		6	6	100.0	70.7	4	11	3	3	+30
24	Norman Powell N. Powell	32	24	11/29/2022	LAC	@	POR	4	2	1	0	10	16	62.5	4	5	80.0	8	10	80.0	78.4	2	2	4	3	+17
25	Kevin Love K. Love	32	15	4/10/2022	CLE	vs	MIL	10	2	1	0	10	16	62.5	8	11	72.7	4	6	66.7	85.8	2	8	0	1	+15