which player scored the most points in one game against the spurs

Joel Embiid has the most points in a game versus the Spurs, with 70 points on January 22, 2024.

Interpreted as:

Which player scored the most points in one regular-season game against the spurs?

	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	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	70	1/22/2024	PHI	vs	SAS	37	18	5	1	1	24	41	58.5	1	2	50.0	21	23	91.3	68.5	9	9	1	2	+11
2	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	61	3/29/2024	NYK	@	SAS	43	4	6	1	0	25	47	53.2	5	13	38.5	6	6	100.0	61.4	1	3	1	2	+20
3	James Harden J. Harden	61	3/22/2019	HOU	vs	SAS	37	7	1	3	0	19	34	55.9	9	13	69.2	14	17	82.4	73.5	2	5	3	3	+18
4	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	60	3/14/2022	MIN	@	SAS	36	17	3	1	0	19	31	61.3	7	11	63.6	15	16	93.8	78.9	2	15	6	5	+16
5	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	60	4/30/2021	BOS	vs	SAS	45	8	5	0	1	20	37	54.1	5	7	71.4	15	17	88.2	67.4	2	6	0	2	+6
6	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	57	3/12/2015	CLE	@	SAS	47	3	5	4	0	20	32	62.5	7	7	100.0	10	10	100.0	78.3	1	2	2	3	+6
7	Purvis Short P. Short	57	1/7/1984	GSW	vs	SAS	42	15	1	1	0	24	38	63.2	2	2	100.0	7	8	87.5	68.6	8	7	3	2
8	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	52	4/7/2024	PHI	@	SAS	54	5	7	2	0	19	41	46.3	2	10	20.0	12	12	100.0	56.2	0	5	1	2	+14
9	Ja Morant J. Morant	52	2/28/2022	MEM	vs	SAS	34	7	2	0	0	22	30	73.3	4	4	100.0	4	7	57.1	78.6	1	6	4	1	+23
10	Billy Knight B. Knight	52	11/11/1980	IND	@	SAS	39	5	0	5	0	19	30	63.3	0	0		14	16	87.5	70.2				1
11	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	51	12/31/2022	DAL	@	SAS	37	6	9	4	1	18	29	62.1	6	10	60.0	9	15	60.0	71.6	1	5	0	3	+7
12	James Harden J. Harden	50	12/3/2019	HOU	@	SAS	49	9	6	4	0	11	37	29.7	4	20	20.0	24	24	100.0	52.6	3	6	5	4	-3
13	Bernard King B. King	50	1/31/1984	NYK	@	SAS	44	8	2	0	0	20	30	66.7	0	0		10	13	76.9	70.0	3	5	1	5
14	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	50	1/11/1984	DEN	vs	SAS	34	4	2	1	1	21	30	70.0	1	1	100.0	7	7	100.0	75.6	1	3	1	1
15	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	49	4/7/2022	MIN	vs	SAS	39	6	8	1	0	16	28	57.1	6	14	42.9	11	14	78.6	71.7	2	4	2	2	+18
16	Devin Booker D. Booker	48	1/17/2022	PHX	@	SAS	35	5	6	3	0	18	33	54.5	5	13	38.5	7	8	87.5	65.7	0	5	0	2	+3
17	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	48	11/24/1991	POR	vs	SAS	40	6	3	6	3	17	28	60.7	3	7	42.9	11	13	84.6	71.2	1	5	1	2
18	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	48	1/13/1988	ATL	@	SAS	42	11	4	2	0	15	27	55.6	0	0		18	18	100.0	68.7	5	6	3	2
19	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	47	1/13/1995	HOU	vs	SAS	45	10	4	1	3	21	35	60.0	0	0		5	7	71.4	61.7	1	9	7	4
20	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	47	1/9/1988	SEA	vs	SAS	43	7	8	1	0	18	31	58.1	2	5	40.0	9	10	90.0	66.4	4	3	2	4
21	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	47	3/14/1986	UTA	vs	SAS	39	3	8	2	0	20	26	76.9	0	2	0.0	7	10	70.0	77.3	0	3	4	4
22	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	46	1/4/2025	DEN	@	SAS	43	9	10	2	2	19	35	54.3	3	8	37.5	5	6	83.3	61.1	4	5	2	3	+7
23	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	46	2/12/1999	PHI	vs	SAS	40	7	6	1	0	14	26	53.8	3	6	50.0	15	17	88.2	68.7	2	5	3	3	-4
24	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	46	2/8/1983	DET	@	SAS	46	10	11	4	0	14	24	58.3	3	5	60.0	15	18	83.3	72.1	4	6	1	2
25	Alperen Şengün A. Şengün	45	3/5/2024	HOU	vs	SAS	37	16	3	5	1	19	32	59.4	2	3	66.7	5	7	71.4	64.1	6	10	2	3	+18