who has the most points for a game in 36 or less minutes

George Gervin has the most points per game in a game with 36 or fewer minutes played, with 63.0 per game against the New Orleans Jazz on April 9, 1978.

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Data note: Minutes Played: player game data may be incomplete before 1982-83

	NAME	PPG	MIN	DATE	TM		OPP	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	George Gervin G. Gervin	63.0	33	4/9/1978	SAS	@	NOJ	63	2	1	2	1	23	49	46.9				17	20	85.0	54.5				3
2	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	62.0	33	12/20/2005	LAL	vs	DAL	62	8	0	3	0	18	31	58.1	4	10	40.0	22	25	88.0	73.8	3	5	2	3	+35
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	61.0	33	1/27/1990	UTA	vs	MIL	61	18	2	3	0	21	26	80.8	0	0		19	23	82.6	84.4	9	9	2	2
4	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	60.0	35	3/15/2022	BKN	@	ORL	60	6	4	4	1	20	31	64.5	8	12	66.7	12	13	92.3	81.7	2	4	1	3	+36
5	James Harden J. Harden	60.0	31	11/30/2019	HOU	vs	ATL	60	3	8	3	1	16	24	66.7	8	14	57.1	20	23	87.0	87.9	0	3	5	3	+50
6	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	60.0	29	12/5/2016	GSW	vs	IND	60	2	1	0	0	21	33	63.6	8	14	57.1	10	11	90.9	79.3	0	2	0	0	+37
7	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	58.0	36	3/7/2017	OKC	vs	POR	58	3	9	3	1	21	39	53.8	3	9	33.3	13	16	81.3	63.0	1	2	4	4	+7
8	James Harden J. Harden	57.0	34	1/14/2019	HOU	vs	MEM	57	9	2	2	1	17	33	51.5	6	15	40.0	17	18	94.4	69.6	2	7	5	4	+25
9	Stephen Curry S. Curry	56.0	34	2/27/2025	GSW	@	ORL	56	4	3	2	0	16	25	64.0	12	19	63.2	12	12	100.0	92.5	0	4	4	0	+15
10	James Harden J. Harden	56.0	35	11/5/2017	HOU	vs	UTA	56	2	13	2	0	19	25	76.0	7	8	87.5	11	12	91.7	92.5	0	2	7	3	+25
11	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	56.0	34	1/14/2002	LAL	vs	MEM	56	5	4	1	0	21	34	61.8	3	6	50.0	11	12	91.7	71.3	3	2	0	1	+40
12	Chet Walker C. Walker	56.0	36	2/6/1972	CHI	vs	CIN	56	4	2			22	30	73.3				12	13	92.3	78.4				1
13	James Harden J. Harden	55.0	35	11/22/2025	LAC	@	CHA	55	3	7	1	0	17	26	65.4	10	16	62.5	11	14	78.6	85.5	1	2	2	1	+22
14	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	55.0	34	11/12/2025	DEN	@	LAC	55	12	6	1	1	18	23	78.3	5	6	83.3	14	16	87.5	91.5	2	10	2	1	+28
15	Jermaine O'Neal J. O'Neal	55.0	36	1/4/2005	IND	vs	MIL	55	11	3	0	2	18	28	64.3	0	0		19	25	76.0	70.5	3	8	3	3	+22
16	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	54.0	32	1/31/2020	BKN	vs	CHI	54	5	5	1	0	19	23	82.6	7	9	77.8	9	10	90.0	98.5	0	5	4	3	+20
17	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	53.0	34	12/11/2022	PHI	vs	CHA	53	12	3	0	1	20	32	62.5	2	3	66.7	11	11	100.0	71.9	3	9	2	2	+11
18	Stephen Curry S. Curry	53.0	36	4/12/2021	GSW	vs	DEN	53	6	4	0	0	14	24	58.3	10	18	55.6	15	16	93.8	85.4	0	6	5	3	+16
19	Stephen Curry S. Curry	53.0	36	10/31/2015	GSW	@	NOP	53	4	9	4	0	17	27	63.0	8	14	57.1	11	11	100.0	83.2	0	4	2	3	+16
20	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	53.0	36	4/20/1994	ORL	vs	MIN	53	18	4	2	2	22	31	71.0	0	0		9	13	69.2	72.2	7	11	3	3
21	Larry Bird L. Bird	53.0	33	3/30/1983	BOS	vs	IND	53	8	3	1	2	21	30	70.0	0	1	0.0	11	11	100.0	76.1	3	5	6	2
22	Ja Morant J. Morant	52.0	34	2/28/2022	MEM	vs	SAS	52	7	2	0	0	22	30	73.3	4	4	100.0	4	7	57.1	78.6	1	6	4	1	+23
23	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	52.0	27	10/29/2018	GSW	@	CHI	52	4	0	2	0	18	29	62.1	14	24	58.3	2	2	100.0	87.0	0	4	2	2	+28
24	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	52.0	33	1/23/2015	GSW	vs	SAC	52	2	5	4	2	16	25	64.0	11	15	73.3	9	10	90.0	88.4	0	2	4	3	+38
25	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	52.0	34	11/30/2006	LAL	vs	UTA	52	4	3	0	1	19	26	73.1	2	3	66.7	12	15	80.0	79.8	0	4	1	5	+22

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 11/4	DAL	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Fri 11/6	SAS	@	SAC	10:00 PM
Sat 11/7	SAS	@	POR	10:00 PM
Mon 11/9	SAS	@	PHX	9:00 PM
Wed 11/11	SAS	@	CHI	8:00 PM

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1	76ers	7	1	.875
2	Pistons	6	1	.857	0.5
3	Celtics	5	2	.714	1.5
4	Cavaliers	4	3	.571	2.5
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6	Hawks	4	4	.500	3.0
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Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	106-100
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George Gervin has the most points per game in a game with 36 or fewer minutes played, with 63.0 per game against the New Orleans Jazz on April 9, 1978.

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