who is the last nba player to score 35 points in a game

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander put up 40 points in Game 4 of the 2025 Western Conference Finals versus the Timberwolves last Monday.

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Who is the last NBA player to score 35 or more points in a game?

	NAME	DATE	PTS	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	5/26/2025	40	OKC	@	MIN	40	9	10	1	0	13	30	43.3	2	7	28.6	12	14	85.7	55.3	4	5	5	4	+5
2	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	5/23/2025	39	IND	@	NYK	33	5	3	1	0	15	23	65.2	3	5	60.0	6	8	75.0	73.5	0	5	1	4	+16
3	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	5/23/2025	36	NYK	vs	IND	39	3	11	1	0	13	27	48.1	5	12	41.7	5	5	100.0	61.6	0	3	3	3	+4
4	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	5/22/2025	38	OKC	vs	MIN	42	3	8	3	0	12	21	57.1	1	2	50.0	13	15	86.7	68.8	0	3	1	5	+25
5	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	5/21/2025	35	NYK	vs	IND	39	12	2	1	1	11	17	64.7	4	8	50.0	9	11	81.8	80.1	2	10	1	4	+9
6	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	5/21/2025	43	NYK	vs	IND	38	1	5	0	0	15	25	60.0	1	6	16.7	12	14	85.7	69.0	0	1	7	5	-8
7	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	5/18/2025	35	OKC	vs	DEN	36	3	4	3	1	12	19	63.2	3	4	75.0	8	9	88.9	76.2	0	3	0	2	+32
8	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	5/13/2025	35	CLE	vs	IND	38	9	1	4	1	8	25	32.0	4	13	30.8	15	21	71.4	51.1	2	7	2	2	-3
9	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	5/13/2025	44	DEN	@	OKC	44	15	5	2	0	17	25	68.0	5	7	71.4	5	5	100.0	80.9	6	9	2	4	-8
10	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	5/12/2025	42	BOS	@	NYK	40	8	4	4	2	16	28	57.1	7	16	43.8	3	3	100.0	71.6	0	8	4	3	-9
11	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	5/12/2025	39	NYK	vs	BOS	40	5	12	0	0	14	25	56.0	4	8	50.0	7	9	77.8	67.3	1	4	1	2	+12
12	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	5/10/2025	36	MIN	@	GSW	44	4	4	0	1	13	28	46.4	5	14	35.7	5	8	62.5	57.1	1	3	3	0	-4
13	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	5/9/2025	43	CLE	@	IND	37	9	5	1	0	14	29	48.3	5	13	38.5	10	14	71.4	61.1	5	4	2	4	+35
14	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	5/6/2025	48	CLE	vs	IND	36	5	9	4	1	15	30	50.0	1	7	14.3	17	21	81.0	61.2	2	3	5	4	+13
15	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	5/5/2025	42	DEN	@	OKC	42	22	6	1	2	15	29	51.7	2	6	33.3	10	13	76.9	60.5	5	17	7	5	+10
16	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	5/1/2025	40	NYK	@	DET	42	4	7	0	0	15	33	45.5	3	10	30.0	7	8	87.5	54.8	2	2	2	2	+5
17	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	4/29/2025	35	BOS	vs	ORL	34	8	10	1	0	10	16	62.5	4	5	80.0	11	11	100.0	84.0	0	8	2	2	+34
18	Jamal Murray J. Murray	4/29/2025	43	DEN	vs	LAC	40	5	7	3	1	17	26	65.4	8	14	57.1	1	1	100.0	81.3	0	5	1	2	+17
19	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	4/27/2025	38	LAL	@	MIN	46	1	2	1	1	13	28	46.4	5	12	41.7	7	7	100.0	61.1	0	1	4	3	-3
20	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	4/27/2025	43	MIN	vs	LAL	44	9	6	0	1	12	23	52.2	5	10	50.0	14	17	82.4	70.5	4	5	1	2	+3
21	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	4/27/2025	37	BOS	@	ORL	42	14	3	3	0	10	25	40.0	3	10	30.0	14	14	100.0	59.4	3	11	2	3	+6
22	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	4/26/2025	36	DEN	@	LAC	43	21	8	2	1	14	25	56.0	3	6	50.0	5	6	83.3	65.1	5	16	2	4	+4
23	Stephen Curry S. Curry	4/26/2025	36	GSW	vs	HOU	41	7	9	1	2	12	23	52.2	5	13	38.5	7	8	87.5	67.9	0	7	2	0	+18
24	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	4/26/2025	38	OKC	@	MEM	38	5	6	2	1	13	24	54.2	1	4	25.0	11	13	84.6	63.9	2	3	1	3	+2
25	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	4/25/2025	36	BOS	@	ORL	39	9	4	1	1	10	22	45.5	4	10	40.0	12	12	100.0	66.0	2	7	7	1	+2