who scored the most points in one game in 1981

Adrian Dantley scored the most points in a game in 1980-81, with 55 points against the Nuggets on February 6, 1981.

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Who scored the most points in one regular-season game in 1981?

	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	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	55	2/6/1981	UTA	vs	DEN	47	7	3	1	1	24	36	66.7	0	0		7	8	87.5	69.6	6	1	4	4
2	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
3	Moses Malone M. Malone	51	3/11/1981	HOU	vs	GSW	44	19	2	2	0	20	28	71.4	0			11	12	91.7	76.6			3	3
4	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	51	1/7/1981	UTA	@	DEN	45	5	7	2	0	20	25	80.0	0	0		11	11	100.0	85.5	2	3	3	1
5	Bernard King B. King	50	1/3/1981	GSW	vs	PHI	43	8	4	3	2	20	25	80.0	0	0		10	11	90.9	83.8	5	3	3	3
6	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	50	10/31/1980	UTA	vs	DAL	41	4	4	2	0	12	17	70.6	0	0		26	29	89.7	84.0			3	4
7	George Gervin G. Gervin	49	2/17/1981	SAS	vs	BOS	40	6	2	0	0	17	31	54.8	0	2	0.0	15	17	88.2	63.7				4
8	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	48	3/18/1981	UTA	vs	DAL	48	11	7		0	17	25	68.0	0	0		14	15	93.3	75.9			6	3
9	Mike Dunleavy M. Dunleavy	48	12/6/1980	HOU	vs	DEN	34	4	6	2	0	19	30	63.3	0	0		10	13	76.9	67.2	1	3	3	2
10	John Drew J. Drew	47	12/27/1980	ATL	vs	BOS	41	6	3		0	18	32	56.3	0	1	0.0	11	11	100.0	63.8				5
11	Joe Barry Carroll J. Barry Carroll	46	2/20/1981	GSW	vs	SDC	45	14	1	2	1	17	27	63.0	0	0		12	17	70.6	66.7	6	8	5	5
12	Purvis Short P. Short	45	3/12/1981	GSW	@	DAL	39	4	5	0	0	18	30	60.0	2	2	100.0	7	7	100.0	68.0	1	3	2	6
13	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	45	1/14/1981	UTA	@	GSW	46	4	2		0	15	25	60.0	0	0		15	21	71.4	65.7	0	4		4
14	Julius Erving J. Erving	45	11/1/1980	PHI	vs	BOS	47	9	4	3	4	16	32	50.0	0	0		13	17	76.5	57.0			5	4
15	David Thompson D. Thompson	44	3/1/1981	DEN	vs	CLE	36	5	2	1	1	18	28	64.3	0	0		8	10	80.0	67.9	4	1	3	3
16	David Thompson D. Thompson	43	3/29/1981	DEN	@	LAL	42	5	1	1	1	17	27	63.0	0	0		9	11	81.8	67.5	2	3	4	2
17	Mike Newlin M. Newlin	43	2/4/1981	NJN	vs	SDC	41	1	4	1	0	13	22	59.1	1	1	100.0	16	17	94.1	72.9			4	6
18	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	43	11/14/1980	UTA	vs	HOU	47	11	5	0	0	16	27	59.3	0	0		11	11	100.0	67.5				4
19	David Thompson D. Thompson	43	11/1/1980	DEN	vs	SEA	36	5	2	0	0	17	28	60.7	0	0		9	10	90.0	66.4	4	1	4	3
20	Alex English A. English	42	3/18/1981	DEN	@	KCK	48	8	4	2	2	17	27	63.0	0	0		8	8	100.0	68.8	2	6	5	4
21	Bernard King B. King	42	2/24/1981	GSW	@	SAS	45	12	3	0	0	17	28	60.7	1	1	100.0	7	9	77.8	65.7	3	9	6	5
22	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	42	2/18/1981	CLE	@	NJN	47	8	0	2	0	19	36	52.8	0	0		4	7	57.1	53.7	3	5	2	1
23	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	42	1/3/1981	HOU	vs	DEN	32	2	4	2	0	16	27	59.3	0	0		10	10	100.0	66.9	0	2	3	4
24	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	42	12/21/1980	LAL	vs	SAS	38	13	2	1	3	15	27	55.6	0	0		12	14	85.7	63.3	5	8	4	2
25	Ray Williams R. Williams	42	12/9/1980	NYK	vs	WAS	42	8	6			16	28	57.1	1			9	9	100.0	65.7				2

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