who scored the most points on august 31st single game nba

Jimmy Butler III has scored the most points in a game on August 31, with 40 points in Game 1 of the 2020 Eastern Conference Semifinals versus the Bucks.

	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	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	40	8/31/2020	MIA	@	MIL	36	4	2	2	1	13	20	65.0	2	2	100.0	12	13	92.3	77.8	2	2	3	1	+7
2	James Harden J. Harden	32	8/31/2020	HOU	@	OKC	39	8	7	0	0	11	22	50.0	3	11	27.3	7	8	87.5	62.7	1	7	5	2	+6
3	Khris Middleton K. Middleton	28	8/31/2020	MIL	vs	MIA	37	6	5	2	0	12	24	50.0	4	8	50.0	0	0		58.3	0	6	4	6	-7
4	Chris Paul C. Paul	28	8/31/2020	OKC	vs	HOU	40	7	3	3	0	10	20	50.0	3	6	50.0	5	5	100.0	63.1	0	7	0	1	+20
5	Goran Dragic G. Dragic	27	8/31/2020	MIA	@	MIL	34	6	5	1	0	9	15	60.0	2	5	40.0	7	7	100.0	74.7	2	4	2	3	+10
6	Danilo Gallinari D. Gallinari	25	8/31/2020	OKC	vs	HOU	28	5	1	2	0	9	17	52.9	4	9	44.4	3	3	100.0	68.2	0	5	0	1	-2
7	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	24	8/31/2020	MIL	vs	MIA	27	1	0	1	2	8	10	80.0	4	6	66.7	4	4	100.0	102.0	1	0	1	4	-5
8	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	18	8/31/2020	MIL	vs	MIA	37	10	9	1	1	6	12	50.0	2	5	40.0	4	12	33.3	52.1	2	8	6	3	-14
9	Robert Covington R. Covington	18	8/31/2020	HOU	@	OKC	38	5	0	5	3	7	11	63.6	4	6	66.7	0	0		81.8	1	4	1	3	-9
10	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	17	8/31/2020	HOU	@	OKC	27	4	3	1	0	8	15	53.3	1	2	50.0	0	2	0.0	53.5	0	4	7	2	-9
11	Luguentz Dort L. Dort	13	8/31/2020	OKC	vs	HOU	20	3	1	1	1	5	9	55.6	2	6	33.3	1	2	50.0	65.8	0	3	5	4	-2
12	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	12	8/31/2020	MIA	@	MIL	38	17	6	2	0	5	12	41.7	0	0		2	2	100.0	46.6	6	11	2	3	+10
13	Dennis Schröder D. Schröder	12	8/31/2020	OKC	vs	HOU	37	8	2	1	0	5	16	31.3	0	5	0.0	2	2	100.0	35.5	1	7	3	2	+6
14	Danuel House Jr. D. House Jr.	12	8/31/2020	HOU	@	OKC	30	2	1	3	0	5	9	55.6	2	6	33.3	0	0		66.7	0	2	0	2	-1
15	Kyle Korver K. Korver	11	8/31/2020	MIL	vs	MIA	16	3	0	0	1	4	9	44.4	3	7	42.9	0	0		61.1	0	3	1	1	-4
16	Tyler Herro T. Herro	11	8/31/2020	MIA	@	MIL	29	3	1	0	0	3	11	27.3	3	6	50.0	2	2	100.0	46.3	0	3	2	2	+5
17	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	10	8/31/2020	OKC	vs	HOU	39	2	6	0	1	4	11	36.4	2	5	40.0	0	0		45.5	0	2	4	4	-5
18	Jae Crowder J. Crowder	9	8/31/2020	MIA	@	MIL	35	9	0	0	0	3	8	37.5	3	7	42.9	0	0		56.3	1	8	4	2	+1
19	Eric Gordon E. Gordon	9	8/31/2020	HOU	@	OKC	35	4	6	2	1	3	12	25.0	1	6	16.7	2	2	100.0	34.9	0	4	4	3	-10
20	P.J. Tucker	9	8/31/2020	HOU	@	OKC	38	11	2	2	1	3	8	37.5	3	7	42.9	0	0		56.3	2	9	2	4	+4
21	George Hill G. Hill	8	8/31/2020	MIL	vs	MIA	36	1	4	0	0	2	5	40.0	1	3	33.3	3	5	60.0	55.6	1	0	4	2	-7
22	Darius Bazley D. Bazley	8	8/31/2020	OKC	vs	HOU	22	9	3	0	0	1	2	50.0	1	2	50.0	5	6	83.3	86.2	0	9	1	0	+7
23	Wesley Matthews W. Matthews	7	8/31/2020	MIL	vs	MIA	24	1	0	1	2	2	4	50.0	2	3	66.7	1	2	50.0	71.7	0	1	1	2	-11
24	Kendrick Nunn K. Nunn	6	8/31/2020	MIA	@	MIL	16	0	2	1	0	3	9	33.3	0	3	0.0	0	0		33.3	0	0	1	1	+8
25	Steven Adams S. Adams	6	8/31/2020	OKC	vs	HOU	31	14	1	1	0	3	9	33.3	0	0		0	0		33.3	9	5	4	1	-4