who scored the most points scored in a game 3 by rocket

James Harden has scored the most points for the Rockets in a game 3, with 44 points in Game 3 of the 2017 First Round versus the Thunder.

	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	James Harden J. Harden	44	4/21/2017	HOU	@	OKC	38	6	6	0	1	11	21	52.4	4	12	33.3	18	18	100.0	76.1	1	5	7	5	+1
2	James Harden J. Harden	43	5/5/2017	HOU	vs	SAS	40	2	5	3	0	14	28	50.0	5	13	38.5	10	11	90.9	65.5	1	1	5	4	-14
3	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	43	5/26/1995	HOU	vs	SAS	46	11	4	0	5	19	32	59.4	1	1	100.0	4	4	100.0	63.7	3	8	2	5
4	James Harden J. Harden	42	4/24/2015	HOU	@	DAL	36	5	9	1	0	15	24	62.5	5	7	71.4	7	7	100.0	77.5	0	5	5	4	-1
5	James Harden J. Harden	41	5/4/2019	HOU	vs	GSW	45	9	6	1	0	14	32	43.8	5	13	38.5	8	8	100.0	57.7	2	7	3	4	-4
6	Moses Malone M. Malone	41	4/10/1981	HOU	vs	SAS	48	15	0	0	1	16	23	69.6	0	0		9	14	64.3	70.3			4	3
7	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	40	5/16/1986	HOU	vs	LAL	46	12	3	2	2	14	28	50.0	0	0		12	15	80.0	57.8	5	7	2	5
8	James Harden J. Harden	38	8/22/2020	HOU	@	OKC	38	7	8	1	0	12	27	44.4	3	13	23.1	11	15	73.3	56.5	0	7	1	6	+6
9	James Harden J. Harden	37	4/25/2014	HOU	@	POR	50	9	6	2	0	13	35	37.1	3	11	27.3	8	9	88.9	47.5	1	8	1	3	+11
10	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	37	5/13/1999	HOU	vs	LAL	48	13	4	1	1	12	27	44.4	3	5	60.0	10	12	83.3	57.3	5	8	2	4	+14
11	Moses Malone M. Malone	37	4/6/1980	HOU	vs	SAS	38	20	2	1	2	14	22	63.6	0	1	0.0	9	15	60.0	64.7			1	2
12	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	36	5/13/1995	HOU	vs	PHX	33	11	1	0	2	16	27	59.3	0	0		4	5	80.0	61.6	2	9	2	2
13	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	36	5/3/1994	HOU	@	POR	44	10	6	0	1	15	27	55.6	0	0		6	7	85.7	59.8	3	7	2	4
14	James Harden J. Harden	35	4/21/2016	HOU	vs	GSW	44	8	9	2	0	11	26	42.3	4	14	28.6	9	11	81.8	56.7	2	6	4	3	+5
15	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	35	5/3/1988	HOU	vs	DAL	40	12	0	3	3	13	27	48.1	0	0		9	10	90.0	55.7	6	6	2	2
16	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	35	4/28/1987	HOU	vs	POR	43	11	3	1	8	11	18	61.1	0	0		13	16	81.3	69.9	4	7	4	5
17	Vernon Maxwell V. Maxwell	34	5/13/1994	HOU	@	PHX	38	2	4	0	0	14	24	58.3	4	7	57.1	2	4	50.0	66.0	0	2	1	4
18	James Harden J. Harden	33	9/8/2020	HOU	vs	LAL	38	9	9	0	0	11	23	47.8	4	9	44.4	7	7	100.0	63.3	3	6	2	2	-7
19	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	33	5/7/1987	HOU	@	SEA	39	11	2	0	4	14	20	70.0	0	0		5	6	83.3	72.9	2	9	4	2
20	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	33	4/6/1980	HOU	vs	SAS	36	3	5	5	0	16	24	66.7	1	1	100.0	0	0		68.8			2	3
21	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	32	5/3/1993	HOU	@	LAC	41	12	2	0	4	14	20	70.0	0	0		4	7	57.1	69.3	6	6	3	2
22	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	31	5/23/1997	HOU	vs	UTA	28	2	0	1	0	12	17	70.6	5	8	62.5	2	2	100.0	86.7	0	2	0	3	+26
23	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	31	6/11/1995	HOU	vs	ORL	45	14	7	2	0	14	30	46.7	0	0		3	5	60.0	48.1	4	10	1	4
24	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	31	5/2/1986	HOU	@	DEN	40	11	2	5	7	9	17	52.9	0	0		13	19	68.4	61.1	5	6	1	6
25	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	30	9/8/2020	HOU	vs	LAL	36	8	6	2	1	13	24	54.2	2	4	50.0	2	2	100.0	60.3	1	7	3	1	-14