David Thompson is the youngest in a game with 72+ points. He was 23 years and 270 days old versus the Pistons on April 9, 1978.
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youngest player to score 72 or more points in a regular-season game| NAME | Age | PTS | DATE | TM | OPP | MIN | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | D. Thompson | 23-270 | 73 | 4/9/1978 | @ | 43 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 38 | 73.7 | 17 | 20 | 85.0 | 78.0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
| 2 |  | L. Dončić | 24-332 | 73 | 1/26/2024 | @ | 45 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 33 | 75.8 | 8 | 13 | 61.5 | 15 | 16 | 93.8 | 91.2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | +13 | ||
| 3 |  | W. Chamberlain | 25-109 | 78 | 12/8/1961 | vs | 63 | 43 | 1 | 31 | 62 | 50.0 | 16 | 31 | 51.6 | 51.6 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 4 | | W. Chamberlain | 25-145 | 73 | 1/13/1962 | vs | 48 | 36 | 0 | 29 | 48 | 60.4 | 15 | 25 | 60.0 | 61.9 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 5 | | W. Chamberlain | 25-193 | 100 | 3/2/1962 | 48 | 25 | 2 | 36 | 63 | 57.1 | 28 | 32 | 87.5 | 64.9 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | | W. Chamberlain | 26-074 | 72 | 11/3/1962 | @ | 48 | 18 | 1 | 29 | 48 | 60.4 | 14 | 18 | 77.8 | 64.4 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 7 | | W. Chamberlain | 26-087 | 73 | 11/16/1962 | @ | 48 | 14 | 1 | 29 | 43 | 67.4 | 15 | 19 | 78.9 | 71.1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 8 |  | K. Bryant | 27-152 | 81 | 1/22/2006 | vs | 42 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 46 | 60.9 | 7 | 13 | 53.8 | 18 | 20 | 90.0 | 73.9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | +25 | ||
| 9 |  | B. Adebayo | 28-235 | 83 | 3/10/2026 | vs | 42 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 43 | 46.5 | 7 | 22 | 31.8 | 36 | 43 | 83.7 | 67.0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | +20 |
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