Kobe Bryant has posted the most points in a game on May 29, with 39 points in Game 5 of the 2008 Western Conference Finals against the Spurs.

Interpreted as:

highest scoring by a player game on 5/29

	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	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	39	5/29/2008	LAL	vs	SAS	43	3	3	2	0	16	30	53.3	2	6	33.3	5	5	100.0	60.6	0	3	2	2	+6
2	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	37	5/29/2010	LAL	@	PHX	41	6	2	2	0	12	25	48.0	3	8	37.5	10	11	90.9	62.0	2	4	2	1	+19
3	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	36	5/29/2021	PHI	@	WAS	28	8	2	3	1	14	18	77.8	3	4	75.0	5	7	71.4	85.4	0	8	2	2	+29
4	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	36	5/29/2005	MIA	@	DET	38	7	2	0	1	12	21	57.1	0	0		12	18	66.7	62.2	2	5	2	5	-1
5	Gus Williams G. Williams	36	5/29/1979	SEA	vs	WAS	44	4	4	0	0	13	25	52.0				10	14	71.4	57.8	2	2	3	1
6	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	35	5/29/2022	MIA	vs	BOS	48	9	1	1	0	13	24	54.2	1	4	25.0	8	11	72.7	60.7	1	8	1	2	-4
7	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	35	5/29/2009	LAL	@	DEN	42	6	10	0	1	12	20	60.0	2	4	50.0	9	9	100.0	73.0	0	6	1	1	+31
8	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	35	5/29/1998	CHI	@	IND	42	5	2	1	0	12	23	52.2	1	4	25.0	10	11	90.9	62.9	1	4	3	4	-2
9	Derek Harper D. Harper	35	5/29/1988	DAL	vs	LAL	39	6	7	1	0	12	21	57.1	3	6	50.0	8	8	100.0	71.4	1	5	0	1
10	Tony Parker T. Parker	34	5/29/2012	SAS	vs	OKC	40	3	8	0	0	16	21	76.2	1	2	50.0	1	2	50.0	77.7	0	3	2	4	+15
11	Richard Hamilton R. Hamilton	33	5/29/2005	DET	vs	MIA	46	4	5	0	0	10	21	47.6	1	2	50.0	12	14	85.7	60.8	2	2	1	4	-5
12	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	33	5/29/1997	HOU	vs	UTA	38	3	3	0	0	10	15	66.7	5	7	71.4	8	8	100.0	89.1	0	3	2	2	-5
13	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	32	5/29/2025	NYK	vs	IND	34	5	5	0	1	12	18	66.7	4	7	57.1	4	4	100.0	81.0	0	5	3	2	+18
14	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	32	5/29/1990	POR	vs	PHX	46	10	4	3	1	13	24	54.2	1	2	50.0	5	7	71.4	59.1	4	6	2	3
15	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	32	5/29/1979	SEA	vs	WAS	48	10	3	0	4	12	23	52.2				8	13	61.5	55.7	4	6	5	5
16	Kevin Durant K. Durant	31	5/29/2012	OKC	@	SAS	42	5	5	3	2	10	17	58.8	3	4	75.0	8	8	100.0	75.5	1	4	3	4	-6
17	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	31	5/29/2006	MIA	vs	DET	44	6	5	2	2	8	11	72.7	0	0		15	19	78.9	80.1	0	6	2	1	+8
18	Larry Bird L. Bird	31	5/29/1986	BOS	vs	HOU	44	8	7	4	2	12	19	63.2	3	5	60.0	4	4	100.0	74.7	2	6	3	0
19	James Harden J. Harden	30	5/29/2012	OKC	@	SAS	34	7	4	2	0	10	13	76.9	0	1	0.0	10	13	76.9	80.1	2	5	0	6	+3
20	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	30	5/29/2004	MIN	vs	LAL	46	19	4	1	1	10	23	43.5	0	0		10	11	90.9	53.9	3	16	0	3	0
21	Norman Powell N. Powell	29	5/29/2021	POR	vs	DEN	34	2	1	1	2	11	15	73.3	4	4	100.0	3	3	100.0	88.8	0	2	1	1	+26
22	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	29	5/29/2021	UTA	@	MEM	30	2	5	1	0	9	23	39.1	2	10	20.0	9	11	81.8	52.1	0	2	2	0	+8
23	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	29	5/29/1993	CHI	vs	NYK	32	4	4	0	1	10	12	83.3	1	1	100.0	8	10	80.0	88.4	0	4	3	3
24	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	29	5/29/1992	CHI	@	CLE	44	8	8	2	0	10	27	37.0	0	0		9	9	100.0	46.8	1	7	3	3
25	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	29	5/29/1992	CHI	@	CLE	42	12	5	4	4	11	23	47.8	0	1	0.0	7	8	87.5	54.7	3	9	5	5