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James Harden and LeBron James were tied for their most points in a game, with 61 points.

	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	61	3/22/2019	HOU	vs	SAS	37	7	1	3	0	19	34	55.9	9	13	69.2	14	17	82.4	73.5	2	5	3	3	+18
2	James Harden J. Harden	61	1/23/2019	HOU	@	NYK	40	15	4	5	0	17	38	44.7	5	20	25.0	22	25	88.0	62.2	6	9	5	3	+19
3	LeBron James L. James	61	3/3/2014	MIA	vs	CHA	41	7	4	0	0	22	33	66.7	8	10	80.0	9	12	75.0	79.7	3	4	2	2	+16
4	James Harden J. Harden	60	11/30/2019	HOU	vs	ATL	31	3	8	3	1	16	24	66.7	8	14	57.1	20	23	87.0	87.9	0	3	5	3	+50
5	James Harden J. Harden	60	1/30/2018	HOU	vs	ORL	46	10	11	4	1	19	30	63.3	5	14	35.7	17	18	94.4	79.1	2	8	5	2	+7
6	James Harden J. Harden	59	10/30/2019	HOU	@	WAS	38	3	9	1	0	18	32	56.3	6	14	42.9	17	18	94.4	73.9	1	2	4	3	+6
7	James Harden J. Harden	58	2/28/2019	HOU	vs	MIA	44	7	10	4	1	16	32	50.0	8	18	44.4	18	18	100.0	72.6	2	5	4	1	+10
8	James Harden J. Harden	58	1/16/2019	HOU	vs	BKN	45	10	6	1	1	16	34	47.1	5	19	26.3	21	23	91.3	65.7	1	9	4	5	-8
9	James Harden J. Harden	57	3/20/2019	HOU	@	MEM	46	7	8	2	2	18	39	46.2	9	17	52.9	12	12	100.0	64.4	1	6	3	3	+11
10	James Harden J. Harden	57	1/14/2019	HOU	vs	MEM	34	9	2	2	1	17	33	51.5	6	15	40.0	17	18	94.4	69.6	2	7	5	4	+25
11	LeBron James L. James	57	11/3/2017	CLE	@	WAS	43	11	7	3	2	23	34	67.6	2	4	50.0	9	9	100.0	75.1	5	6	3	2	+6
12	LeBron James L. James	56	3/5/2022	LAL	vs	GSW	39	10	3	0	1	19	31	61.3	6	11	54.5	12	13	92.3	76.3	2	8	4	0	+13
13	James Harden J. Harden	56	11/5/2017	HOU	vs	UTA	35	2	13	2	0	19	25	76.0	7	8	87.5	11	12	91.7	92.5	0	2	7	3	+25
14	LeBron James L. James	56	3/20/2005	CLE	@	TOR	48	10	5	2	0	18	36	50.0	6	12	50.0	14	15	93.3	65.7	2	8	4	0	-7
15	James Harden J. Harden	55	11/22/2025	LAC	@	CHA	35	3	7	1	0	17	26	65.4	10	16	62.5	11	14	78.6	85.5	1	2	2	1	+22
16	James Harden J. Harden	55	12/11/2019	HOU	@	CLE	41	3	8	2	2	20	34	58.8	10	18	55.6	5	5	100.0	76.0	0	3	6	3	+10
17	LeBron James L. James	55	2/20/2009	CLE	@	MIL	40	5	9	0	0	16	29	55.2	8	11	72.7	15	22	68.2	71.1	1	4	6	3	+13
18	James Harden J. Harden	54	12/13/2019	HOU	@	ORL	36	5	7	2	3	19	31	61.3	10	15	66.7	6	6	100.0	80.3	2	3	3	5	+21
19	James Harden J. Harden	54	11/26/2018	HOU	@	WAS	47	8	13	3	0	17	32	53.1	7	15	46.7	13	15	86.7	69.9	1	7	11	4	+7
20	James Harden J. Harden	53	12/31/2016	HOU	vs	NYK	42	16	17	0	0	14	26	53.8	9	16	56.3	16	18	88.9	78.1	3	13	8	2	+13
21	LeBron James L. James	52	2/4/2009	CLE	@	NYK	44	9	11	0	2	17	33	51.5	2	7	28.6	16	19	84.2	62.9	0	9	3	1	+7
22	LeBron James L. James	52	12/10/2005	CLE	@	MIL	43	7	7	2	0	19	29	65.5	5	9	55.6	9	10	90.0	77.8	0	7	3	5	-3
23	LeBron James L. James	51	11/18/2018	LAL	@	MIA	38	8	3	2	1	19	31	61.3	6	8	75.0	7	10	70.0	72.0	1	7	2	3	+20
24	James Harden J. Harden	51	12/22/2017	HOU	vs	LAC	41	4	8	3	0	15	28	53.6	6	14	42.9	15	16	93.8	72.8	0	4	8	6	-9
25	James Harden J. Harden	51	12/20/2017	HOU	vs	LAL	43	3	9	1	1	15	27	55.6	4	6	66.7	17	21	81.0	70.4	0	3	6	5	+4

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9.2

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1	Lakers	11	2	.846
2	Spurs	10	2	.833	0.5
3	Rockets	9	3	.750	1.5
4	Trail Blazers	8	3	.727	2.0
5	Timberwolves	8	3	.727	2.0

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Fri 11/13	UTA	@	HOU	8:30 PM
Sun 11/15	HOU	@	WAS	7:00 PM
Mon 11/16	HOU	@	MIA	7:30 PM
Wed 11/18	HOU	@	IND	7:00 PM
Fri 11/20	HOU	@	DEN	10:00 PM

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Final

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Rockets

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38.6

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30.3

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29.7

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8.5

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2.4

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2.2

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4.3

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1	Celtics	10	2	.833
2	76ers	9	3	.750	1.0
3	Pistons	7	3	.700	2.0
4	Hawks	7	5	.583	3.0
5	Knicks	6	5	.545	3.5
6	Cavaliers	6	6	.500	4.0
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8	Heat	5	6	.455	4.5
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11	Pacers	4	8	.333	6.0
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1	Lakers	11	2	.846
2	Spurs	10	2	.833	0.5
3	Rockets	9	3	.750	1.5
4	Trail Blazers	8	3	.727	2.0
5	Timberwolves	8	3	.727	2.0
6	Warriors	8	4	.667	2.5
7	Thunder	8	4	.667	2.5
8	Mavericks	7	4	.636	3.0
9	Grizzlies	7	4	.636	3.0
10	Nuggets	6	4	.600	3.5
11	Suns	4	6	.400	5.5
12	Pelicans	4	8	.333	6.5
13	Clippers	2	8	.200	7.5
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DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	113-121
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	106-100
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	116-104
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	132-125
Wed 10/21	MIL	@	WAS	116-128

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 11/12	TOR	@	PHI	7:00 PM
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Thu 11/12	DAL	@	MIN	8:00 PM
Thu 11/12	CHA	@	PHX	9:00 PM
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James Harden and LeBron James were tied for their most points in a game, with 61 points.

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