most nba points in a game in 2016-17 with 45 points or less

4 players were tied for the most points in a game with 45 or fewer points in 2016-17, with 45 points. The first three are Kyrie Irving on April 9, 2017, Russell Westbrook 4 times and Carmelo Anthony on January 29, 2017.

Interpreted as:

most NBA points by a player in a regular-season game in 2016-17 with 45 points or less

	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	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	45	4/9/2017	CLE	@	ATL	45	2	9	1	0	16	30	53.3	8	12	66.7	5	6	83.3	68.9	0	2	3	3	+9
2	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	45	4/5/2017	OKC	@	MEM	38	9	10	4	0	14	25	56.0	8	13	61.5	9	12	75.0	74.3	0	9	7	4	+3
3	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	45	3/2/2017	OKC	@	POR	37	7	4	1	1	12	36	33.3	6	16	37.5	15	15	100.0	52.8	2	5	4	0	-7
4	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	45	1/29/2017	NYK	@	ATL	46	6	4	0	1	18	36	50.0	3	9	33.3	6	7	85.7	57.6	0	6	3	6	-3
5	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	45	1/26/2017	OKC	vs	DAL	35	8	3	2	0	16	29	55.2	4	8	50.0	9	11	81.8	66.5	1	7	4	2	+19
6	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	45	12/23/2016	OKC	@	BOS	35	11	11	1	0	13	25	52.0	5	7	71.4	14	16	87.5	70.2	1	10	4	1	+10
7	Anthony Davis A. Davis	45	11/23/2016	NOP	vs	MIN	39	10	3	2	1	17	27	63.0	2	4	50.0	9	10	90.0	71.7	1	9	4	1	+33
8	Anthony Davis A. Davis	45	10/28/2016	NOP	vs	GSW	40	17	3	2	2	17	31	54.8	1	2	50.0	10	14	71.4	60.5	6	11	1	2	-3
9	Isaiah Thomas I. Thomas	44	2/1/2017	BOS	vs	TOR	38	4	7	0	0	12	22	54.5	5	12	41.7	15	16	93.8	75.8	0	4	3	3	+16
10	Isaiah Thomas I. Thomas	44	12/20/2016	BOS	@	MEM	38	3	6	2	1	10	16	62.5	7	10	70.0	17	17	100.0	93.7	0	3	1	1	+9
11	LeBron James L. James	44	12/10/2016	CLE	vs	CHA	42	9	10	3	1	17	24	70.8	5	10	50.0	5	9	55.6	78.7	1	8	5	3	-1
12	Paul George P. George	43	4/2/2017	IND	@	CLE	48	9	9	3	1	16	33	48.5	6	16	37.5	5	7	71.4	59.6	0	9	3	5	+17
13	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	43	3/3/2017	CLE	@	ATL	36	2	9	4	1	14	21	66.7	5	8	62.5	10	10	100.0	84.6	0	2	3	0	+7
14	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	43	2/28/2017	OKC	vs	UTA	39	11	10	0	0	13	28	46.4	6	9	66.7	11	12	91.7	64.6	0	11	8	1	+10
15	Blake Griffin B. Griffin	43	2/26/2017	LAC	vs	CHA	42	10	5	2	0	15	26	57.7	3	4	75.0	10	16	62.5	65.1	4	6	1	4	+17
16	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	43	2/24/2017	TOR	vs	BOS	37	5	5	0	0	15	28	53.6	1	3	33.3	12	12	100.0	64.6	0	5	3	2	+15
17	Stephen Curry S. Curry	43	1/28/2017	GSW	vs	LAC	29	9	6	0	0	15	23	65.2	9	15	60.0	4	4	100.0	86.8	0	9	2	1	+42
18	CJ McCollum	43	1/1/2017	POR	@	MIN	39	5	3	3	1	16	25	64.0	3	6	50.0	8	9	88.9	74.2	1	4	3	3	+7
19	Stephen Curry S. Curry	42	4/5/2017	GSW	@	PHX	35	4	11	2	2	15	25	60.0	8	12	66.7	4	7	57.1	74.8	0	4	3	0	+25
20	Stephen Curry S. Curry	42	4/2/2017	GSW	vs	WAS	36	1	8	1	0	15	22	68.2	9	14	64.3	3	3	100.0	90.1	0	1	1	3	+26
21	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	42	3/21/2017	TOR	vs	CHI	43	7	8	2	1	17	38	44.7	1	5	20.0	7	11	63.6	49.0	4	3	2	1	+6
22	Anthony Davis A. Davis	42	2/10/2017	NOP	@	MIN	36	13	2	1	1	16	22	72.7	2	3	66.7	8	11	72.7	78.2	2	11	2	3	+13
23	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	42	2/5/2017	OKC	vs	POR	35	4	8	0	0	16	34	47.1	1	6	16.7	9	11	81.8	54.1	1	3	4	3	+7
24	James Harden J. Harden	42	2/3/2017	HOU	vs	CHI	44	12	9	1	1	13	33	39.4	5	13	38.5	11	14	78.6	53.6	1	11	2	4	-11
25	Marc Gasol M. Gasol	42	1/25/2017	MEM	vs	TOR	38	7	2	1	2	14	25	56.0	5	10	50.0	9	10	90.0	71.4	0	7	2	1	+9