most points in a game by a player from dec 1 2020 to feb 15 2021 with <43 points including playoffs

Between December 1, 2020 and February 15, 2021, 8 players were tied for the most points with fewer than 43 points in a regular-season or postseason game, with 42 points. The first three are Ben Simmons on February 15, 2021, Nikola Vučević on February 12, 2021 and Luka Dončić on February 6, 2021.

	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	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	42	2/15/2021	PHI	@	UTA	38	9	12	1	1	15	26	57.7	0	0		12	13	92.3	66.2	3	6	4	2	-5
2	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	42	2/12/2021	ORL	@	SAC	34	9	4	2	0	17	22	77.3	6	8	75.0	2	3	66.7	90.1	1	8	1	1	+9
3	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	42	2/6/2021	DAL	vs	GSW	38	7	11	1	0	12	23	52.2	7	12	58.3	11	14	78.6	72.0	1	6	7	3	+18
4	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	42	1/22/2021	BOS	@	PHI	36	9	3	1	1	16	28	57.1	5	8	62.5	5	7	71.4	67.6	4	5	3	1	-9
5	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	42	1/20/2021	PHI	vs	BOS	33	10	2	1	1	12	19	63.2	1	5	20.0	17	21	81.0	74.4	0	10	1	2	+15
6	Collin Sexton C. Sexton	42	1/20/2021	CLE	vs	BKN	38	5	5	2	1	16	29	55.2	5	11	45.5	5	9	55.6	63.7	3	2	1	5	+14
7	Kevin Durant K. Durant	42	1/16/2021	BKN	vs	ORL	40	4	5	2	2	16	26	61.5	5	8	62.5	5	5	100.0	74.5	0	4	6	0	+10
8	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	42	12/30/2020	BOS	vs	MEM	29	5	4	1	0	15	21	71.4	7	10	70.0	5	6	83.3	88.8	1	4	4	1	+22
9	Terry Rozier T. Rozier	42	12/23/2020	CHA	@	CLE	38	3	2	2	1	15	23	65.2	10	16	62.5	2	4	50.0	84.8	1	2	3	5	-4
10	Terry Rozier T. Rozier	41	2/12/2021	CHA	vs	MIN	41	7	3	0	1	13	20	65.0	6	10	60.0	9	9	100.0	85.6	0	7	4	2	+10
11	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	41	1/31/2021	WAS	vs	BKN	35	10	8	2	1	16	28	57.1	4	7	57.1	5	7	71.4	66.0	4	6	3	4	+7
12	Trae Young T. Young	41	1/29/2021	ATL	@	WAS	34	3	5	0	0	10	18	55.6	5	9	55.6	16	17	94.1	80.5	1	2	2	4	+12
13	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	41	1/23/2021	MIA	@	BKN	38	5	9	1	0	14	20	70.0	1	1	100.0	12	14	85.7	78.4	0	5	1	5	+4
14	Bradley Beal B. Beal	41	1/8/2021	WAS	@	BOS	38	3	3	0	1	16	29	55.2	4	9	44.4	5	5	100.0	65.7	0	3	5	3	-7
15	Jordan Clarkson J. Clarkson	40	2/15/2021	UTA	vs	PHI	29	0	1	2	0	13	20	65.0	8	13	61.5	6	7	85.7	86.7	0	0	2	0	+9
16	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	40	2/15/2021	BKN	@	SAC	31	4	3	2	0	15	22	68.2	9	11	81.8	1	4	25.0	84.2	1	3	3	3	+5
17	Stephen Curry S. Curry	40	2/11/2021	GSW	vs	ORL	37	8	5	4	0	14	26	53.8	10	19	52.6	2	2	100.0	74.4	0	8	6	1	+16
18	Kelly Oubre Jr. K. Oubre Jr.	40	2/4/2021	GSW	@	DAL	36	8	2	1	1	14	21	66.7	7	10	70.0	5	6	83.3	84.6	1	7	2	3	+18
19	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	40	1/13/2021	POR	@	SAC	42	1	13	3	0	11	23	47.8	6	15	40.0	12	12	100.0	70.7	0	1	0	2	+9
20	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	40	1/4/2021	BOS	@	TOR	32	6	2	0	2	11	19	57.9	5	8	62.5	13	13	100.0	80.9	0	6	1	5	+24
21	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	39	2/6/2021	CHI	@	ORL	33	7	4	0	0	16	25	64.0	5	6	83.3	2	5	40.0	71.7	2	5	2	2	+26
22	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	39	2/2/2021	BKN	vs	LAC	37	5	2	1	2	15	23	65.2	6	8	75.0	3	3	100.0	80.2	1	4	1	4	-4
23	Gordon Hayward G. Hayward	39	1/24/2021	CHA	@	ORL	38	9	1	1	1	15	25	60.0	5	8	62.5	4	8	50.0	68.4	2	7	2	2	-3
24	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	39	1/24/2021	POR	vs	NYK	35	5	8	1	0	11	17	64.7	6	10	60.0	11	11	100.0	89.3	1	4	3	2	+2
25	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	39	1/9/2021	PHI	vs	DEN	44	7	6	2	0	18	33	54.5	3	8	37.5	0	0		59.1	1	6	2	3	-17