most points in a game by a player in 2020-21 with <45 points including playoffs

11 players were tied for the most points with fewer than 45 points in a 2021 regular-season or postseason game, with 44 points. The first three are Luka Dončić on May 28, 2021 and on February 14, 2021, Pascal Siakam on May 6, 2021 and Jayson Tatum on April 17, 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	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	44	5/28/2021	DAL	vs	LAC	39	9	9	1	0	15	28	53.6	7	13	53.8	7	13	53.8	65.2	2	7	5	2	+3
2	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	44	5/6/2021	TOR	vs	WAS	42	11	7	1	0	17	28	60.7	2	6	33.3	8	11	72.7	67.0	2	9	4	3	0
3	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	44	4/17/2021	BOS	vs	GSW	40	10	3	2	0	16	25	64.0	5	9	55.6	7	8	87.5	77.1	0	10	2	2	+12
4	Julius Randle J. Randle	44	4/16/2021	NYK	@	DAL	41	10	7	1	1	16	29	55.2	6	11	54.5	6	9	66.7	66.7	0	10	3	1	-1
5	Gary Trent Jr. G. Trent Jr.	44	4/10/2021	TOR	@	CLE	33	7	4	1	0	17	19	89.5	7	9	77.8	3	3	100.0	108.3	0	7	1	2	+31
6	James Harden J. Harden	44	3/26/2021	BKN	@	DET	42	14	8	1	0	14	30	46.7	4	11	36.4	12	14	85.7	60.8	2	12	3	6	-3
7	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	44	3/25/2021	SAC	vs	GSW	36	2	7	3	0	16	22	72.7	3	7	42.9	9	10	90.0	83.3	0	2	2	3	+9
8	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	44	3/4/2021	POR	vs	SAC	38	1	7	0	1	13	26	50.0	8	15	53.3	10	10	100.0	72.4	0	1	0	0	+6
9	Julius Randle J. Randle	44	2/15/2021	NYK	vs	ATL	41	9	5	0	0	14	22	63.6	7	13	53.8	9	12	75.0	80.6	0	9	3	1	+17
10	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	44	2/14/2021	DAL	vs	POR	36	7	9	0	0	14	20	70.0	5	8	62.5	11	12	91.7	87.0	1	6	5	4	-10
11	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	44	1/30/2021	POR	@	CHI	36	5	9	1	0	15	26	57.7	8	17	47.1	6	6	100.0	76.8	0	5	4	2	0
12	Gordon Hayward G. Hayward	44	1/6/2021	CHA	@	ATL	39	7	2	1	1	15	25	60.0	4	9	44.4	10	12	83.3	72.7	2	5	1	3	+10
13	James Harden J. Harden	44	12/26/2020	HOU	@	POR	43	4	17	1	0	12	21	57.1	6	13	46.2	14	16	87.5	78.5	1	3	5	1	-6
14	CJ McCollum	44	12/26/2020	POR	vs	HOU	44	3	8	1	0	17	30	56.7	9	16	56.3	1	2	50.0	71.2	0	3	0	1	+8
15	Ja Morant J. Morant	44	12/23/2020	MEM	vs	SAS	35	2	9	2	1	18	27	66.7	1	2	50.0	7	8	87.5	72.1	0	2	1	1	+10
16	Terry Rozier T. Rozier	43	5/9/2021	CHA	vs	NOP	42	5	4	1	0	16	26	61.5	7	11	63.6	4	4	100.0	77.4	1	4	3	1	+3
17	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	43	4/12/2021	SAC	@	NOP	39	6	6	1	0	15	30	50.0	5	13	38.5	8	15	53.3	58.7	0	6	4	3	-7
18	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	43	3/19/2021	BKN	@	ORL	39	6	4	1	0	19	31	61.3	3	8	37.5	2	2	100.0	67.4	1	5	3	0	-11
19	Bradley Beal B. Beal	43	3/18/2021	WAS	vs	UTA	39	2	5	0	0	16	24	66.7	4	6	66.7	7	8	87.5	78.1	0	2	3	3	+14
20	Norman Powell N. Powell	43	3/17/2021	TOR	@	DET	38	3	0	0	0	14	18	77.8	8	12	66.7	7	9	77.8	97.9	1	2	2	4	-11
21	Devin Booker D. Booker	43	2/28/2021	PHX	@	MIN	34	5	5	0	1	15	26	57.7	1	6	16.7	12	13	92.3	67.8	0	5	2	3	+18
22	Jerami Grant J. Grant	43	2/17/2021	DET	@	CHI	38	2	0	0	1	15	25	60.0	4	9	44.4	9	9	100.0	74.2	0	2	3	5	-7
23	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	43	2/17/2021	POR	@	NOP	38	4	16	1	1	14	28	50.0	7	16	43.8	8	8	100.0	68.2	1	3	4	1	+14
24	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	43	2/16/2021	DEN	@	BOS	38	6	5	2	1	16	23	69.6	3	5	60.0	8	8	100.0	81.1	3	3	3	3	+2
25	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	43	2/5/2021	ORL	vs	CHI	37	19	4	0	1	17	29	58.6	4	10	40.0	5	6	83.3	68.0	3	16	1	2	+10