Between the 1977-78 and 1981-82 seasons, Adrian Dantley and George Gervin were tied for the most games with 50+ points, with 5 games.
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regular season most 50 or more points games by a player 1977-78 to 1981-82| NAME | GP | PTS | MPG | PPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TPG | MIN | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | +/- | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | A. Dantley | 5 | 259 | 44.6 | 51.8 | 7.4 | 4.4 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 19.2 | 26.6 | 72.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.4 | 15.2 | 88.2 | 77.8 | 2.8 | 223 | 37 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 16 | ||||
| 2 |  | G. Gervin | 5 | 273 | 41.6 | 54.6 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 22.4 | 37.0 | 60.5 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 50.0 | 9.6 | 11.0 | 87.3 | 65.2 | 208 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 9 | |||||
| 3 |  | M. Malone | 2 | 104 | 43.0 | 52.0 | 20.5 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 19.5 | 29.0 | 67.2 | 0.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 86.7 | 73.0 | 3.0 | 86 | 41 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | |||||
| 4 |  | R. Barry | 2 | 106 | 43.5 | 53.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 20.5 | 34.5 | 59.4 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 92.3 | 65.9 | 0.5 | 6.5 | 2.0 | 87 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 | ||||
| 5 |  | R. Williams | 1 | 52 | 43.0 | 52.0 | 4.0 | 7.0 | 21.0 | 34.0 | 61.8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 100.0 | 9.0 | 11.0 | 81.8 | 66.9 | 43 | 4 | 7 | 5 | |||||||||
| 6 |  | B. King | 1 | 50 | 43.0 | 50.0 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 20.0 | 25.0 | 80.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 90.9 | 83.8 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 43 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 7 |  | B. Knight | 1 | 52 | 39.0 | 52.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 19.0 | 30.0 | 63.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 87.5 | 70.2 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 8 |  | L. Kenon | 1 | 51 | 36.0 | 51.0 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 23.0 | 32.0 | 71.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 83.3 | 73.6 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| 9 |  | F. Williams | 1 | 51 | 44.0 | 51.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 22.0 | 34.0 | 64.7 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 50.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 83.3 | 69.6 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 44 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| 10 | | M. Newlin | 1 | 52 | 49.0 | 52.0 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 19.0 | 28.0 | 67.9 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 33.3 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 86.7 | 75.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 49 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |
| 11 |  | J. Drew | 1 | 50 | 33.0 | 50.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 19.0 | 32.0 | 59.4 | 12.0 | 16.0 | 75.0 | 64.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| 12 | | T. Robinson | 1 | 51 | 44.0 | 51.0 | 16.0 | 1.0 | 20.0 | 26.0 | 76.9 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 84.6 | 80.4 | 44 | 16 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 13 |  | D. Thompson | 1 | 73 | 43.0 | 73.0 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 28.0 | 38.0 | 73.7 | 17.0 | 20.0 | 85.0 | 78.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 43 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| 14 | | J. Williamson | 1 | 50 | 44.0 | 50.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 19.0 | 32.0 | 59.4 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 92.3 | 66.3 | 44 | 4 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 15 |  | C. Murphy | 1 | 57 | 48.0 | 57.0 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 24.0 | 40.0 | 60.0 | 9.0 | 12.0 | 75.0 | 62.9 | 48 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
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