wilt chamberlain scored the most points in the nba game.
who scored the most points in the nba game?
wilt chamberlain
the timberwolves' trade of jefferson before the 2010–11 nba season was expected to result in more playing time for love. however, he averaged 28 minutes through the first nine games, exceeding 30 minutes only twice. chris mannix of si.com wrote that many speculated there was a rift between coach kurt rambis and love. in a home game against the new york knicks on november 12, 2010, love became the 19th player to record a "30–30" game, when he recorded 31 points along with a career-high 31 rebounds. his 31 rebounds set a timberwolves franchise record and were also the most by a player in an nba game since charles barkley recorded 33 rebounds in a game in 1996. love became the first player to record a 30–30 game since moses malone in 1982. love scored a career-high 43 points and had 17 rebounds on december 18 in a 115–113 loss to the denver nuggets. on february 4, 2011, love was selected by commissioner david stern to his first nba all-star game as replacement for the injured yao ming. the day before, love was not selected as an all-star as a reserve although averaging 21.4 points, a league-best 15.5 rebounds, shooting 43.9 percent from 3-point range, and having 34 straight double-doubles for the 11–37 timberwolves. on february 8, love set a team record (previously held by kevin garnett) with his 38th consecutive double-double after scoring 20 points and recording 14 rebounds in the timberwolves' 112–108 win over the houston rockets. he scored 37 points and had 23 rebounds on february 27 in a 126–123 win over the golden state warriors. it was his fourth 30-point, 20-rebound game of the season, and love went 18 for 23 from the free throw line to tie minnesota's team records for made and attempted free throws. on march 13, love's consecutive double-double streak ended at 53 games in a loss to the golden state warriors. it was the longest streak since the aba–nba merger in 1976, surpassing malone's 51-game streak from 1979 to 1980. love was two short of elvin hayes's streak of 55 consecutive double-doubles set in the 1973–74 season. according to the elias sports bureau, wilt chamberlain holds the record with 227 consecutive double-doubles from 1964 to 1967. the nba does not recognize the double-double as an official statistic. love suffered a strained left groin on march 20 against sacramento. he missed the final six games and nine of the last 11 games of the season due to the injury.
kevin love
on november 1, 2016, carter played in his 1,278th nba game, tying him with a. c. green for 25th on the nba's career list. he also became the 24th player in nba history to surpass 24,000 career points. on november 8, he scored 20 points against the denver nuggets and became the oldest player in the nba to post a 20-point game since michael jordan scored 25 for the washington wizards in april 2003, at age 40. it was also carter's first 20-point game since april 30, 2014. on november 12, carter made seven field goals against the milwaukee bucks to pass gary payton (8,708) for 21st in nba history. carter also passed charles oakley for 24th on the nba's career games played list with 1,283. on november 14, in a win over the utah jazz, carter had his second 20-point game of the season, joining michael jordan and patrick ewing as the only players in nba history to put up 20 points and 5+ rebounds off the bench at the age of 39, with carter being the oldest at 39 years and 287 days. carter missed seven games in early december with a right hip flexor strain. on january 11, carter hit his 1,989th career three-pointer to move ahead of jason kidd and into fifth on the all-time list. on february 1, in a game against the denver nuggets, carter hit his 2,000th career three-pointer, making him only the fifth player to ever reach that mark. on february 6 against san antonio, carter joined karl malone, dikembe mutombo, kareem abdul-jabbar and robert parish as the only 40-year old players to record at least four blocks in a game. on february 15, in a game against the new orleans pelicans, carter passed allen iverson for 23rd on the nba all-time scoring list. on march 13, carter made his first start of the season and made all eight of his shots, including six from beyond the arc, to score a season-high 24 points and lead the grizzlies past the milwaukee bucks 113–93. he became the first 40-year-old in nba history to hit six triples in one game. at 40 years, 46 days old, carter also became the oldest player to start an nba game since juwan howard in april 2013. on march 29 against the indiana pacers, carter passed ray allen for 22nd on the nba all-time scoring list. in the grizzlies' regular-season finale on april 12 against the dallas mavericks, carter played in his 1,347th game and passed kobe bryant for 13th in regular-season games played. on april 22, carter became the first 40-year-old to make three or more 3-pointers in a playoff game during game 4 of the grizzlies' first-round series against the san antonio spurs.
vince carter