What was Larry Bird's highest scoring game?

Hawks. On March 12, 1985, Larry Bird erupted for career-high 60 points in the Boston Celtics' win against the Atlanta Hawks.
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How many 50 point games did Larry Bird have?

Bird dropped 50 points in a game four times in his Hall of Fame career, including his career-high 60-point game against the Atlanta Hawks in 1985.
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Who scored 73 points in a game?

7. The number of players who have scored at least 70 points in an NBA game: Wilt Chamberlain (100, 78, 73, 73, 72, 70), Kobe Bryant (81), David Thompson (73), Donovan Mitchell (71), Elgin Baylor (71), David Robinson (71), Devin Booker (70).
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What was Larry Bird's best game?

The game in question was a 114-97 victory over the Houston Rockets in Game 6 of that season's finals. Larry Legend hung 29 points, 11 rebounds, 12 assists and 3 steals in his 46 minutes of game time.
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How many 60 point games did Larry Bird have?

Larry Bird played 1 game with 60+ points.
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Larry Bird's LEGENDARY 60 Point Game



Who scored 69 points in the NBA?

On March 28th, 1990, Jordan's Chicago Bulls were playing against the Cleveland Cavaliers when he got hammered by Cleveland's defense. His reaction to the foul was as expected. He went on a tear and ended up scoring an incredible 69 points.
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Who scored 70 points in the NBA?

Elgin Baylor was the first NBA player to have a 70-point game when he had a 71-point, 25-rebound effort as a member of the Lakers in November 1960. Chamberlain broke Baylor's record the following year with his 78-point game, which actually came in a loss to Baylor, who scored 63 points in the matchup, and the Lakers.
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Who is better Kobe or Larry Bird?

So wherever you have Bird, go ahead and place Bryant one spot ahead of him. To the old-timers, the suggestion is blasphemy. I've been told that Larry Bird is “just flat-out better than Kobe Bryant.” Yet, when you look at both raw statistics and advanced statistics, it is pretty clear that Bryant is the superior player.
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What is LeBron James career high?

61 – Most points LeBron James scored in an NBA game

That surpassed his previous career high of 56 points scored during his second NBA season, March 20, 2005, during a loss at Toronto. That 56 was a Cavs record until Kyrie Irving scored 57 against the Spurs in 2015.
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How many 50 point games does LeBron have?

James has recorded 50-plus points in 14 games over the course of his career.
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Who has a 80 point game?

Kobe Bryant's 81-point game is almost as famous as Chamberlain's 100. It's the only other time in NBA history a player has scored 80 or more points in a game, and only one other player (Devin Booker of the Phoenix Suns) has hit 70 points since then.
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Who scored a 100 point game?

In his prime, Chamberlain was such a dominant scorer that his feat was mostly taken for granted. Warriors player Al Attles said that after Chamberlain's previous record 78-point game, "It was only a matter of time until he reached 100, you could wait for it."
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Has there ever been a 300 point NBA game?

The highest-scoring playoff game is the double-overtime game between the Portland Trail Blazers and the Phoenix Suns on May 11, 1992. The two teams combined to score 304 points, with the Trail Blazers defeating the Suns 153–151.
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Who has the most 60 point games in NBA?

Only six players have scored 60 or more points on more than one occasion: Wilt Chamberlain (32 times), Kobe Bryant (6 times), Michael Jordan (4 times), James Harden (4 times), Damian Lillard (4 times), and Elgin Baylor (3 times).
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How many 40 point games does MJ have?

Michael Jordan played in 173 games with 40+ points.
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What is Jordan's career high?

Michael Jordan owns the highest career scoring average in NBA history. Relive his highest scoring game - 69 points - in this thrilling matchup with the Cavaliers from 1990.
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What is Kevin Durant career high?

Kevin Durant scored his most points in a game versus the Hawks on April 2, with 55 points.
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What was Luka Doncic career high?

Doncic's 60 points is his career high, and surpassed Dirk Nowitzki's 53 to lead the charts for highest score by a Dallas player. It's the 52nd triple double of his career, and 21 rebounds is also a career high for Doncic. James Harden is the only other player to have posted a 60-point triple double.
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Who was better Bird or curry?

Stephen Curry, we can see that Larry Bird has 10 awards in contrast to Stephen Curry's 6 awards. Larry Bird has 3 Championship, 2 Finals MVP, 3 Regular Season MVP, 1 Rookie of the Year, 1 Hall of Fame, while Stephen Curry has 3 Championship, 2 Regular Season MVP, 1 Scoring Title.
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Is Larry Bird better than Ray Allen?

In the 1984-1985 season, Bird's 42.7 percent was a career-high from distance. It's a minimal difference, but in this regard Allen is the superior shooter. Again it's basically an argument of numbers, but in this case there is no contest. When it comes to the most made, Allen has Bird beat by a mile.
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Who was Larry Bird's toughest defender?

Larry Bird once referred to Michael Cooper as the best defender he ever faced.
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Has anyone made 100 points in the NBA?

On March 2, 1962, Wilt Chamberlain set the NBA single-game scoring record by tallying 100 points for the Philadelphia Warriors in a 169-147 victory over the New York Knicks.
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Who has the most 90 point games in NBA history?

Wilt Chamberlain had the most games with 90+ points, with 1 game.
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Has there ever been a 200 point NBA game?

No NBA team has ever scored 200 points in a game. In 1983, the Detroit Pistons beat the Denver Nuggets 186–184 and this is the most in NBA history.
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