Dave Bing posted the most points in a game in 1970-71, with 54 points against the Bulls on February 21, 1971.

Interpreted as:

NBA most points by a player single regular-season game 1970 1971

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	Dave Bing D. Bing	54	2/21/1971	DET	vs	CHI	46	7	3	22	38	57.9	10	10	100.0	63.7	3
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	53	1/27/1971	MIL	@	BOS	48	14	7	22	31	71.0	9	14	64.3	71.3	2
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	53	11/4/1970	MIL	@	CLE	45	11	3	20	32	62.5	13	14	92.9	69.4	4
4	Walt Wesley W. Wesley	50	2/19/1971	CLE	vs	CIN	44	12	1	20	34	58.8	10	14	71.4	62.3	3
5	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	50	11/20/1970	SDR	vs	SEA	48	25	3	18	35	51.4	14	16	87.5	59.5	1
6	Dave Bing D. Bing	49	3/9/1971	DET	vs	PHX	44	5	3	17	29	58.6	15	18	83.3	66.4	6
7	Lou Hudson L. Hudson	49	11/18/1970	ATL	@	POR	42	4	0	22	35	62.9	5	12	41.7	60.8	2
8	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	48	3/16/1971	MIL	@	PHX	41	14	1	17	25	68.0	14	20	70.0	71.0	4
9	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	48	11/25/1970	SDR	@	CIN	46	22	2	17	30	56.7	14	15	93.3	65.6	2
10	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	47	3/13/1971	CIN	vs	ATL		3		15	20	75.0	17	21	81.0	80.4	4
11	Geoff Petrie G. Petrie	46	3/19/1971	POR	vs	SEA	42	4	10	14	31	45.2	18	21	85.7	57.2	0
12	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	45	11/7/1970	SDR	@	SFW	48	13	4	19	38	50.0	7	10	70.0	53.1	1
13	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	44	3/13/1971	ATL	@	CIN		3		18	27	66.7	8	10	80.0	70.1	5
14	Bob Love B. Love	44	3/5/1971	CHI		SFW	44	13	1	17	32	53.1	10	14	71.4	57.7	2
15	Chet Walker C. Walker	44	2/19/1971	CHI	vs	DET	43	11	2	14	20	70.0	16	16	100.0	81.4	3
16	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	44	1/30/1971	SDR	@	CIN	48	20	0	15	28	53.6	14	23	60.9	57.7	2
17	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	44	1/23/1971	MIL	vs	POR	37	17	7	20	23	87.0	4	9	44.4	81.6	2
18	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	44	1/17/1971	MIL	vs	BOS	45	20	5	17	30	56.7	10	15	66.7	60.1	2
19	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	44	11/11/1970	MIL	@	BOS	48	15	3	17	24	70.8	10	12	83.3	75.1	2
20	Lou Hudson L. Hudson	43	3/16/1971	ATL	@	PHI	46	1	1	16	30	53.3	11	14	78.6	59.5	3
21	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	43	2/24/1971	SFW	@	DET	48	15	1	18	29	62.1	7	11	63.6	63.5	2
22	Geoff Petrie G. Petrie	43	2/23/1971	POR	@	PHI	42	5	4	18	31	58.1	7	9	77.8	61.5	3
23	Geoff Petrie G. Petrie	43	2/12/1971	POR	vs	SEA	40	4	1	18	28	64.3	7	8	87.5	68.2	4
24	Gus Johnson G. Johnson	43	11/5/1970	BAL	@	POR	42	22	1	20	31	64.5	3	4	75.0	65.6	3
25	Lou Hudson L. Hudson	43	11/1/1970	ATL	@	CLE	37	1	3	19	26	73.1	5	8	62.5	72.8	3