Player has most 70 points in a NBA season
When Elgin Baylor joined the Lakers in November 1960, he became the first NBA player to score 70 points with 71 points and 25 rebounds. The following year, Chamberlain broke Baylor’s record with 78 points. That’s actually a 63-point loss to Baylor and the Lakers in their matchup.
On November 15, 1960, Los Angeles Lakers forward Elgin Baylor became the first player to do something only 11 times in NBA history.
In the 123-108 win over the New York Knicks, Baylor made 28 of 48 shots and the Charity Stripe made 15 of 19 shots. He had a career-high 71 points and 25 rebounds. At the time, Baylor set an NBA scoring record, becoming the first player in league history to score more than 70 points in a game.
In 60 years, there have been only 10 times a player has scored 70 or more points, six of them by legendary center Wilt Chamberlain. He still holds the record for the most points in an NBA game with 100. The most recent example of a player scoring over 70 points occurred on March 24, 2017, when 20 year old Devin Booker lost to the Boston Celtics.
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