For one game: 100. Wilt Chamberlain.
Shaquille O'Neal has 28,491 points in his NBA career.
The highest points scored in a game was 100, by Wilt Chamberlain, of the Philidelphia Warriors.
wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points against the knicks in 1969
He is a famous basketball player, most notable for being the first and only player to score 100 points in a single NBA Game, and that is the highest amount of points scored for a player in a single game in the NBA.
Jordan scored 69 points against the Clevland Cavs.
Detroit Pistons scored 186 points. The final score was 186-184 in 3OT against the Denver Nuggets
Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points against the New York Knicks in 1962.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored the most carreer points in the NBA.
it was the celtics with 192 points in overtime against the lakers
The Pistons scored 186 points, the most points in NBA history, in a triple overtime game against the Denver Nuggets in 1983. The most points scored in regulation was 173 by the Boston Celtics in 1950 and the Phoenix Suns in 1990.
The player who scored the most points in an NBA season is Wilt Chamberlain, who scored 4,029 points in the 1961-1962 season.
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