What is the NBA record of points by a single player in the first half? Who has it?
There was a single game left in the 197-78 season before the playoffs. It would be the last time the Detroit Pistons played at Cobo Arena because, starting the following season, they would be using the new and spacious Pontiac Silverdome. However, the Detroit fans were not sentimental and were not planning to give the fourth-place Pistons a warm farewell in the arena that had been their home since 1961. That same night, two players, one in Detroit and another almost across the United States, made history in the NBA, scoring the most points in the first half, with a few hours of difference between the games. David Thompson On April 9, 1978, 3,482 fans enjoyed a thrilling game between the Detroit Pistons and the Denver Nuggets on a relaxed Sunday afternoon. David Thompson and George Gervin were engaged in a scoring duel for most of the year, and only 14 points separated them at the top of the league scoring chart heading into their last games that Sunday. Although the Pistons vs Nuggets ...