There was no shortage of high-scoring stuff in the NBA on Wednesday.

Three players – Victor Wembanyama, Karl-Anthony Towns and Giannis Antetokounmpo – scored at least 45 points. Antetokounmpo had the highest total (59 points) and Wembanyama set a career-high (50) for the San Antonio Spurs.

The three games with more than 45 points tied for the most points in a single day in NBA history, with seven other games. March 14, 2022 is the last time this happened as Towns (60), Trae Young (46) and Stephen Curry (47) dropped more than 45 points each.

Wembanyama led the Spurs to a 139-130 victory over the Washington Wizards. Antetokounmpo put the Milwaukee Bucks up 127-120 in overtime against the Detroit Pistons. Towns’ big game wasn’t enough as the New York Knicks fell 124-123 to the Chicago Bulls.

Here are the key figures from a memorable evening in the association.

59: The Milwaukee Bucks needed all 59 points from Antetokounmpo against the Detroit Pistons. That point total is the second-highest of his career (64) and the most of any player in a game this season.

Antetokounmpo – who single-handedly defeated the Pistons in overtime – now has three 55-point games in his career in the regular season. All other players in Bucks history have combined for three.

It was also the two-time MVP’s ninth career game with 50 points and 10 rebounds, the third most in NBA history behind Wilt Chamberlain (118) and Elgin Baylor (16).

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Five: Wembanyama’s goal-scoring burst puts him in rare company. He is the fifth player aged 20 or younger to score 50 points in a game, joining LeBron James (twice), Brandon Jennings, Kevin Porter Jr. and Devin Booker.

At 20 years and 314 days, the San Antonio center is the fourth-youngest player to drop 50, behind Booker, James and Jennings.

He is also the second player in Spurs history to score 50 points in his first two seasons. George Gervin is the other, although the Ice Man played four seasons in the ABA before the NBA merger.

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Four: Towns’ high-scoring game included all kinds of history.

First, it was his fourth career game with 40 points, 10 rebounds and 5 three-pointers. For the most part, that breaks the tie with DeMarcus Cousins ​​by any center in NBA history.

Towns is the first Knicks player with 45 points and 10 rebounds since Carmelo Anthony in 2014 – that performance came a month after Anthony had a career-high 62 points.

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Three: Prior to Wednesday, there were only three 45-point games this season, from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (45), Paolo Banchero (50) and Tyrese Maxey (45).

Wembanyama and Banchero – who turned 22 on Tuesday – are linked in competition history.

This is the first season in which a pair of players aged 21 or younger scored 50 points in a match. The only other season this happened was in 2005-06, and LeBron James was responsible for both.

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6-foot-11: Wednesday was the first day in league history where three players 6-foot-10 or taller each scored 45 points.

At 7 feet tall, Wembanyama is the tallest player in NBA history with a 50-point lead.

ESPN Research contributed to this story.