first 5 minutes of a game most points this season

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander played for 45 minutes against the Pacers last Thursday.

Interpreted as:

first 5 minutes of a regular-season game most points by a player this season

	NAME	DATE	MIN	PTS	TM		OPP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	10/23/2025	45	55	OKC	@	IND	8	5	2	1	15	31	48.4	2	7	28.6	23	26	88.5	64.8	0	8	2	4	+9
2	Austin Reaves A. Reaves	10/26/2025	39	51	LAL	@	SAC	11	9	2	0	12	22	54.5	6	10	60.0	21	22	95.5	80.5	1	10	2	1	+22
3	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	10/27/2025	45	51	UTA	vs	PHX	14	3	0	0	14	32	43.8	6	13	46.2	17	17	100.0	64.6	5	9	1	2	+26
4	Aaron Gordon A. Gordon	10/23/2025	39	50	DEN	@	GSW	8	2	0	1	17	21	81.0	10	11	90.9	6	6	100.0	105.8	0	8	2	1	-1
5	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	10/24/2025	35	49	LAL	vs	MIN	11	8	0	0	14	23	60.9	5	12	41.7	16	19	84.2	78.1	1	10	3	4	+18
6	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	10/21/2025	41	43	LAL	vs	GSW	12	9	2	1	17	27	63.0	2	10	20.0	7	10	70.0	68.5	0	12	3	1	-8
7	Jamal Murray J. Murray	10/27/2025	37	43	DEN	@	MIN	6	3	0	0	16	29	55.2	5	9	55.6	6	7	85.7	67.0	0	6	2	2	+30
8	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	10/27/2025	42	43	PHI	vs	ORL	4	8	1	0	15	32	46.9	4	11	36.4	9	10	90.0	59.1	0	4	1	1	+14
9	Stephen Curry S. Curry	10/23/2025	37	42	GSW	vs	DEN	6	7	3	1	14	25	56.0	6	12	50.0	8	8	100.0	73.6	0	6	2	1	+15
10	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	10/22/2025	39	41	MIN	@	POR	7	1	0	1	14	28	50.0	5	10	50.0	8	8	100.0	65.0	1	6	4	4	+9
11	Cam Thomas C. Thomas	10/26/2025	32	41	BKN	@	SAS	2	0	0	0	11	25	44.0	5	12	41.7	14	14	100.0	65.8	0	2	3	0	-7
12	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	10/26/2025	35	41	BOS	@	DET	6	4	0	0	12	25	48.0	5	9	55.6	12	15	80.0	64.9	2	4	4	3	-1
13	Austin Reaves A. Reaves	10/27/2025	39	41	LAL	vs	POR	4	5	3	0	13	22	59.1	3	8	37.5	12	14	85.7	72.8	0	4	8	2	0
14	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	10/22/2025	30	40	SAS	@	DAL	15	1	1	3	15	21	71.4	1	2	50.0	9	11	81.8	77.4	1	14	0	4	+31
15	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	10/22/2025	41	40	PHI	@	BOS	2	6	2	1	13	24	54.2	7	9	77.8	7	8	87.5	72.7	0	2	1	5	+3
16	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	10/26/2025	33	40	MIL	@	CLE	14	9	2	2	14	20	70.0	1	1	100.0	11	16	68.8	74.0	5	9	2	1	-5
17	Alperen Sengun A. Sengun	10/21/2025	49	39	HOU	@	OKC	11	7	2	1	12	24	50.0	5	8	62.5	10	11	90.9	67.6	4	7	4	5	+9
18	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	10/28/2025	47	39	PHI	@	WAS	3	10	1	1	11	25	44.0	3	9	33.3	14	16	87.5	60.9	0	3	4	3	+3
19	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	10/26/2025	35	38	CHA	@	WAS	13	13	3	0	13	25	52.0	5	12	41.7	7	7	100.0	67.7	4	9	4	3	+32
20	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	10/22/2025	27	37	MIL	vs	WAS	14	5	0	0	16	26	61.5	1	3	33.3	4	7	57.1	63.6	2	12	2	4	+10
21	Kevin Durant K. Durant	10/24/2025	37	37	HOU	vs	DET	3	1	3	1	9	18	50.0	3	3	100.0	16	18	88.9	71.4	1	2	0	3	-1
22	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	10/26/2025	35	37	NYK	@	MIA	5	7	3	0	14	26	53.8	5	11	45.5	4	4	100.0	66.6	2	3	3	3	+6
23	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	10/28/2025	33	37	MIL	vs	NYK	8	7	1	2	16	22	72.7	0	1	0.0	5	7	71.4	73.8	2	6	4	3	+18
24	Bennedict Mathurin B. Mathurin	10/23/2025	45	36	IND	vs	OKC	11	1	0	0	9	19	47.4	3	8	37.5	15	17	88.2	68.0	3	8	4	6	+9
25	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	10/28/2025	35	36	NYK	@	MIL	4	3	2	0	14	25	56.0	1	5	20.0	7	9	77.8	62.2	0	4	2	3	-11