highest ppg in december 2002 by a rookie

Yao Ming put up the most points per game by a rookie in December 2002, with 17.1 per game.

	NAME	PPG	MONTH	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Yao Ming Y. Ming	17.1	December 2002	15	33.0	10.2	1.9	0.3	2.7	5.9	11.3	52.4	0.0	0.0		5.2	6.0	86.7	61.1	3.6	6.6	2.9	495	256	153	29	5	41	43	48	+18
2	Dajuan Wagner D. Wagner	16.9	December 2002	14	36.0	1.4	3.8	1.0	0.1	5.9	16.0	37.1	1.3	4.7	27.3	3.8	4.8	79.1	46.7	0.6	0.9	2.6	504	237	20	53	14	2	36	34	-73
3	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	15.6	December 2002	16	34.3	9.8	0.9	0.9	0.9	5.7	10.6	53.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.3	6.6	64.2	58.0	3.5	6.3	1.9	549	250	157	14	14	15	31	53	+61
4	Caron Butler C. Butler	13.2	December 2002	14	36.6	5.6	2.3	1.4	0.4	4.6	11.8	38.8	0.2	0.5	42.9	3.9	4.6	84.4	47.9	2.4	3.1	2.0	513	185	78	32	19	6	28	39	+1
5	Mike Wilks M. Wilks	11.7	December 2002	3	33.0	3.3	3.0	1.3	0.0	4.0	8.3	48.0	1.3	2.0	66.7	2.3	2.3	100.0	62.3	0.7	2.7	0.7	99	35	10	9	4	0	2	6	-5
6	Carlos Boozer C. Boozer	11.7	December 2002	15	29.5	7.4	1.3	1.0	0.6	4.8	8.7	55.4	0.0	0.0		2.1	2.8	73.8	58.9	2.9	4.5	1.3	443	175	111	19	15	9	20	51	-32
7	Jay Williams J. Williams	11.6	December 2002	15	30.4	2.5	6.3	1.7	0.3	4.5	10.7	42.5	1.2	3.5	34.0	1.3	2.2	60.6	49.9	0.3	2.2	2.6	456	174	37	95	25	5	39	46	-67
8	Drew Gooden D. Gooden	11.0	December 2002	14	24.6	5.1	1.1	0.9	0.6	4.8	10.4	45.9	0.6	1.4	40.0	0.9	1.4	60.0	49.7	1.6	3.6	2.4	344	154	72	15	12	8	33	36	-29
9	Marko Jaric M. Jaric	10.9	December 2002	12	31.4	3.5	4.7	2.1	0.2	4.0	10.3	39.0	1.3	4.3	29.4	1.7	1.9	87.0	49.2	1.1	2.4	2.4	377	131	42	56	25	2	29	27	-36
10	Gordan Giricek G. Giricek	9.4	December 2002	15	20.9	1.7	1.3	0.3	0.0	3.5	8.7	40.0	1.2	2.7	45.0	1.3	1.7	76.0	50.0	0.2	1.5	2.0	313	141	26	20	5	0	30	27	-75
11	Nene	9.0	December 2002	13	26.2	5.7	1.7	1.5	0.5	3.3	7.2	45.7	0.0	0.0		2.4	3.9	60.8	50.2	2.3	3.4	1.8	341	117	74	22	19	7	24	56	-45
12	Casey Jacobsen C. Jacobsen	6.9	December 2002	15	19.5	1.5	1.5	0.7	0.2	2.3	6.3	37.2	1.0	3.0	33.3	1.3	1.9	67.9	48.9	0.5	0.9	1.1	293	104	22	23	11	3	17	29	+5
13	Smush Parker S. Parker	6.5	December 2002	15	16.9	1.9	2.5	0.5	0.5	2.1	4.6	46.4	0.7	1.8	37.0	1.6	1.9	85.7	60.3	0.3	1.6	1.7	254	98	29	38	8	7	25	30	-80
14	Mike Batiste M. Batiste	6.1	December 2002	15	18.1	3.3	0.9	0.3	0.2	2.5	6.6	38.4	0.3	1.4	23.8	0.7	1.2	61.1	43.0	1.0	2.3	0.6	271	92	50	13	5	3	9	17	-72
15	Vincent Yarbrough V. Yarbrough	5.4	December 2002	14	16.0	2.1	1.1	0.9	0.4	2.4	6.1	38.8	0.4	1.6	27.3	0.3	0.5	57.1	43.1	0.4	1.7	0.7	224	76	29	16	12	5	10	28	-27
16	Mike Dunleavy M. Dunleavy	4.9	December 2002	13	13.7	1.5	1.1	0.5	0.2	1.9	4.5	42.4	0.6	1.8	34.8	0.5	0.8	60.0	50.5	0.5	1.1	0.9	178	64	20	14	6	3	12	21	-33
17	Junior Harrington J. Harrington	4.6	December 2002	14	22.0	2.6	2.9	0.6	0.2	1.9	5.1	37.5	0.3	0.6	50.0	0.5	1.1	43.8	41.1	0.5	2.1	2.5	308	65	37	40	9	3	35	41	-62
18	Nikoloz Tskitishvili N. Tskitishvili	4.5	December 2002	13	15.9	2.6	1.2	0.6	0.3	1.6	5.2	31.3	0.5	1.9	28.0	0.7	1.0	69.2	39.9	1.1	1.5	1.1	207	58	34	15	8	4	14	18	-32
19	Marcus Haislip M. Haislip	4.4	December 2002	11	12.1	1.8	0.1	0.0	0.3	1.9	3.9	48.8	0.2	0.5	40.0	0.4	0.6	57.1	52.1	0.6	1.2	0.6	133	48	20	1	0	3	7	16	-37
20	Mehmet Okur M. Okur	4.1	December 2002	7	13.6	2.6	0.7	0.3	0.4	1.6	4.3	36.7	0.4	1.1	37.5	0.6	0.9	66.7	44.4	0.7	1.9	0.7	95	29	18	5	2	3	5	21	+11
21	Rasual Butler R. Butler	3.5	December 2002	10	11.3	1.0	0.4	0.2	0.4	1.6	4.8	33.3	0.3	1.4	21.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	36.1	0.2	0.8	0.6	113	35	10	4	2	4	6	5	-10
22	Chris Wilcox C. Wilcox	3.3	December 2002	6	9.5	2.2	0.3	0.2	0.2	1.3	2.8	47.1	0.0	0.0		0.7	1.7	40.0	46.7	0.7	1.5	0.2	57	20	13	2	1	1	1	7	+1
23	Lonny Baxter L. Baxter	3.3	December 2002	6	6.8	1.2	0.0	0.2	0.5	1.0	1.8	54.5	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.3	1.7	80.0	64.9	0.3	0.8	0.2	41	20	7	0	1	3	1	9	0
24	Nate Huffman N. Huffman	3.3	December 2002	7	10.9	3.3	0.7	0.1	0.4	1.3	3.6	36.0	0.0	0.0		0.7	1.1	62.5	40.3	1.3	2.0	0.4	76	23	23	5	1	3	3	13	0
25	Kareem Rush K. Rush	3.2	December 2002	13	9.8	1.1	0.8	0.1	0.1	1.4	2.6	52.9	0.3	0.5	66.7	0.1	0.2	50.0	58.8	0.3	0.8	0.8	127	41	14	11	1	1	11	15	+15

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	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Spurs	38	16	.704	3.0
3	Nuggets	35	20	.636	6.5
4	Rockets	33	20	.623	7.5
5	Lakers	33	21	.611	8.0
6	Timberwolves	34	22	.607	8.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 2/19	HOU	@	CHA	7:00 PM
Sat 2/21	HOU	@	NYK	8:30 PM
Mon 2/23	UTA	@	HOU	9:30 PM
Wed 2/25	SAC	@	HOU	8:00 PM
Thu 2/26	HOU	@	ORL	7:30 PM

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PPG Leaders

32.8

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31.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.3

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RPG Leaders

12.3

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.5

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APG Leaders

10.7

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9.6

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8.6

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SPG Leaders

2.1

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2.0

Wallace

2.0

Maxey

BPG Leaders

2.7

Wembanyama

2.0

Sarr

2.0

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3PM Leaders

4.5

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3.7

Porter

3.6

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TS% Leaders

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Williams

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120.7

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119.4

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DRtg Rankings

107.8

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111.7

112.4

112.8

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.6

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FanDuel Points Leaders

2,586.3

Maxey

2,516.9

Johnson

2,493.6

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DraftKings Points Leaders

2,662.5

Johnson

2,614

Maxey

2,587.5

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USG% Leaders

37.7

Dončić

36.8

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MPG Leaders

38.6

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1.59

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1.70

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33-22

32-24

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Worst Record ATS

21-35

21-32

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23-30

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NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	40	13	.755
2	Celtics	35	19	.648	5.5
3	Knicks	35	20	.636	6.0
4	Cavaliers	34	21	.618	7.0
5	Raptors	32	23	.582	9.0
6	76ers	30	24	.556	10.5
7	Magic	28	25	.528	12.0
8	Heat	29	27	.518	12.5
9	Hornets	26	29	.473	15.0
10	Hawks	26	30	.464	15.5
11	Bulls	24	31	.436	17.0
12	Bucks	23	30	.434	17.0
13	Nets	15	38	.283	25.0
14	Pacers	15	40	.273	26.0
15	Wizards	14	39	.264	26.0

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1	Thunder	42	14	.750
2	Spurs	38	16	.704	3.0
3	Nuggets	35	20	.636	6.5
4	Rockets	33	20	.623	7.5
5	Lakers	33	21	.611	8.0
6	Timberwolves	34	22	.607	8.0
7	Suns	32	23	.582	9.5
8	Warriors	29	26	.527	12.5
9	Trail Blazers	27	29	.482	15.0
10	Clippers	26	28	.481	15.0
11	Grizzlies	20	33	.377	20.5
12	Mavericks	19	35	.352	22.0
13	Jazz	18	38	.321	24.0
14	Pelicans	15	41	.268	27.0
15	Kings	12	44	.214	30.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

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DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Fri 1/16	PHX	@	NYK	106-99
Fri 1/16	IND	@	DET	78-121
Fri 1/16	OKC	@	MIA	120-122
Fri 1/16	MIN	@	SAS	123-126
Fri 1/16	CHA	@	GSW	116-136

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 2/19	ATL	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Thu 2/19	BKN	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Thu 2/19	IND	@	WAS	7:00 PM
Thu 2/19	HOU	@	CHA	7:00 PM
Thu 2/19	DET	@	NYK	7:30 PM

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