magic johnson highest scoring game as a rookie

Magic Johnson dropped his most points in a rookie-season game on December 7, 1979 and on November 9, 1979, with 31 points.

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Magic Johnson highest scoring regular-season game as a rookie

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	31	12/7/1979	LAL	vs	SDC	35	13	8	0	1	14	22	63.6	0	1	0.0	3	3	100.0	66.5	3	10	3	3
2	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	31	11/9/1979	LAL	vs	DEN	43	6	8	4	1	10	16	62.5	0	0		11	15	73.3	68.6	2	4	3	4
3	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	30	2/20/1980	LAL	@	DEN	39	12	4	3	2	11	19	57.9	0	0		8	9	88.9	65.3	3	9	5	1
4	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	30	1/29/1980	LAL	@	CLE	47	11	8	0	1	12	18	66.7	0	0		6	7	85.7	71.2	2	9	4	5
5	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	28	3/5/1980	LAL	@	KCK	38	16	3	2	0	12	17	70.6	0	0		4	5	80.0	72.9			5	4
6	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	27	12/14/1979	LAL	vs	DET	37	4	9	4	0	9	14	64.3	0	0		9	11	81.8	71.7	3	1	3	2
7	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	26	10/26/1979	LAL	vs	KCK	28	7	6	0	0	9	13	69.2	0	0		8	9	88.9	76.7	3	4	1	4
8	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	26	10/12/1979	LAL	@	SDC	41	8	4	1	4	10	21	47.6	0	0		6	10	60.0	51.2	4	4	3	3
9	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	25	3/9/1980	LAL	@	POR	38	12	8	1	1	10	17	58.8	2	2	100.0	3	5	60.0	65.1	3	9	5	3
10	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	25	1/27/1980	LAL	vs	MIL	39	3	7	5	0	11	13	84.6	0	0		3	3	100.0	87.3	2	1	3	3
11	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	25	11/23/1979	LAL	@	PHX	38	6	6	1	0	6	15	40.0	0	2	0.0	13	15	86.7	57.9	2	4	5	4
12	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	24	12/26/1979	LAL	@	KCK	35	8	4	1	0	9	18	50.0	0	1	0.0	6	6	100.0	58.1	4	4	6	4
13	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	24	12/21/1979	LAL	vs	GSW	40	5	10	4	1	7	15	46.7	0	0		10	12	83.3	59.2	2	3	6	1
14	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	24	12/4/1979	LAL	@	SAS	39	9	9	2	1	10	18	55.6	0	0		4	4	100.0	60.7	3	6	3	3
15	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	24	11/11/1979	LAL	vs	CLE	34	16	12	3	0	10	14	71.4	0	0		4	4	100.0	76.1	3	13	10	3
16	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	24	10/30/1979	LAL	@	CHI	36	7	6	2	0	9	15	60.0	0	0		6	7	85.7	66.4	1	6	4	2
17	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	23	12/28/1979	LAL	vs	BOS	40	8	6	4	0	7	14	50.0	0	0		9	10	90.0	62.5	2	6	7	4
18	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	23	12/2/1979	LAL	vs	MIL	40	8	13	4	0	10	16	62.5	0	0		3	3	100.0	66.4	3	5	3	2
19	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	22	3/28/1980	LAL	vs	SDC	27	7	3	3	0	10	13	76.9	0	0		2	3	66.7	76.8	2	5	2	0
20	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	22	12/19/1979	LAL	@	ATL	40	4	7	4	0	7	12	58.3	0	1	0.0	8	10	80.0	67.1	1	3	6	2
21	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	22	12/18/1979	LAL	@	CHI	40	6	13	3	1	6	13	46.2	0	1	0.0	10	13	76.9	58.8	3	3	1	2
22	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	22	11/13/1979	LAL	@	SDC	33	6	6	4	0	9	10	90.0	0	0		4	6	66.7	87.0	2	4	3	2
23	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	21	3/16/1980	LAL	vs	PHX	37	13	13	3	2	8	13	61.5	0	0		5	6	83.3	67.1	2	11	7	2
24	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	21	2/10/1980	LAL	@	PHI	43	6	9	3	1	8	13	61.5	0	0		5	5	100.0	69.1	1	5	6	4
25	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	21	12/9/1979	LAL	vs	DEN	40	4	11	4	1	7	11	63.6	0	0		7	9	77.8	70.2	1	3	2	0

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