James Harden has the most halves in the first half and when scoring 20+ points, with 19 halves.

Interpreted as:

most 20 or more pt first halfs by a player in NBA history

	NAME	HALVES	PTS	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	James Harden J. Harden	19	427	19	10.8	22.5	1.4	2.2	0.4	0.2	6.9	9.2	75.4	3.5	4.7	74.2	5.1	5.8	87.4	95.4	0.3	1.2	0.9	205	27	42	8	4	18	19	+225
2	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	17	377	17	11.7	22.2	3.5	2.3	0.4	0.2	7.7	10.9	70.4	3.9	6.1	64.4	2.8	4.0	70.6	87.3	0.4	3.1	0.9	200	59	39	7	4	16	12	+131
3	Stephen Curry S. Curry	12	274	12	7.6	22.8	1.3	1.3	0.8	0.1	7.3	9.9	73.1	4.7	6.6	70.9	3.7	3.9	93.6	98.1	0.0	1.3	0.6	91	16	15	10	1	7	4	+109
4	Devin Booker D. Booker	9	212	9	11.5	23.6	2.0	2.2	0.0	0.1	8.4	10.8	78.4	3.4	4.2	81.6	3.2	3.4	93.5	95.8	0.4	1.6	0.6	104	18	20	0	1	5	9	+125
5	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	8	177	8	7.5	22.1	1.1	0.9	0.0	0.1	8.1	11.0	73.9	5.0	7.0	71.4	0.9	0.9	100.0	97.2	0.0	1.1	0.8	60	9	7	0	1	6	3	+94
6	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	7	156	7	9.2	22.3	1.9	1.4	0.1	0.1	7.0	9.4	74.2	4.1	5.6	74.4	4.1	4.1	100.0	99.0	0.0	1.9	1.0	65	13	10	1	1	7	5	+34
7	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	6	130	6	10.6	21.7	3.3	0.5	0.2	0.7	7.2	9.2	78.2	0.7	0.8	80.0	6.7	6.7	100.0	89.5	1.0	2.3	0.7	64	20	3	1	4	4	6	+29
8	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	5	112	5	11.8	22.4	4.0	1.8	0.6	0.8	8.6	11.6	74.1	1.6	3.2	50.0	3.6	4.4	81.8	82.7	1.0	3.0	0.6	59	20	9	3	4	3	1	+64
9	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	5	106	5	10.4	21.2	2.4	0.6	0.4	0.0	7.6	9.8	77.6	3.6	4.2	85.7	2.4	2.4	100.0	97.6	0.4	2.0	1.2	52	12	3	2	0	6	1	+21
10	Anthony Davis A. Davis	5	110	5	11.5	22.0	4.8	1.2	0.6	0.6	7.8	9.8	79.6	0.6	1.0	60.0	5.8	6.2	93.5	87.8	1.4	3.4	0.8	57	24	6	3	3	4	3	+37
11	CJ McCollum	5	112	5	9.6	22.4	1.6	1.0	0.0	0.2	8.2	9.6	85.4	4.0	4.6	87.0	2.0	2.0	100.0	106.9	0.4	1.2	0.6	48	8	5	0	1	3	2	+66
12	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	4	84	4	12.0	21.0	1.5	2.0	0.0	0.0	7.5	10.8	69.8	2.3	4.0	56.3	3.8	4.5	83.3	82.5	0.5	1.0	0.5	48	6	8	0	0	2	0	+15
13	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	4	82	4	12.0	20.5	1.8	1.5	0.8	0.5	7.5	10.3	73.2	1.0	1.8	57.1	4.5	5.3	85.7	81.6	0.0	1.8	0.3	48	7	6	3	2	1	4	+49
14	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	4	81	4	11.1	20.3	2.3	1.0	0.5	0.3	6.8	9.0	75.0	4.3	5.0	85.0	2.5	3.0	83.3	98.1	0.5	1.8	0.5	44	9	4	2	1	2	3	+42
15	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	4	109	4	14.3	27.3	5.5	1.5	0.5	0.0	9.5	12.0	79.2	3.0	3.5	85.7	5.3	7.5	70.0	89.1	1.3	4.3	1.5	57	22	6	2	0	6	0	+36
16	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	3	61	3	12.0	20.3	0.3	1.0	0.3	0.0	7.7	11.0	69.7	3.0	4.7	64.3	2.0	2.7	75.0	83.5	0.0	0.3	0.0	36	1	3	1	0	0	2	-4
17	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	3	65	3	10.4	21.7	1.7	0.7	0.3	0.3	7.0	9.3	75.0	4.7	6.7	70.0	3.0	4.0	75.0	97.7	0.3	1.3	0.7	31	5	2	1	1	2	1	+34
18	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	3	60	3	10.9	20.0	1.0	1.3	0.3	0.0	7.7	9.7	79.3	3.0	4.0	75.0	1.7	1.7	100.0	96.2	0.3	0.7	0.3	33	3	4	1	0	1	2	+24
19	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	3	62	3	10.1	20.7	1.7	1.0	0.0	0.3	7.0	8.3	84.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	5.7	6.0	94.4	94.2	0.7	1.0	0.3	30	5	3	0	1	1	0	+27
20	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	3	64	3	12.0	21.3	4.0	2.0	0.3	0.7	5.7	8.0	70.8	3.7	5.3	68.8	6.3	6.7	95.0	97.6	0.0	4.0	0.7	36	12	6	1	2	2	3	+51
21	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	3	67	3	12.0	22.3	2.0	1.3	0.3	0.0	8.3	10.3	80.6	3.0	4.0	75.0	2.7	3.0	88.9	95.8	0.0	2.0	0.3	36	6	4	1	0	1	2	+40
22	Julius Randle J. Randle	3	61	3	12.0	20.3	3.7	1.0	0.3	0.3	7.7	10.3	74.2	3.3	5.0	66.7	1.7	2.3	71.4	89.5	0.7	3.0	0.3	36	11	3	1	1	1	1	+39
23	Kyle Kuzma K. Kuzma	3	65	3	11.8	21.7	1.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	7.7	10.0	76.7	4.3	5.7	76.5	2.0	2.7	75.0	97.0	0.3	1.3	0.7	36	5	2	0	0	2	2	+36
24	Kevin Love K. Love	3	76	3	7.5	25.3	2.7	0.3	0.7	0.7	8.0	10.3	77.4	5.0	6.3	78.9	4.3	5.0	86.7	101.1	0.7	2.0	0.7	23	8	1	2	2	2	1	+31
25	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	3	66	3	4.0	22.0	2.7	3.7	0.3	0.0	8.3	11.0	75.8	1.7	3.0	55.6	3.7	4.3	84.6	85.2	0.3	2.3	1.0	12	8	11	1	0	3	3	+12