most minutes in a game by lebron in his rookie year

LeBron James played his most minutes in a rookie-season game against the Grizzlies on November 29, 2003, with 55 minutes on the court.

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most minutes in a regular-season game by lebron in his rookie year

	NAME	MIN	DATE	TM		OPP	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	55	11/29/2003	CLE	vs	MEM	33	16	7	1	1	14	28	50.0	3	6	50.0	2	3	66.7	56.3	2	14	8	1	-10
2	LeBron James L. James	49	2/27/2004	CLE	@	ORL	30	11	3	3	1	11	19	57.9	1	1	100.0	7	8	87.5	66.6	1	10	5	1	+7
3	LeBron James L. James	47	12/25/2003	CLE	@	ORL	34	2	6	2	1	13	28	46.4	4	10	40.0	4	5	80.0	56.3	1	1	8	0	-9
4	LeBron James L. James	47	11/15/2003	CLE	vs	PHI	22	5	8	1	2	10	19	52.6	0	1	0.0	2	4	50.0	53.0	0	5	5	2	+8
5	LeBron James L. James	46	4/6/2004	CLE	vs	TOR	21	6	4	3	0	5	17	29.4	0	0		11	14	78.6	45.3	1	5	3	2	+2
6	LeBron James L. James	46	4/3/2004	CLE	vs	GSW	34	8	10	1	1	12	28	42.9	3	5	60.0	7	11	63.6	51.8	3	5	3	1	-3
7	LeBron James L. James	45	4/12/2004	CLE	vs	MIL	27	7	9	2	0	9	20	45.0	1	4	25.0	8	11	72.7	54.3	1	6	1	1	+11
8	LeBron James L. James	45	3/8/2004	CLE	@	ATL	34	6	7	1	0	11	23	47.8	1	4	25.0	11	13	84.6	59.2	2	4	2	1	+11
9	LeBron James L. James	45	1/17/2004	CLE	@	UTA	29	7	2	2	1	12	28	42.9	2	4	50.0	3	5	60.0	48.0	1	6	4	2	+8
10	LeBron James L. James	45	12/13/2003	CLE	vs	BOS	37	3	4	0	0	10	20	50.0	1	5	20.0	16	18	88.9	66.3	1	2	2	2	-2
11	LeBron James L. James	45	11/8/2003	CLE	vs	WAS	17	8	9	1	1	8	19	42.1	0	0		1	4	25.0	40.9	5	3	2	1	+14
12	LeBron James L. James	44	3/14/2004	CLE	vs	IND	26	3	4	3	1	12	22	54.5	0	2	0.0	2	4	50.0	54.7	0	3	4	3	+5
13	LeBron James L. James	44	2/22/2004	CLE	@	NYK	22	5	3	1	0	7	20	35.0	0	0		8	12	66.7	43.5	1	4	1	2	+11
14	LeBron James L. James	44	2/6/2004	CLE	@	MIN	14	9	5	0	0	6	18	33.3	1	3	33.3	1	4	25.0	35.4	1	8	3	2	-16
15	LeBron James L. James	44	1/28/2004	CLE	vs	MIA	27	5	4	2	1	10	25	40.0	0	1	0.0	7	10	70.0	45.9	0	5	1	1	+2
16	LeBron James L. James	44	1/13/2004	CLE	@	SEA	27	9	9	2	0	11	26	42.3	0	1	0.0	5	6	83.3	47.1	4	5	4	2	+11
17	LeBron James L. James	44	12/15/2003	CLE	@	IND	27	4	6	3	3	10	16	62.5	0	3	0.0	7	8	87.5	69.2	1	3	6	1	-12
18	LeBron James L. James	44	11/7/2003	CLE	@	IND	23	5	3	0	0	8	18	44.4	1	2	50.0	6	7	85.7	54.6	0	5	7	2	-7
19	LeBron James L. James	43	3/27/2004	CLE	vs	NJN	41	6	13	3	0	15	29	51.7	1	2	50.0	10	10	100.0	61.4	2	4	2	1	+10
20	LeBron James L. James	43	3/6/2004	CLE	vs	MIL	24	7	10	4	1	11	24	45.8	0	3	0.0	2	3	66.7	47.4	2	5	2	3	+9
21	LeBron James L. James	43	2/9/2004	CLE	vs	BOS	24	6	3	2	1	9	25	36.0	1	6	16.7	5	6	83.3	43.4	0	6	1	3	+19
22	LeBron James L. James	43	2/4/2004	CLE	vs	LAL	32	4	4	0	0	12	26	46.2	4	4	100.0	4	5	80.0	56.7	0	4	0	0	-2
23	LeBron James L. James	43	2/1/2004	CLE	@	WAS	38	6	4	0	2	14	27	51.9	1	2	50.0	9	11	81.8	59.7	3	3	6	4	0
24	LeBron James L. James	43	1/15/2004	CLE	@	GSW	29	6	6	3	0	8	21	38.1	2	5	40.0	11	13	84.6	54.3	2	4	2	0	-14
25	LeBron James L. James	43	1/9/2004	CLE	@	BOS	19	3	6	3	0	7	19	36.8	0	3	0.0	5	7	71.4	43.0	0	3	5	1	-30

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2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
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12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
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14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0