most minutes played until scoring first career point in nba history

Dale Ellis played for 69 minutes against the Bucks on November 9, 1989.

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most minutes played until scoring first career point in a game by a player in NBA history

	NAME	MIN	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	69	53	11/9/1989	SEA	@	MIL	7	1	1	1	18	39	46.2	3	7	42.9	14	17	82.4	57.0	2	5	8	4
2	Xavier McDaniel X. McDaniel	68	37	11/9/1989	SEA	@	MIL	13	6	1	2	12	27	44.4	0	1	0.0	13	20	65.0	51.7	4	9	3	4
3	Red Rocha R. Rocha	67	19	3/21/1953	SYR	@	BOS	14	3			5	14	35.7				9	12	75.0	49.3				6
4	Paul Seymour P. Seymour	67	18	3/21/1953	SYR	@	BOS	5	4			5	12	41.7				8	9	88.9	56.4				5
5	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	66	50	3/21/1953	BOS	vs	SYR	3	2			10	22	45.5				30	32	93.8	69.3				5
6	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	65	33	5/3/2019	DEN	@	POR	18	14	1	2	13	25	52.0	4	7	57.1	3	5	60.0	60.7	4	14	8	4	+5
7	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	64	20	1/29/1980	LAL	@	CLE	1	6	3	1	9	19	47.4	0	0		2	2	100.0	50.3	0	1	9	4
8	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	64	29	2/1/1987	GSW	vs	NJN	3	13	2	0	10	24	41.7	0	3	0.0	9	11	81.8	50.3	0	3	4	2
9	Paul Arizin P. Arizin	63	34	12/21/1951	PHI	vs	MIN	14	2			12	24	50.0				10	13	76.9	57.2				4
10	Andy Phillip A. Phillip	63	19	12/21/1951	PHI	vs	MIN	7	13			6	21	28.6				7	7	100.0	39.5				0
11	Paul Arizin P. Arizin	63	22	12/26/1951	PHI	@	BAL					5						12	16	75.0					5
12	Andy Phillip A. Phillip	63	21	12/26/1951	PHI	@	BAL					8						5	8	62.5					5
13	Leo Barnhorst L. Barnhorst	63	27	2/3/1953	IND	vs	MIN					12						3	5	60.0					4
14	Joe Graboski J. Graboski	63	18	2/3/1953	IND	vs	MIN					6						6	7	85.7					4
15	George Mikan G. Mikan	63	29	2/3/1953	MIN	@	IND					11						7	12	58.3					2
16	Don Henriksen D. Henriksen	63	20	3/11/1953	BAL		NYK					9						2	8	25.0					6
17	Ed Macauley E. Macauley	63	18	3/21/1953	BOS	vs	SYR	15	5			4	10	40.0				10	10	100.0	62.5				6
18	Ray Felix R. Felix	63	29	2/22/1954	BAL		BOS					12						5	14	35.7					2
19	Bob Houbregs B. Houbregs	63	29	2/22/1954	BAL		BOS					8						13	16	81.3					3
20	Larry Costello L. Costello	63	26	1/8/1959	SYR	@	CIN					9						8	9	88.9					5
21	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	63	78	12/8/1961	PHI	vs	LAL	43	1			31	62	50.0				16	31	51.6	51.6				4
22	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	63	23	2/2/1969	LAL	vs	SFW	35	3			7	10	70.0				9	17	52.9	65.8				5
23	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	63	24	2/2/1969	SFW	@	LAL	34	2			10	30	33.3				4	10	40.0	34.9				5
24	Vince Carter V. Carter	63	38	2/23/2001	TOR	vs	SAC	10	6	1	0	14	32	43.8	1	8	12.5	9	11	81.8	51.6	2	8	2	5	-1
25	Jim Baechtold J. Baechtold	62	30	2/25/1955	NYK	@	PHI	5	6			10	17	58.8				10	13	76.9	66.0				3