most points by a player in his first 2 games started

LeBron James has started 1,620 times in his career.

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most points by a player in his first 2 regular-season games started

	NAME	GS	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	LeBron James L. James	1,620	43,440	1,622	37.6	26.8	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	9.8	19.4	50.7	1.6	4.7	34.8	5.5	7.4	73.7	59.0	1.1	6.3	3.5	61,030	12,095	12,016	2,417	1,185	5,650	2,862	+7508
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	1,470	36,928	1,475	37.2	25.0	10.1	3.6	1.4	0.8	9.2	17.8	51.6	0.1	0.2	27.4	6.6	8.9	74.2	57.7	2.4	7.7	3.1	54,839	14,966	5,247	2,087	1,145	4,521	4,574	+3014
3	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1,195	33,643	1,331	36.5	25.3	5.3	4.7	1.5	0.5	8.8	19.7	44.8	1.4	4.2	33.0	6.3	7.5	83.7	55.0	1.1	4.2	3.0	48,538	7,034	6,297	1,942	638	4,000	3,338	+4172
4	Kevin Durant K. Durant	1,197	32,597	1,200	36.7	27.2	6.9	4.4	1.0	1.1	9.4	18.6	50.3	2.0	5.1	39.2	6.4	7.3	88.2	62.2	0.7	6.2	3.2	44,073	8,254	5,280	1,235	1,344	3,798	2,279	+5075
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1,039	32,292	1,072	38.3	30.1	6.2	5.3	2.3	0.8	11.4	22.9	49.7	0.5	1.7	32.7	6.8	8.2	83.5	56.9	1.6	4.7	2.7	41,011	6,672	5,633	2,515	892	2,924	2,783	+1438
6	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	1,458	31,560	1,509	34.0	20.9	7.6	2.4	0.8	0.8	7.4	15.7	47.1	1.3	3.4	38.2	4.8	5.5	87.9	57.8	1.0	6.6	1.6	51,266	11,470	3,650	1,209	1,279	2,486	3,588	+6572
7	James Harden J. Harden	1,006	29,339	1,220	34.8	24.0	5.6	7.3	1.5	0.6	7.1	16.2	43.9	2.8	7.6	36.4	7.1	8.2	86.3	60.8	0.7	4.8	3.7	42,443	6,808	8,870	1,794	683	4,505	2,994	+4708
8	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	1,195	28,596	1,205	34.8	23.7	10.9	2.5	0.6	2.3	9.4	16.1	58.2	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.9	9.3	52.7	58.6	3.5	7.4	2.7	41,903	13,093	3,026	739	2,729	3,307	4,141	+4891
9	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	1,119	28,289	1,257	34.6	22.5	6.2	2.7	1.0	0.5	8.1	18.0	44.7	1.4	3.9	35.6	5.0	6.2	81.4	54.3	1.6	4.6	2.4	43,472	7,801	3,419	1,222	644	3,050	3,541	+1540
10	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	1,131	27,176	1,299	33.1	20.9	6.9	8.0	1.6	0.3	7.5	17.2	43.8	1.2	3.7	30.8	4.7	6.1	77.1	52.6	1.6	5.4	3.9	42,992	9,017	10,338	2,036	418	5,035	3,302	+2583
11	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1,185	26,946	1,235	35.8	21.8	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	8.7	17.0	51.2	0.0	0.1	20.2	4.4	6.2	71.2	55.4	3.3	7.9	3.0	44,190	13,737	3,057	2,161	3,822	3,665	4,378	+561
12	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	1,249	26,711	1,259	34.6	21.2	4.3	4.1	1.0	0.3	7.6	16.1	47.1	0.5	1.7	30.2	5.5	6.5	84.3	55.9	0.7	3.6	2.0	43,549	5,426	5,178	1,250	416	2,470	2,800	-358
13	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	995	26,666	1,067	35.7	25.0	6.7	2.5			9.3	20.2	46.2	0.7			5.7	7.0	81.1	53.7				38,089	7,162	2,673				2,057	-378
14	Stephen Curry S. Curry	1,058	26,528	1,064	34.1	24.9	4.7	6.3	1.5	0.3	8.5	18.0	47.1	4.0	9.5	42.2	4.0	4.4	91.2	62.6	0.6	4.0	3.1	36,271	4,967	6,739	1,601	281	3,304	2,379	+6287
15	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	1,387	26,496	1,390	34.1	19.1	10.9	3.0	0.7	2.2	7.4	14.6	50.6	0.0	0.1	17.9	4.2	6.1	69.6	55.1	2.8	8.1	2.4	47,343	15,085	4,223	1,025	3,020	3,380	3,301	+8919
16	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	1,278	26,397	1,322	34.5	20.0	5.7	3.6	1.3	0.6	6.6	14.7	44.7	1.6	4.4	37.1	5.2	6.5	80.6	56.9	0.8	4.8	2.7	45,649	7,496	4,697	1,747	737	3,517	3,618	+3389
17	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	1,415	26,071	1,449	34.7	18.0	10.1	3.7	1.3	1.4	7.2	14.6	49.8	0.1	0.4	27.5	3.4	4.3	79.0	54.7	2.2	7.9	2.2	50,250	14,619	5,427	1,852	2,035	3,174	3,537	+4951
18	Vince Carter V. Carter	976	25,728	1,473	31.0	17.5	4.4	3.2	1.0	0.6	6.3	14.4	43.9	1.6	4.1	37.7	3.3	4.1	79.8	54.0	1.1	3.3	1.7	45,644	6,516	4,665	1,510	875	2,562	3,912	+2006
19	Reggie Miller R. Miller	1,302	25,279	1,382	34.4	18.3	3.0	3.0	1.1	0.2	6.0	12.7	47.1	1.9	4.7	39.5	4.5	5.1	88.8	61.4	0.6	2.4	1.7	47,528	4,175	4,128	1,505	298	2,405	2,726	+2016
20	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	1,117	24,815	1,170	34.6	21.2	9.9	1.9	1.0	2.5	8.3	16.4	50.5	0.0	0.1	15.2	4.6	6.2	74.0	55.3	2.3	7.6	3.0	40,495	11,587	2,208	1,133	2,891	3,529	4,022	+452
21	Ray Allen R. Allen	1,148	24,505	1,295	35.7	18.9	4.1	3.4	1.1	0.2	6.6	14.6	45.3	2.3	5.7	40.1	3.4	3.8	89.4	58.1	0.9	3.1	2.1	46,230	5,262	4,350	1,447	241	2,702	2,850	+3519
22	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	901	24,368	914	41.1	26.7	3.7	6.2	2.2	0.2	9.3	21.8	42.5	1.2	3.7	31.3	7.0	8.9	78.0	51.8	0.8	2.9	3.6	37,583	3,394	5,624	1,983	164	3,262	1,777	+799
23	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	1,011	23,757	1,072	36.7	22.2	11.7	3.9	1.5	0.8	7.9	14.6	54.1	0.5	1.9	26.6	5.9	8.1	73.5	61.2	4.0	7.7	3.1	39,317	12,544	4,215	1,648	888	3,374	3,286	+529
24	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	906	23,165	1,051	34.0	22.0	4.7	5.4	1.5	0.8	8.0	16.8	48.0	0.5	1.8	29.3	5.4	7.1	76.5	55.4	1.2	3.5	3.2	35,747	4,930	5,698	1,617	885	3,325	2,325	+2825
25	Chris Paul C. Paul	1,311	23,058	1,362	33.5	16.9	4.4	9.2	2.0	0.2	6.0	12.8	47.0	1.4	3.7	37.0	3.6	4.1	87.1	58.1	0.6	3.8	2.3	45,682	5,990	12,509	2,715	220	3,096	3,194	+6078

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2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
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	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
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1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
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11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
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