most points by a rookie in their first playoff game ever

Derrick Rose and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar are tied for the most points by a rookie in their first game in a single NBA playoff run, with 36 points.

	NAME	PTS	SEASON	TM	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	Derrick Rose D. Rose	36	2008-09	CHI	1	49.6	36.0	4.0	11.0	1.0	0.0	12.0	19.0	63.2	0.0	1.0	0.0	12.0	12.0	100.0	74.1	1.0	3.0	5.0	50	4	11	1	0	5	6	+8
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	36	1969-70	MIL	1	39.0	36.0	20.0	4.0			13.0	25.0	52.0				10.0	13.0	76.9	58.6				39	20	4				6
3	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	35	1959-60	PHI	1	48.0	35.0	27.0	3.0			16.0	36.0	44.4				3.0	10.0	30.0	43.3				48	27	3				2
4	Brandon Jennings B. Jennings	34	2009-10	MIL	1	40.2	34.0	3.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	14.0	25.0	56.0	4.0	6.0	66.7	2.0	4.0	50.0	63.5	1.0	2.0	3.0	40	3	3	1	0	3	3	-7
5	Ray Scott R. Scott	34	1961-62	DET	1		34.0	19.0				14.0	29.0	48.3				6.0	10.0	60.0	50.9					19					4
6	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	32	1997-98	SAS	1	37.0	32.0	10.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	12.0	21.0	57.1	0.0	0.0		8.0	14.0	57.1	58.9	1.0	9.0	3.0	37	10	1	1	2	3	3	+12
7	Walter Davis W. Davis	31	1977-78	PHX	1	34.0	31.0	8.0	4.0	3.0	0.0	12.0	19.0	63.2				7.0	10.0	70.0	66.2			3.0	34	8	4	3	0	3	4
8	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	31	1968-69	SDR	1	48.0	31.0	12.0	1.0			11.0	23.0	47.8				9.0	15.0	60.0	52.4				48	12	1				3
9	Ben Gordon B. Gordon	30	2004-05	CHI	1	33.0	30.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	11.0	19.0	57.9	3.0	5.0	60.0	5.0	8.0	62.5	66.6	1.0	2.0	0.0	33	3	2	1	2	0	4	+10
10	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	30	1992-93	CHA	1	37.0	30.0	11.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	9.0	16.0	56.3	0.0	0.0		12.0	15.0	80.0	66.4	3.0	8.0	4.0	37	11	0	1	2	4	3
11	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	30	1988-89	GSW	1	45.0	30.0	7.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	13.0	21.0	61.9	1.0	2.0	50.0	3.0	3.0	100.0	67.2	0.0	7.0	6.0	45	7	5	1	0	6	4
12	Dave DeBusschere D. DeBusschere	30	1962-63	DET	1	34.0	30.0	18.0	0.0			9.0	16.0	56.3				12.0	16.0	75.0	65.1				34	18	0				4
13	Billy Ray Bates B. Ray Bates	29	1979-80	POR	1	33.0	29.0	3.0	6.0	1.0	0.0	11.0	18.0	61.1	1.0	3.0	33.3	6.0	8.0	75.0	67.4	0.0	3.0	3.0	33	3	6	1	0	3	5
14	Bailey Howell B. Howell	29	1959-60	DET	1		29.0	19.0				13.0						3.0	4.0	75.0						19					4
15	Tony Jaros T. Jaros	29	1946-47	CHI	1		29.0					13.0						3.0	4.0	75.0											3
16	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	28	1996-97	MIN	1	35.0	28.0	4.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	10.0	19.0	52.6	4.0	9.0	44.4	4.0	6.0	66.7	64.7	0.0	4.0	0.0	35	4	4	1	0	0	2	-21
17	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	27	2017-18	UTA	1	35.0	27.0	10.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	11.0	22.0	50.0	3.0	7.0	42.9	2.0	2.0	100.0	59.0	1.0	9.0	1.0	35	10	3	2	1	1	1	-9
18	Johnny Kerr J. Kerr	27	1954-55	SYR	1	36.0	27.0	14.0	2.0			11.0	17.0	64.7				5.0	9.0	55.6	64.4				36	14	2				2
19	Arvydas Sabonis A. Sabonis	26	1995-96	POR	1	34.0	26.0	6.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	5.0	11.0	45.5	0.0	0.0		16.0	20.0	80.0	65.7	2.0	4.0	2.0	34	6	1	0	1	2	3
20	David Robinson D. Robinson	26	1989-90	SAS	1	33.0	26.0	13.0	2.0	1.0	5.0	11.0	20.0	55.0	0.0	0.0		4.0	6.0	66.7	57.4	3.0	10.0	1.0	33	13	2	1	5	1	0
21	Sam Perkins S. Perkins	26	1984-85	DAL	1	53.0	26.0	13.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	9.0	16.0	56.3	0.0	0.0		8.0	11.0	72.7	62.4	8.0	5.0	1.0	53	13	2	1	0	1	2
22	Ron Brewer R. Brewer	26	1978-79	POR	1	31.0	26.0	7.0	5.0	0.0	2.0	11.0	14.0	78.6				4.0	5.0	80.0	80.2	3.0	4.0	4.0	31	7	5	0	2	4	3
23	Jim McMillian J. McMillian	26	1970-71	LAL	1	48.0	26.0	5.0	3.0			13.0	21.0	61.9				0.0	0.0		61.9				48	5	3				3
24	Archie Clark A. Clark	26	1966-67	LAL	1		26.0	5.0	4.0			11.0	23.0	47.8				4.0	4.0	100.0	52.5					5	4				4
25	Lou Hudson L. Hudson	26	1966-67	STL	1	35.0	26.0	5.0	0.0			10.0	20.0	50.0				6.0	10.0	60.0	53.3				35	5	0				4

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PPG

17.0

Giddey

RPG

9.0

Vučević

APG

9.1

Giddey

Team Rankings

ORTG

113.0

23rd

DRTG

118.1

22nd

NETRTG

-5.1

22nd

3P%

35.6

19th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers	19	63	.232	41.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/21	CHI	@	TOR	7:30 PM
Fri 10/23	CHI	@	MIL	4:00 PM
Sat 10/24	WAS	@	CHI	8:00 PM
Mon 10/26	CHI	@	BOS	7:30 PM
Wed 10/28	NYK	@	CHI	8:00 PM

Last Game

Bulls

31 - 51

128

Final

149

Mavericks

26 - 56

Sun 12 Apr 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

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FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

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50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	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
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
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
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0