most points in 1st half by nba player ever in a game

Karl-Anthony Towns has dropped the most points in a first half, with 44 points against the Hornets on January 22, 2024.

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most points in 1st half by NBA player ever in a regular-season game

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	44	1/22/2024	MIN	vs	CHA	21	5	2	0	0	14	17	82.4	8	9	88.9	8	12	66.7	98.7	1	4	5	0	+10
2	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	41	1/26/2024	DAL	@	ATL	22	5	4	1	0	16	21	76.2	5	8	62.5	4	4	100.0	90.1	0	5	3	0	+8
3	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	41	2/26/2023	POR	vs	HOU	19	4	2	0	0	13	19	68.4	8	11	72.7	7	7	100.0	92.8	1	3	0	1	+11
4	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	41	3/15/2022	BKN	@	ORL	23	3	3	3	0	14	19	73.7	6	7	85.7	7	7	100.0	92.8	1	2	0	2	+28
5	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	40	12/5/2016	GSW	vs	IND	18	1	1	0	0	15	22	68.2	5	9	55.6	5	5	100.0	82.6	0	1	0	0	+30
6	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	39	4/9/2021	CHI	@	ATL	20	5	0	0	0	13	19	68.4	7	9	77.8	6	6	100.0	90.1	1	4	2	0	+13
7	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	37	10/28/2024	ORL	vs	IND	20	7	6	0	1	13	17	76.5	3	6	50.0	8	9	88.9	88.3	2	5	0	2	+8
8	Devin Booker D. Booker	37	4/1/2024	PHX	@	NOP	19	0	5	0	1	14	18	77.8	6	10	60.0	3	3	100.0	95.8	0	0	2	1	+20
9	Devin Booker D. Booker	37	1/26/2024	PHX	@	IND	18	3	2	1	1	12	18	66.7	5	7	71.4	8	9	88.9	84.2	0	3	2	0	+10
10	James Harden J. Harden	37	3/22/2019	HOU	vs	SAS	18	2	1	2	0	10	18	55.6	5	6	83.3	12	14	85.7	76.6	0	2	2	1	+19
11	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	37	4/13/2015	GSW	vs	MEM		2	1	1	0	14	17	82.4	7	8	87.5	2	2	100.0	103.5	0	2	2	0
12	James Harden J. Harden	36	1/23/2019	HOU	@	NYK	19	9	0	3	0	11	21	52.4	4	9	44.4	10	12	83.3	68.5	5	4	3	5	+6
13	James Harden J. Harden	36	1/14/2019	HOU	vs	MEM	19	4	1	2	0	11	21	52.4	3	7	42.9	11	11	100.0	69.7	2	2	3	2	+5
14	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	36	10/29/2018	GSW	@	CHI	19	3	0	2	0	12	16	75.0	10	14	71.4	2	2	100.0	106.6	0	3	2	2	+31
15	Stephen Curry S. Curry	36	2/3/2016	GSW	@	WAS		3	1	1	0	13	14	92.9	8	9	88.9	2	3	66.7	117.5	0	3	4	2
16	James Harden J. Harden	35	11/22/2025	LAC	@	CHA	19	0	1	0	0	12	17	70.6	6	10	60.0	5	7	71.4	87.2	0	0	1	1	+5
17	Kemba Walker K. Walker	35	3/22/2018	CHA	vs	MEM	18	0	2	1	0	10	12	83.3	7	9	77.8	8	8	100.0	112.8	0	0	0	1	+36
18	James Harden J. Harden	34	12/16/2024	LAC	vs	UTA	19	0	4	1	1	8	12	66.7	7	10	70.0	11	13	84.6	95.9	0	0	1	1	+26
19	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	34	1/22/2024	PHI	vs	SAS	19	10	2	0	1	11	20	55.0	0	0		12	12	100.0	67.2	6	4	0	1	-3
20	Mikal Bridges M. Bridges	34	12/2/2023	BKN	vs	ORL	17	2	1	1	3	10	14	71.4	3	4	75.0	11	13	84.6	86.2	0	2	1	3	+28
21	Kevin Love K. Love	34	11/23/2016	CLE	vs	POR	17	4	0	1	1	11	15	73.3	8	11	72.7	4	4	100.0	101.4	1	3	1	2	+17
22	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	34	4/15/2015	OKC	@	MIN		6	4	1	0	11	16	68.8	2	4	50.0	10	13	76.9	78.3	0	6	1	1
23	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	33	11/12/2025	DEN	@	LAC	19	6	2	0	1	10	15	66.7	4	5	80.0	9	9	100.0	87.0	1	5	0	0	+8
24	Trae Young T. Young	33	11/9/2023	ATL	@	ORL	19	0	4	2	0	9	14	64.3	4	7	57.1	11	11	100.0	87.6	0	0	2	1	+7
25	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	33	3/31/2023	NYK	@	CLE	19	1	5	0	0	13	20	65.0	4	7	57.1	3	4	75.0	75.8	1	0	0	0	+3