Tim Duncan scored the most points by a rookie in a game in 1997-98, with 35 points against the Warriors on March 4, 1998.

Interpreted as:

most points in a regular-season game 1998 rookie

	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	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	35	3/4/1998	SAS	@	GSW	45	17	2	1	5	13	24	54.2	0	0		9	12	75.0	59.8	6	11	10	2	-11
2	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	34	4/8/1998	SAS	@	UTA	45	7	5	0	1	14	25	56.0	0	0		6	8	75.0	59.6	1	6	3	4	-10
3	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	34	2/3/1998	SAS	@	GSW	42	14	4	2	3	14	25	56.0	0	1	0.0	6	8	75.0	59.6	5	9	0	4	+2
4	Keith Van Horn K. Van Horn	33	4/12/1998	NJN	@	TOR	40	7	2	0	0	13	21	61.9	0	1	0.0	7	8	87.5	67.3	2	5	0	3	+12
5	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	32	4/16/1998	SAS	@	VAN	39	10	6	0	6	15	28	53.6	0	0		2	2	100.0	55.4	3	7	2	3	+16
6	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	32	3/27/1998	SAS	@	PHI	34	8	3	1	2	12	18	66.7	0	0		8	11	72.7	70.1	4	4	2	3	+29
7	Zydrunas Ilgauskas Z. Ilgauskas	32	1/31/1998	CLE	vs	DET	33	13	0	0	0	12	14	85.7	0	0		8	9	88.9	89.1	0	13	2	3	+11
8	Keith Van Horn K. Van Horn	32	12/29/1997	NJN	vs	WAS	41	10	1	2	1	10	19	52.6	2	7	28.6	10	10	100.0	68.4	1	9	1	4	+9
9	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	32	12/13/1997	SAS	vs	ORL	36	11	3	0	1	15	20	75.0	0	0		2	3	66.7	75.0	1	10	0	1	+29
10	Tariq Abdul-Wahad T. Abdul-Wahad	31	4/19/1998	SAC	vs	VAN	40	2	3	1	0	12	17	70.6	1	1	100.0	6	7	85.7	77.2	1	1	0	3	-2
11	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	31	4/17/1998	SAS	@	SEA	46	8	2	1	2	11	17	64.7	0	0		9	11	81.8	71.0	1	7	5	3	+2
12	Keith Van Horn K. Van Horn	31	3/25/1998	NJN	@	PHI	38	4	3	1	0	12	23	52.2	2	6	33.3	5	6	83.3	60.5	2	2	4	4	+10
13	Ron Mercer R. Mercer	31	3/19/1998	BOS	@	HOU	42	4	3	6	0	12	24	50.0	0	0		7	8	87.5	56.3	3	1	0	4	-4
14	Derek Anderson D. Anderson	30	4/3/1998	CLE	vs	LAL	29	3	4	0	0	11	15	73.3	2	2	100.0	6	6	100.0	85.0	1	2	1	2	+6
15	Cedric Henderson C. Henderson	30	2/25/1998	CLE	vs	VAN	39	3	2	1	0	12	18	66.7	0	0		6	9	66.7	68.3	1	2	2	4	+4
16	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	30	2/14/1998	SAS	vs	PHX	46	11	2	0	5	11	27	40.7	0	0		8	11	72.7	47.1	2	9	2	2	-10
17	Keith Van Horn K. Van Horn	30	1/28/1998	NJN	@	LAL	38	5	2	0	0	10	19	52.6	3	5	60.0	7	7	100.0	67.9	0	5	4	1	+19
18	Keith Van Horn K. Van Horn	30	12/13/1997	NJN	vs	DEN	32	4	1	4	0	8	11	72.7	3	4	75.0	11	15	73.3	85.2	2	2	3	5	+37
19	Keith Van Horn K. Van Horn	29	3/22/1998	NJN	vs	WAS	46	3	4	0	1	12	24	50.0	1	4	25.0	4	4	100.0	56.3	2	1	3	4	0
20	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	29	3/2/1998	SAS	@	SAC	38	17	3	0	3	10	15	66.7	0	0		9	12	75.0	71.5	5	12	6	4	+15
21	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	29	2/21/1998	SAS	vs	UTA	45	15	2	2	3	11	21	52.4	0	1	0.0	7	12	58.3	55.2	1	14	0	0	-1
22	Keith Van Horn K. Van Horn	29	1/2/1998	NJN	vs	NYK	32	6	2	3	0	9	16	56.3	3	5	60.0	8	8	100.0	74.3	1	5	4	4	+15
23	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	28	4/10/1998	SAS	vs	SEA	46	17	5	0	7	13	23	56.5	0	0		2	3	66.7	57.6	4	13	3	2	+22
24	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	28	2/24/1998	SAS	vs	MIN	36	19	3	0	1	10	20	50.0	0	0		8	13	61.5	54.4	10	9	6	4	+1
25	Ron Mercer R. Mercer	28	2/22/1998	BOS	@	POR	40	3	1	0	0	11	19	57.9	0	0		6	6	100.0	64.7	0	3	0	1	-14