most points in a game by a rookie in the first half

Luka Dončić has the most points by a rookie in a first half, with 28 points versus the Cavaliers on February 2, 2019.

Interpreted as:

most points in a regular-season game by a rookie in the first half

	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	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	28	2/2/2019	DAL	@	CLE	18	5	5	1	0	11	16	68.8	4	7	57.1	2	3	66.7	80.8	1	4	2	1	+10
2	Brandon Miller B. Miller	26	4/5/2024	CHA	vs	ORL	20	4	1	1	0	10	10	100.0	5	5	100.0	1	1	100.0	124.5	0	4	3	2	+21
3	Tre Mann T. Mann	26	3/21/2022	OKC	vs	BOS	15	2	0	0	0	9	12	75.0	7	7	100.0	1	1	100.0	104.5	0	2	1	1	-11
4	Coby White C. White	26	2/23/2020	CHI	vs	WAS	15	3	1	1	0	9	12	75.0	5	7	71.4	3	3	100.0	97.6	0	3	3	2	+16
5	Deandre Ayton D. Ayton	25	12/29/2018	PHX	vs	DEN	20	9	1	2	0	12	15	80.0	0	0		1	2	50.0	78.7	7	2	0	1	-7
6	Alex Sarr A. Sarr	24	3/15/2025	WAS	@	DEN	17	5	4	1	0	10	19	52.6	3	4	75.0	1	1	100.0	61.7	4	1	2	2	-3
7	Scottie Barnes S. Barnes	24	2/28/2022	TOR	@	BKN	21	9	2	4	0	10	10	100.0	1	1	100.0	3	4	75.0	102.0	7	2	1	0	+17
8	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	24	5/16/2021	PHI	vs	ORL	19	3	3	0	1	10	11	90.9	3	3	100.0	1	1	100.0	104.9	0	3	1	0	+6
9	Kyle Kuzma K. Kuzma	24	12/20/2017	LAL	@	HOU	20	2	2	0	0	9	9	100.0	6	6	100.0	0	0		133.3	0	2	0	0	+2
10	Zaccharie Risacher Z. Risacher	23	4/10/2025	ATL	@	BKN	18	2	1	2	1	9	11	81.8	3	5	60.0	2	5	40.0	87.1	0	2	1	2	+19
11	Bennedict Mathurin B. Mathurin	23	11/9/2022	IND	vs	DEN		2	0	0	0	8	10	80.0	5	6	83.3	2	3	66.7	101.6	0	2	1	2	+15
12	Cole Anthony C. Anthony	23	5/16/2021	ORL	@	PHI	18	5	1	1	0	8	17	47.1	2	5	40.0	5	5	100.0	59.9	2	3	4	1	-7
13	Anfernee Simons A. Simons	23	4/10/2019	POR	vs	SAC	24	2	3	1	0	9	13	69.2	4	7	57.1	1	2	50.0	82.9	1	1	0	2	-25
14	Jahlil Okafor J. Okafor	23	2/21/2016	PHI	@	DAL		6	1	0	0	10	13	76.9	0	1	0.0	3	6	50.0	73.5	3	3	4	2
15	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	23	1/31/2015	MIN	vs	CLE		1	1	3	0	10	15	66.7	2	2	100.0	1	2	50.0	72.4	1	0	0	1
16	Jamison Battle J. Battle	22	4/13/2025	TOR	@	SAS	21	5	0	0	0	8	11	72.7	6	8	75.0	0	0		100.0	1	4	0	2	+17
17	Zaccharie Risacher Z. Risacher	22	11/6/2024	ATL	vs	NYK	18	3	2	2	1	8	11	72.7	5	7	71.4	1	2	50.0	92.6	0	3	0	0	+3
18	Julian Champagnie J. Champagnie	22	4/2/2023	SAS	@	SAC	12	3	0	1	0	8	10	80.0	3	4	75.0	3	4	75.0	93.5	0	3	2	1	+11
19	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	22	12/18/2022	ORL	@	BOS	16	3	1	1	0	7	12	58.3	4	4	100.0	4	5	80.0	77.5	0	3	1	2	+9
20	Bennedict Mathurin B. Mathurin	22	10/29/2022	IND	@	BKN	16	3	1	0	0	5	8	62.5	4	5	80.0	8	8	100.0	95.5	0	3	0	1	+5
21	Tre Mann T. Mann	22	3/18/2022	OKC	@	MIA	18	5	0	0	0	9	14	64.3	4	7	57.1	0	0		78.6	1	4	1	1	0
22	Moses Moody M. Moody	22	3/7/2022	GSW	@	DEN	17	2	1	0	0	7	13	53.8	5	8	62.5	3	3	100.0	76.8	1	1	1	0	-1
23	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	22	3/18/2021	MIN	@	PHX	19	2	1	1	0	9	18	50.0	4	9	44.4	0	0		61.1	1	1	0	1	+2
24	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	22	1/9/2021	PHI	vs	DEN		4	2	1	0	11	19	57.9	0	3	0.0	0	0		57.9	1	3	0	2	-12
25	Garrison Mathews G. Mathews	22	12/30/2019	WAS	vs	MIA	14	4	0	0	0	6	7	85.7	4	5	80.0	6	7	85.7	109.1	1	3	0	2	+18