most points in a half in a game nba 2022

Kyrie Irving dropped the most points in a half in 2021-22, with 41 points against the Magic in the first half on March 15, 2022.

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most points by a player in a half in a game NBA 2022

	NAME	PTS	HALF	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	41	1H	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
2	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	36	2H	3/14/2022	MIN	@	SAS	16	9	0	0	0	10	16	62.5	6	8	75.0	10	11	90.9	86.4	1	8	2	5	+10
3	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	35	2H	1/8/2022	MIL	@	CHA	20	8	3	1	2	8	13	61.5	2	4	50.0	17	18	94.4	83.7	2	6	1	3	-6
4	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	34	2H	3/6/2022	BOS	vs	BKN	23	3	2	0	0	10	17	58.8	4	7	57.1	10	11	90.9	77.8	1	2	2	4	+13
5	Robert Covington R. Covington	33	2H	4/1/2022	LAC	@	MIL	24	3	1	1	1	11	16	68.8	9	13	69.2	2	2	100.0	97.7	0	3	0	4	+23
6	Trae Young T. Young	33	1H	3/13/2022	ATL	vs	IND	17	3	4	1	0	9	13	69.2	7	9	77.8	8	8	100.0	99.9	0	3	2	1	+15
7	LeBron James L. James	33	2H	3/11/2022	LAL	vs	WAS	18	4	1	0	0	12	16	75.0	3	5	60.0	6	6	100.0	88.5	0	4	2	3	+29
8	Julius Randle J. Randle	33	2H	3/7/2022	NYK	@	SAC	21	5	2	0	0	12	17	70.6	7	11	63.6	2	2	100.0	92.3	0	5	0	2	+38
9	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	32	2H	2/15/2022	MIL	vs	IND	19	5	1	0	0	10	12	83.3	1	2	50.0	11	14	78.6	88.1	1	4	2	3	+1
10	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	32	1H	2/10/2022	DAL	vs	LAC	19	4	3	0	0	11	16	68.8	7	11	63.6	3	6	50.0	85.8	0	4	2	2	+9
11	Nicolas Batum N. Batum	32	2H	1/17/2022	LAC	vs	IND	20	3	1	0	1	11	13	84.6	7	9	77.8	3	3	100.0	111.7	0	3	1	0	+2
12	Darius Garland D. Garland	31	2H	3/8/2022	CLE	@	IND	20	2	6	1	0	11	15	73.3	2	4	50.0	7	7	100.0	85.7	1	1	2	3	+10
13	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	31	1H	1/23/2022	BOS	@	WAS	17	7	4	0	0	11	14	78.6	6	7	85.7	3	3	100.0	101.2	2	5	0	1	+19
14	Kevin Durant K. Durant	30	2H	4/2/2022	BKN	@	ATL	24	3	2	0	0	12	18	66.7	4	6	66.7	2	2	100.0	79.4	0	3	3	0	+8
15	Trae Young T. Young	30	1H	3/30/2022	ATL	@	OKC	17	1	6	1	0	9	13	69.2	3	6	50.0	9	9	100.0	88.4	0	1	2	1	+17
16	Christian Wood C. Wood	30	2H	3/21/2022	HOU	vs	WAS	18	8	1	1	0	11	13	84.6	7	7	100.0	1	1	100.0	111.6	0	8	1	2	+18
17	Saddiq Bey S. Bey	30	1H	3/17/2022	DET	@	ORL	19	3	3	2	0	10	15	66.7	6	9	66.7	4	6	66.7	85.0	0	3	0	1	+7
18	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	30	2H	3/8/2022	BKN	@	CHA	21	1	5	1	1	10	12	83.3	5	7	71.4	5	7	71.4	99.5	0	1	2	4	-6
19	LeBron James L. James	30	2H	3/5/2022	LAL	vs	GSW	19	5	1	0	1	9	16	56.3	5	9	55.6	7	8	87.5	76.8	0	5	2	0	+7
20	Ja Morant J. Morant	30	2H	3/3/2022	MEM	@	BOS	19	3	3	0	0	10	15	66.7	4	7	57.1	6	6	100.0	85.0	2	1	1	0	-7
21	Ja Morant J. Morant	30	2H	2/26/2022	MEM	@	CHI	20	2	2	0	0	8	14	57.1	1	2	50.0	13	15	86.7	72.8	0	2	4	2	+3
22	RJ Barrett	30	1H	2/25/2022	NYK	vs	MIA	18	3	1	0	0	9	13	69.2	6	9	66.7	6	10	60.0	86.2	0	3	0	1	+1
23	Stephen Curry S. Curry	30	2H	1/31/2022	GSW	@	HOU	21	3	4	1	0	9	15	60.0	6	11	54.5	6	7	85.7	83.0	0	3	0	0	+11
24	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	30	2H	1/28/2022	LAL	@	CHA	21	1	3	0	0	11	20	55.0	3	5	60.0	5	6	83.3	66.3	0	1	0	3	+16
25	Trae Young T. Young	30	2H	1/19/2022	ATL	vs	MIN	20	4	5	0	0	9	13	69.2	6	9	66.7	6	6	100.0	95.9	0	4	1	1	+21