most points in a half in a game this season in less than 16 minutes

LaMelo Ball scored the most points when playing <16 minutes in a half this season, with 40 points versus the Bucks in the second half on November 23.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a half in a game this season in less than 16 minutes

	NAME	PTS	MIN	HALF	DATE	TM		OPP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	40	22	2H	11/23/2024	CHA	@	MIL	2	5	1	0	14	25	56.0	5	12	41.7	7	8	87.5	70.1	0	2	3	2	+8
2	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	37	20	1H	10/28/2024	ORL	vs	IND	7	6	0	1	13	17	76.5	3	6	50.0	8	9	88.9	88.3	2	5	0	2	+8
3	Stephen Curry S. Curry	35	17	2H	2/27/2025	GSW	@	ORL	3	1	1	0	9	14	64.3	7	12	58.3	10	10	100.0	95.1	0	3	2	0	+17
4	James Harden J. Harden	34	19	1H	12/16/2024	LAC	vs	UTA	0	4	1	1	8	12	66.7	7	10	70.0	11	13	84.6	95.9	0	0	1	1	+26
5	Devin Booker D. Booker	33	19	2H	3/19/2025	PHX	vs	CHI	2	3	0	0	11	18	61.1	6	8	75.0	5	5	100.0	81.7	1	1	3	0	+3
6	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	33	21	2H	12/28/2024	NYK	@	WAS	1	4	0	0	12	19	63.2	2	7	28.6	7	7	100.0	74.7	0	1	0	1	-3
7	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	33	21	2H	11/15/2024	SAC	vs	MIN	0	4	3	1	11	18	61.1	1	3	33.3	10	11	90.9	72.2	0	0	2	1	+9
8	Stephen Curry S. Curry	32	19	1H	4/1/2025	GSW	@	MEM	7	5	2	1	11	16	68.8	8	10	80.0	2	2	100.0	94.8	1	6	2	1	+13
9	Jamal Murray J. Murray	32	19	1H	1/14/2025	DEN	@	DAL	0	3	1	0	12	15	80.0	4	6	66.7	4	4	100.0	95.5	0	0	2	0	+23
10	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	32	20	2H	12/7/2024	DEN	@	WAS	11	3	1	0	12	27	44.4	2	4	50.0	6	10	60.0	51.0	7	4	1	4	+12
11	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	31	19	1H	4/9/2025	LAL	@	DAL	3	3	3	0	11	16	68.8	6	8	75.0	3	6	50.0	83.2	0	3	2	1	+5
12	Coby White C. White	31	18	2H	3/20/2025	CHI	@	SAC	1	0	0	0	9	12	75.0	2	3	66.7	11	12	91.7	89.7	1	0	1	4	+16
13	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	31	20	2H	3/1/2025	MEM	vs	SAS	3	0	2	2	11	16	68.8	4	6	66.7	5	6	83.3	83.2	1	2	0	1	+26
14	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	31	17	1H	1/29/2025	OKC	@	GSW	3	3	0	0	9	13	69.2	2	3	66.7	11	12	91.7	84.8	0	3	1	1	+18
15	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	31	20	2H	1/22/2025	OKC	vs	UTA	4	3	2	2	8	17	47.1	3	6	50.0	12	13	92.3	68.2	2	2	0	2	+12
16	CJ McCollum	31	16	2H	1/3/2025	NOP	vs	WAS	2	0	0	0	11	15	73.3	5	7	71.4	4	4	100.0	92.5	1	1	0	1	+19
17	James Harden J. Harden	31	20	1H	11/27/2024	LAC	@	WAS	2	5	1	0	11	15	73.3	5	7	71.4	4	5	80.0	90.1	1	1	1	0	+23
18	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	31	22	2H	11/13/2024	NYK	vs	CHI	4	1	2	0	12	19	63.2	3	7	42.9	4	8	50.0	68.8	1	3	3	4	+11
19	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	30	24	2H	4/7/2025	SAC	@	DET	2	3	0	0	12	18	66.7	6	9	66.7	0	1	0.0	81.3	0	2	1	4	+20
20	Desmond Bane D. Bane	30	23	2H	3/17/2025	MEM	@	SAC	2	4	1	0	10	16	62.5	5	5	100.0	5	5	100.0	82.4	0	2	2	2	+6
21	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	30	20	1H	2/28/2025	BOS	vs	CLE	9	7	0	1	11	17	64.7	4	8	50.0	4	5	80.0	78.1	1	8	1	1	+16
22	Jamal Murray J. Murray	30	20	1H	2/12/2025	DEN	vs	POR	2	3	0	0	10	15	66.7	6	10	60.0	4	5	80.0	87.2	1	1	0	0	+28
23	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	30	22	2H	2/5/2025	DET	vs	CLE	5	5	2	0	8	18	44.4	3	8	37.5	11	11	100.0	65.7	0	5	0	1	+10
24	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	30	18	2H	2/5/2025	MIN	vs	CHI	6	0	0	1	8	16	50.0	3	7	42.9	11	12	91.7	70.5	3	3	4	0	+10
25	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	30	17	1H	2/3/2025	OKC	vs	MIL	2	4	0	0	13	17	76.5	2	3	66.7	2	3	66.7	81.9	0	2	1	1	+27