Zach LaVine put up the most points in a half in 2020-21, with 39 points against the Hawks in the first half on April 9, 2021.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a half in NBA in 2021

	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	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	39	1H	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
2	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	36	2H	2/6/2021	DEN	@	SAC	23	4	6	1	1	15	23	65.2	3	6	50.0	3	3	100.0	74.0	1	3	0	1	+1
3	Terry Rozier T. Rozier	36	2H	12/23/2020	CHA	@	CLE	23	1	1	2	0	13	18	72.2	8	13	61.5	2	2	100.0	95.3	0	1	1	3	+15
4	Ja Morant J. Morant	34	2H	12/23/2020	MEM	vs	SAS	19	1	3	1	1	13	15	86.7	1	1	100.0	7	8	87.5	91.8	0	1	1	1	+6
5	Stephen Curry S. Curry	33	2H	5/16/2021	GSW	vs	MEM	21	3	3	0	0	10	21	47.6	8	16	50.0	5	6	83.3	69.8	1	2	4	0	+14
6	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	33	2H	3/18/2021	UTA	@	WAS	22	4	2	2	0	12	21	57.1	3	8	37.5	6	7	85.7	68.5	1	3	1	3	+9
7	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	33	1H	1/31/2021	DEN	vs	UTA	19	5	3	1	1	13	17	76.5	4	4	100.0	3	4	75.0	88.0	1	4	1	1	+23
8	Kevin Porter Jr. K. Porter Jr.	32	2H	4/29/2021	HOU	vs	MIL	22	3	4	0	1	10	16	62.5	6	9	66.7	6	7	85.7	83.9	0	3	2	4	+21
9	Bradley Beal B. Beal	32	1H	1/6/2021	WAS	@	PHI	18	4	3	1	0	11	16	68.8	4	5	80.0	6	7	85.7	83.9	3	1	2	1	-9
10	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	31	2H	3/16/2021	POR	vs	NOP	22	4	5	0	0	9	13	69.2	3	7	42.9	10	10	100.0	89.1	1	3	1	2	+17
11	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	31	1H	2/4/2021	PHI	vs	POR	20	4	1	1	1	11	17	64.7	0	0		9	9	100.0	74.0	1	3	2	0	+2
12	Bradley Beal B. Beal	31	2H	1/27/2021	WAS	@	NOP	22	2	4	2	0	11	19	57.9	5	8	62.5	4	4	100.0	74.7	1	1	1	2	+4
13	Stephen Curry S. Curry	31	1H	1/3/2021	GSW	vs	POR	18	3	1	0	0	10	18	55.6	3	7	42.9	8	9	88.9	70.6	0	3	2	0	+12
14	Stephen Curry S. Curry	31	2H	1/3/2021	GSW	vs	POR	18	2	3	0	0	8	13	61.5	5	9	55.6	10	10	100.0	89.1	1	1	3	0	+9
15	Kevin Durant K. Durant	30	2H	4/29/2021	BKN	@	IND	18	0	4	1	0	11	15	73.3	2	2	100.0	6	6	100.0	85.0	0	0	2	2	+9
16	Stephen Curry S. Curry	30	1H	4/12/2021	GSW	vs	DEN	17	2	1	0	0	9	13	69.2	6	9	66.7	6	6	100.0	95.9	0	2	1	1	+1
17	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	30	2H	4/10/2021	UTA	vs	SAC	18	2	4	1	0	9	17	52.9	3	7	42.9	9	9	100.0	71.6	1	1	0	0	+24
18	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	30	2H	4/9/2021	BOS	vs	MIN	19	2	1	0	0	10	16	62.5	5	8	62.5	5	5	100.0	82.4	0	2	4	3	0
19	Stephen Curry S. Curry	30	2H	4/6/2021	GSW	vs	MIL	20	2	1	0	0	10	14	71.4	4	7	57.1	6	7	85.7	87.8	1	1	1	1	+2
20	Bradley Beal B. Beal	30	2H	3/18/2021	WAS	vs	UTA	22	1	2	0	0	11	16	68.8	3	4	75.0	5	6	83.3	80.5	0	1	1	3	-3
21	Jamal Murray J. Murray	30	2H	2/19/2021	DEN	@	CLE	20	3	1	1	0	12	14	85.7	6	7	85.7	0	0		107.1	0	3	1	2	+3
22	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	30	2H	2/10/2021	MIL	@	PHX	20	4	1	0	0	9	11	81.8	0	0		12	15	80.0	85.2	1	3	1	2	-8
23	Stephen Curry S. Curry	30	1H	2/6/2021	GSW	@	DAL	19	1	1	1	0	10	15	66.7	7	10	70.0	3	3	100.0	91.9	0	1	2	2	-2
24	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	30	1H	1/17/2021	DAL	vs	CHI	20	8	5	1	0	11	19	57.9	6	9	66.7	2	2	100.0	75.5	2	6	2	3	-8
25	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	30	1H	1/4/2021	MIL	vs	DET	18	3	2	0	0	12	14	85.7	1	2	50.0	5	5	100.0	92.6	1	2	0	1	+13