most points in first nba game by a rookie since 2013

Since 2012-13, Damian Lillard has posted the most points by a rookie in the first team game, with 23 points versus the Lakers on October 31, 2012.

	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	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	23	10/31/2012	POR	vs	LAL	35	3	11	1	0	7	17	41.2	1	4	25.0	8	8	100.0	56.0	0	3	6	2	+16
2	Anthony Davis A. Davis	21	10/31/2012	NOH	vs	SAS	29	7	0	1	1	6	12	50.0	0	0		9	9	100.0	65.8	3	4	0	0	-20
3	Dion Waiters D. Waiters	17	10/30/2012	CLE	vs	WAS	28	2	0	3	0	6	14	42.9	2	5	40.0	3	4	75.0	53.9	0	2	3	0	+13
4	Jonas Valančiūnas J. Valančiūnas	12	10/31/2012	TOR	vs	IND	23	10	0	0	1	6	15	40.0	0	0		0	0		40.0	6	4	0	4	-7
5	Kyle Singler K. Singler	10	10/31/2012	DET	vs	HOU	16	2	0	0	1	4	5	80.0	2	2	100.0	0	0		100.0	0	2	1	0	-1
6	Kim English K. English	8	10/31/2012	DET	vs	HOU	14	0	3	2	0	3	6	50.0	2	4	50.0	0	0		66.7	0	0	1	1	+8
7	Bradley Beal B. Beal	8	10/30/2012	WAS	@	CLE	22	3	3	1	0	2	8	25.0	2	4	50.0	2	2	100.0	45.0	0	3	2	1	-16
8	Jae Crowder J. Crowder	8	10/30/2012	DAL	@	LAL	20	3	2	1	0	3	7	42.9	2	4	50.0	0	0		57.1	0	3	0	1	+2
9	Austin Rivers A. Rivers	7	10/31/2012	NOH	vs	SAS	24	1	2	0	0	1	9	11.1	0	2	0.0	5	6	83.3	30.1	0	1	3	3	-2
10	John Jenkins J. Jenkins	6	11/11/2012	ATL	@	LAC	4	2	0	0	0	2	4	50.0	0	0		2	2	100.0	61.5	1	1	0	0	+7
11	Harrison Barnes H. Barnes	6	10/31/2012	GSW	@	PHX	14	3	1	0	0	2	5	40.0	0	0		2	2	100.0	51.0	2	1	0	1	-2
12	Terrence Jones T. Jones	5	11/10/2012	HOU	vs	DET	12	0	0	0	2	1	6	16.7	1	3	33.3	2	2	100.0	36.3	0	0	0	1	-12
13	Mirza Teletovic M. Teletovic	5	11/5/2012	BKN	vs	MIN	8	0	0	1	0	2	3	66.7	1	2	50.0	0	0		83.3	0	0	0	0	-12
14	Evan Fournier E. Fournier	5	10/31/2012	DEN	@	PHI	10	0	1	0	0	2	4	50.0	1	2	50.0	0	0		62.5	0	0	1	1	+5
15	Tyler Zeller T. Zeller	5	10/30/2012	CLE	vs	WAS	15	2	0	1	1	2	4	50.0	0	0		1	2	50.0	51.2	0	2	0	2	+4
16	Meyers Leonard M. Leonard	4	10/31/2012	POR	vs	LAL	23	3	1	0	0	1	2	50.0	0	0		2	2	100.0	69.4	0	3	0	3	+16
17	Donatas Motiejunas D. Motiejunas	3	11/10/2012	HOU	vs	DET	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	100.0	0	0		1	2	50.0	79.8	0	0	0	2	-8
18	Jeremy Lamb J. Lamb	3	11/2/2012	OKC	vs	POR	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	100.0	1	1	100.0	0	0		150.0	0	0	0	0	+3
19	Thomas Robinson T. Robinson	3	10/31/2012	SAC	@	CHI	22	3	0	1	0	1	5	20.0	0	0		1	2	50.0	25.5	1	2	3	3	+1
20	Darius Miller D. Miller	3	10/31/2012	NOH	vs	SAS	14	1	2	2	0	1	2	50.0	1	2	50.0	0	0		75.0	0	1	2	2	+15
21	Festus Ezeli F. Ezeli	3	10/31/2012	GSW	@	PHX	14	5	0	3	0	1	2	50.0	0	0		1	2	50.0	52.1	1	4	0	1	0
22	Tyshawn Taylor T. Taylor	2	11/5/2012	BKN	vs	MIN	6	0	1	1	0	1	1	100.0	0	0		0	0		100.0	0	0	1	0	+4
23	Ben Hansbrough B. Hansbrough	2	11/5/2012	IND	@	SAS	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	100.0	0	0		0	0		100.0	0	1	1	2	-1
24	Miles Plumlee M. Plumlee	2	11/5/2012	IND	@	SAS	4	1	0	0	1	1	2	50.0	0	0		0	0		50.0	1	0	0	0	-1
25	Michael Kidd-Gilchrist M. Kidd-Gilchrist	2	11/2/2012	CHA	vs	IND	20	7	1	0	2	1	7	14.3	0	0		0	0		14.3	2	5	1	0	+12

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Sat 2/28	POR	@	CHA	1:00 PM
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Wed 3/4	POR	@	MEM	8:00 PM
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