most points in first nba game by a rookie since 2015

Since 2014-15, Doug McDermott has posted the most points by a rookie in the first team game, with 12 points against the Knicks on October 29, 2014.

	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	Doug McDermott D. McDermott	12	10/29/2014	CHI	@	NYK	24	5	2	1	0	5	9	55.6	2	5	40.0	0	0		66.7	1	4	1	2	+16
2	Aaron Gordon A. Gordon	11	10/28/2014	ORL	@	NOP	28	3	0	1	1	5	8	62.5	1	2	50.0	0	0		68.8	2	1	3	3	-18
3	Marcus Smart M. Smart	10	10/29/2014	BOS	vs	BKN	28	2	2	4	0	3	7	42.9	1	4	25.0	3	3	100.0	60.1	1	1	0	2	+20
4	Nik Stauskas N. Stauskas	9	10/29/2014	SAC	vs	GSW	26	0	0	0	0	3	10	30.0	2	7	28.6	1	1	100.0	43.1	0	0	1	3	-19
5	Bruno Caboclo B. Caboclo	8	11/21/2014	TOR	vs	MIL	12	1	0	0	1	3	6	50.0	2	3	66.7	0	0		66.7	0	1	1	1	-2
6	Jabari Parker J. Parker	8	10/29/2014	MIL	@	CHA	37	4	1	1	0	3	9	33.3	0	0		2	2	100.0	40.5	0	4	0	1	-13
7	Cory Jefferson C. Jefferson	8	10/29/2014	BKN	@	BOS	9	2	0	0	0	2	2	100.0	0	0		4	6	66.7	86.2	1	1	0	1	+16
8	Jordan Clarkson J. Clarkson	8	10/28/2014	LAL	vs	HOU	20	4	2	0	0	1	4	25.0	1	2	50.0	5	6	83.3	60.2	0	4	1	3	-4
9	Bojan Bogdanović B. Bogdanović	7	10/29/2014	BKN	@	BOS	26	0	2	0	1	3	6	50.0	1	2	50.0	0	0		58.3	0	0	2	3	-8
10	Nerlens Noel N. Noel	6	10/29/2014	PHI	@	IND	35	10	0	0	3	2	11	18.2	0	0		2	6	33.3	22.0	4	6	2	4	+2
11	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	6	10/29/2014	MIN	@	MEM	19	3	1	2	0	2	5	40.0	1	1	100.0	1	2	50.0	51.0	1	2	2	4	-4
12	James Ennis III J. Ennis III	5	10/29/2014	MIA	vs	WAS	15	2	0	0	0	2	4	50.0	0	2	0.0	1	1	100.0	56.3	0	2	0	1	+7
13	Nikola Mirotic N. Mirotic	5	10/29/2014	CHI	@	NYK	15	7	1	1	0	1	2	50.0	1	2	50.0	2	2	100.0	86.8	0	7	2	2	+11
14	Jusuf Nurkić J. Nurkić	5	10/29/2014	DEN	vs	DET	13	7	0	0	0	2	4	50.0	0	0		1	2	50.0	51.2	1	6	1	3	+1
15	Danté Exum D. Exum	5	10/29/2014	UTA	vs	HOU	10	0	1	1	0	2	3	66.7	1	1	100.0	0	0		83.3	0	0	1	0	+3
16	Rodney Hood R. Hood	5	10/29/2014	UTA	vs	HOU	21	2	0	1	2	2	6	33.3	1	4	25.0	0	0		41.7	0	2	1	0	-8
17	Kyle Anderson K. Anderson	4	11/6/2014	SAS	@	HOU	31	8	4	2	0	1	8	12.5	0	2	0.0	2	3	66.7	21.5	0	8	0	3	-4
18	PJ Hairston	4	11/4/2014	CHA	@	NOP	14	1	0	0	0	2	3	66.7	0	1	0.0	0	0		66.7	0	1	1	1	-8
19	Elfrid Payton E. Payton	4	10/28/2014	ORL	@	NOP	31	5	7	1	0	2	8	25.0	0	0		0	0		25.0	3	2	2	5	+1
20	Devyn Marble D. Marble	4	10/28/2014	ORL	@	NOP	3	1	0	0	0	2	2	100.0	0	0		0	2	0.0	69.4	0	1	0	1	+4
21	Kostas Papanikolaou K. Papanikolaou	4	10/28/2014	HOU	@	LAL	20	6	4	2	0	2	6	33.3	0	2	0.0	0	0		33.3	1	5	2	5	+11
22	C.J. Wilcox	3	12/3/2014	LAC	vs	ORL	6	0	2	0	0	1	3	33.3	1	2	50.0	0	0		50.0	0	0	0	0	-1
23	Grant Jerrett G. Jerrett	3	11/28/2014	OKC	vs	NYK	9	1	1	0	0	1	5	20.0	1	5	20.0	0	0		30.0	0	1	1	2	-5
24	Lucas Nogueira L. Nogueira	2	11/21/2014	TOR	vs	MIL	9	5	0	1	0	1	2	50.0	0	0		0	2	0.0	34.7	1	4	2	3	-6
25	KJ McDaniels	2	10/29/2014	PHI	@	IND	20	2	1	1	1	1	5	20.0	0	1	0.0	0	2	0.0	17.0	1	1	1	1	-15

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