most points in game opener in season in one game by knicks players

Patrick Ewing has dropped the most points for the Knicks in season openers, with 38 points in 1990-91.

	NAME	PTS	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	38	1990-91	NYK	1	41.0	38.0	12.0	4.0	1.0	7.0	14.0	23.0	60.9	0.0	0.0		10.0	14.0	71.4	65.2	2.0	10.0	4.0	41	12	4	1	7	4	5
2	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	37	2011-12	NYK	1	33.6	37.0	8.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	10.0	17.0	58.8	4.0	7.0	57.1	13.0	15.0	86.7	78.4	1.0	7.0	5.0	34	8	3	2	1	5	4	+15
3	Willie Naulls W. Naulls	37	1960-61	NYK	1		37.0	20.0				15.0	27.0	55.6				7.0	8.0	87.5	60.6					20					5
4	Julius Randle J. Randle	35	2021-22	NYK	1	46.0	35.0	8.0	9.0	0.0	3.0	12.0	27.0	44.4	3.0	8.0	37.5	8.0	8.0	100.0	57.3	0.0	8.0	7.0	46	8	9	0	3	7	4	+10
5	Willis Reed W. Reed	35	1970-71	NYK	1	43.0	35.0	16.0	3.0			11.0	20.0	55.0				13.0	15.0	86.7	65.8				43	16	3				5
6	Kenny Sears K. Sears	35	1959-60	NYK	1		35.0	15.0	1.0			11.0	18.0	61.1				13.0	13.0	100.0	73.8					15	1				3
7	Bernard King B. King	34	1984-85	NYK	1	36.0	34.0	5.0	2.0	6.0	0.0	13.0	22.0	59.1	0.0	0.0		8.0	11.0	72.7	63.3	0.0	5.0	2.0	36	5	2	6	0	2	2
8	Kenny Sears K. Sears	33	1958-59	NYK	1		33.0					8.0						17.0	18.0	94.4											3
9	Evan Fournier E. Fournier	32	2021-22	NYK	1	44.4	32.0	6.0	3.0	4.0	1.0	13.0	25.0	52.0	6.0	13.0	46.2	0.0	0.0		64.0	0.0	6.0	1.0	44	6	3	4	1	1	4	+11
10	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	32	1993-94	NYK	1	37.0	32.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	10.0	19.0	52.6	0.0	0.0		12.0	12.0	100.0	65.9	0.0	5.0	2.0	37	5	1	0	1	2	4
11	Tim Hardaway Jr. T. Hardaway Jr.	31	2018-19	NYK	1	28.9	31.0	6.0	5.0	2.0	0.0	10.0	22.0	45.5	3.0	9.0	33.3	8.0	8.0	100.0	60.7	1.0	5.0	0.0	29	6	5	2	0	0	2	+14
12	Kristaps Porziņģis K. Porziņģis	31	2017-18	NYK	1	38.3	31.0	12.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	11.0	25.0	44.0	2.0	6.0	33.3	7.0	9.0	77.8	53.5	3.0	9.0	2.0	38	12	1	0	1	2	3	-17
13	Quentin Richardson Q. Richardson	31	2006-07	NYK	1	56.3	31.0	9.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	10.0	13.0	76.9	5.0	5.0	100.0	6.0	6.0	100.0	99.1	3.0	6.0	1.0	56	9	3	0	0	1	3	-2
14	Allan Houston A. Houston	31	2002-03	NYK	1	35.0	31.0	3.0	4.0	3.0	0.0	11.0	27.0	40.7	1.0	4.0	25.0	8.0	9.0	88.9	50.1	0.0	3.0	4.0	35	3	4	3	0	4	4	0
15	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	30	2012-13	NYK	1	38.9	30.0	10.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	10.0	28.0	35.7	4.0	8.0	50.0	6.0	7.0	85.7	48.3	4.0	6.0	1.0	39	10	2	2	0	1	3	+24
16	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	30	1991-92	NYK	1	38.0	30.0	6.0	1.0	1.0	6.0	12.0	15.0	80.0	0.0	0.0		6.0	8.0	75.0	81.0	1.0	5.0	1.0	38	6	1	1	6	1	3
17	Richie Guerin R. Guerin	30	1962-63	NYK	1		30.0					10.0						10.0	11.0	90.9											4
18	Jamal Crawford J. Crawford	29	2008-09	NYK	1	39.6	29.0	4.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	9.0	19.0	47.4	4.0	10.0	40.0	7.0	10.0	70.0	62.0	0.0	4.0	4.0	40	4	4	1	0	4	2	+6
19	Keith Van Horn K. Van Horn	29	2003-04	NYK	1	36.0	29.0	8.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	11.0	18.0	61.1	2.0	4.0	50.0	5.0	7.0	71.4	68.8	0.0	8.0	4.0	36	8	0	1	0	4	6	+2
20	Cazzie Russell C. Russell	29	1968-69	NYK	1	38.0	29.0	9.0	2.0			13.0	24.0	54.2				3.0	4.0	75.0	56.3				38	9	2				2
21	Latrell Sprewell L. Sprewell	28	2001-02	NYK	1	39.0	28.0	5.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	9.0	21.0	42.9	4.0	7.0	57.1	6.0	8.0	75.0	57.1	2.0	3.0	2.0	39	5	3	1	0	2	2	+17
22	Allan Houston A. Houston	28	1996-97	NYK	1	39.0	28.0	5.0	4.0	3.0	1.0	7.0	16.0	43.8	3.0	5.0	60.0	11.0	12.0	91.7	65.8	0.0	5.0	6.0	39	5	4	3	1	6	2	+6
23	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	28	1988-89	NYK	1	33.0	28.0	7.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	10.0	20.0	50.0	0.0	0.0		8.0	9.0	88.9	58.4	1.0	6.0	2.0	33	7	1	0	0	2	6
24	Pat Cummings P. Cummings	28	1985-86	NYK	1	37.0	28.0	7.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	12.0	20.0	60.0	0.0	0.0		4.0	5.0	80.0	63.1	4.0	3.0	2.0	37	7	2	1	1	2	6
25	Willis Reed W. Reed	28	1969-70	NYK	1	32.0	28.0	14.0	2.0			14.0	22.0	63.6				0.0	0.0		63.6				32	14	2				3