most points nba opening night

LeBron James has put up 549 points in season openers in his career.

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most points NBA opening night by a player
NAMEPTSGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1LeBron James
L. James
549
22
37.2
25.0
8.1
6.2
1.0
1.0
9.2
18.3
50.1
1.6
4.9
33.3
5.0
7.0
71.2
58.4
1.3
6.8
3.9
819
178
137
23
21
85
59
+34
2Chris Paul
C. Paul
328
21
33.2
15.6
5.0
8.6
2.0
0.2
5.4
12.0
45.2
1.0
3.5
29.7
3.7
4.7
78.8
55.5
0.6
4.4
1.9
698
105
181
43
5
40
55
-5
3Vince Carter
V. Carter
328
21
29.6
15.6
3.9
2.7
0.8
0.4
5.5
13.0
42.6
0.8
3.5
23.0
3.8
4.7
80.6
52.0
1.0
2.9
1.5
623
81
57
17
9
32
63
+80
4Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
350
21
34.2
16.7
10.6
4.0
1.2
2.0
7.0
14.0
50.3
0.1
0.5
30.0
2.4
3.4
71.8
53.8
1.7
8.9
2.8
719
222
85
25
43
58
55
+104
5Robert Parish
R. Parish
320
21
28.7
15.2
9.2
1.2
6.1
10.7
57.3
0.0
3.0
3.9
75.6
61.3
602
193
25
76
+4
6Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
388
19
33.7
20.4
8.2
2.6
0.8
0.9
7.1
15.4
45.7
1.5
3.8
39.7
4.8
5.6
85.8
57.1
1.1
7.1
1.7
641
156
50
15
17
33
53
+44
7Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
332
19
31.9
17.5
10.9
2.5
0.7
2.2
6.8
12.6
54.4
0.0
0.1
0.0
3.8
5.4
69.9
58.4
2.9
8.0
2.7
607
207
48
14
42
52
50
+121
8Karl Malone
K. Malone
463
19
36.4
24.4
8.8
3.9
1.5
0.9
8.8
16.6
52.8
0.0
0.1
0.0
6.8
9.1
75.0
59.1
2.6
6.2
3.1
691
167
75
28
17
59
65
+14
9Kevin Willis
K. Willis
255
19
28.5
13.4
8.7
1.3
0.3
0.5
5.2
11.3
46.3
0.0
0.3
0.0
3.0
4.5
66.3
50.6
2.9
5.7
2.5
542
165
24
6
10
48
52
+13
10Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
430
19
37.1
22.6
11.1
2.9
9.2
18.1
50.6
0.0
0.0
4.3
6.5
66.7
54.0
3.1
704
210
55
37
61
11Mike Conley
M. Conley
217
18
29.2
12.1
2.5
4.4
1.2
0.2
4.2
11.0
37.9
1.4
4.1
33.8
2.3
2.7
85.7
49.4
0.4
2.1
1.9
526
45
80
21
3
35
48
-39
12Al Horford
A. Horford
183
18
27.9
10.2
6.9
2.9
0.8
1.4
4.1
8.4
48.0
0.6
1.9
31.4
1.4
2.0
72.2
54.5
1.2
5.7
1.3
503
124
52
14
26
23
44
+57
13Kyle Lowry
K. Lowry
221
18
32.0
12.3
4.2
6.7
1.6
0.4
3.6
9.1
39.3
1.3
3.9
33.8
3.8
4.7
82.1
55.3
0.9
3.2
2.2
576
75
121
28
8
40
50
+16
14Tyson Chandler
T. Chandler
130
18
24.1
7.2
7.0
0.4
0.6
1.3
2.9
4.9
59.6
0.0
0.0
1.3
2.6
51.1
59.3
2.3
4.7
1.9
433
126
7
10
23
35
64
-47
15Jason Terry
J. Terry
228
18
28.1
12.7
1.8
2.9
1.2
0.1
4.7
10.9
42.6
1.4
4.0
34.7
1.9
2.4
81.4
52.8
0.2
1.6
1.4
506
33
53
22
1
26
41
+4
16Steve Nash
S. Nash
261
18
30.9
14.5
2.4
7.3
0.7
0.2
5.5
12.0
45.8
1.7
4.1
41.1
1.8
2.2
84.6
56.0
0.3
2.1
3.3
557
44
132
12
3
60
40
+15
17Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
218
18
36.6
12.1
6.8
9.9
2.8
0.2
4.4
10.3
43.0
0.8
2.8
28.0
2.4
3.3
73.3
51.3
1.4
5.4
2.6
659
123
178
51
3
46
44
+75
18Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
352
18
35.2
19.6
11.2
2.2
1.9
2.6
7.6
14.8
51.3
0.0
0.0
4.3
7.3
59.5
54.2
3.3
7.9
3.2
634
202
39
35
47
58
76
-23
19John Stockton
J. Stockton
258
18
32.6
14.3
2.9
10.5
1.8
0.1
5.1
9.4
53.8
0.7
1.6
44.8
3.5
4.1
85.1
64.0
0.6
2.3
3.9
586
53
189
33
1
70
41
-11
20Moses Malone
M. Malone
378
18
33.6
21.0
11.8
1.2
1.7
7.1
13.6
52.5
0.0
0.0
6.8
8.8
76.7
60.2
2.6
604
212
22
30
44
41
21Stephen Curry
S. Curry
366
17
32.5
21.5
5.4
6.2
2.1
0.3
7.1
17.1
41.6
2.5
8.4
30.1
4.8
5.1
94.2
55.7
1.1
4.3
3.4
552
91
106
35
5
57
46
+76
22DeMar DeRozan
D. DeRozan
344
17
33.7
20.2
5.4
3.8
1.5
0.5
7.2
15.7
46.1
0.5
1.5
30.8
5.3
7.5
70.3
53.2
1.1
4.4
2.3
572
92
64
26
8
39
31
+67
23Kevin Durant
K. Durant
428
17
36.8
25.2
7.4
3.2
1.4
1.1
8.7
19.7
44.2
1.4
4.6
29.1
6.4
7.9
81.3
54.3
0.7
6.7
3.3
626
126
54
23
18
56
47
+10
24Carmelo Anthony
C. Anthony
340
17
32.2
20.0
5.8
2.6
1.0
0.5
7.1
16.8
42.1
1.2
3.6
34.4
4.6
6.1
76.7
51.5
1.9
3.9
2.6
548
99
45
17
9
45
55
+12
25Joe Johnson
J. Johnson
293
17
34.0
17.2
4.2
3.2
1.1
0.1
6.7
15.4
43.5
1.2
4.0
29.4
2.6
3.4
77.6
51.0
1.1
3.1
1.9
579
72
54
18
2
33
32
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EasternWLPCTGB
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Pistons Pistons - z
60
22
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Celtics Celtics - x
56
26
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Knicks Knicks - x
53
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Raptors Raptors - x
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36
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64
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45
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26
56
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56
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57
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22
60
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