most points scored in a season opener 2000s

Between the 1999-00 and 2008-09 seasons, Kobe Bryant dropped the most points in a season opener, with 45 points versus the Rockets on October 30, 2007.

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most points by a player scored in a season opener 2000s

	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	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	45	10/30/2007	LAL	vs	HOU	43	8	4	4	1	13	32	40.6	1	3	33.3	18	27	66.7	51.3	0	8	5	4	+3
2	Jerry Stackhouse J. Stackhouse	44	10/31/2000	DET	@	TOR	42	5	3	0	1	17	35	48.6	1	3	33.3	9	10	90.0	55.8	1	4	2	1	+16
3	Jalen Rose J. Rose	43	10/30/2001	IND	@	NJN	44	6	3	1	0	18	27	66.7	2	3	66.7	5	6	83.3	72.5	1	5	3	3	+8
4	Grant Hill G. Hill	41	11/2/1999	DET	@	MIA	52	9	5	0	1	16	35	45.7	1	3	33.3	8	11	72.7	51.5	3	6	4	5	0
5	Vince Carter V. Carter	39	10/29/2003	TOR	vs	NJN	39	5	1	0	0	15	30	50.0	0	3	0.0	9	10	90.0	56.7	4	1	2	2	+4
6	Steve Francis S. Francis	39	10/30/2002	HOU	@	IND	39	8	4	1	1	13	28	46.4	1	3	33.3	12	14	85.7	57.1	4	4	5	4	-3
7	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	39	11/2/1999	NJN	vs	IND	46	3	7	3	0	15	34	44.1	1	4	25.0	8	11	72.7	50.2	1	2	7	3	-5
8	Michael Redd M. Redd	37	11/1/2006	MIL	@	DET	38	5	1	0	0	14	22	63.6	1	4	25.0	8	8	100.0	72.5	1	4	3	4	+4
9	Richard Hamilton R. Hamilton	37	11/2/2005	DET	vs	PHI	38	6	3	1	0	16	24	66.7	0	0		5	6	83.3	69.4	3	3	3	3	+17
10	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	36	10/30/2008	DAL	vs	HOU	39	7	0	0	2	10	22	45.5	2	4	50.0	14	14	100.0	63.9	2	5	2	3	+6
11	Antawn Jamison A. Jamison	36	10/30/2002	GSW	vs	SAS	46	8	2	0	1	14	25	56.0	2	3	66.7	6	7	85.7	64.1	2	6	2	1	+12
12	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	36	10/31/2000	LAL	@	POR	44	11	5	1	4	14	20	70.0	0	0		8	16	50.0	66.6	3	8	1	1	+7
13	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	35	11/2/2005	LAC	@	SEA	41	5	11	2	1	14	26	53.8	4	7	57.1	3	3	100.0	64.1	1	4	1	3	+16
14	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	35	11/1/2005	PHI	vs	MIL	50	2	9	3	0	11	28	39.3	2	4	50.0	11	15	73.3	50.6	0	2	1	3	-4
15	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	35	11/3/2004	BOS	vs	PHI	41	13	8	2	0	10	23	43.5	1	6	16.7	14	18	77.8	56.6	1	12	5	2	+13
16	Zydrunas Ilgauskas Z. Ilgauskas	35	11/3/2004	CLE	vs	IND	47	18	1	0	2	12	24	50.0	0	0		11	12	91.7	59.8	5	13	2	5	-13
17	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	35	11/2/1999	MIL	@	HOU	37	3	11	1	0	15	20	75.0	0	1	0.0	5	7	71.4	75.8	1	2	4	5	+8
18	Tayshaun Prince T. Prince	34	11/1/2007	DET	@	MIA	43	12	1	1	0	13	23	56.5	1	4	25.0	7	7	100.0	65.2	4	8	2	0	+8
19	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	34	10/31/2007	WAS	@	IND	44	8	3	1	0	10	25	40.0	1	8	12.5	13	19	68.4	51.0	1	7	5	5	-10
20	Lamar Odom L. Odom	34	10/31/2006	LAL	vs	PHX	44	13	6	3	0	12	24	50.0	3	4	75.0	7	7	100.0	62.8	3	10	5	3	+11
21	Kirk Hinrich K. Hinrich	34	11/5/2004	CHI	vs	NJN	55	4	8	3	1	12	30	40.0	5	13	38.5	5	7	71.4	51.4	2	2	4	6	-4
22	Antawn Jamison A. Jamison	34	11/3/2004	WAS	@	MEM	45	8	3	1	0	13	30	43.3	0	2	0.0	8	9	88.9	50.1	3	5	4	4	+17
23	Glenn Robinson G. Robinson	34	10/30/2002	ATL	@	NJN	42	10	8	5	2	12	26	46.2	1	5	20.0	9	9	100.0	56.7	3	7	7	2	-6
24	Michael Finley M. Finley	34	10/30/2001	DAL	vs	DET	46	6	3	1	1	14	28	50.0	4	6	66.7	2	2	100.0	58.9	1	5	2	3	+3
25	Karl Malone K. Malone	34	10/31/2000	UTA	vs	LAC	37	6	5	3	2	15	24	62.5	0	0		4	6	66.7	63.8	2	4	1	2	+17

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