most points scored in a single game by a rookie in 2012

Kyrie Irving had the most points by a rookie in a game in 2011-12, with 32 points versus the New Jersey Nets on January 27, 2012.

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most points scored in a single regular-season game by a rookie in 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	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	32	1/27/2012	CLE	vs	NJN	31	6	2	2	0	12	20	60.0	2	5	40.0	6	8	75.0	68.0	4	2	1	2	+1
2	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	31	3/24/2012	GSW	vs	SAC	42	1	2	2	2	10	20	50.0	4	9	44.4	7	7	100.0	67.2	0	1	2	4	+6
3	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	29	4/16/2012	GSW	vs	SAS	43	8	5	2	0	12	22	54.5	2	5	40.0	3	4	75.0	61.0	0	8	3	4	-24
4	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	29	3/30/2012	CLE	vs	MIL	32	3	5	0	0	11	20	55.0	6	6	100.0	1	1	100.0	70.9	0	3	6	1	-10
5	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	29	3/21/2012	CLE	@	ATL	42	9	9	3	0	10	19	52.6	3	6	50.0	6	7	85.7	65.7	2	7	7	0	+7
6	Brandon Knight B. Knight	28	4/17/2012	DET	vs	CLE	30	2	7	0	0	11	12	91.7	4	5	80.0	2	2	100.0	108.7	0	2	2	1	+41
7	Isaiah Thomas I. Thomas	28	3/28/2012	SAC	vs	SAS	41	4	10	1	0	11	19	57.9	3	9	33.3	3	3	100.0	68.9	0	4	3	3	-1
8	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	28	3/14/2012	CLE	@	MIL	29	3	5	1	0	11	16	68.8	2	4	50.0	4	4	100.0	78.8	1	2	8	2	-6
9	Derrick Williams D. Williams	27	4/11/2012	MIN	@	DEN	38	8	0	1	1	10	20	50.0	3	9	33.3	4	4	100.0	62.0	0	8	5	3	-4
10	Kenneth Faried K. Faried	27	4/9/2012	DEN	vs	GSW	24	17	1	2	1	12	18	66.7	0	0		3	3	100.0	69.9	7	10	1	2	+33
11	Charles Jenkins C. Jenkins	27	3/25/2012	GSW	@	POR	40	2	6	0	0	13	22	59.1	1	4	25.0	0	0		61.4	0	2	4	2	+3
12	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	27	3/21/2012	GSW	@	NOH	41	5	5	1	0	11	24	45.8	4	8	50.0	1	1	100.0	55.2	2	3	3	3	+9
13	Tristan Thompson T. Thompson	27	3/19/2012	CLE	@	NJN	37	12	1	0	1	12	16	75.0	0	0		3	4	75.0	76.0	8	4	2	3	-8
14	Derrick Williams D. Williams	27	2/28/2012	MIN	@	LAC	27	5	0	0	1	9	10	90.0	4	4	100.0	5	5	100.0	110.7	1	4	1	3	+26
15	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	26	4/20/2012	GSW	@	DAL	40	3	4	1	0	11	22	50.0	3	4	75.0	1	2	50.0	56.8	0	3	1	3	-3
16	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	26	3/19/2012	CLE	@	NJN	31	5	7	1	0	8	20	40.0	3	6	50.0	7	8	87.5	55.3	1	4	4	5	-2
17	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	26	3/14/2012	GSW	vs	BOS	40	1	4	0	0	9	16	56.3	3	7	42.9	5	5	100.0	71.4	1	0	4	5	+4
18	Brandon Knight B. Knight	26	2/3/2012	DET	vs	MIL	39	3	7	0	0	10	23	43.5	3	8	37.5	3	3	100.0	53.5	0	3	0	2	+18
19	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	26	1/12/2012	CLE	@	PHX	28	3	6	2	0	11	17	64.7	2	4	50.0	2	2	100.0	72.7	1	2	6	3	+13
20	Chris Wright C. Wright	25	4/26/2012	GSW	vs	SAS	46	8	0	1	2	11	14	78.6	0	0		3	4	75.0	79.3	1	7	1	1	-2
21	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	25	4/23/2012	CLE	@	MEM	29	2	4	3	0	10	16	62.5	2	6	33.3	3	5	60.0	68.7	0	2	3	2	+3
22	Brandon Knight B. Knight	25	4/13/2012	DET	vs	MIL	34	5	8	1	0	9	16	56.3	2	4	50.0	5	5	100.0	68.7	0	5	2	1	-17
23	Isaiah Thomas I. Thomas	25	4/3/2012	SAC	vs	PHX	39	3	7	0	0	8	13	61.5	1	4	25.0	8	11	72.7	70.1	0	3	3	3	-1
24	Iman Shumpert I. Shumpert	25	3/30/2012	NYK	@	ATL	41	1	2	3	0	9	14	64.3	3	5	60.0	4	8	50.0	71.3	1	0	2	5	-8
25	Iman Shumpert I. Shumpert	25	3/28/2012	NYK	vs	ORL	32	7	4	1	0	10	21	47.6	4	10	40.0	1	1	100.0	58.3	2	5	1	2	+36

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