most points scored in a single game ever by a rookie for the cavs

LeBron James has dropped the most points by a Cavaliers rookie in a game, with 41 points against the New Jersey Nets on March 27, 2004.

Interpreted as:

most points scored in a single regular-season game ever by a rookie for the cavs

	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	LeBron James L. James	41	3/27/2004	CLE	vs	NJN	43	6	13	3	0	15	29	51.7	1	2	50.0	10	10	100.0	61.4	2	4	2	1	+10
2	Ron Harper R. Harper	40	2/4/1987	CLE	@	BOS	46	6	9	1	1	15	21	71.4	2	3	66.7	8	11	72.7	77.4	2	4	4	6
3	LeBron James L. James	38	2/1/2004	CLE	@	WAS	43	6	4	0	2	14	27	51.9	1	2	50.0	9	11	81.8	59.7	3	3	6	4	0
4	LeBron James L. James	37	12/13/2003	CLE	vs	BOS	45	3	4	0	0	10	20	50.0	1	5	20.0	16	18	88.9	66.3	1	2	2	2	-2
5	Ron Harper R. Harper	37	1/13/1987	CLE	vs	DET	39	7	4	3	1	15	24	62.5	0	0		7	10	70.0	65.1	2	5	3	5
6	Jordan McRae J. McRae	36	4/13/2016	CLE	vs	DET	47	4	7	0	0	14	29	48.3	3	5	60.0	5	8	62.5	55.4	1	3	5	5	+3
7	LeBron James L. James	36	12/19/2003	CLE	@	PHI	42	4	5	4	0	14	24	58.3	5	7	71.4	3	3	100.0	71.1	1	3	4	1	+9
8	Ron Harper R. Harper	36	2/28/1987	CLE	@	DEN	43	8	6	1	2	14	28	50.0	0	0		8	10	80.0	55.6	4	4	3	2
9	Austin Carr A. Carr	36	2/18/1972	CLE	vs	CIN	41	4	4			12	18	66.7				12	13	92.3	75.9				4
10	LeBron James L. James	34	4/3/2004	CLE	vs	GSW	46	8	10	1	1	12	28	42.9	3	5	60.0	7	11	63.6	51.8	3	5	3	1	-3
11	LeBron James L. James	34	3/8/2004	CLE	@	ATL	45	6	7	1	0	11	23	47.8	1	4	25.0	11	13	84.6	59.2	2	4	2	1	+11
12	LeBron James L. James	34	12/25/2003	CLE	@	ORL	47	2	6	2	1	13	28	46.4	4	10	40.0	4	5	80.0	56.3	1	1	8	0	-9
13	Ron Harper R. Harper	34	12/13/1986	CLE	vs	PHI	43	4	5	2	2	12	24	50.0	2	3	66.7	8	9	88.9	60.8	1	3	4	2
14	Ron Harper R. Harper	34	12/2/1986	CLE	vs	SAS	38	9	2	1	0	14	22	63.6	0	0		6	9	66.7	65.5	5	4	1	2
15	Ron Harper R. Harper	34	11/11/1986	CLE	@	SAC	35	3	3	2	2	12	18	66.7	1	3	33.3	9	11	81.8	74.4	1	2	0	4
16	Dave Sorenson D. Sorenson	34	12/19/1970	CLE	vs	BUF	40	8	3			15	20	75.0				4	5	80.0	76.6				5
17	Dion Waiters D. Waiters	33	1/14/2013	CLE	@	SAC	29	2	5	0	0	12	18	66.7	3	3	100.0	6	8	75.0	76.7	1	1	0	2	-5
18	LeBron James L. James	33	11/29/2003	CLE	vs	MEM	55	16	7	1	1	14	28	50.0	3	6	50.0	2	3	66.7	56.3	2	14	8	1	-10
19	Dajuan Wagner D. Wagner	33	12/11/2002	CLE	vs	TOR	38	1	2	1	1	12	24	50.0	4	8	50.0	5	5	100.0	63.0	1	0	1	1	+10
20	Brad Daugherty B. Daugherty	33	4/6/1987	CLE	@	ATL	43	12	2	0	2	10	17	58.8	0	0		13	14	92.9	71.2	6	6	6	4
21	Brad Daugherty B. Daugherty	33	3/3/1987	CLE	@	POR	39	14	4	0	0	13	20	65.0	0	0		7	9	77.8	68.9	4	10	3	3
22	Ron Harper R. Harper	33	2/25/1987	CLE	@	DET	38	5	9	2	0	13	19	68.4	0	1	0.0	7	8	87.5	73.3	3	2	5	4
23	Brad Daugherty B. Daugherty	33	2/18/1987	CLE	vs	SAC	39	12	8	0	1	10	14	71.4	0	0		13	16	81.3	78.4	5	7	3	1
24	Austin Carr A. Carr	33	3/14/1972	CLE	@	BAL	53	4	4			15	30	50.0				3	3	100.0	52.7				2
25	John Johnson J. Johnson	33	12/26/1970	CLE	vs	BUF	43	12	12			8	21	38.1				17	20	85.0	55.4				4