most points scored in first nba game since 1980

Since 1979-80, World B. Free has the most points in the first team game, with 46 points against the Lakers on October 12, 1979.

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most points by a player scored in first NBA game since 1980

	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	World B. Free W. B. Free	46	10/12/1979	SDC	vs	LAL	41	7	5	7	1	19	29	65.5	0	0		8	8	100.0	70.7	2	5	8	4
2	Moses Malone M. Malone	31	10/12/1979	HOU	@	BOS	39	16	2	0	1	10	17	58.8	0	0		11	14	78.6	66.9	7	9	6	2
3	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	30	11/3/1995	TOR	vs	NJN	34	7	4	5	0	11	14	78.6	2	3	66.7	6	8	75.0	85.6	1	6	5	3
4	Benoit Benjamin B. Benjamin	29	11/3/1995	VAN	@	POR	38	13	1	2	3	11	19	57.9	0	0		7	10	70.0	62.0	3	10	4	3
5	Tom Owens T. Owens	29	10/12/1979	POR	vs	UTA	31	8	1	1	1	12	16	75.0	0	0		5	5	100.0	79.7	3	5	2	1
6	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	29	10/12/1979	LAL	@	SDC	39	10	4	2	3	13	22	59.1	0	0		3	4	75.0	61.0	4	6	4	2
7	Johnny Davis J. Davis	28	10/12/1979	IND	@	DET	41	2	3	6	0	9	22	40.9	0	1	0.0	10	10	100.0	53.0				2
8	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	28	10/12/1979	MIL	@	KCK	35	13	0	3	2	10	18	55.6	0			8	9	88.9	63.8			4	2
9	John Williamson J. Williamson	28	10/12/1979	NJN	vs	CLE	45	2	1	1	0	13	24	54.2	0	0		2	2	100.0	56.3	1	1	5	3
10	Gus Williams G. Williams	27	10/14/1979	SEA	@	SDC	43	2	1	5	0	10	23	43.5	0	0		7	8	87.5	50.9	1	1	3	6
11	Julius Erving J. Erving	27	10/12/1979	PHI	@	WAS	38	3	3			10	22	45.5	0			7	10	70.0	51.1				3
12	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	26	10/13/1979	CHI	@	GSW	41	10	4	2	1	9	16	56.3	0	0		8	13	61.5	59.9	2	8	4	3
13	Otis Birdsong O. Birdsong	26	10/12/1979	KCK	vs	MIL	39	8	4	1	0	13	20	65.0	0			0	0		65.0			2	4
14	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	26	10/12/1979	UTA	@	POR	35	6	0	1	0	9	15	60.0	0	0		8	12	66.7	64.1	2	4	6	4
15	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	26	10/12/1979	LAL	@	SDC	41	8	4	1	4	10	21	47.6	0	0		6	10	60.0	51.2	4	4	3	3
16	Terry Catledge T. Catledge	25	11/4/1989	ORL	vs	NJN	36	16	1	1	0	8	17	47.1	0	0		9	10	90.0	58.4	12	4	4	4
17	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	25	10/12/1979	PHX	vs	GSW	38	1	8	1	0	7	17	41.2	2	2	100.0	9	10	90.0	58.4	1	0	3	1
18	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	25	10/12/1979	WAS	vs	PHI	43	8	3			9	22	40.9	0			7	9	77.8	48.2				3
19	Ricky Sobers R. Sobers	24	10/13/1979	CHI	@	GSW	47	4	9	1	0	10	19	52.6	0	0		4	6	66.7	55.5	3	1	5	4
20	Rich Kelley R. Kelley	24	10/12/1979	NJN	vs	CLE	38	11	2	1	2	7	17	41.2	0	0		10	13	76.9	52.8	6	5	6	4
21	Darryl Dawkins D. Dawkins	24	10/12/1979	PHI	@	WAS	41	18	3			10	17	58.8	0	0		4	5	80.0	62.5				5
22	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	23	10/13/1979	SAS	vs	DET	31	9	1	1	0	9	20	45.0	0	0		5	6	83.3	50.8				3
23	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	23	10/12/1979	DET	vs	IND	36	7	5	3	0	11	18	61.1	0	0		1	2	50.0	60.9			9	2
24	Reggie Theus R. Theus	22	10/13/1979	CHI	@	GSW	44	5	7	1	0	8	16	50.0	0	0		6	6	100.0	59.0	2	3	5	1
25	George Gervin G. Gervin	22	10/13/1979	SAS	vs	DET	39	8	4	3	1	10	24	41.7	0	0		2	3	66.7	43.4				3

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