most points scored in opening game ever by a rookie rockets

The Houston Rockets posted their most points in a rookie-season game versus the Lakers on May 12, 2021, with 86 points.

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most points scored in opening regular-season game ever by a rookie rockets

	TEAM	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Rockets	86	5/12/2021	HOU	@	LAL	154	32	10	3	4	33	55	60.0	13	27	48.1	7	14	50.0	70.3	6	26	8	15	-1
2	Rockets	84	4/3/2022	HOU	vs	MIN	128	26	14	2	1	32	48	66.7	7	17	41.2	13	20	65.0	73.9	8	18	12	14	-15
3	Rockets	74	3/28/2022	HOU	vs	SAS	127	23	15	4	4	22	49	44.9	12	26	46.2	18	21	85.7	63.5	7	16	11	14	-12
4	Rockets	74	3/9/2022	HOU	vs	LAL	101	23	6	2	3	30	54	55.6	8	15	53.3	6	6	100.0	65.3	7	16	5	9	+12
5	Rockets	68	5/14/2021	HOU	vs	LAC	146	24	9	1	1	25	47	53.2	10	25	40.0	8	10	80.0	66.1	4	20	9	13	+31
6	Rockets	67	11/26/1968	SDR		DET						24						19	27	70.4					17
7	Rockets	65	5/5/2021	HOU	vs	PHI	111	17	9	2	2	24	48	50.0	12	27	44.4	5	5	100.0	64.7	6	11	6	7	-48
8	Rockets	65	4/24/2021	HOU	@	DEN	137	15	12	7	0	25	48	52.1	9	24	37.5	6	15	40.0	59.5	3	12	10	12	-41
9	Rockets	62	3/11/1969	SDR	vs	PHX	116	22	16			27	62	43.5				8	13	61.5	45.8				11
10	Rockets	61	1/1/2022	HOU	vs	DEN	90	12	5	6	1	17	37	45.9	10	20	50.0	17	20	85.0	66.6	5	7	9	5	+6
11	Rockets	61	5/10/2021	HOU	@	POR	124	25	16	3	2	21	40	52.5	11	20	55.0	8	8	100.0	70.1	6	19	4	11	-13
12	Rockets	61	3/9/1969	SDR	@	PHX	82	16	5			28	42	66.7				5	11	45.5	65.1				10
13	Rockets	60	3/26/2022	HOU	@	POR	93	19	11	2	3	22	40	55.0	8	16	50.0	8	13	61.5	65.6	4	15	6	4	+35
14	Rockets	60	3/23/1969	SDR	vs	ATL		23	8			26	46	56.5				8	10	80.0	59.5				9
15	Rockets	59	5/7/2021	HOU	@	MIL	109	14	15	3	3	22	47	46.8	15	29	51.7	0	0		62.8	2	12	7	13	-9
16	Rockets	59	11/27/1970	SDR	vs	ATL	99	22	12			24	45	53.3				11	15	73.3	57.2				15
17	Rockets	59	3/18/1969	SDR	vs	MIL		19	14			24	47	51.1				11	15	73.3	55.0				13
18	Rockets	59	3/15/1969	SDR		PHX	94	15	15			24	47	51.1				11	14	78.6	55.5				6
19	Rockets	59	3/6/1969	SDR	vs	BOS		25	3			22	48	45.8				15	21	71.4	51.5				8
20	Rockets	58	5/8/2021	HOU	@	UTA	133	25	15	4	1	22	52	42.3	8	23	34.8	6	10	60.0	51.4	7	18	3	9	-25
21	Rockets	58	2/7/1969	SDR	vs	PHX	97	24	7			26	50	52.0				6	10	60.0	53.3				8
22	Rockets	57	11/29/1970	SDR	@	LAL	106	31	11			24	50	48.0				9	14	64.3	50.7				9
23	Rockets	57	12/18/1968	SDR	@	DET		24	9			22	46	47.8				13	19	68.4	52.4				14
24	Rockets	56	4/10/2022	HOU	vs	ATL	107	15	15	2	1	20	46	43.5	5	22	22.7	11	15	73.3	53.2	1	14	2	11	-37
25	Rockets	56	3/7/2022	HOU	@	MIA	115	14	14	2	4	21	46	45.7	8	21	38.1	6	9	66.7	56.0	4	10	4	12	-33