nba most points by a rookie in game one of the first round

Wilt Chamberlain had 42 points in his rookie season in Game 1 of the 1960 Division Finals against the Celtics on March 16, 1960.

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 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
42
3/16/1960
PHI PHI
@
BOS BOS
48
29
1
17
35
48.6
8
14
57.1
51.0
2
2 Derrick Rose
D. Rose
36
4/18/2009
CHI CHI
@
BOS BOS
50
4
11
1
0
12
19
63.2
0
1
0.0
12
12
100.0
74.1
1
3
5
6
+8
3 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
36
3/25/1970
MIL MIL
vs
PHI PHI
39
20
4
13
25
52.0
10
13
76.9
58.6
6
4 Lou Hudson
L. Hudson
36
3/30/1967
STL STL
@
SFW SFW
44
4
4
14
30
46.7
8
9
88.9
53.0
3
5 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
35
4/11/1970
MIL MIL
@
NYK NYK
47
15
5
14
24
58.3
7
11
63.6
60.7
3
6 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
35
3/11/1960
PHI PHI
vs
SYR SYR
48
27
3
16
36
44.4
3
10
30.0
43.3
2
7 Brandon Jennings
B. Jennings
34
4/17/2010
MIL MIL
@
ATL ATL
40
3
3
1
0
14
25
56.0
4
6
66.7
2
4
50.0
63.5
1
2
3
3
-7
8 Ray Scott
R. Scott
34
3/16/1962
DET DET
vs
CIN CIN
19
14
29
48.3
6
10
60.0
50.9
4
9 Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
34
4/4/1959
MIN MIN
@
BOS BOS
47
11
4
14
33
42.4
6
13
46.2
43.9
5
10 Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
33
5/5/1998
SAS SAS
@
UTA UTA
45
10
0
1
4
13
22
59.1
0
0
7
8
87.5
64.7
1
9
3
3
-6
11 Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
32
4/23/1998
SAS SAS
@
PHX PHX
37
10
1
1
2
12
21
57.1
0
0
8
14
57.1
58.9
1
9
3
3
+12
12 Mitch Kupchak
M. Kupchak
32
4/19/1977
WAS WAS
@
HOU HOU
40
16
1
1
0
14
18
77.8
4
6
66.7
77.5
4
13 Walter Davis
W. Davis
31
4/11/1978
PHX PHX
vs
MIL MIL
34
8
4
3
0
12
19
63.2
7
10
70.0
66.2
3
4
14 Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
31
3/27/1969
SDR SDR
@
ATL ATL
48
12
1
11
23
47.8
9
15
60.0
52.4
3
15 Alex Groza
A. Groza
31
3/28/1950
IND
vs
AND AND
11
9
13
69.2
5
16 Ben Gordon
B. Gordon
30
4/24/2005
CHI CHI
vs
WAS WAS
33
3
2
1
2
11
19
57.9
3
5
60.0
5
8
62.5
66.6
1
2
0
4
+10
17 Alonzo Mourning
A. Mourning
30
4/29/1993
CHA CHA
@
BOS BOS
37
11
0
1
2
9
16
56.3
0
0
12
15
80.0
66.4
3
8
4
3
18 Mitch Richmond
M. Richmond
30
4/27/1989
GSW GSW
@
UTA UTA
45
7
5
1
0
13
21
61.9
1
2
50.0
3
3
100.0
67.2
0
7
6
4
19 Dave DeBusschere
D. DeBusschere
30
3/20/1963
DET DET
@
STL STL
34
18
0
9
16
56.3
12
16
75.0
65.1
4
20 Bailey Howell
B. Howell
29
3/12/1960
DET DET
vs
MIN MIN
19
13
3
4
75.0
4
21 Jayson Tatum
J. Tatum
28
4/30/2018
BOS BOS
vs
PHI PHI
40
3
2
0
1
8
16
50.0
1
5
20.0
11
12
91.7
65.8
0
3
4
1
+18
22 Stephon Marbury
S. Marbury
28
4/24/1997
MIN MIN
@
HOU HOU
35
4
4
1
0
10
19
52.6
4
9
44.4
4
6
66.7
64.7
0
4
0
2
-21
23 Donovan Mitchell
D. Mitchell
27
4/15/2018
UTA UTA
@
OKC OKC
35
10
3
2
1
11
22
50.0
3
7
42.9
2
2
100.0
59.0
1
9
1
1
-9
24 Alonzo Mourning
A. Mourning
27
5/9/1993
CHA CHA
@
NYK NYK
43
13
0
1
4
10
21
47.6
0
0
7
9
77.8
54.1
5
8
7
4
25 Larry Bird
L. Bird
27
4/18/1980
BOS BOS
vs
PHI PHI
46
9
5
4
1
13
24
54.2
0
3
0.0
1
1
100.0
55.2
2
4

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ORTG

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DRTG

111.7

7th

NETRTG

3.3

10th

3P%

36.4

16th

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TEAM W L PCT GB
5
Clippers Clippers
50
32
.610
18.0
6
Timberwolves Timberwolves
49
33
.598
19.0
7
Warriors Warriors
48
34
.585
20.0
8
Grizzlies Grizzlies
48
34
.585
20.0
9
Kings Kings
40
42
.488
28.0
Last Game

121

Final

110

GSW Warriors

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1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
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64
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2
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61
21
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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Fri
3/28
SAC SAC
@
ORL ORL
91-121
Fri
3/28
BKN BKN
@
WAS WAS
115-112
Fri
3/28
MIA MIA
@
PHI PHI
118-95
Fri
3/28
DAL DAL
@
CHI CHI
120-119
Fri
3/28
LAL LAL
@
MEM MEM
134-127

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
5/20
MIN MIN
@
OKC OKC
8:30 PM
Wed
5/21
IND IND
@
NYK NYK
8:00 PM
Thu
5/22
MIN MIN
@
OKC OKC
8:30 PM
Fri
5/23
IND IND
@
NYK NYK
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5/24
OKC OKC
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MIN MIN
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