nba regular season players with exactly 45 points first games ever

Neil Johnston dropped 45 points against the Rochester Royals on February 4, 1955.

	NAME	DATE	PTS	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	Neil Johnston N. Johnston	2/4/1955	45	PHI	vs	ROC		20	1	15	23	65.2	15	22	68.2	68.8	4
2	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	11/1/1957	45	STL	@	CIN		14		14	33	42.4	17	21	81.0	53.3	2
3	Gene Shue G. Shue	11/9/1958	45	DET	vs	BOS				14			17	21	81.0		2
4	Jack Twyman J. Twyman	11/19/1958	45	CIN	vs	BOS				18	23	78.3	9	11	81.8	80.8	4
5	Hal Greer H. Greer	2/14/1959	45	SYR	@	BOS	37	11		20	28	71.4	5	7	71.4	72.4	4
6	Jack Twyman J. Twyman	3/8/1959	45	CIN	@	BOS	44	18	5	19	37	51.4	7	9	77.8	54.9	3
7	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	11/25/1959	45	PHI	@	BOS	48	35	1	19	37	51.4	7	16	43.8	51.1	4
8	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	12/25/1959	45	PHI		SYR	47	34	2	15	33	45.5	15	24	62.5	51.7	0
9	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	12/30/1959	45	PHI	vs	MIN	46	32	3	19	51	37.3	7	11	63.6	40.3	3
10	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	1/30/1960	45	PHI	@	NYK	48	21	3	22	39	56.4	1	4	25.0	55.2	2
11	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	11/12/1960	45	LAL		BOS	42	25		18			9	11	81.8		3
12	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	11/17/1960	45	PHI	vs	SYR	48	28	1	18	39	46.2	9	27	33.3	44.2	1
13	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	12/27/1960	45	CIN	vs	SYR	48	12	13	15	27	55.6	15	18	83.3	64.4	2
14	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	1/14/1961	45	LAL	vs	CIN	41	30	5	17			11	14	78.6		4
15	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	1/14/1961	45	CIN	@	LAL	47	8	8	13			19	22	86.4		5
16	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	1/21/1961	45	STL	vs	NYK	36	22		19	24	79.2	7	10	70.0	79.2	2
17	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	2/2/1961	45	PHI	vs	CIN	48	22	1	20	33	60.6	5	10	50.0	60.2	0
18	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	2/5/1961	45	LAL	@	DET		21		14			17	21	81.0		4
19	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	2/9/1961	45	LAL	vs	STL		24		18	29	62.1	9	17	52.9	61.7	5
20	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	2/20/1961	45	LAL		SYR	46	21	8	17	32	53.1	11	14	78.6	59.0	3
21	Walt Bellamy W. Bellamy	11/11/1961	45	CHI	vs	CIN		20		14	27	51.9	17	25	68.0	59.2	4
22	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	11/21/1961	45	PHI	@	CIN	48	34	6	20	44	45.5	5	15	33.3	44.5	0
23	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	12/5/1961	45	LAL		SYR		25	8	15	39	38.5	15	18	83.3	48.0	4
24	Walt Bellamy W. Bellamy	12/16/1961	45	CHI	vs	PHI		19	5	21	42	50.0	3	3	100.0	51.9	5
25	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	12/25/1961	45	BOS	@	SYR				19	36	52.8	7	9	77.8	56.3	4