rookie most pts in one game against lebron in 2010

Marcus Thornton put up the most points by a rookie in a game versus LeBron James in 2009-10, with 37 points against the Cavaliers on February 23, 2010.

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	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	Marcus Thornton M. Thornton	37	2/23/2010	NOH	@	CLE	31	2	2	2	0	15	22	68.2	3	7	42.9	4	4	100.0	77.9	1	1	2	0	+4
2	Tyreke Evans T. Evans	28	12/23/2009	SAC	vs	CLE	44	3	5	1	3	11	25	44.0	2	7	28.6	4	4	100.0	52.3	0	3	1	1	-18
3	Brandon Jennings B. Jennings	24	12/6/2009	MIL	vs	CLE	40	4	4	0	0	9	22	40.9	0	2	0.0	6	6	100.0	48.7	0	4	3	1	-10
4	Eric Maynor E. Maynor	24	11/14/2009	UTA	@	CLE	41	3	4	1	0	9	16	56.3	0	3	0.0	6	7	85.7	62.9	1	2	3	4	-3
5	Darren Collison D. Collison	22	2/23/2010	NOH	@	CLE	43	4	10	1	0	9	19	47.4	0	3	0.0	4	4	100.0	53.0	0	4	6	1	-15
6	Terrence Williams T. Williams	21	3/3/2010	NJN	vs	CLE	32	5	7	0	0	8	16	50.0	2	3	66.7	3	6	50.0	56.3	2	3	5	1	-1
7	Stephen Curry S. Curry	21	1/11/2010	GSW	vs	CLE	36	7	5	1	1	8	15	53.3	1	2	50.0	4	5	80.0	61.0	0	7	2	4	+1
8	Marcus Thornton M. Thornton	20	3/24/2010	NOH	vs	CLE	43	4	5	1	0	8	17	47.1	1	6	16.7	3	3	100.0	54.6	2	2	1	2	-14
9	Taj Gibson T. Gibson	20	3/19/2010	CHI	vs	CLE	38	13	3	3	1	9	14	64.3	0	0		2	4	50.0	63.5	5	8	2	3	-7
10	Omri Casspi O. Casspi	18	12/23/2009	SAC	vs	CLE	44	6	2	1	1	6	15	40.0	3	6	50.0	3	4	75.0	53.7	1	5	1	4	-2
11	Brandon Jennings B. Jennings	18	12/18/2009	MIL	@	CLE	37	4	8	2	0	5	21	23.8	1	8	12.5	7	7	100.0	37.4	2	2	2	2	+1
12	Darren Collison D. Collison	17	3/24/2010	NOH	vs	CLE	31	4	7	0	0	7	13	53.8	1	2	50.0	2	2	100.0	61.2	1	3	2	1	+2
13	Jonny Flynn J. Flynn	17	10/30/2009	MIN	vs	CLE	26	2	3	1	0	6	10	60.0	1	2	50.0	4	4	100.0	72.3	1	1	5	1	-23
14	James Johnson J. Johnson	16	3/19/2010	CHI	vs	CLE	36	8	2	2	1	6	11	54.5	1	3	33.3	3	4	75.0	62.7	0	8	3	3	-1
15	A.J. Price	14	3/17/2010	IND	@	CLE	22	4	6	1	1	6	15	40.0	2	7	28.6	0	1	0.0	45.3	0	4	1	3	+7
16	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	14	1/19/2010	TOR	@	CLE	27	0	2	1	0	6	10	60.0	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	64.3	0	0	0	1	-4
17	Taj Gibson T. Gibson	14	12/4/2009	CHI	@	CLE	36	13	0	1	0	7	14	50.0	0	0		0	2	0.0	47.0	4	9	0	5	-8
18	Stephen Curry S. Curry	14	11/17/2009	GSW	@	CLE	41	5	7	0	0	6	10	60.0	2	6	33.3	0	1	0.0	67.0	0	5	3	2	-4
19	Omri Casspi O. Casspi	13	3/28/2010	SAC	@	CLE	22	1	0	0	0	5	9	55.6	1	1	100.0	2	4	50.0	60.4	0	1	0	1	+2
20	Wesley Matthews W. Matthews	13	11/14/2009	UTA	@	CLE	34	1	2	0	0	5	9	55.6	3	3	100.0	0	0		72.2	0	1	5	2	-7
21	Taj Gibson T. Gibson	11	11/5/2009	CHI	@	CLE	34	7	0	1	2	5	12	41.7	0	0		1	2	50.0	42.7	2	5	0	1	0
22	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	10	4/6/2010	TOR	@	CLE	16	1	0	1	0	4	4	100.0	0	0		2	2	100.0	102.5	0	1	0	1	+12
23	Jonas Jerebko J. Jerebko	10	3/16/2010	DET	vs	CLE	27	5	3	3	0	4	6	66.7	0	0		2	2	100.0	72.7	0	5	3	3	0
24	A.J. Price	10	1/29/2010	IND	vs	CLE	20	1	0	0	0	4	10	40.0	2	6	33.3	0	0		50.0	0	1	2	3	-8
25	Jonny Flynn J. Flynn	10	1/27/2010	MIN	@	CLE	22	1	3	0	0	4	10	40.0	1	2	50.0	1	2	50.0	46.0	1	0	1	0	-15

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Wed 10/21	IND	@	NOP	8:00 PM
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