what are the most points in a first half by a shooting guard

Klay Thompson has scored the most points by a shooting guard in a first half, with 40 points against the Pacers on December 5, 2016.

	NAME	PTS	HALF	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	40	1H	12/5/2016	GSW	vs	IND	18	1	1	0	0	15	22	68.2	5	9	55.6	5	5	100.0	82.6	0	1	0	0	+30
2	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	39	1H	4/9/2021	CHI	@	ATL	20	5	0	0	0	13	19	68.4	7	9	77.8	6	6	100.0	90.1	1	4	2	0	+13
3	Devin Booker D. Booker	37	1H	4/1/2024	PHX	@	NOP	19	0	5	0	1	14	18	77.8	6	10	60.0	3	3	100.0	95.8	0	0	2	1	+20
4	Devin Booker D. Booker	37	1H	1/26/2024	PHX	@	IND	18	3	2	1	1	12	18	66.7	5	7	71.4	8	9	88.9	84.2	0	3	2	0	+10
5	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	37	1H	4/13/2015	GSW	vs	MEM		2	1	1	0	14	17	82.4	7	8	87.5	2	2	100.0	103.5	0	2	2	0
6	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	36	1H	10/29/2018	GSW	@	CHI	19	3	0	2	0	12	16	75.0	10	14	71.4	2	2	100.0	106.6	0	3	2	2	+31
7	James Harden J. Harden	34	1H	12/16/2024	LAC	vs	UTA	19	0	4	1	1	8	12	66.7	7	10	70.0	11	13	84.6	95.9	0	0	1	1	+26
8	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	33	1H	3/13/2023	GSW	vs	PHX	18	2	0	0	1	12	18	66.7	8	12	66.7	1	2	50.0	87.4	0	2	1	0	+14
9	Anfernee Simons A. Simons	33	1H	12/3/2022	POR	@	UTA	21	1	3	0	0	12	18	66.7	7	12	58.3	2	2	100.0	87.4	0	1	1	1	+10
10	James Harden J. Harden	33	1H	11/16/2017	HOU	@	PHX	19	0	4	1	1	9	12	75.0	5	5	100.0	10	10	100.0	100.6	0	0	3	3	+13
11	Devin Booker D. Booker	32	1H	1/19/2024	PHX	@	NOP	20	3	4	0	0	11	18	61.1	3	6	50.0	7	7	100.0	75.9	1	2	1	0	+11
12	Bradley Beal B. Beal	32	1H	1/6/2021	WAS	@	PHI	18	4	3	1	0	11	16	68.8	4	5	80.0	6	7	85.7	83.9	3	1	2	1	-9
13	CJ McCollum	32	1H	1/31/2018	POR	vs	CHI	17	4	1	0	0	13	17	76.5	4	5	80.0	2	2	100.0	89.5	1	3	1	0	+24
14	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	31	1H	1/29/2025	OKC	@	GSW	17	3	3	0	0	9	13	69.2	2	3	66.7	11	12	91.7	84.8	0	3	1	1	+18
15	James Harden J. Harden	31	1H	11/27/2024	LAC	@	WAS	20	2	5	1	0	11	15	73.3	5	7	71.4	4	5	80.0	90.1	1	1	1	0	+23
16	James Harden J. Harden	31	1H	2/24/2020	HOU	vs	NYK	18	3	5	1	0	12	16	75.0	4	5	80.0	3	6	50.0	83.2	1	2	3	0	+9
17	James Harden J. Harden	31	1H	11/30/2019	HOU	vs	ATL	19	2	4	2	0	10	14	71.4	5	8	62.5	6	7	85.7	90.7	0	2	3	2	+25
18	James Harden J. Harden	31	1H	12/22/2014	HOU	vs	POR		2	5	5	0	10	17	58.8	1	4	25.0	10	11	90.9	71.0	0	2	1	1
19	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	30	1H	2/3/2025	OKC	vs	MIL	17	2	4	0	0	13	17	76.5	2	3	66.7	2	3	66.7	81.9	0	2	1	1	+27
20	Devin Booker D. Booker	30	1H	3/8/2023	PHX	vs	OKC	17	1	1	0	1	11	15	73.3	4	7	57.1	4	5	80.0	87.2	0	1	2	3	+14
21	RJ Barrett	30	1H	2/25/2022	NYK	vs	MIA	18	3	1	0	0	9	13	69.2	6	9	66.7	6	10	60.0	86.2	0	3	0	1	+1
22	James Harden J. Harden	30	1H	11/16/2019	HOU	@	MIN	19	3	2	0	0	9	23	39.1	4	11	36.4	8	10	80.0	54.7	1	2	3	3	+3
23	James Harden J. Harden	30	1H	12/22/2017	HOU	vs	LAC	19	4	4	2	0	9	16	56.3	5	9	55.6	7	8	87.5	76.8	0	4	2	0	+11
24	James Harden J. Harden	30	1H	12/20/2017	HOU	vs	LAL	20	0	4	0	1	10	15	66.7	2	4	50.0	8	9	88.9	79.1	0	0	4	1	+3
25	James Harden J. Harden	30	1H	11/5/2017	HOU	vs	UTA	19	0	7	0	0	10	12	83.3	5	5	100.0	5	5	100.0	105.6	0	0	3	2	+16