which nba player in their first 2 seasons has the most points in an nba game

David Thompson scored the most points by a player in a game in his first 2 seasons, with 73 points against the Pistons on April 9, 1978.

Interpreted as:
Which NBA player in their first 2 seasons has the most points in an NBA regular-season game?
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 David Thompson
D. Thompson
73
4/9/1978
DEN DEN
@
DET DET
43
7
2
0
1
28
38
73.7
17
20
85.0
78.0
3
4
4
2
2 Devin Booker
D. Booker
70
3/24/2017
PHX PHX
@
BOS BOS
45
8
6
3
1
21
40
52.5
4
11
36.4
24
26
92.3
68.0
2
6
5
3
-6
3 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
67
3/9/1961
PHI PHI
vs
NYK NYK
48
31
1
27
37
73.0
13
17
76.5
75.3
1
4 Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
64
11/8/1959
MIN MIN
vs
BOS BOS
17
8
25
47
53.2
14
19
73.7
57.8
4
5 George Gervin
G. Gervin
63
4/9/1978
SAS SAS
@
NOJ NOJ
33
2
1
2
1
23
49
46.9
17
20
85.0
54.5
3
6 Jerry West
J. West
63
1/17/1962
LAL LAL
vs
NYK NYK
39
3
3
22
36
61.1
19
22
86.4
69.0
5
7 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
58
2/25/1961
PHI PHI
@
CIN CIN
48
27
25
38
65.8
8
18
44.4
63.2
0
8 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
58
2/21/1960
PHI PHI
@
NYK NYK
48
24
3
26
47
55.3
6
9
66.7
56.9
1
9 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
58
1/25/1960
PHI PHI
DET DET
47
42
4
24
41
58.5
10
13
76.9
62.1
3
10 Rick Barry
R. Barry
57
10/29/1966
SFW SFW
@
CIN CIN
48
15
7
21
44
47.7
15
17
88.2
55.4
2
11 Rick Barry
R. Barry
57
12/14/1965
SFW SFW
@
NYK NYK
44
15
3
18
29
62.1
21
22
95.5
73.7
5
12 LeBron James
L. James
56
3/20/2005
CLE CLE
@
TOR TOR
48
10
5
2
0
18
36
50.0
6
12
50.0
14
15
93.3
65.7
2
8
4
0
-7
13 Kelly Tripucka
K. Tripucka
56
1/29/1983
DET DET
vs
CHI CHI
37
6
4
18
26
69.2
0
0
20
22
90.9
78.5
4
14 Earl Monroe
E. Monroe
56
2/13/1968
BAL BAL
vs
LAL LAL
51
7
3
20
33
60.6
16
22
72.7
65.6
4
15 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
56
3/1/1961
PHI PHI
@
SYR SYR
48
20
5
22
44
50.0
12
20
60.0
53.0
0
16 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
56
1/21/1961
PHI PHI
vs
LAL LAL
48
45
0
25
46
54.3
6
13
46.2
54.1
2
17 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
56
1/5/1961
PHI PHI
vs
SYR SYR
48
26
1
20
32
62.5
16
22
72.7
67.2
1
18 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
56
1/2/1961
PHI PHI
vs
NYK NYK
48
28
0
23
37
62.2
10
20
50.0
61.1
2
19 Brandon Jennings
B. Jennings
55
11/14/2009
MIL MIL
vs
GSW GSW
41
5
5
0
0
21
34
61.8
7
8
87.5
6
8
75.0
73.3
1
4
4
1
+11
20 Nate Archibald
N. Archibald
55
2/23/1972
CIN CIN
vs
POR POR
44
3
7
20
31
64.5
15
19
78.9
69.9
0
21 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
55
2/5/1961
PHI PHI
vs
NYK NYK
53
29
1
21
34
61.8
13
18
72.2
65.6
4
22 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
55
11/12/1959
PHI PHI
@
CIN CIN
47
29
2
23
43
53.5
9
16
56.3
55.0
3
23 Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
55
2/25/1959
MIN MIN
CIN CIN
12
22
38
57.9
11
17
64.7
60.5
3
24 Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
54
11/13/1968
SDR SDR
vs
DET DET
48
22
20
45
44.4
14
17
82.4
51.4
2
25 Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
53
4/20/1994
ORL ORL
vs
MIN MIN
36
18
4
2
2
22
31
71.0
0
0
9
13
69.2
72.2
7
11
3
3

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