who averages the most ppg on opening night in the 2000s nba

Between the 1999-00 and 2008-09 seasons, Paul Pierce scored the most points per game in season openers, with 28.7 per game.

	NAME	PPG	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	28.7	10	38.3	8.5	4.5	1.2	0.4	9.8	20.2	48.5	1.7	4.6	37.0	7.4	11.0	67.3	57.3	0.9	7.6	3.2	383	287	85	45	12	4	32	27	+123
2	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	28.0	7	40.3	6.7	4.4	2.1	1.4	9.1	22.1	41.3	0.7	1.6	45.5	9.0	11.4	78.8	51.5	1.4	5.3	5.0	282	196	47	31	15	10	35	20	+47
3	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	26.3	9	41.3	3.2	7.8	2.3	0.0	8.7	21.4	40.4	1.3	4.2	31.6	7.7	9.7	79.3	51.2	0.6	2.7	3.6	371	237	29	70	21	0	32	16	+25
4	LeBron James L. James	23.7	6	39.7	6.0	6.0	1.7	1.0	8.5	18.5	45.9	1.7	4.0	41.7	5.0	7.8	63.8	53.9	1.5	4.5	4.0	238	142	36	36	10	6	24	18	-9
5	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	23.5	10	38.0	4.5	4.4	1.3	1.8	8.7	19.9	43.7	1.3	3.9	33.3	4.8	7.6	63.2	50.6	0.5	4.0	2.4	380	235	45	44	13	18	24	18	+70
6	Jeff Hornacek J. Hornacek	23.0	1	34.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	8.0	13.0	61.5	1.0	2.0	50.0	6.0	6.0	100.0	73.5	0.0	1.0	3.0	34	23	1	1	2	1	3	3	-10
7	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	22.6	5	38.4	5.6	5.6	0.8	0.4	8.6	17.8	48.3	0.4	1.6	25.0	5.0	7.0	71.4	54.1	1.4	4.2	4.8	192	113	28	28	4	2	24	18	+4
8	Ray Allen R. Allen	22.6	9	38.5	3.2	2.7	0.9	0.0	7.9	16.6	47.7	2.3	6.0	38.9	4.4	4.9	90.9	60.3	1.0	2.2	2.1	347	203	29	24	8	0	19	17	+12
9	Antawn Jamison A. Jamison	22.2	10	37.8	7.2	1.9	0.5	0.6	8.6	19.5	44.1	0.9	2.8	32.1	4.1	5.5	74.5	50.6	2.4	4.8	2.2	378	222	72	19	5	6	22	29	-5
10	Jalen Rose J. Rose	22.2	6	36.6	4.2	4.7	1.2	0.3	7.5	15.7	47.9	1.5	3.0	50.0	5.7	6.5	87.2	59.8	0.5	3.7	2.8	219	133	25	28	7	2	17	22	+30
11	Reggie Miller R. Miller	22.0	4	37.5	4.8	2.3	1.3	0.5	6.3	13.8	45.5	2.0	6.5	30.8	7.5	8.3	90.9	63.3	1.3	3.5	2.5	150	88	19	9	5	2	10	11	0
12	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	21.8	10	37.2	9.6	3.0	1.1	1.1	7.5	16.7	44.9	1.6	4.3	37.2	5.2	6.4	81.3	55.9	1.4	8.2	2.2	372	218	96	30	11	11	22	30	+34
13	Vince Carter V. Carter	21.7	10	37.4	5.2	3.8	1.0	0.7	7.4	17.8	41.6	0.5	3.4	14.7	6.4	7.5	85.3	51.4	1.9	3.3	2.0	374	217	52	38	10	7	20	33	-1
14	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	21.5	10	39.2	13.3	5.1	1.4	2.2	8.9	17.1	52.0	0.3	1.0	30.0	3.4	4.4	77.3	56.5	1.8	11.5	2.9	392	215	133	51	14	22	29	24	+60
15	Glenn Robinson G. Robinson	21.5	4	39.5	7.0	3.3	2.8	1.3	8.0	19.0	42.1	0.8	3.3	23.1	4.8	5.3	90.5	50.4	2.0	5.0	3.3	158	86	28	13	11	5	13	6	+8
16	Nick Van Exel N. Van Exel	21.3	6	30.4	3.3	5.8	0.2	0.0	7.7	16.7	46.0	3.2	6.7	47.5	2.8	3.8	73.9	58.1	0.3	3.0	2.7	182	128	20	35	1	0	16	11	+24
17	Michael Redd M. Redd	21.3	8	33.4	4.0	1.5	0.4	0.1	7.9	16.8	47.0	1.1	3.6	31.0	4.4	5.4	81.4	55.6	1.1	2.9	1.8	267	170	32	12	3	1	14	14	-20
18	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	21.2	9	34.6	3.6	7.8	1.2	0.1	8.1	17.2	47.1	0.9	2.8	32.0	4.1	5.0	82.2	54.6	0.4	3.1	2.9	311	191	32	70	11	1	26	33	+45
19	Carlos Boozer C. Boozer	21.0	6	32.6	12.2	1.5	0.5	1.0	8.7	15.2	57.1	0.0	0.0		3.7	4.8	75.9	60.7	3.2	9.0	1.7	196	126	73	9	3	6	10	15	+17
20	Larry Robinson L. Robinson	21.0	1	29.0	6.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	8.0	10.0	80.0	5.0	6.0	83.3	0.0	0.0		105.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	29	21	6	0	2	0	0	1	-3
21	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	20.7	10	35.7	11.4	2.6	0.6	2.7	7.8	15.1	51.7	0.0	0.2	0.0	5.1	7.1	71.8	56.8	3.4	8.0	2.8	357	207	114	26	6	27	28	31	+64
22	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	20.5	8	40.1	3.0	7.8	1.3	0.0	7.1	17.6	40.4	1.5	3.6	41.4	4.8	7.0	67.9	49.5	1.0	2.0	3.4	321	164	24	62	10	0	27	28	-33
23	Jamal Mashburn J. Mashburn	20.5	4	35.3	6.5	2.5	0.8	0.0	6.8	15.0	45.0	1.5	3.0	50.0	5.5	8.0	68.8	55.3	0.8	5.8	2.8	141	82	26	10	3	0	11	13	+22
24	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	20.4	5	32.6	5.6	3.4	0.8	0.6	7.8	17.6	44.3	0.6	2.2	27.3	4.2	6.0	70.0	50.4	3.4	2.2	3.0	163	102	28	17	4	3	15	18	+9
25	Allan Houston A. Houston	20.4	5	39.6	3.2	3.4	2.0	0.6	7.0	18.0	38.9	1.2	3.2	37.5	5.2	6.0	86.7	49.4	0.2	3.0	2.6	198	102	16	17	10	3	13	13	-20