who scored the most minutes in a game on opening night of a season

Geoff Petrie has played the most minutes in a season opener, with 61 minutes on the court against the Cavaliers on October 18, 1974.

Interpreted as:

Who scored the most minutes in a regular-season game on opening night of a season?

	NAME	MIN	DATE	TM		OPP	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Geoff Petrie G. Petrie	61	10/18/1974	POR	vs	CLE	24	5	7	0	0	10	29	34.5				4	5	80.0	38.5	1	4		5
2	Lenny Wilkens L. Wilkens	60	10/18/1974	POR	vs	CLE	15	2	10	7	0	5	16	31.3				5	7	71.4	39.3	1	1		6
3	Sidney Wicks S. Wicks	58	10/18/1974	POR	vs	CLE	29	15	0	2	2	10	23	43.5				9	10	90.0	52.9	4	11		5
4	Quentin Richardson Q. Richardson	56	11/1/2006	NYK	@	MEM	31	9	3	0	0	10	13	76.9	5	5	100.0	6	6	100.0	99.1	3	6	1	3	-2
5	Kirk Hinrich K. Hinrich	55	11/5/2004	CHI	vs	NJN	34	4	8	3	1	12	30	40.0	5	13	38.5	5	7	71.4	51.4	2	2	4	6	-4
6	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	55	10/26/1985	LAL	@	SAS	16	7	15	2	0	5	14	35.7	0	1	0.0	6	8	75.0	45.7	3	4	7	4
7	John Johnson J. Johnson	55	10/18/1974	POR	vs	CLE	29	11	6	2	1	13	21	61.9				3	7	42.9	60.2	3	8		5
8	James Worthy J. Worthy	53	11/1/1991	LAL	@	HOU	37	4	7	2	1	14	28	50.0	3	3	100.0	6	6	100.0	60.4	2	2	7	2
9	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	53	10/18/1969	SFW	vs	SDR	13	30	8			6	22	27.3				1	1	100.0	29.0				4
10	Andy Phillip A. Phillip	53	11/1/1952	PHI	vs	SYR	21	11	10			8	16	50.0				5	7	71.4	55.0				4
11	Mike Miller M. Miller	52	11/1/2006	MEM	vs	NYK	18	6	0	2	0	7	23	30.4	4	9	44.4	0	2	0.0	37.7	2	4	2	4	+3
12	Grant Hill G. Hill	52	11/2/1999	DET	@	MIA	41	9	5	0	1	16	35	45.7	1	3	33.3	8	11	72.7	51.5	3	6	4	5	0
13	Otis Thorpe O. Thorpe	52	11/1/1991	HOU	vs	LAL	33	8	1	2	0	12	18	66.7	0	0		9	11	81.8	72.2	2	6	3	5
14	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	52	10/30/1981	LAL	vs	HOU	27	10	5	3	2	10	20	50.0	0	0		7	9	77.8	56.3			1	3
15	LaPhonso Ellis L. Ellis	51	11/7/1992	DEN	vs	SAS	10	14	5	2	3	5	18	27.8	0	0		0	0		27.8	5	9	4	5
16	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	51	11/3/1989	CHI	vs	CLE	19	3	7	2	1	8	24	33.3	1	4	25.0	2	4	50.0	36.9	1	2	5	4
17	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	51	10/30/1981	LAL	vs	HOU	27	14	12	3	1	10	23	43.5	1	4	25.0	6	6	100.0	52.7			6	2
18	Austin Carr A. Carr	51	10/18/1974	CLE	@	POR	34	3	9	2	0	15	31	48.4				4	5	80.0	51.2	2	1		4
19	Josh Howard J. Howard	51	11/1/2005	DAL	@	PHX	16	11	0	2	0	7	15	46.7	1	4	25.0	1	2	50.0	50.4	2	9	3	4	+8
20	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	50	11/1/2005	PHI	vs	MIL	35	2	9	3	0	11	28	39.3	2	4	50.0	11	15	73.3	50.6	0	2	1	3	-4
21	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	50	11/3/2004	IND	@	CLE	31	9	2	2	1	14	29	48.3	0	3	0.0	3	5	60.0	49.7	2	7	1	5	+11
22	LeBron James L. James	50	11/3/2004	CLE	vs	IND	28	5	8	1	3	8	19	42.1	2	5	40.0	10	12	83.3	57.7	1	4	6	2	-10
23	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	50	10/21/1976	BOS	@	IND	32	6	11	4	0	14	20	70.0				4	4	100.0	73.5				5
24	Bingo Smith B. Smith	50	10/15/1971	CLE	vs	BUF	21	7	4			9	20	45.0				3	4	75.0	48.3				3
25	Raja Bell R. Bell	49	11/1/2005	PHX	vs	DAL	18	3	0	0	0	7	11	63.6	1	2	50.0	3	4	75.0	70.5	0	3	0	1	-10