who scored the most points in a game on opening night 2022

Jaylen Brown posted the most points in a 2021-22 season opener, with 46 points against the Knicks on October 20, 2021.

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Who scored the most points in a regular-season game on opening night 2022?

	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	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	46	10/20/2021	BOS	@	NYK	46	9	6	3	1	16	30	53.3	8	14	57.1	6	8	75.0	68.6	0	9	4	5	+16
2	Ja Morant J. Morant	37	10/20/2021	MEM	vs	CLE	34	6	6	0	2	17	29	58.6	1	4	25.0	2	2	100.0	61.9	1	5	2	2	-6
3	Harrison Barnes H. Barnes	36	10/20/2021	SAC	@	POR	37	9	2	2	0	10	19	52.6	8	11	72.7	8	9	88.9	78.4	2	7	0	0	+6
4	Julius Randle J. Randle	35	10/20/2021	NYK	vs	BOS	46	8	9	0	3	12	27	44.4	3	8	37.5	8	8	100.0	57.3	0	8	7	4	+10
5	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	34	10/20/2021	CHI	@	DET	35	7	4	1	1	11	17	64.7	1	5	20.0	11	11	100.0	77.8	0	7	2	2	+8
6	CJ McCollum	34	10/20/2021	POR	vs	SAC	35	6	5	3	1	14	24	58.3	6	11	54.5	0	0		70.8	2	4	5	4	0
7	LeBron James L. James	34	10/19/2021	LAL	vs	GSW	37	11	5	1	1	13	23	56.5	5	11	45.5	3	6	50.0	66.3	1	10	4	5	-2
8	Domantas Sabonis D. Sabonis	33	10/20/2021	IND	@	CHA	39	15	2	0	0	13	19	68.4	4	6	66.7	3	4	75.0	79.5	3	12	6	4	-1
9	Anthony Davis A. Davis	33	10/19/2021	LAL	vs	GSW	39	11	2	1	2	15	26	57.7	1	5	20.0	2	7	28.6	56.7	2	9	0	0	-2
10	Evan Fournier E. Fournier	32	10/20/2021	NYK	vs	BOS	44	6	3	4	1	13	25	52.0	6	13	46.2	0	0		64.0	0	6	1	4	+11
11	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	32	10/19/2021	MIL	vs	BKN	31	14	7	1	2	12	25	48.0	1	4	25.0	7	9	77.8	55.2	5	9	4	4	+25
12	Kevin Durant K. Durant	32	10/19/2021	BKN	@	MIL	30	11	4	0	2	13	25	52.0	3	7	42.9	3	6	50.0	57.9	0	11	1	2	-20
13	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	31	10/20/2021	CHA	vs	IND	29	9	7	2	0	11	23	47.8	7	9	77.8	2	2	100.0	64.9	2	7	2	3	0
14	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	30	10/20/2021	MIN	vs	HOU	29	10	2	2	2	11	15	73.3	3	4	75.0	5	5	100.0	87.2	5	5	3	3	+34
15	Paul George P. George	29	10/21/2021	LAC	@	GSW	37	11	6	2	0	12	23	52.2	5	11	45.5	0	0		63.0	1	10	3	3	+3
16	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	29	10/20/2021	MIN	vs	HOU	31	6	3	1	0	10	21	47.6	6	12	50.0	3	4	75.0	63.7	2	4	4	2	+26
17	Malcolm Brogdon M. Brogdon	28	10/20/2021	IND	@	CHA	40	4	11	0	1	8	20	40.0	3	10	30.0	9	9	100.0	58.4	0	4	1	2	0
18	Tyler Herro T. Herro	27	10/21/2021	MIA	vs	MIL	24	6	5	0	0	10	18	55.6	4	8	50.0	3	4	75.0	68.3	1	5	2	1	+27
19	Gordon Hayward G. Hayward	27	10/20/2021	CHA	vs	IND	35	5	3	1	0	10	22	45.5	2	4	50.0	5	8	62.5	52.9	0	5	3	3	+12
20	Chris Duarte C. Duarte	27	10/20/2021	IND	@	CHA	33	5	1	1	0	9	15	60.0	6	9	66.7	3	3	100.0	82.7	0	5	1	4	+7
21	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	27	10/20/2021	DEN	@	PHX	35	13	2	2	0	13	22	59.1	1	6	16.7	0	0		61.4	2	11	3	3	+28
22	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	27	10/20/2021	SAC	@	POR	36	5	8	0	1	9	22	40.9	2	8	25.0	7	10	70.0	51.1	0	5	5	5	+6
23	Brandon Ingram B. Ingram	25	10/20/2021	NOP	vs	PHI	37	7	6	0	1	12	26	46.2	1	3	33.3	0	0		48.1	0	7	4	1	-29
24	Jarrett Allen J. Allen	25	10/20/2021	CLE	@	MEM	29	4	1	3	3	11	11	100.0	0	0		3	4	75.0	98.0	1	3	1	1	+5
25	Jerami Grant J. Grant	24	10/20/2021	DET	vs	CHI	32	6	2	1	1	8	20	40.0	3	5	60.0	5	5	100.0	54.1	3	3	1	3	-10