40+ points in first career start nba

Stu Lantz had 1 start with 40+ points against the Suns on October 20, 1970.

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40+ points in first career start by a player NBA
NAMEDATEGSPTSTMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Stu Lantz
S. Lantz
10/20/1970
1
43
vs
43
5
5
16
27
59.3
11
13
84.6
65.7
5
2Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
10/28/1970
1
40
@
44
14
3
16
27
59.3
8
10
80.0
63.7
3
3Lou Hudson
L. Hudson
11/1/1970
1
43
@
37
1
3
19
26
73.1
5
8
62.5
72.8
3
4Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
11/4/1970
1
53
@
45
11
3
20
32
62.5
13
14
92.9
69.4
4
5Gus Johnson
G. Johnson
11/5/1970
1
43
@
42
22
1
20
31
64.5
3
4
75.0
65.6
3
6Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
11/7/1970
1
45
@
48
13
4
19
38
50.0
7
10
70.0
53.1
1
7Jerry West
J. West
11/8/1970
1
41
vs
43
5
7
17
28
60.7
7
8
87.5
65.0
4
8Jim Barnett
J. Barnett
11/8/1970
1
40
vs
39
3
3
15
26
57.7
10
12
83.3
63.9
2
9Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
11/11/1970
1
44
@
48
15
3
17
24
70.8
10
12
83.3
75.1
2
10Lou Hudson
L. Hudson
11/18/1970
1
49
@
42
4
0
22
35
62.9
5
12
41.7
60.8
2
11Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
11/20/1970
1
50
vs
48
25
3
18
35
51.4
14
16
87.5
59.5
1
12Lou Hudson
L. Hudson
12/1/1970
1
40
@
42
6
1
18
34
52.9
4
5
80.0
55.2
0
13Bob Kauffman
B. Kauffman
12/6/1970
1
40
@
45
5
9
14
22
63.6
12
15
80.0
69.9
4
14Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
12/13/1970
1
40
@
47
22
3
17
33
51.5
6
8
75.0
54.8
3
15Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
12/18/1970
1
40
vs
40
15
1
19
27
70.4
2
5
40.0
68.5
5
16Bob Love
B. Love
12/25/1970
1
42
@
38
5
0
16
28
57.1
10
11
90.9
63.9
4
17Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
1/1/1971
1
40
@
48
21
4
19
41
46.3
2
4
50.0
46.8
1
18Jerry West
J. West
1/1/1971
1
41
vs
46
10
7
17
34
50.0
7
8
87.5
54.6
3
19Geoff Petrie
G. Petrie
1/1/1971
1
40
@
41
6
5
15
27
55.6
10
11
90.9
62.8
3
20Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
1/17/1971
1
44
vs
45
20
5
17
30
56.7
10
15
66.7
60.1
2
21Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
1/23/1971
1
44
vs
37
17
7
20
23
87.0
4
9
44.4
81.6
2
22Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
1/27/1971
1
53
@
48
14
7
22
31
71.0
9
14
64.3
71.3
2
23Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
1/30/1971
1
44
@
48
20
0
15
28
53.6
14
23
60.9
57.7
2
24Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
2/3/1971
1
41
vs
44
19
3
15
34
44.1
11
16
68.8
50.0
4
25Bob Love
B. Love
2/6/1971
1
40
@
48
8
3
16
32
50.0
8
8
100.0
56.3
3
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.780
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.659
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53
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.646
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.634
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33
.598
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7
Suns Suns - x
45
37
.549
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