most points by a single player in the first half in a single game in the 2019-20 to 2021-22

Between the 2019-20 and 2021-22 seasons, Kyrie Irving scored the most points in a first half, with 41 points against the Magic on March 15, 2022.

Interpreted as:

most points by a single player in the first half in a single regular-season game in the 2019-20 to 2021-22

	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	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	41	3/15/2022	BKN	@	ORL	23	3	3	3	0	14	19	73.7	6	7	85.7	7	7	100.0	92.8	1	2	0	2	+28
2	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	39	4/9/2021	CHI	@	ATL	20	5	0	0	0	13	19	68.4	7	9	77.8	6	6	100.0	90.1	1	4	2	0	+13
3	Trae Young T. Young	33	3/13/2022	ATL	vs	IND	17	3	4	1	0	9	13	69.2	7	9	77.8	8	8	100.0	99.9	0	3	2	1	+15
4	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	33	1/31/2021	DEN	vs	UTA	19	5	3	1	1	13	17	76.5	4	4	100.0	3	4	75.0	88.0	1	4	1	1	+23
5	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	33	11/20/2019	DAL	vs	GSW	17	5	6	2	0	10	11	90.9	6	7	85.7	7	8	87.5	113.6	1	4	4	1	+36
6	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	32	2/10/2022	DAL	vs	LAC	19	4	3	0	0	11	16	68.8	7	11	63.6	3	6	50.0	85.8	0	4	2	2	+9
7	Bradley Beal B. Beal	32	1/6/2021	WAS	@	PHI	18	4	3	1	0	11	16	68.8	4	5	80.0	6	7	85.7	83.9	3	1	2	1	-9
8	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	31	1/23/2022	BOS	@	WAS	17	7	4	0	0	11	14	78.6	6	7	85.7	3	3	100.0	101.2	2	5	0	1	+19
9	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	31	2/4/2021	PHI	vs	POR	20	4	1	1	1	11	17	64.7	0	0		9	9	100.0	74.0	1	3	2	0	+2
10	Stephen Curry S. Curry	31	1/3/2021	GSW	vs	POR	18	3	1	0	0	10	18	55.6	3	7	42.9	8	9	88.9	70.6	0	3	2	0	+12
11	James Harden J. Harden	31	2/24/2020	HOU	vs	NYK	18	3	5	1	0	12	16	75.0	4	5	80.0	3	6	50.0	83.2	1	2	3	0	+9
12	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	31	12/13/2019	LAC	@	MIN	18	5	1	0	0	9	14	64.3	2	2	100.0	11	11	100.0	82.3	1	4	2	1	+9
13	James Harden J. Harden	31	11/30/2019	HOU	vs	ATL	19	2	4	2	0	10	14	71.4	5	8	62.5	6	7	85.7	90.7	0	2	3	2	+25
14	Trae Young T. Young	30	3/30/2022	ATL	@	OKC	17	1	6	1	0	9	13	69.2	3	6	50.0	9	9	100.0	88.4	0	1	2	1	+17
15	Saddiq Bey S. Bey	30	3/17/2022	DET	@	ORL	19	3	3	2	0	10	15	66.7	6	9	66.7	4	6	66.7	85.0	0	3	0	1	+7
16	RJ Barrett	30	2/25/2022	NYK	vs	MIA	18	3	1	0	0	9	13	69.2	6	9	66.7	6	10	60.0	86.2	0	3	0	1	+1
17	Stephen Curry S. Curry	30	4/12/2021	GSW	vs	DEN	17	2	1	0	0	9	13	69.2	6	9	66.7	6	6	100.0	95.9	0	2	1	1	+1
18	Stephen Curry S. Curry	30	2/6/2021	GSW	@	DAL	19	1	1	1	0	10	15	66.7	7	10	70.0	3	3	100.0	91.9	0	1	2	2	-2
19	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	30	1/17/2021	DAL	vs	CHI	20	8	5	1	0	11	19	57.9	6	9	66.7	2	2	100.0	75.5	2	6	2	3	-8
20	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	30	1/4/2021	MIL	vs	DET	18	3	2	0	0	12	14	85.7	1	2	50.0	5	5	100.0	92.6	1	2	0	1	+13
21	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	30	1/26/2020	TOR	@	SAS	19	4	2	1	0	10	13	76.9	5	7	71.4	5	7	71.4	93.3	0	4	0	1	+13
22	Trae Young T. Young	30	1/4/2020	ATL	vs	IND	19	1	3	1	0	9	12	75.0	5	7	71.4	7	8	87.5	96.6	0	1	2	1	+11
23	D'Angelo Russell D. Russell	30	12/28/2019	GSW	vs	DAL	19	4	4	0	0	11	15	73.3	8	11	72.7	0	0		100.0	0	4	0	0	+6
24	James Harden J. Harden	30	11/16/2019	HOU	@	MIN	19	3	2	0	0	9	23	39.1	4	11	36.4	8	10	80.0	54.7	1	2	3	3	+3
25	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	30	11/7/2019	MIA	@	PHX	18	3	1	0	0	9	10	90.0	2	2	100.0	10	10	100.0	104.2	1	2	0	1	-1