most points in first game started as rookie between 1969-70 to 1988-89

Between the 1969-70 and 1988-89 seasons, John Drew put up the most points by a rookie in a start in his first game, with 32 points versus the Bulls on October 18, 1974.

Interpreted as:

most points in first regular-season game started as rookie between 1969-70 to 1988-89

	NAME	PTS	GS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	John Drew J. Drew	32	1	10/18/1974	ATL	@	CHI	42	12	3	4	0	13	34	38.2				6	9	66.7	42.1	6	6		3
2	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	31	1	10/30/1981	DET	vs	MIL	41	3	11	1	1	10	19	52.6	1	1	100.0	10	13	76.9	62.7			3	4
3	Mike Newlin M. Newlin	31	1	11/21/1971	HOU		GSW	45	12	4			14	25	56.0				3	3	100.0	58.9				5
4	Willie Anderson W. Anderson	30	1	11/5/1988	SAS	vs	LAL	38	5	6	2	0	12	25	48.0	0	0		6	8	75.0	52.6	2	3	2	4
5	Ron Brewer R. Brewer	30	1	10/18/1978	POR	@	DEN	41	3	0	1	1	13	19	68.4				4	4	100.0	72.3	1	2	2	1
6	Kenny Gattison K. Gattison	29	1	12/23/1986	PHX	vs	DAL	29	10	1	2	0	14	18	77.8	0	0		1	1	100.0	78.6	6	4	2	3
7	Terry Catledge T. Catledge	29	1	3/30/1986	PHI	vs	DAL	41	8	2	0	0	13	19	68.4	0	0		3	5	60.0	68.4	4	4	2	4
8	Otis Birdsong O. Birdsong	29	1	11/26/1977	KCK	vs	BOS	40	3	3			13	23	56.5				3	5	60.0	57.5				5
9	Phil Chenier P. Chenier	29	1	10/23/1971	BAL		CLE	42	2	5			9	21	42.9				11	13	84.6	54.3				3
10	Bob Carrington B. Carrington	28	1	11/25/1977	NJN	@	LAL	45	2	1			11	23	47.8				6	7	85.7	53.7				6
11	Brad Sellers B. Sellers	27	1	1/3/1987	CHI	vs	DET	39	12	1	1	1	12	14	85.7	0	0		3	5	60.0	83.3	5	7	1	0
12	Wayman Tisdale W. Tisdale	27	1	11/20/1985	IND	@	HOU	37	10	0	1	0	12	23	52.2	0	0		3	3	100.0	55.5	5	5	2	2
13	Ron Anderson R. Anderson	27	1	10/26/1984	CLE	@	PHI	40	5	5	1	0	10	14	71.4	0	0		7	9	77.8	75.2	2	3	4	3
14	Jerry Eaves J. Eaves	27	1	1/29/1983	UTA	vs	PHI	42	1	4		0	11	18	61.1	0	0		5	5	100.0	66.8				4
15	Abdul Jeelani A. Jeelani	27	1	11/28/1979	POR	@	ATL	38	10	1	1	2	7	13	53.8	0	0		13	14	92.9	70.5	6	4	4	4
16	Fred Hilton F. Hilton	27	1	10/29/1971	BUF	@	POR	37	3	4			13	28	46.4				1	1	100.0	47.5				3
17	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	27	1	10/15/1970	BOS	@	PHX	40	21	1			11	18	61.1				5	8	62.5	62.7				4
18	Darrell Griffith D. Griffith	26	1	10/10/1980	UTA	vs	POR	40	8	2	5	0	12	27	44.4	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	46.6	4	4	3	4
19	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	26	1	10/12/1979	LAL	@	SDC	41	8	4	1	4	10	21	47.6	0	0		6	10	60.0	51.2	4	4	3	3
20	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	26	1	11/28/1970	SDR	@	PHX	48	2	9			12	25	48.0				2	3	66.7	49.4				4
21	Ledell Eackles L. Eackles	25	1	2/27/1989	WAS	@	HOU	34	7	3	0	0	9	20	45.0	0	0		7	10	70.0	51.2	6	1	2	3
22	Reggie Williams R. Williams	25	1	11/7/1987	LAC	vs	POR	36	2	1	1	0	11	21	52.4	0	4	0.0	3	4	75.0	54.9	0	2	2	4
23	Ron Harper R. Harper	25	1	11/1/1986	CLE	vs	WAS	41	2	5	2	1	10	24	41.7	1	1	100.0	4	5	80.0	47.7	2	0	7	3
24	Keith Lee K. Lee	25	1	1/24/1986	CLE	vs	PHI	34	10	7	2	0	8	15	53.3	0	0		9	9	100.0	65.9	6	4	3	4
25	Steve Colter S. Colter	25	1	3/3/1985	POR	vs	UTA	38	4	7	5	0	8	13	61.5	2	3	66.7	7	9	77.8	73.7	1	3	2	4