Wilt Chamberlain 10/23/62 vs DET - 56 points
Michael Jordan 11/3/1989 vs CLE - 54 points
Elgin Baylor 10/18/1959 vs DET - 52 points
Kyrie Irving 10/23/2019 vs MIN - 50 points
Anthony Davis 10/26/2016 vs DEN - 50 points
Michael Jordan 11/1/1986 at NYK - 50 points
Does anyone have a chance to break through on this list?
(h/t StatMuse)
I don’t care what anyone says, Giannis is gonna have a bad opening night and Dame plays like it’s the Blazers again for 48 minutes to drop 60 (please don’t age badly)
I think Trae has a big game. Not gonna say 50+ but a big opening night game. Poole as well.
Simons would be a choice but they’ll stick PG on him if he starts going off.
Tyler Herro
Gonna drop a blistering 18 pts on 5/14 from the field
This is all team’s 1st games of the season.
Not all of these games qualify as Opening Night.
For example, only players from the Lakers, Nuggets, Suns, & Warriors can qualify as playing on Opening Night this season.
Booker or KD would probably be the picks to drop 50, but the other one of them has to have down night scoring wise.
Steph if he feels like it
Give the Wizards an opening night game and Poole is going to drop either 50 or 15. Do it Adam!
That kyrie one was crazy, first game with new team and almost hit the slip n slide game winner
The best case scenario is Harden cracks the list.