highest scoring postseason nba games 1987

Sleepy Floyd posted the most points in a 1987 playoff game, with 51 points against the Lakers on May 10, 1987.

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highest scoring by a player postseason NBA games 1987

	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	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	51	5/10/1987	GSW	vs	LAL	44	3	10	4	0	18	26	69.2	2	3	66.7	13	14	92.9	79.3	1	2	2	2
2	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	49	5/14/1987	HOU	@	SEA	53	25	2	2	6	19	33	57.6	0	0		11	13	84.6	63.3	11	14	2	4
3	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	43	4/28/1987	SEA	vs	DAL	38	14	1	0	1	18	28	64.3	2	3	66.7	5	5	100.0	71.2	8	6	1	5
4	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	43	4/26/1987	ATL	vs	IND	43	8	5	0	2	15	37	40.5	1	2	50.0	12	13	92.3	50.3	3	5	0	2
5	Xavier McDaniel X. McDaniel	42	5/23/1987	SEA	vs	LAL	39	10	4	0	0	20	29	69.0	1	2	50.0	1	2	50.0	70.3	7	3	3	5
6	Larry Bird L. Bird	42	5/10/1987	BOS	@	MIL	56	7	8	0	2	13	23	56.5	3	5	60.0	13	15	86.7	70.9	1	6	4	4
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	42	4/26/1987	CHI	@	BOS	45	4	4	0	4	14	29	48.3	2	3	66.7	12	14	85.7	59.7	1	3	4	3
8	Larry Bird L. Bird	40	5/5/1987	BOS	vs	MIL	44	11	7	4	1	13	23	56.5	1	1	100.0	13	13	100.0	69.6	2	9	3	2
9	Chuck Person C. Person	40	5/1/1987	IND	vs	ATL	44	7	6	1	0	14	27	51.9	0	3	0.0	12	15	80.0	59.5	0	7	4	3
10	James Worthy J. Worthy	39	5/23/1987	LAL	@	SEA	42	5	5	2	1	16	25	64.0	0	0		7	9	77.8	67.3	2	3	2	3
11	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	39	4/29/1987	PHI	vs	MIL	45	9	2	2	0	13	19	68.4	0	1	0.0	13	14	92.9	77.5	4	5	2	5
12	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	38	5/9/1987	SEA	vs	HOU	36	8	1	1	1	13	22	59.1	0	2	0.0	12	13	92.3	68.5	4	4	1	4
13	Larry Bird L. Bird	37	5/30/1987	BOS	vs	DET	48	9	9	0	2	13	24	54.2	1	2	50.0	10	10	100.0	65.1	2	7	3	3
14	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	37	5/14/1987	SEA	vs	HOU	45	8	2	2	1	11	29	37.9	1	1	100.0	14	16	87.5	51.3	0	8	3	4
15	Larry Bird L. Bird	36	5/26/1987	BOS	vs	DET	47	12	9	1	1	12	25	48.0	0	2	0.0	12	12	100.0	59.4	1	11	5	1
16	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	36	5/21/1987	DET	@	BOS	43	5	10	2	0	11	21	52.4	1	2	50.0	13	17	76.5	63.2	3	2	5	3
17	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	36	5/14/1987	SEA	vs	HOU	53	9	2	1	1	15	30	50.0	1	2	50.0	5	5	100.0	55.9	4	5	3	4
18	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	35	5/30/1987	DET	@	BOS	38	2	6	0	0	15	21	71.4	2	2	100.0	3	7	42.9	72.7	1	1	1	3
19	Larry Bird L. Bird	35	5/28/1987	BOS	@	DET	47	9	2	1	1	14	20	70.0	0	0		7	7	100.0	75.8	1	8	0	4
20	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	35	5/8/1987	DET	vs	ATL	32	8	8	5	0	11	23	47.8	1	5	20.0	12	14	85.7	60.0	3	5	5	4
21	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	35	4/28/1987	HOU	vs	POR	43	11	3	1	8	11	18	61.1	0	0		13	16	81.3	69.9	4	7	4	5
22	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	35	4/24/1987	ATL	vs	IND	38	5	3	4	0	12	23	52.2	1	2	50.0	10	10	100.0	63.9	0	5	4	3
23	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	35	4/23/1987	CHI	@	BOS	44	6	7	4	2	12	25	48.0	0	1	0.0	11	11	100.0	58.6	0	6	2	4
24	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	35	4/23/1987	SEA	@	DAL	36	9	1	1	3	14	24	58.3	1	1	100.0	6	6	100.0	65.7	6	3	6	3
25	Sidney Moncrief S. Moncrief	34	5/15/1987	MIL	vs	BOS	39	6	4	3	0	11	20	55.0	1	3	33.3	11	13	84.6	66.1	2	4	2	4

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