Michael Jordan put up the most points in a 1989 playoff game, with 50 points against the Cavaliers on May 5, 1989.
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highest scoring by a player postseason NBA games 1989| 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 |  | M. Jordan | 50 | 5/5/1989 | vs | 43 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 28 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 22 | 27 | 81.5 | 62.7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |||
| 2 | | M. Jordan | 47 | 5/14/1989 | vs | 42 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 23 | 28 | 82.1 | 77.5 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 3 | |||
| 3 | | M. Jordan | 46 | 5/27/1989 | vs | 45 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 26 | 61.5 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 14 | 15 | 93.3 | 70.6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 4 | | M. Jordan | 44 | 5/7/1989 | @ | 44 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 32 | 53.1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 9 | 13 | 69.2 | 58.3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | |||
| 5 | | M. Jordan | 44 | 5/3/1989 | vs | 39 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 34 | 52.9 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 7 | 9 | 77.8 | 58.0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | |||
| 6 |  | T. Chambers | 41 | 5/28/1989 | vs | 45 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 28 | 60.7 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 7 | 8 | 87.5 | 65.0 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 4 | |||
| 7 |  | C. Mullin | 41 | 4/27/1989 | @ | 45 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 30 | 53.3 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 8 | 8 | 100.0 | 61.2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 8 |  | J. Worthy | 40 | 6/13/1989 | vs | 46 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 26 | 65.4 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 4 | 6 | 66.7 | 69.8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 9 | | M. Jordan | 40 | 5/19/1989 | vs | 45 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 63.6 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 11 | 12 | 91.7 | 73.3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | |||
| 10 | | M. Jordan | 40 | 5/13/1989 | vs | 39 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 25 | 56.0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 11 | 13 | 84.6 | 65.1 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 11 | | M. Jordan | 38 | 5/16/1989 | @ | 43 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 30 | 43.3 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 11 | 15 | 73.3 | 51.9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 12 | | C. Mullin | 37 | 5/9/1989 | @ | 48 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 24 | 58.3 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 9 | 11 | 81.8 | 64.1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 13 |  | K. Malone | 37 | 4/29/1989 | vs | 45 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 25 | 52.0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 78.6 | 59.4 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| 14 |  | A. English | 36 | 4/30/1989 | @ | 40 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 21 | 71.4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 76.1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | ||||
| 15 |  | B. Scott | 35 | 5/28/1989 | @ | 39 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 18 | 72.2 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 6 | 7 | 85.7 | 83.0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||
| 16 |  | E. Johnson | 35 | 5/9/1989 | vs | 35 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 25 | 52.0 | 1 | 5 | 20.0 | 8 | 8 | 100.0 | 61.4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 17 | | C. Mullin | 35 | 5/2/1989 | vs | 45 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 24 | 54.2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 75.0 | 59.8 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 18 |  | R. Pierce | 35 | 5/2/1989 | vs | 32 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 17 | 76.5 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 7 | 7 | 100.0 | 87.2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |||
| 19 |  | M. Johnson | 35 | 4/30/1989 | vs | 38 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 19 | 52.6 | 4 | 8 | 50.0 | 11 | 11 | 100.0 | 73.4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 20 | | E. Johnson | 34 | 5/13/1989 | @ | 30 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 20 | 65.0 | 6 | 8 | 75.0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 81.4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | |||
| 21 | | M. Jordan | 34 | 5/9/1989 | @ | 46 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 64.7 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 11 | 11 | 100.0 | 77.8 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | |||
| 22 |  | J. Stockton | 34 | 5/2/1989 | @ | 47 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 20 | 65.0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 7 | 8 | 87.5 | 72.3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | |||
| 23 |  | K. Johnson | 34 | 4/30/1989 | vs | 41 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 42.1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 18 | 19 | 94.7 | 62.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 24 |  | W. Davis | 34 | 4/28/1989 | @ | 33 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 29 | 51.7 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 55.3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |||
| 25 |  | G. Wilkins | 34 | 4/27/1989 | vs | 40 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 21 | 76.2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 76.2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||||
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