how many times has mj scored 45 pts or more as a starter regular season and playoff

Michael Jordan played 99 games as a starter in the regular-season and playoffs with 45+ points in his career.

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	NAME	DATE	GP	PTS	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	11/13/1984	1	45	CHI	vs	SAS	43	10	4	3	2	18	27	66.7	1	1	100.0	8	11	72.7	70.7	2	8	4	4
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	12/27/1984	1	45	CHI	vs	CLE	44	7	11	3	0	20	33	60.6	0	1	0.0	5	5	100.0	63.9	2	5	3	1
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1/26/1985	1	45	CHI	vs	ATL	43	8	10	0	4	17	24	70.8	0	0		11	11	100.0	78.0	1	7	5	3
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2/12/1985	1	49	CHI	vs	DET	45	15	5	4	0	19	31	61.3	0	0		11	13	84.6	66.7	7	8	6	5
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	4/17/1986	1	49	CHI	@	BOS	43	4	2	2	1	18	36	50.0	0	0		13	15	86.7	57.5	0	4	5	3
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	4/20/1986	1	63	CHI	@	BOS	53	5	6	3	2	22	41	53.7	0	0		19	21	90.5	62.7	1	4	4	4
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	11/1/1986	1	50	CHI	@	NYK	41	6	3	4	3	15	31	48.4	0	0		20	22	90.9	61.5	2	4	6	2
8	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	11/14/1986	1	48	CHI	vs	BOS	41	5	1	2	1	17	33	51.5	1	1	100.0	13	14	92.9	61.3	2	3	0	3
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	12/3/1986	1	45	CHI	@	UTA	40	3	3	6	1	17	33	51.5	0	2	0.0	11	13	84.6	58.1	0	3	2	3
10	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1/3/1987	1	47	CHI	vs	DET	38	4	2	1	0	16	35	45.7	0	2	0.0	15	17	88.2	55.3	1	3	1	4
11	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1/8/1987	1	53	CHI	vs	POR	43	4	5	3	2	20	34	58.8	0	0		13	16	81.3	64.6	3	1	3	3
12	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1/17/1987	1	47	CHI	vs	PHI	44	10	6	4	1	17	34	50.0	0	0		13	14	92.9	58.5	5	5	4	2
13	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1/30/1987	1	49	CHI	@	PHI	41	2	5	3	2	19	35	54.3	0	4	0.0	11	12	91.7	60.8	1	1	4	4
14	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2/13/1987	1	45	CHI	vs	SEA	41	3	6	2	2	14	28	50.0	0	0		17	19	89.5	61.9	0	3	1	3
15	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2/26/1987	1	58	CHI	vs	NJN	37	8	3	3	2	16	25	64.0	0	0		26	27	96.3	78.6	1	7	3	4
16	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	3/4/1987	1	61	CHI	@	DET	43	7	3	3	3	22	39	56.4	0	0		17	18	94.4	65.0	3	4	5	0
17	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	3/11/1987	1	49	CHI	@	PHI	44	8	7	2	4	19	34	55.9	1	1	100.0	10	11	90.9	63.1	4	4	6	4
18	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	3/22/1987	1	46	CHI	@	POR	43	1	6	4	0	14	26	53.8	0	2	0.0	18	20	90.0	66.1	0	1	7	3
19	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	3/24/1987	1	56	CHI	vs	PHI	44	7	3	8	0	22	32	68.8	0	1	0.0	12	15	80.0	72.5	1	6	7	2
20	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	4/12/1987	1	53	CHI	vs	IND	42	4	8	4	2	19	27	70.4	0	0		15	18	83.3	75.9	2	2	3	2
21	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	4/13/1987	1	50	CHI	@	MIL	41	9	4	4	3	16	31	51.6	0	1	0.0	18	22	81.8	61.5	1	8	1	5
22	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	4/16/1987	1	61	CHI	vs	ATL	41	10	1	4	1	22	38	57.9	0	3	0.0	17	21	81.0	64.6	5	5	3	3
23	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	11/21/1987	1	49	CHI	vs	DET	44	6	8	6	2	17	38	44.7	0	2	0.0	15	17	88.2	53.9	2	4	4	6
24	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	12/2/1987	1	47	CHI	@	UTA	39	4	9	3	3	17	27	63.0	0	0		13	16	81.3	69.0	2	2	2	4
25	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	12/17/1987	1	52	CHI	vs	CLE	41	3	6	4	1	20	31	64.5	0	0		12	12	100.0	71.7	0	3	2	2
	Average		1.0	49.6				42.3	6.7	4.9	2.7	1.1	18.4	31.4	58.7	0.9	2.2	40.5	11.9	13.6	87.1	66.3	1.7	4.9	3.1	3.1	12.3
	Total		99	4,912				4,185	661	482	272	112	1,824	3,108	58.7	87	215	40.5	1,177	1,351	87.1	66.3	172	489	302	305	+148

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