Isiah Thomas put up his most points in a game in 1987-88 versus the Lakers on February 21, 1988, with 42 points.

Interpreted as:

Isiah Thomas most points in a regular-season game 1988

	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	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	42	2/21/1988	DET	@	LAL	41	3	10	1	1	15	27	55.6	0	1	0.0	12	12	100.0	65.1	0	3	3	4
2	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	40	1/2/1988	DET	vs	DEN	43	2	17	2	0	16	23	69.6	2	4	50.0	6	9	66.7	74.2	1	1	3	3
3	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	36	3/26/1988	DET	@	PHX	42	3	6	1	0	13	20	65.0	1	2	50.0	9	10	90.0	73.8	0	3	1	1
4	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	35	3/30/1988	DET	vs	ATL	37	5	6	0	0	14	22	63.6	1	1	100.0	6	8	75.0	68.6	2	3	3	4
5	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	34	3/25/1988	DET	@	SAS	42	6	10	1	0	16	27	59.3	0	2	0.0	2	2	100.0	61.0	2	4	3	2
6	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	32	2/19/1988	DET	@	MIL	37	4	9	4	0	12	25	48.0	0	3	0.0	8	9	88.9	55.2	1	3	6	3
7	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	32	11/14/1987	DET	@	CLE	38	1	9	2	0	14	21	66.7	1	1	100.0	3	3	100.0	71.7	1	0	3	1
8	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	31	4/11/1988	DET	@	NYK	45	5	11	1	0	13	21	61.9	0	2	0.0	5	5	100.0	66.8	0	5	6	4
9	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	29	2/4/1988	DET	@	NYK	44	5	3	2	0	13	24	54.2	0	2	0.0	3	5	60.0	55.3	3	2	9	3
10	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	28	1/20/1988	DET	@	UTA	36	0	12	2	0	9	15	60.0	1	2	50.0	9	10	90.0	72.2	0	0	5	5
11	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	27	11/21/1987	DET	@	CHI	40	7	10	1	1	11	21	52.4	1	1	100.0	4	6	66.7	57.1	1	6	3	5
12	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	27	11/18/1987	DET	vs	PHI	40	7	10	2	0	11	23	47.8	0	2	0.0	5	6	83.3	52.7	2	5	1	5
13	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	26	4/5/1988	DET	@	NJN	44	4	12	3	0	8	17	47.1	0	0		10	10	100.0	60.7	1	3	3	0
14	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	26	2/23/1988	DET	@	SAC	39	5	11	1	1	12	18	66.7	1	2	50.0	1	1	100.0	70.5	0	5	4	4
15	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	25	4/24/1988	DET	vs	PHI	39	2	14	1	1	9	16	56.3	0	0		7	8	87.5	64.0	0	2	0	1
16	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	25	3/22/1988	DET	vs	IND	38	4	11	3	0	9	15	60.0	1	1	100.0	6	10	60.0	64.4	1	3	5	3
17	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	25	2/12/1988	DET	vs	ATL	32	3	6	0	0	11	16	68.8	0	1	0.0	3	3	100.0	72.2	1	2	3	2
18	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	25	12/15/1987	DET	vs	CHI	34	5	4	1	0	9	23	39.1	0	3	0.0	7	9	77.8	46.4	0	5	5	5
19	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	25	12/8/1987	DET	vs	POR	45	5	18	2	0	10	21	47.6	1	1	100.0	4	5	80.0	53.9	0	5	3	3
20	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	24	4/3/1988	DET	vs	CHI	40	4	8	1	1	11	24	45.8	0	1	0.0	2	4	50.0	46.6	1	3	4	2
21	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	24	2/15/1988	DET	vs	PHI	34	2	10	4	0	7	19	36.8	0	1	0.0	10	12	83.3	49.4	0	2	5	3
22	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	24	12/18/1987	DET	vs	DAL	37	5	6	0	1	9	17	52.9	5	7	71.4	1	4	25.0	64.0	2	3	2	4
23	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	23	11/10/1987	DET	@	IND	39	9	7	2	0	10	26	38.5	0	1	0.0	3	6	50.0	40.2	4	5	2	3
24	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	22	2/2/1988	DET	@	MIL	33	4	5	5	0	9	15	60.0	2	2	100.0	2	2	100.0	69.3	0	4	5	5
25	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	22	11/28/1987	DET	@	WAS	31	1	5	2	1	8	17	47.1	0	1	0.0	6	8	75.0	53.6	1	0	5	1