Joe Dumars had his most points in a game in 1988-89 versus the Cavaliers on April 18, 1989, with 42 points.

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Joe Dumars most points in a regular-season game 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	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	42	4/18/1989	DET	@	CLE	37	4	11	3	0	18	26	69.2	4	5	80.0	2	3	66.7	76.9	1	3	0	1
2	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	35	3/24/1989	DET	vs	NJN	35	2	6	0	0	15	20	75.0	0	0		5	5	100.0	78.8	0	2	0	2
3	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	31	11/18/1988	DET	@	PHX	37	1	8	1	0	10	16	62.5	0	0		11	11	100.0	74.4	0	1	0	0
4	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	30	3/14/1989	DET	@	IND	41	3	8	1	0	8	12	66.7	0	0		14	16	87.5	78.8	1	2	5	3
5	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	30	11/8/1988	DET	@	PHI	37	4	9	1	0	12	18	66.7	0	1	0.0	6	6	100.0	72.7	1	3	2	0
6	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	28	12/30/1988	DET	vs	HOU	38	5	3	0	0	12	19	63.2	1	1	100.0	3	4	75.0	67.4	2	3	3	1
7	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	27	3/31/1989	DET	@	SEA	43	5	4	1	0	7	12	58.3	1	1	100.0	12	13	92.3	76.2	3	2	2	4
8	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	26	2/25/1989	DET	@	NJN	37	4	10	0	1	10	16	62.5	0	0		6	7	85.7	68.1	1	3	3	0
9	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	26	11/22/1988	DET	@	CHA	33	4	5	0	0	10	16	62.5	0	0		6	6	100.0	69.7	0	4	5	1
10	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	25	3/6/1989	DET	vs	DEN	41	2	5	0	0	7	14	50.0	0	0		11	11	100.0	66.3	2	0	5	4
11	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	24	3/17/1989	DET	vs	BOS	33	0	7	1	0	7	14	50.0	0	0		10	10	100.0	65.2	0	0	2	1
12	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	24	12/9/1988	DET	@	ATL	34	2	6	1	1	7	12	58.3	0	0		10	10	100.0	73.2	1	1	5	4
13	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	24	11/11/1988	DET	@	BOS	38	2	7	2	0	10	14	71.4	0	0		4	5	80.0	74.1	0	2	1	2
14	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	23	4/2/1989	DET	@	LAC	33	0	7	0	0	10	15	66.7	0	0		3	3	100.0	70.5	0	0	5	1
15	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	23	2/14/1989	DET	@	LAL	30	1	3	0	0	9	15	60.0	1	1	100.0	4	5	80.0	66.9	1	0	1	1
16	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	23	12/2/1988	DET	@	WAS	32	2	3	0	0	11	16	68.8	0	0		1	2	50.0	68.1	0	2	2	3
17	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	22	3/11/1989	DET	@	PHI	31	1	3	0	0	8	13	61.5	0	0		6	9	66.7	64.9	1	0	4	0
18	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	21	4/10/1989	DET	@	WAS	39	3	11	1	2	8	13	61.5	0	1	0.0	5	5	100.0	69.1	0	3	2	0
19	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	20	4/19/1989	DET	vs	IND	34	2	11	0	0	9	14	64.3	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	67.2	1	1	1	2
20	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	20	4/6/1989	DET	vs	CHI	34	2	8	1	0	10	14	71.4	0	1	0.0	0	0		71.4	1	1	2	2
21	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	20	3/22/1989	DET	vs	SAS	36	5	8	3	0	8	15	53.3	0	1	0.0	4	6	66.7	56.7	2	3	1	2
22	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	20	3/8/1989	DET	vs	SEA	37	2	4	1	0	5	10	50.0	0	1	0.0	10	11	90.9	67.4	0	2	4	1
23	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	20	2/20/1989	DET	@	DEN	31	0	3	1	0	8	14	57.1	0	1	0.0	4	5	80.0	61.7	0	0	2	1
24	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	20	2/16/1989	DET	@	SAC	36	3	3	0	0	10	23	43.5	0	2	0.0	0	0		43.5	2	1	2	1
25	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	20	12/28/1988	DET	vs	PHX	37	4	9	0	0	8	14	57.1	0	0		4	5	80.0	61.7	1	3	0	0