John Long posted his most points in a game against the 76ers on November 4, 1986, with 44 points.

Interpreted as:

John Long most points in a regular-season game

	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	John Long J. Long	44	11/4/1986	IND	vs	PHI	43	5	4	3	0	16	29	55.2	1	1	100.0	11	11	100.0	65.0	3	2	4	3
2	John Long J. Long	42	3/9/1987	IND	vs	UTA	39	4	6	3	0	15	28	53.6	2	2	100.0	10	10	100.0	64.8	2	2	2	3
3	John Long J. Long	41	12/13/1983	DET	@	DEN	46	6	8	3	0	18	25	72.0	0	0		5	6	83.3	74.2	4	2	3	4
4	John Long J. Long	41	12/29/1981	DET	@	WAS	42	12	2			14	24	58.3	0			13	15	86.7	67.0				4
5	John Long J. Long	40	2/3/1981	DET	@	SAS	39	6	5	2	0	17	30	56.7	1	1	100.0	5	5	100.0	62.1			1	4
6	John Long J. Long	38	12/16/1979	DET	@	SDC	41	10	1	4	0	18	26	69.2	0	0		2	2	100.0	70.7			4	1
7	John Long J. Long	37	3/21/1982	DET	@	ATL	38	3	0		0	12	20	60.0	0			13	14	92.9	70.7				1
8	John Long J. Long	36	2/10/1987	IND	@	GSW	42	7	5	2	1	15	24	62.5	0	1	0.0	6	7	85.7	66.5	1	6	3	2
9	John Long J. Long	36	1/9/1982	DET	vs	LAL	45	4	6			15	31	48.4	0	0		6	7	85.7	52.8				1
10	John Long J. Long	35	2/11/1982	DET	vs	CLE	38	4	7	1	0	17	29	58.6	0	0		1	1	100.0	59.4	3	1	1	4
11	John Long J. Long	35	1/27/1982	DET	vs	ATL	40	4	1		1	15	25	60.0	0	0		5	6	83.3	63.3				0
12	John Long J. Long	34	2/10/1982	DET	@	NJN	35	6	1			14	24	58.3	0			6	7	85.7	62.8				1
13	John Long J. Long	34	12/23/1981	DET	@	DEN	32	5	1	3	2	13	22	59.1	0	0		8	9	88.9	65.5	1	4	1	0
14	John Long J. Long	34	3/5/1980	DET	vs	NYK						15	23	65.2	0			4	5	80.0	67.5
15	John Long J. Long	33	2/9/1982	DET	vs	CHI	46	2	7	1	0	13	23	56.5	0	0		7	7	100.0	63.3	0	2	3	3
16	John Long J. Long	33	11/4/1980	DET	@	MIL	39	3	2	4	0	15	30	50.0	0	0		3	4	75.0	52.0			1	3
17	John Long J. Long	32	1/15/1988	IND	@	SAS	35	3	2	2	1	14	23	60.9	0	1	0.0	4	5	80.0	63.5	2	1	2	2
18	John Long J. Long	32	1/14/1982	DET	vs	WAS	38	2	2			15	26	57.7	0			2	2	100.0	59.5				2
19	John Long J. Long	32	11/5/1980	DET	@	PHI	38	3	3		0	13	28	46.4	0	0		6	6	100.0	52.2				2
20	John Long J. Long	32	10/31/1980	DET	vs	PHX	42	5	3	1	2	12	20	60.0	0	0		8	8	100.0	68.0	0	5	5	4
21	John Long J. Long	32	3/21/1980	DET	@	ATL	37	13	4		1	13	20	65.0	1	1	100.0	5	6	83.3	70.7			3	3
22	John Long J. Long	32	12/28/1979	DET	vs	DEN	37	6	6	1	0	15	21	71.4	0	0		2	2	100.0	73.1	3	3	0	2
23	John Long J. Long	32	12/4/1979	DET	vs	BOS	43	11	6			12	22	54.5	0	0		8	9	88.9	61.6				5
24	John Long J. Long	31	2/25/1982	DET	vs	SAS	25	0	1	0	0	14	21	66.7	1	1	100.0	2	3	66.7	69.4	0	0	3	4
25	John Long J. Long	31	1/16/1982	DET	vs	BOS	35	11	3			14	29	48.3	0	2	0.0	3	5	60.0	49.7				2