Larry Bird dropped his most points in a game versus the Jazz on December 20, 1989, with 40 points.

Interpreted as:

Larry Bird career high points in a regular-season game vs utah

	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	Larry Bird L. Bird	40	12/20/1989	BOS	vs	UTA	41	8	5	2	0	16	30	53.3	1	2	50.0	7	7	100.0	60.5	0	8	2	3
2	Larry Bird L. Bird	38	12/16/1987	BOS	vs	UTA	42	5	6	4	0	14	25	56.0	1	5	20.0	9	9	100.0	65.6	0	5	5	3
3	Larry Bird L. Bird	33	2/20/1980	BOS	@	UTA	40	7	4	1	1	13	21	61.9	1	2	50.0	6	6	100.0	69.8	4	3	0	3
4	Larry Bird L. Bird	30	2/18/1985	BOS	@	UTA	33	12	10	9	2	13	22	59.1	2	4	50.0	2	3	66.7	64.3	0	12	1	2
5	Larry Bird L. Bird	28	1/4/1988	BOS	@	UTA	41	6	6	3	0	11	25	44.0	3	6	50.0	3	3	100.0	53.2	0	6	5	2
6	Larry Bird L. Bird	28	11/26/1982	BOS	vs	UTA	30	14	7	1	0	11	23	47.8	0	1	0.0	6	6	100.0	54.6	5	9	3	1
7	Larry Bird L. Bird	27	3/4/1987	BOS	vs	UTA	32	8	13	1	0	10	15	66.7	1	3	33.3	6	7	85.7	74.7	1	7	3	1
8	Larry Bird L. Bird	27	11/20/1985	BOS	vs	UTA	42	12	6	1	0	10	25	40.0	1	2	50.0	6	6	100.0	48.8	5	7	4	1
9	Larry Bird L. Bird	27	2/24/1982	BOS	vs	UTA	35	12	9		1	12	19	63.2	0	1	0.0	3	4	75.0	65.0				4
10	Larry Bird L. Bird	26	2/16/1987	BOS	@	UTA	37	11	3	2	1	9	22	40.9	1	4	25.0	7	7	100.0	51.8	2	9	3	2
11	Larry Bird L. Bird	26	3/7/1984	BOS	vs	UTA	37	14	9	1	3	10	17	58.8	0	0		6	6	100.0	66.2	3	11	4	3
12	Larry Bird L. Bird	25	3/13/1991	BOS	@	UTA	48	9	8	4	1	10	23	43.5	2	6	33.3	3	3	100.0	51.4	0	9	2	0
13	Larry Bird L. Bird	25	2/13/1981	BOS	@	UTA	35	12	0		0	11	20	55.0	1	2	50.0	2	2	100.0	59.9				4
14	Larry Bird L. Bird	24	2/21/1990	BOS	@	UTA	41	9	7	1	0	10	22	45.5	0	2	0.0	4	5	80.0	49.6	1	8	1	1
15	Larry Bird L. Bird	24	12/28/1985	BOS	@	UTA	40	7	8	3	0	10	16	62.5	0	0		4	4	100.0	67.6	2	5	4	2
16	Larry Bird L. Bird	23	11/16/1990	BOS	vs	UTA	35	6	3	3	2	10	22	45.5	0	1	0.0	3	3	100.0	49.3	0	6	3	0
17	Larry Bird L. Bird	22	12/14/1984	BOS	vs	UTA	36	10	6	5	2	11	19	57.9	0	0		0	0		57.9	0	10	4	3
18	Larry Bird L. Bird	21	12/30/1981	BOS	@	UTA	39	8	7		1	7	13	53.8	0	1	0.0	7	8	87.5	63.6				1
19	Larry Bird L. Bird	20	12/20/1991	BOS	vs	UTA	38	7	5	1	2	7	16	43.8	3	5	60.0	3	4	75.0	56.3	1	6	5	1
20	Larry Bird L. Bird	20	1/21/1981	BOS	vs	UTA	34	10	10		0	9	13	69.2	1	1	100.0	1	1	100.0	74.4				2
21	Larry Bird L. Bird	14	1/1/1983	BOS	@	UTA	37	15	11		0	6	17	35.3	0	1	0.0	2	3	66.7	38.2	2	13		1
22	Larry Bird L. Bird	12	11/16/1979	BOS	vs	UTA	26	15	9	5	1	4	9	44.4	0	1	0.0	4	4	100.0	55.8	5	10	1	1
23	Larry Bird L. Bird	8	11/16/1983	BOS	@	UTA	38	11	8	1	1	4	15	26.7	0	1	0.0	0	0		26.7	1	10	5	0

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