Michael Jordan posted his most points in a game against the New Jersey Nets on February 26, 1987, with 58 points.

Interpreted as:

Michael Jordan career high points in a regular-season game vs nets

	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	58	2/26/1987	CHI	vs	NJN	37	8	3	3	2	16	25	64.0	0	0		26	27	96.3	78.6	1	7	3	4
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	45	12/31/2001	WAS	vs	NJN	39	10	7	3	0	16	32	50.0	1	3	33.3	12	13	92.3	59.7	0	10	3	2	+26
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	43	2/21/2003	WAS	vs	NJN	43	10	3	4	1	18	30	60.0	0	0		7	8	87.5	64.1	0	10	1	2	+9
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	42	3/28/1991	CHI	@	NJN	30	1	4	0	2	16	26	61.5	0	0		10	11	90.9	68.1	1	0	3	4
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	42	11/12/1988	CHI	@	NJN	43	7	6	3	1	17	31	54.8	0	3	0.0	8	12	66.7	57.9	2	5	1	2
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	41	1/8/1991	CHI	vs	NJN	32	6	4	2	2	18	28	64.3	1	1	100.0	4	5	80.0	67.9	2	4	1	1
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	41	12/16/1986	CHI	vs	NJN	37	5	1	0	0	13	29	44.8	0	1	0.0	15	18	83.3	55.5	2	3	4	5
8	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	40	4/2/1993	CHI	vs	NJN	38	7	7	9	1	16	24	66.7	0	0		8	9	88.9	71.5	1	6	5	3
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	40	3/17/1992	CHI	@	NJN	45	10	4	2	2	16	32	50.0	0	0		8	12	66.7	53.6	4	6	1	3
10	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	40	3/26/1987	CHI	@	NJN	43	6	7	4	1	14	30	46.7	0	0		12	14	85.7	55.3	1	5	4	1
11	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	39	1/27/1990	CHI	vs	NJN	35	7	4	4	0	15	25	60.0	1	3	33.3	8	8	100.0	68.4	2	5	3	3
12	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	38	12/12/1992	CHI	vs	NJN	41	6	3	1	1	13	26	50.0	3	6	50.0	9	12	75.0	60.7	0	6	2	2
13	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	37	3/16/1996	CHI	@	NJN	43	16	5	1	3	14	29	48.3	2	5	40.0	7	7	100.0	57.7	2	14	0	4
14	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	37	4/5/1995	CHI	@	NJN	43	11	2	3	1	13	31	41.9	1	1	100.0	10	14	71.4	49.8	3	8	2	3
15	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	37	3/3/1985	CHI	vs	NJN	41	14	5	3	1	13	21	61.9	0	0		11	12	91.7	70.4	6	8	3	2
16	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	36	3/14/1997	CHI	@	NJN	39	8	5	0	1	16	34	47.1	1	3	33.3	3	5	60.0	49.7	2	6	1	1	+5
17	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	36	11/11/1988	CHI	vs	NJN	41	6	3	3	4	14	24	58.3	0	1	0.0	8	11	72.7	62.4	1	5	6	2
18	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	36	11/13/1987	CHI	vs	NJN	35	7	5	6	1	10	19	52.6	0	0		16	17	94.1	68.0	3	4	3	1
19	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	35	1/23/1991	CHI	@	NJN	41	6	5	4	0	9	23	39.1	1	1	100.0	16	19	84.2	55.8	4	2	2	4
20	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	34	2/11/1992	CHI	vs	NJN	34	6	7	4	2	13	23	56.5	0	0		8	9	88.9	63.1	1	5	3	2
21	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	34	2/10/1988	CHI	@	NJN	37	4	4	1	3	10	23	43.5	0	2	0.0	14	15	93.3	57.4	2	2	3	3
22	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	34	12/14/1984	CHI	@	NJN	44	8	8	1	0	12	25	48.0	0	0		10	10	100.0	57.8	2	6	0	4
23	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	32	1/23/1998	CHI	@	NJN	44	5	1	1	1	10	23	43.5	0	1	0.0	12	13	92.3	55.7	0	5	4	2	+7
24	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	32	12/13/1996	CHI	@	NJN	34	6	6	4	0	9	19	47.4	3	5	60.0	11	12	91.7	65.9	0	6	1	2	+27
25	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	32	2/25/1990	CHI	@	NJN	44	8	8	2	2	12	24	50.0	0	1	0.0	8	9	88.9	57.2	1	7	5	4