most career 40 point playoff games michael jordan

Michael Jordan had his most games with 40+ points in a single NBA playoff run in 1988-89, with 7 games.

	NAME	GP	PTS	SEASON	TM	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	7	311	1988-89	CHI	42.4	44.4	8.1	7.1	3.0	1.1	15.0	26.4	56.8	0.6	1.7	33.3	13.9	16.7	82.9	65.8	1.6	6.6	3.6	297	57	50	21	8	25	24
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	6	279	1992-93	CHI	44.7	46.5	7.0	5.3	1.5	0.8	18.0	34.2	52.7	2.2	5.3	40.6	8.3	10.7	78.1	59.8	1.7	5.3	2.7	268	42	32	9	5	16	23
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	6	276	1989-90	CHI	43.2	46.0	7.0	6.8	2.5	1.3	17.2	32.3	53.1	1.5	4.0	37.5	10.2	11.8	85.9	61.3	2.0	5.0	3.8	259	42	41	15	8	23	22
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	4	190	1991-92	CHI	42.0	47.5	6.8	5.5	2.3	1.8	17.5	29.0	60.3	0.5	1.0	50.0	12.0	13.5	88.9	68.0	1.3	5.5	4.0	168	27	22	9	7	16	15
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	3	135	1995-96	CHI	45.3	45.0	4.0	3.0	1.0	0.3	16.7	31.0	53.8	2.0	4.7	42.9	9.7	12.0	80.6	62.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	136	12	9	3	1	9	11
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	3	149	1987-88	CHI	43.3	49.7	6.0	3.0	3.3	1.7	20.3	35.0	58.1	0.0	0.0		9.0	9.3	96.4	63.5	2.0	4.0	3.3	130	18	9	10	5	10	13
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2	86	1997-98	CHI	43.0	43.0	2.5	3.0	4.0	0.0	14.0	28.5	49.1	1.5	4.0	37.5	13.5	16.5	81.8	60.1	0.0	2.5	0.5	86	5	6	8	0	1	5	+1
8	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2	88	1994-95	CHI	45.0	44.0	8.0	6.0	0.5	1.0	16.5	31.5	52.4	0.5	3.5	14.3	10.5	10.5	100.0	60.9	2.5	5.5	3.5	90	16	12	1	2	7	4
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2	112	1985-86	CHI	48.0	56.0	4.5	4.0	2.5	1.5	20.0	38.5	51.9	0.0	0.0		16.0	18.0	88.9	60.3	0.5	4.0	4.5	96	9	8	5	3	9	7
10	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1	55	1996-97	CHI	44.0	55.0	7.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	22.0	35.0	62.9	1.0	2.0	50.0	10.0	10.0	100.0	69.8	3.0	4.0	2.0	44	7	2	2	0	2	3	+10
11	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1	46	1990-91	CHI	42.0	46.0	4.0	6.0	1.0	4.0	20.0	34.0	58.8	0.0	0.0		6.0	9.0	66.7	60.6	0.0	4.0	2.0	42	4	6	1	4	2	3
12	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1	42	1986-87	CHI	45.0	42.0	4.0	4.0	0.0	4.0	14.0	29.0	48.3	2.0	3.0	66.7	12.0	14.0	85.7	59.7	1.0	3.0	4.0	45	4	4	0	4	4	3

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Wed 10/21	CHI	@	TOR	7:30 PM
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Sat 10/24	WAS	@	CHI	8:00 PM
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