most games by a player with 40 points 1988

Michael Jordan had the most games with 40+ points in 1987-88, with 18 games.

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most games by a player with 40 or more points 1988

	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	18	843	1987-88	CHI	41.1	46.8	4.8	6.4	3.3	1.9	17.7	28.9	61.2	0.1	0.9	5.9	11.4	13.3	86.2	67.4	1.6	3.2	2.8	740	86	116	60	35	50	60
2	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	15	676	1987-88	ATL	40.5	45.1	6.9	3.1	1.9	0.7	17.3	31.2	55.3	1.0	2.1	48.4	9.5	11.2	85.1	62.4	3.1	3.9	3.5	607	104	46	28	10	52	33
3	Larry Bird L. Bird	11	481	1987-88	BOS	43.3	43.7	11.5	5.0	2.0	0.7	17.3	27.9	61.9	1.4	3.4	40.5	7.8	8.4	93.5	69.2	1.7	9.7	2.9	476	126	55	22	8	32	21
4	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	7	301	1987-88	PHI	44.7	43.0	13.7	3.1	2.4	1.1	14.6	22.7	64.2	0.6	2.9	20.0	13.3	16.6	80.2	71.7	6.1	7.6	4.6	313	96	22	17	8	32	28
5	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	5	217	1987-88	SEA	43.2	43.4	5.6	3.2	0.8	0.2	16.8	28.4	59.2	3.2	5.4	59.3	6.6	7.4	89.2	68.5	2.8	2.8	1.6	216	28	16	4	1	8	10
6	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	5	207	1987-88	POR	40.4	41.4	6.6	5.8	3.0	0.4	16.8	24.2	69.4	0.2	0.8	25.0	7.6	9.0	84.4	73.5	2.6	4.0	2.4	202	33	29	15	2	12	15
7	Karl Malone K. Malone	3	123	1987-88	UTA	43.3	41.0	17.3	3.3	0.7	1.0	15.7	25.0	62.7	0.0	0.0		9.7	13.7	70.7	66.1	4.0	13.3	4.7	130	52	10	2	3	14	10
8	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	2	83	1987-88	NYK	32.5	41.5	10.5	2.0	1.5	1.5	17.0	22.0	77.3	0.0	0.5	0.0	7.5	9.5	78.9	79.3	4.0	6.5	2.0	65	21	4	3	3	4	6
9	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	2	82	1987-88	DET	42.0	41.0	2.5	13.5	1.5	0.5	15.5	25.0	62.0	1.0	2.5	40.0	9.0	10.5	85.7	69.2	0.5	2.0	3.0	84	5	27	3	1	6	7
10	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	2	88	1987-88	SEA	39.5	44.0	6.5	3.5	1.5	1.0	14.0	23.0	60.9	0.5	2.0	25.0	15.5	15.5	100.0	73.8	1.5	5.0	2.0	79	13	7	3	2	4	7
11	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	1	40	1987-88	SAS	44.0	40.0	5.0	10.0	1.0	1.0	17.0	28.0	60.7	1.0	3.0	33.3	5.0	6.0	83.3	65.3	1.0	4.0	3.0	44	5	10	1	1	3	4
12	Brad Daugherty B. Daugherty	1	44	1987-88	CLE	44.0	44.0	9.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	15.0	22.0	68.2	0.0	0.0		14.0	18.0	77.8	73.5	3.0	6.0	5.0	44	9	2	2	0	5	2
13	Terry Porter T. Porter	1	40	1987-88	POR	41.0	40.0	6.0	12.0	1.0	0.0	14.0	18.0	77.8	0.0	0.0		12.0	13.0	92.3	84.3	0.0	6.0	1.0	41	6	12	1	0	1	1
14	Thurl Bailey T. Bailey	1	41	1987-88	UTA	43.0	41.0	8.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	17.0	27.0	63.0	0.0	0.0		7.0	8.0	87.5	67.2	3.0	5.0	1.0	43	8	0	0	0	1	1
15	Rod Higgins R. Higgins	1	41	1987-88	GSW	42.0	41.0	7.0	7.0	0.0	1.0	14.0	20.0	70.0	2.0	3.0	66.7	11.0	13.0	84.6	79.7	0.0	7.0	1.0	42	7	7	0	1	1	4
16	Jeff Malone J. Malone	1	47	1987-88	WAS	41.0	47.0	6.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	18.0	29.0	62.1	0.0	0.0		11.0	13.0	84.6	67.7	1.0	5.0	2.0	41	6	3	1	0	2	3
17	Xavier McDaniel X. McDaniel	1	41	1987-88	SEA	39.0	41.0	19.0	4.0	6.0	1.0	15.0	25.0	60.0	0.0	0.0		11.0	16.0	68.8	64.0	10.0	9.0	3.0	39	19	4	6	1	3	3
18	Jay Vincent J. Vincent	1	42	1987-88	DEN	41.0	42.0	7.0	2.0	3.0	0.0	13.0	25.0	52.0	0.0	0.0		16.0	17.0	94.1	64.7	1.0	6.0	4.0	41	7	2	3	0	4	5
19	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	1	43	1987-88	PHX	36.0	43.0	7.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	18.0	27.0	66.7	2.0	3.0	66.7	5.0	5.0	100.0	73.6	4.0	3.0	2.0	36	7	2	2	0	2	4
20	Larry Nance L. Nance	1	45	1987-88	PHX	45.0	45.0	15.0	3.0	3.0	7.0	17.0	25.0	68.0	0.0	0.0		11.0	14.0	78.6	72.2	5.0	10.0	8.0	45	15	3	3	7	8	4
21	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	1	45	1987-88	DET	44.0	45.0	2.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	13.0	17.0	76.5	0.0	0.0		19.0	22.0	86.4	84.3	0.0	2.0	5.0	44	2	6	0	0	5	1
22	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	1	41	1987-88	POR	43.0	41.0	8.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	18.0	27.0	66.7	1.0	4.0	25.0	4.0	5.0	80.0	70.2	2.0	6.0	3.0	43	8	3	1	0	3	3