most games by a player with 40 points 1989

Michael Jordan had the most games with 40+ points in 1988-89, with 15 games.

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most games by a player with 40 or more points 1989

	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	15	684	1988-89	CHI	42.3	45.6	8.8	7.7	3.8	0.5	16.3	27.1	60.0	0.6	2.1	29.0	12.5	14.4	86.6	68.1	2.1	6.7	3.3	634	132	116	57	8	49	45
2	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	7	307	1988-89	POR	44.9	43.9	8.7	6.0	3.4	0.4	17.4	28.0	62.2	0.4	1.6	27.3	8.6	10.0	85.7	67.7	4.6	4.1	3.3	314	61	42	24	3	23	27
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	5	208	1988-89	UTA	39.4	41.6	11.6	2.4	2.2	1.4	13.8	21.0	65.7	0.2	0.6	33.3	13.8	15.6	88.5	74.6	2.6	9.0	4.2	197	58	12	11	7	21	20
4	Alex English A. English	4	176	1988-89	DEN	44.0	44.0	4.3	5.0	1.3	0.0	18.8	31.0	60.5	0.0	0.0		6.5	7.0	92.9	64.6	2.0	2.3	2.3	176	17	20	5	0	9	10
5	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	3	130	1988-89	NYK	39.3	43.3	9.3	1.7	2.0	3.7	18.0	24.0	75.0	0.0	0.0		7.3	8.0	91.7	78.7	3.3	6.0	4.3	118	28	5	6	11	13	11
6	Chuck Person C. Person	3	132	1988-89	IND	44.7	44.0	8.0	4.3	3.0	0.0	17.0	27.7	61.4	2.7	5.7	47.1	7.3	8.3	88.0	70.2	2.0	6.0	3.3	134	24	13	9	0	10	11
7	Kelly Tripucka K. Tripucka	3	120	1988-89	CHA	39.7	40.0	4.7	4.0	1.3	0.7	14.7	23.0	63.8	0.7	1.0	66.7	10.0	11.3	88.2	71.5	2.0	2.7	3.0	119	14	12	4	2	9	8
8	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	3	126	1988-89	PHI	41.7	42.0	16.7	3.7	3.3	1.3	14.7	20.7	71.0	0.0	1.3	0.0	12.7	15.3	82.6	76.6	8.3	8.3	3.3	125	50	11	10	4	10	8
9	Chris Mullin C. Mullin	3	130	1988-89	GSW	43.3	43.3	5.7	4.0	3.0	1.7	15.0	25.7	58.4	0.0	0.0		13.3	14.0	95.2	68.1	1.7	4.0	3.3	130	17	12	9	5	10	7
10	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	3	137	1988-89	SEA	42.0	45.7	5.7	1.3	3.0	0.7	16.7	26.3	63.3	3.3	6.0	55.6	9.0	9.7	93.1	74.7	2.3	3.3	3.0	126	17	4	9	2	9	6
11	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	2	83	1988-89	HOU	44.5	41.5	18.5	2.5	4.5	4.5	14.5	28.5	50.9	0.0	0.0		12.5	17.5	71.4	57.3	6.0	12.5	5.5	89	37	5	9	9	11	6
12	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	2	82	1988-89	PHX	43.5	41.0	11.0	2.0	0.5	2.0	15.5	27.0	57.4	0.0	0.5	0.0	10.0	11.0	90.9	64.4	2.5	8.5	1.5	87	22	4	1	4	3	5
13	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	2	90	1988-89	TOT	38.5	45.0	5.0	5.0	1.5	0.0	18.0	29.0	62.1	4.0	8.5	47.1	5.0	6.0	83.3	71.1	2.5	2.5	4.5	77	10	10	3	0	9	7
14	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	2	82	1988-89	ATL	40.5	41.0	7.0	1.5	3.0	0.5	15.5	25.5	60.8	1.5	1.5	100.0	8.5	9.5	89.5	69.1	2.0	5.0	1.0	81	14	3	6	1	2	4
15	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	1	42	1988-89	DET	37.0	42.0	4.0	11.0	3.0	0.0	18.0	26.0	69.2	4.0	5.0	80.0	2.0	3.0	66.7	76.9	1.0	3.0	0.0	37	4	11	3	0	0	1
16	Bernard King B. King	1	43	1988-89	WAS	36.0	43.0	5.0	4.0	0.0	1.0	14.0	26.0	53.8	0.0	1.0	0.0	15.0	16.0	93.8	65.1	0.0	5.0	3.0	36	5	4	0	1	3	2
17	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	1	47	1988-89	GSW	37.0	47.0	9.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	17.0	24.0	70.8	0.0	1.0	0.0	13.0	19.0	68.4	72.6	2.0	7.0	3.0	37	9	2	2	0	3	3
18	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	1	41	1988-89	DAL	40.0	41.0	8.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	16.0	34.0	47.1	1.0	5.0	20.0	8.0	11.0	72.7	52.8	6.0	2.0	6.0	40	8	1	1	0	6	5
19	Armen Gilliam A. Gilliam	1	41	1988-89	PHX	39.0	41.0	12.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	18.0	26.0	69.2	0.0	0.0		5.0	7.0	71.4	70.5	4.0	8.0	2.0	39	12	0	0	0	2	3
20	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	1	41	1988-89	PHX	44.0	41.0	2.0	11.0	1.0	0.0	16.0	28.0	57.1	0.0	0.0		9.0	11.0	81.8	62.4	0.0	2.0	8.0	44	2	11	1	0	8	2
21	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	1	40	1988-89	LAL	38.0	40.0	9.0	10.0	2.0	1.0	13.0	21.0	61.9	1.0	1.0	100.0	13.0	14.0	92.9	73.6	2.0	7.0	3.0	38	9	10	2	1	3	2
22	Darrell Griffith D. Griffith	1	40	1988-89	UTA	34.0	40.0	8.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	13.0	18.0	72.2	3.0	5.0	60.0	11.0	12.0	91.7	85.9	4.0	4.0	3.0	34	8	1	1	1	3	4
23	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	1	45	1988-89	PHX	47.0	45.0	4.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	18.0	32.0	56.3	1.0	7.0	14.3	8.0	10.0	80.0	61.8	1.0	3.0	1.0	47	4	2	1	0	1	5