most points in 1 game in the 1998 playoffs

Michael Jordan put up the most points in a 1998 playoff game, with 45 points versus the Jazz on June 14, 1998.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in 1 game in the 1998 playoffs

	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	45	6/14/1998	CHI	@	UTA	44	1	1	4	0	15	35	42.9	3	7	42.9	12	15	80.0	54.1	0	1	1	2	+2
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	41	5/19/1998	CHI	vs	IND	42	4	5	4	0	13	22	59.1	0	1	0.0	15	18	83.3	68.5	0	4	0	3	-1
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	39	6/12/1998	UTA	@	CHI	44	9	5	1	1	17	27	63.0	0	1	0.0	5	6	83.3	65.8	4	5	1	2	+2
4	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	39	5/22/1998	LAL	vs	UTA	41	15	2	0	1	17	30	56.7	0	0		5	13	38.5	54.6	7	8	5	6	-9
5	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	39	5/10/1998	LAL	vs	SEA	37	8	7	0	5	15	20	75.0	0	0		9	12	75.0	77.1	3	5	0	1	+4
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	39	4/24/1998	CHI	vs	NJN	47	7	3	1	1	11	27	40.7	0	2	0.0	17	23	73.9	52.5	0	7	3	1	+9
7	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	38	5/24/1998	LAL	vs	UTA	39	7	1	1	1	14	24	58.3	0	0		10	18	55.6	59.5	3	4	0	4	+1
8	Reggie Miller R. Miller	38	5/10/1998	IND	@	NYK	48	0	1	2	0	10	26	38.5	5	13	38.5	13	14	92.9	59.1	0	0	1	3	+15
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	38	4/29/1998	CHI	@	NJN	44	4	3	2	1	16	22	72.7	2	2	100.0	4	5	80.0	78.5	2	2	2	2	+11
10	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	37	6/5/1998	CHI	@	UTA	40	5	3	1	1	14	33	42.4	0	2	0.0	9	10	90.0	49.5	3	2	0	2	+16
11	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	36	4/28/1998	LAL	@	POR	42	16	4	1	1	16	23	69.6	0	0		4	12	33.3	63.6	5	11	4	1	0
12	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	35	5/29/1998	CHI	@	IND	42	5	2	1	0	12	23	52.2	1	4	25.0	10	11	90.9	62.9	1	4	3	4	-2
13	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	35	5/3/1998	CHI	vs	CHA	44	11	4	1	1	11	26	42.3	1	3	33.3	12	14	85.7	54.4	4	7	3	0	+11
14	Steve Smith S. Smith	35	4/23/1998	ATL	@	CHA	44	3	2	2	0	13	22	59.1	5	8	62.5	4	6	66.7	71.0	0	3	0	6	-12
15	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	34	6/10/1998	CHI	vs	UTA	43	8	2	2	0	12	27	44.4	0	0		10	15	66.7	50.6	3	5	3	1	0
16	Karl Malone K. Malone	34	5/10/1998	UTA	@	SAS	41	12	4	0	0	17	28	60.7	0	0		0	0		60.7	0	12	4	4	+5
17	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	34	4/24/1998	MIA	vs	NYK	42	2	2	0	0	10	21	47.6	6	9	66.7	8	8	100.0	69.3	0	2	4	2	+17
18	Glen Rice G. Rice	34	4/23/1998	CHA	vs	ATL	42	4	1	1	0	15	19	78.9	1	1	100.0	3	6	50.0	78.6	1	3	2	3	+7
19	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	33	6/3/1998	CHI	@	UTA	46	3	2	0	2	13	29	44.8	1	2	50.0	6	8	75.0	50.7	1	2	0	3	+1
20	Karl Malone K. Malone	33	5/18/1998	UTA	vs	LAL	41	7	3	0	0	12	18	66.7	0	0		9	15	60.0	67.1	1	6	3	3	+2
21	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	33	5/13/1998	CHI	vs	CHA	42	4	3	2	1	15	29	51.7	0	3	0.0	3	4	75.0	53.6	1	3	0	3	+4
22	Allan Houston A. Houston	33	5/13/1998	NYK	@	IND	40	2	1	0	0	14	25	56.0	3	4	75.0	2	2	100.0	63.8	0	2	2	5	-9
23	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	33	5/5/1998	SAS	@	UTA	45	10	0	1	4	13	22	59.1	0	0		7	8	87.5	64.7	1	9	3	3	-6
24	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	33	4/30/1998	MIA	@	NYK	44	2	9	1	0	12	21	57.1	5	11	45.5	4	4	100.0	72.5	1	1	3	2	-5
25	Karl Malone K. Malone	32	5/24/1998	UTA	@	LAL	42	14	5	1	0	9	20	45.0	0	0		14	15	93.3	60.2	1	13	1	5	+7