Michael Jordan dropped the most points in a 1988 playoff game, with 55 points versus the Cavaliers on May 1, 1988.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a game 1988 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	55	5/1/1988	CHI	vs	CLE	44	6	3	4	1	24	45	53.3	0	0		7	7	100.0	57.2	3	3	1	4
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	50	4/28/1988	CHI	vs	CLE	44	7	2	2	2	19	35	54.3	0	0		12	12	100.0	62.1	1	6	5	3
3	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	47	5/22/1988	ATL	@	BOS	43	5	3	0	0	19	33	57.6	1	2	50.0	8	9	88.9	63.6	2	3	0	0
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	44	5/5/1988	CHI	@	CLE	42	5	4	4	2	18	25	72.0	0	0		8	9	88.9	76.0	2	3	4	6
5	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	43	6/19/1988	DET	@	LAL	44	3	8	6	1	18	32	56.3	2	3	66.7	5	7	71.4	61.3	1	2	5	4
6	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	43	5/1/1988	ATL	vs	MIL	41	6	1	3	0	15	26	57.7	0	0		13	17	76.5	64.2	4	2	6	4
7	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	42	4/30/1988	HOU	@	DAL	44	3	9	1	0	16	22	72.7	1	1	100.0	9	10	90.0	79.5	1	2	2	2
8	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	41	4/30/1988	HOU	@	DAL	43	26	2	3	4	15	27	55.6	0	0		11	14	78.6	61.8	7	19	3	4
9	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	40	5/16/1988	ATL	vs	BOS	37	5	4	0	0	15	29	51.7	0	1	0.0	10	13	76.9	57.6	4	1	4	3
10	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	40	5/5/1988	HOU	vs	DAL	44	15	3	2	1	16	24	66.7	0	1	0.0	8	8	100.0	72.7	3	12	1	3
11	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	39	5/8/1988	CHI	vs	CLE	43	4	6	2	2	12	22	54.5	0	0		15	18	83.3	65.2	1	3	7	4
12	Thurl Bailey T. Bailey	39	5/4/1988	UTA	vs	POR	43	8	1	0	4	15	25	60.0	0	0		9	9	100.0	67.3	2	6	3	3
13	Larry Bird L. Bird	38	5/11/1988	BOS	vs	ATL	47	5	8	3	0	15	25	60.0	3	5	60.0	5	6	83.3	68.7	1	4	5	1
14	Karl Malone K. Malone	38	5/6/1988	UTA	vs	POR	44	10	2	2	1	17	29	58.6	0	0		4	8	50.0	58.4	3	7	3	1
15	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	38	5/5/1988	DAL	@	HOU	33	5	2	3	1	13	21	61.9	3	4	75.0	9	9	100.0	76.1	3	2	3	4
16	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	38	5/3/1988	CHI	@	CLE	44	5	9	2	1	12	25	48.0	0	0		14	15	93.3	60.1	2	3	4	5
17	Karl Malone K. Malone	37	4/30/1988	UTA	@	POR	44	16	1	1	0	12	21	57.1	0	0		13	16	81.3	66.0	1	15	7	4
18	James Worthy J. Worthy	36	6/21/1988	LAL	vs	DET	44	16	10	2	0	15	22	68.2	0	0		6	10	60.0	68.2	5	11	5	2
19	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	36	5/12/1988	CHI	@	DET	44	11	1	1	1	14	22	63.6	0	0		8	10	80.0	68.2	4	7	2	5
20	Larry Bird L. Bird	36	5/1/1988	BOS	vs	NYK	42	4	6	3	0	12	19	63.2	1	2	50.0	11	11	100.0	75.5	0	4	4	2
21	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	35	6/1/1988	DET	@	BOS	47	8	5	4	0	14	30	46.7	0	2	0.0	7	9	77.8	51.5	1	7	5	5
22	Derek Harper D. Harper	35	5/29/1988	DAL	vs	LAL	39	6	7	1	0	12	21	57.1	3	6	50.0	8	8	100.0	71.4	1	5	0	1
23	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	35	5/25/1988	DET	@	BOS	44	2	12	1	0	12	19	63.2	2	3	66.7	9	10	90.0	74.8	0	2	2	1
24	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	35	5/20/1988	ATL	vs	BOS	43	10	4	0	0	13	30	43.3	0	2	0.0	9	11	81.8	50.2	5	5	3	2
25	Karl Malone K. Malone	35	5/4/1988	UTA	vs	POR	46	9	3	0	1	9	21	42.9	0	0		17	22	77.3	57.0	2	7	3	3