Michael Jordan dropped the most points in a 1989 playoff game, with 50 points against the Cavaliers on May 5, 1989.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a playoff game 1989

	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	50	5/5/1989	CHI	vs	CLE	43	3	4	3	0	14	28	50.0	0	1	0.0	22	27	81.5	62.7	0	3	1	6
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	47	5/14/1989	CHI	vs	NYK	42	11	6	1	2	12	18	66.7	0	1	0.0	23	28	82.1	77.5	0	11	6	3
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	46	5/27/1989	CHI	vs	DET	45	7	5	5	0	16	26	61.5	0	3	0.0	14	15	93.3	70.6	3	4	2	2
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	44	5/7/1989	CHI	@	CLE	44	9	6	1	0	17	32	53.1	1	1	100.0	9	13	69.2	58.3	3	6	2	3
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	44	5/3/1989	CHI	vs	CLE	39	7	10	5	1	18	34	52.9	1	1	100.0	7	9	77.8	58.0	2	5	5	4
6	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	41	5/28/1989	PHX	vs	LAL	45	13	6	0	2	17	28	60.7	0	2	0.0	7	8	87.5	65.0	3	10	4	4
7	Chris Mullin C. Mullin	41	4/27/1989	GSW	@	UTA	45	3	4	2	1	16	30	53.3	1	2	50.0	8	8	100.0	61.2	1	2	1	2
8	James Worthy J. Worthy	40	6/13/1989	LAL	vs	DET	46	3	3	0	3	17	26	65.4	2	3	66.7	4	6	66.7	69.8	0	3	1	3
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	40	5/19/1989	CHI	vs	NYK	45	5	10	0	4	14	22	63.6	1	3	33.3	11	12	91.7	73.3	1	4	6	3
10	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	40	5/13/1989	CHI	vs	NYK	39	15	9	6	1	14	25	56.0	1	2	50.0	11	13	84.6	65.1	2	13	3	3
11	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	38	5/16/1989	CHI	@	NYK	43	8	10	5	1	13	30	43.3	1	3	33.3	11	15	73.3	51.9	5	3	3	2
12	Chris Mullin C. Mullin	37	5/9/1989	GSW	@	PHX	48	9	5	0	2	14	24	58.3	0	2	0.0	9	11	81.8	64.1	3	6	3	3
13	Karl Malone K. Malone	37	4/29/1989	UTA	vs	GSW	45	22	1	1	1	13	25	52.0	0	0		11	14	78.6	59.4	11	11	4	5
14	Alex English A. English	36	4/30/1989	DEN	@	PHX	40	5	6	0	0	15	21	71.4	0	0		6	6	100.0	76.1	2	3	8	2
15	Byron Scott B. Scott	35	5/28/1989	LAL	@	PHX	39	4	3	0	1	13	18	72.2	3	3	100.0	6	7	85.7	83.0	0	4	4	4
16	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	35	5/9/1989	PHX	vs	GSW	35	9	0	0	0	13	25	52.0	1	5	20.0	8	8	100.0	61.4	3	6	1	3
17	Chris Mullin C. Mullin	35	5/2/1989	GSW	vs	UTA	45	5	4	2	1	13	24	54.2	0	0		9	12	75.0	59.8	0	5	4	0
18	Ricky Pierce R. Pierce	35	5/2/1989	MIL	vs	ATL	32	1	5	1	0	13	17	76.5	2	2	100.0	7	7	100.0	87.2	1	0	1	5
19	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	35	4/30/1989	LAL	vs	POR	38	8	12	5	0	10	19	52.6	4	8	50.0	11	11	100.0	73.4	2	6	3	2
20	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	34	5/13/1989	PHX	@	GSW	30	7	5	1	0	13	20	65.0	6	8	75.0	2	2	100.0	81.4	1	6	4	3
21	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	34	5/9/1989	CHI	@	NYK	46	10	12	2	0	11	17	64.7	1	2	50.0	11	11	100.0	77.8	2	8	6	5
22	John Stockton J. Stockton	34	5/2/1989	UTA	@	GSW	47	3	16	6	2	13	20	65.0	1	2	50.0	7	8	87.5	72.3	0	3	5	5
23	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	34	4/30/1989	PHX	vs	DEN	41	2	14	4	0	8	19	42.1	0	1	0.0	18	19	94.7	62.1	1	1	0	1
24	Walter Davis W. Davis	34	4/28/1989	DEN	@	PHX	33	2	2	2	0	15	29	51.7	0	1	0.0	4	4	100.0	55.3	1	1	4	3
25	Gerald Wilkins G. Wilkins	34	4/27/1989	NYK	vs	PHI	40	6	4	1	1	16	21	76.2	0	0		2	3	66.7	76.2	1	5	2	3