most points in a singular nba playoff game 1990

Michael Jordan dropped the most points, with 49 points in Game 3 of the 1990 Eastern Conference Semifinals against the 76ers on May 11, 1990.

	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	49	5/11/1990	CHI	@	PHI	42	5	5	4	1	19	34	55.9	4	11	36.4	7	9	77.8	64.5	2	3	5	4
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	48	5/1/1990	CHI	@	MIL	46	9	5	1	2	20	35	57.1	1	5	20.0	7	9	77.8	61.6	2	7	5	4
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	47	5/26/1990	CHI	vs	DET	43	10	4	1	0	17	32	53.1	2	2	100.0	11	13	84.6	62.3	3	7	4	3
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	45	5/13/1990	CHI	@	PHI	42	6	11	2	2	16	31	51.6	1	2	50.0	12	13	92.3	61.3	1	5	3	3
5	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	45	5/12/1990	NYK	vs	DET	45	13	6	0	3	14	24	58.3	0	0		17	18	94.4	70.5	3	10	1	4
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	45	5/9/1990	CHI	vs	PHI	43	8	7	3	0	18	36	50.0	1	3	33.3	8	8	100.0	56.9	4	4	2	3
7	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	44	5/4/1990	NYK	vs	BOS	40	13	5	7	2	18	24	75.0	0	0		8	9	88.9	78.7	2	11	3	3
8	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	43	5/15/1990	LAL	vs	PHX	44	8	7	0	0	15	26	57.7	0	2	0.0	13	16	81.3	65.1	2	6	6	4
9	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	43	5/13/1990	LAL	@	PHX	45	6	10	2	0	15	26	57.7	1	3	33.3	12	12	100.0	68.7	3	3	3	3
10	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	42	5/28/1990	CHI	vs	DET	43	4	9	4	3	13	26	50.0	0	1	0.0	16	19	84.2	61.1	0	4	4	5
11	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	39	5/7/1990	CHI	vs	PHI	43	5	6	5	2	16	30	53.3	2	4	50.0	5	6	83.3	59.7	1	4	4	3
12	Hersey Hawkins H. Hawkins	39	5/5/1990	PHI	vs	CLE	41	4	2	4	0	14	26	53.8	4	6	66.7	7	8	87.5	66.1	1	3	2	3
13	Terry Porter T. Porter	38	5/15/1990	POR	vs	SAS	54	5	5	0	0	13	19	68.4	5	9	55.6	7	9	77.8	82.8	0	5	6	1
14	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	38	5/1/1990	MIL	vs	CHI	44	8	7	0	0	14	21	66.7	0	0		10	11	90.9	73.5	5	3	3	3
15	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	38	4/27/1990	CHI	vs	MIL	44	8	7	2	1	15	27	55.6	0	1	0.0	8	11	72.7	59.7	1	7	7	4
16	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	38	4/26/1990	PHI	vs	CLE	47	21	3	1	1	15	25	60.0	1	2	50.0	7	11	63.6	63.7	11	10	4	3
17	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	37	5/16/1990	CHI	vs	PHI	42	9	8	6	1	17	26	65.4	1	3	33.3	2	4	50.0	66.6	2	7	4	2
18	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	37	5/15/1990	PHX	@	LAL	42	3	8	2	0	14	23	60.9	0	0		9	10	90.0	67.5	1	2	4	1
19	Jeff Hornacek J. Hornacek	36	5/31/1990	PHX	vs	POR	44	5	6	4	0	11	22	50.0	0	2	0.0	14	14	100.0	63.9	0	5	4	1
20	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	36	5/26/1990	DET	@	CHI	43	5	8	4	0	13	21	61.9	4	6	66.7	6	8	75.0	73.4	1	4	2	4
21	Terry Porter T. Porter	36	5/19/1990	POR	vs	SAS	46	4	9	2	0	9	18	50.0	4	9	44.4	14	16	87.5	71.9	0	4	4	3
22	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	36	4/29/1990	CHI	vs	MIL	44	9	11	5	1	12	21	57.1	0	0		12	14	85.7	66.3	1	8	5	5
23	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	35	5/15/1990	POR	vs	SAS	48	8	9	2	1	13	24	54.2	3	5	60.0	6	8	75.0	63.6	5	3	4	6
24	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	35	5/12/1990	SAS	vs	POR	38	11	4	1	1	16	26	61.5	0	1	0.0	3	6	50.0	61.1	4	7	0	4
25	Hersey Hawkins H. Hawkins	35	4/26/1990	PHI	vs	CLE	43	1	2	2	1	11	21	52.4	2	4	50.0	11	11	100.0	67.7	1	0	2	3

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