most points in a singular nba playoff game 1997

Michael Jordan dropped the most points, with 55 points in Game 2 of the 1997 First Round against the Washington Bullets on April 27, 1997.

	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	4/27/1997	CHI	vs	WAS	44	7	2	2	0	22	35	62.9	1	2	50.0	10	10	100.0	69.8	3	4	2	3	+10
2	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	46	4/25/1997	LAL	vs	POR	35	11	2	1	2	17	27	63.0	0	0		12	18	66.7	65.9	3	8	1	3	+23
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	42	5/10/1997	UTA	@	LAL	39	9	3	0	0	12	27	44.4	0	0		18	18	100.0	60.1	2	7	2	4	+10
4	Anfernee Hardaway A. Hardaway	42	4/29/1997	ORL	vs	MIA	47	8	2	2	0	16	30	53.3	1	4	25.0	9	10	90.0	61.0	1	7	1	4	+13
5	Rex Chapman R. Chapman	42	4/25/1997	PHX	@	SEA	41	4	2	0	0	12	22	54.5	9	17	52.9	9	12	75.0	77.0	1	3	2	1	+5
6	Anfernee Hardaway A. Hardaway	41	5/1/1997	ORL	vs	MIA	48	7	4	4	3	12	23	52.2	4	8	50.0	13	16	81.3	68.2	3	4	1	4	+8
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	39	6/13/1997	CHI	vs	UTA	44	11	4	1	1	15	35	42.9	1	4	25.0	8	10	80.0	49.5	1	10	1	2	0
8	Glen Rice G. Rice	39	4/26/1997	CHA	@	NYK	48	5	0	1	1	11	23	47.8	2	6	33.3	15	17	88.2	64.0	0	5	1	4	-7
9	Karl Malone K. Malone	39	4/26/1997	UTA	vs	LAC	42	11	2	1	1	12	25	48.0	0	0		15	19	78.9	58.5	4	7	1	3	+10
10	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	38	6/11/1997	CHI	@	UTA	44	7	5	3	1	13	27	48.1	2	5	40.0	10	12	83.3	58.9	2	5	3	3	+4
11	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	38	6/4/1997	CHI	vs	UTA	45	13	9	2	0	11	20	55.0	1	2	50.0	15	21	71.4	65.0	4	9	5	2	+15
12	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	38	5/18/1997	MIA	vs	NYK	45	3	7	5	0	12	20	60.0	6	10	60.0	8	10	80.0	77.9	0	3	6	1	+16
13	Karl Malone K. Malone	37	6/6/1997	UTA	vs	CHI	42	10	3	4	0	15	29	51.7	0	0		7	10	70.0	55.4	3	7	2	4	+15
14	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	37	5/20/1997	CHI	vs	MIA	42	9	3	1	1	15	31	48.4	0	2	0.0	7	10	70.0	52.3	3	6	2	3	+10
15	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	37	5/18/1997	NYK	@	MIA	44	17	4	0	2	17	27	63.0	0	1	0.0	3	3	100.0	65.3	6	11	2	2	-8
16	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	34	5/24/1997	CHI	@	MIA	36	8	1	1	0	14	25	56.0	1	2	50.0	5	5	100.0	62.5	3	5	3	3	+26
17	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	34	5/10/1997	LAL	vs	UTA	43	11	4	1	6	12	19	63.2	0	0		10	15	66.7	66.4	3	8	2	5	-13
18	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	34	5/9/1997	MIA	vs	NYK	43	8	4	1	0	11	24	45.8	5	8	62.5	7	7	100.0	62.8	2	6	2	2	+4
19	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	34	5/6/1997	CHI	vs	ATL	44	11	6	4	3	13	25	52.0	1	3	33.3	7	10	70.0	57.8	3	8	3	3	+9
20	Gary Payton G. Payton	34	4/29/1997	SEA	@	PHX	46	9	6	0	0	12	24	50.0	8	14	57.1	2	4	50.0	66.0	2	7	6	2	-7
21	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	33	5/29/1997	HOU	vs	UTA	38	3	3	0	0	10	15	66.7	5	7	71.4	8	8	100.0	89.1	0	3	2	2	-5
22	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	33	5/27/1997	HOU	@	UTA	43	10	3	3	1	11	18	61.1	0	0		11	13	84.6	69.6	4	6	5	3	-8
23	Anfernee Hardaway A. Hardaway	33	5/4/1997	ORL	@	MIA	47	10	6	1	2	8	22	36.4	4	10	40.0	13	17	76.5	56.0	2	8	2	2	-8
24	Karl Malone K. Malone	32	5/12/1997	UTA	vs	LAL	49	20	3	1	0	9	21	42.9	0	0		14	18	77.8	55.3	5	15	1	2	+7
25	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	31	6/1/1997	CHI	vs	UTA	41	4	8	0	1	13	27	48.1	0	0		5	7	71.4	51.5	1	3	0	3	+3

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