most points in one game in regular season and playoffs vs cavs

Michael Jordan has dropped the most points in a regular-season or postseason game versus the Cavaliers, with 69 points on March 28, 1990.

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most points by a player in one game in regular season and playoffs vs cavs

	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	69	3/28/1990	CHI	@	CLE	50	18	6	4	1	23	37	62.2	2	6	33.3	21	23	91.3	73.2	7	11	2	5
2	James Harden J. Harden	55	12/11/2019	HOU	@	CLE	41	3	8	2	2	20	34	58.8	10	18	55.6	5	5	100.0	76.0	0	3	6	3	+10
3	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
4	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	54	1/6/2001	PHI	@	CLE	44	3	3	3	1	20	30	66.7	4	7	57.1	10	13	76.9	75.6	0	3	4	3	+5
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	54	11/3/1989	CHI	vs	CLE	47	14	6	3	1	19	31	61.3	1	2	50.0	15	17	88.2	70.2	3	11	0	3
6	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	53	2/9/1972	MIL	@	CLE	48	14	8			23	31	74.2				7	9	77.8	75.8				1
7	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	53	11/4/1970	MIL	@	CLE	45	11	3			20	32	62.5				13	14	92.9	69.4				4
8	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	52	12/17/1987	CHI	vs	CLE	41	3	6	4	1	20	31	64.5	0	0		12	12	100.0	71.7	0	3	2	2
9	Vernon Maxwell V. Maxwell	51	1/26/1991	HOU	vs	CLE	46	5	1	2	0	14	25	56.0	4	10	40.0	19	22	86.4	73.5	0	5	5	0
10	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	50	1/12/2023	POR	vs	CLE	40	2	3	1	0	16	28	57.1	5	13	38.5	13	15	86.7	72.3	0	2	1	1	-2
11	Jamal Murray J. Murray	50	2/19/2021	DEN	@	CLE	38	6	2	2	0	21	25	84.0	8	10	80.0	0	0		100.0	0	6	1	4	+24
12	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	50	2/15/2006	BOS	vs	CLE	54	7	8	0	0	17	36	47.2	0	4	0.0	16	20	80.0	55.8	0	7	4	6	-1
13	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	50	4/12/1997	PHI	@	CLE	46	5	6	2	0	17	32	53.1	5	9	55.6	11	18	61.1	62.6	2	3	9	5	-4
14	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
15	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
16	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	50	11/20/1975	BUF	@	CLE	50	20	5	1	1	22	32	68.8				6	8	75.0	70.4	3	17		5
17	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	50	2/5/1972	ATL	vs	CLE	44	4	2			20	27	74.1				10	13	76.9	76.4				4
18	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	49	12/19/1974	BUF	@	CLE	44	11	1	0	4	20	35	57.1				9	12	75.0	60.8	2	9		5
19	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	48	3/31/2023	NYK	@	CLE	38	4	9	0	0	18	32	56.3	7	12	58.3	5	8	62.5	67.6	2	2	2	1	+3
20	Rick Barry R. Barry	48	10/19/1974	GSW	vs	CLE	42	7	4	2	0	20	40	50.0				8	8	100.0	55.1	1	6		5
21	Spencer Haywood S. Haywood	48	1/7/1972	SEA	vs	CLE	44	15	1			21	28	75.0				6	8	75.0	76.1				0
22	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	47	1/30/2001	LAL	@	CLE	41	5	3	3	1	12	26	46.2	0	1	0.0	23	26	88.5	62.8	2	3	7	3	+4
23	George Gervin G. Gervin	47	10/18/1979	SAS	@	CLE	40	5	3	4	1	21	35	60.0	1	2	50.0	4	6	66.7	62.4	3	2	7	2
24	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	46	3/7/2025	CHA	vs	CLE	39	8	2	2	0	15	32	46.9	4	10	40.0	12	13	92.3	61.0	1	7	1	4	+5
25	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	46	2/28/2025	BOS	vs	CLE	41	16	9	0	3	19	37	51.4	4	12	33.3	4	5	80.0	58.7	5	11	3	4	+5