most points in one playoff game in the 80s

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Michael Jordan had the most points in a playoff game, with 63 points in Game 2 of the 1986 First Round against the Celtics.

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most points by a player in one playoff game in the 80s

	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	63	4/20/1986	CHI	@	BOS	53	5	6	3	2	22	41	53.7	0	0		19	21	90.5	62.7	1	4	4	4
2	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
3	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	51	5/10/1987	GSW	vs	LAL	44	3	10	4	0	18	26	69.2	2	3	66.7	13	14	92.9	79.3	1	2	2	2
4	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
5	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
6	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	50	4/19/1986	ATL	vs	DET	43	5	3	1	0	19	28	67.9	0	0		12	15	80.0	72.3	0	5	6	2
7	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	49	5/14/1987	HOU	@	SEA	53	25	2	2	6	19	33	57.6	0	0		11	13	84.6	63.3	11	14	2	4
8	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	49	4/17/1986	CHI	@	BOS	43	4	2	2	1	18	36	50.0	0	0		13	15	86.7	57.5	0	4	5	3
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	46	5/8/1984	UTA	vs	PHX	41	6	4	2	0	16	27	59.3	0	0		14	14	100.0	69.4	1	5	6	2
13	Bernard King B. King	46	4/22/1984	NYK	vs	DET	40	10	4	0	1	19	27	70.4	0	0		8	12	66.7	71.3	6	4	2	5
14	Bernard King B. King	46	4/19/1984	NYK	@	DET	39	6	2	2	0	18	35	51.4	0	0		10	13	76.9	56.5	2	4	5	3
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	Bernard King B. King	44	5/11/1984	NYK	vs	BOS	41	2	2	3	0	16	25	64.0	0	0		12	15	80.0	69.6	0	2	4	3
19	Bernard King B. King	44	4/27/1984	NYK	@	DET	41	12	1	0	1	17	26	65.4	0	0		10	13	76.9	69.4	3	9	1	5
20	George Gervin G. Gervin	44	4/4/1980	SAS	vs	HOU	43	7	2	2	2	19	29	65.5	0	0		6	7	85.7	68.6			2	2
21	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
22	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
23	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	43	4/28/1987	SEA	vs	DAL	38	14	1	0	1	18	28	64.3	2	3	66.7	5	5	100.0	71.2	8	6	1	5
24	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	43	4/26/1987	ATL	vs	IND	43	8	5	0	2	15	37	40.5	1	2	50.0	12	13	92.3	50.3	3	5	0	2
25	Larry Bird L. Bird	43	5/8/1985	BOS	vs	DET	43	13	5	1	0	17	33	51.5	0	1	0.0	9	9	100.0	58.2	3	10	6	3

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