most points scored by a player in a game in a loss post 1990

Hakeem Olajuwon scored the most points by a big man in a loss in 1989-90, with 52 points versus the Nuggets on April 19, 1990.

Interpreted as:

most points scored by a player in a regular-season game in a loss post 1990

	NAME	PTS	L	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	52	1	4/19/1990	HOU	vs	DEN	42	18	4	3	3	21	34	61.8	0	0		10	13	76.9	65.5	6	12	11	6
2	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	51	1	3/24/1990	NYK	vs	BOS	41	18	1	1	0	20	29	69.0	0	0		11	13	84.6	73.4	5	13	5	6
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	49	1	3/29/1990	UTA	@	GSW	41	14	4	0	0	17	22	77.3	0	0		15	21	71.4	78.4	4	10	4	5
4	Terry Catledge T. Catledge	49	1	1/13/1990	ORL	@	GSW	41	9	1	0	0	18	29	62.1	0	1	0.0	13	15	86.7	68.8	6	3	2	1
5	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	43	1	11/14/1989	NYK	@	POR	41	9	3	1	3	14	20	70.0	0	0		15	20	75.0	74.7	0	9	3	5
6	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	41	1	12/20/1989	HOU	@	GSW	47	14	4	3	1	15	23	65.2	0	0		11	15	73.3	69.3	3	11	5	4
7	Wayman Tisdale W. Tisdale	40	1	3/6/1990	SAC	@	DET	42	7	1	1	0	19	23	82.6	0	0		2	2	100.0	83.8	4	3	1	3
8	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	40	1	3/6/1990	NYK	vs	POR	39	9	5	1	3	17	28	60.7	0	0		6	7	85.7	64.4	4	5	2	5
9	Rony Seikaly R. Seikaly	40	1	2/13/1990	MIA	vs	CHI	42	17	3	1	0	15	23	65.2	0	0		10	15	66.7	67.6	8	9	6	5
10	Randy Breuer R. Breuer	40	1	2/4/1990	MIN	vs	GSW	39	9	5	5	1	14	28	50.0	0	0		12	17	70.6	56.4	5	4	4	4
11	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	40	1	1/28/1990	PHX	@	BOS	45	7	3	0	0	15	32	46.9	1	4	25.0	9	10	90.0	54.9	3	4	3	3
12	Karl Malone K. Malone	39	1	4/17/1990	UTA	@	DAL	40	17	3	1	1	14	29	48.3	0	0		11	14	78.6	55.5	7	10	0	2
13	Karl Malone K. Malone	39	1	4/9/1990	UTA	@	PHX	46	17	1	2	0	11	25	44.0	0	1	0.0	17	21	81.0	57.0	9	8	4	5
14	Danny Manning D. Manning	39	1	1/27/1990	LAC	vs	POR	41	4	5	0	0	14	20	70.0	0	0		11	14	78.6	74.5	1	3	4	5
15	Karl Malone K. Malone	39	1	12/20/1989	UTA	@	BOS	40	12	3	2	0	12	22	54.5	1	1	100.0	14	17	82.4	66.1	2	10	4	5
16	David Robinson D. Robinson	38	1	2/28/1990	SAS	@	GSW	44	17	2	0	2	16	29	55.2	0	0		6	11	54.5	56.1	11	6	2	3
17	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	38	1	1/19/1990	NYK	@	DAL	44	15	3	0	4	16	22	72.7	0	0		6	10	60.0	72.0	5	10	4	5
18	Robert Parish R. Parish	38	1	12/8/1989	BOS	vs	DEN	38	12	1	0	1	15	21	71.4	0	0		8	9	88.9	76.1	8	4	0	1
19	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	37	1	3/31/1990	NYK	vs	DEN	37	21	3	1	6	15	26	57.7	0	0		7	9	77.8	61.7	6	15	5	4
20	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	37	1	3/17/1990	NYK	vs	MIL	41	15	1	3	3	14	24	58.3	0	0		9	11	81.8	64.1	4	11	6	4
21	Karl Malone K. Malone	37	1	3/13/1990	UTA	vs	PHX	40	9	2	2	0	11	20	55.0	0	1	0.0	15	18	83.3	66.3	3	6	4	4
22	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	37	1	2/27/1990	HOU	@	DET	50	25	2	0	5	15	26	57.7	0	0		7	10	70.0	60.9	3	22	2	5
23	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	37	1	2/25/1990	NYK	vs	DET	45	13	6	2	3	13	28	46.4	0	0		11	12	91.7	55.6	5	8	7	4
24	David Robinson D. Robinson	36	1	4/8/1990	SAS	@	POR	42	19	1	4	3	15	27	55.6	0	1	0.0	6	8	75.0	59.0	4	15	2	0
25	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	36	1	4/6/1990	HOU	@	WAS	41	17	3	1	4	16	27	59.3	0	0		4	6	66.7	60.7	7	10	3	5