most points scored in a game by a player in the 1989 nba season

Michael Jordan posted the most points in a game in 1988-89, with 53 points against the Suns on January 21, 1989.

	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	53	1/21/1989	CHI	vs	PHX	41	14	8	2	1	20	28	71.4	0	0		13	15	86.7	76.6	1	13	4	4
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	52	11/26/1988	CHI	@	DEN	44	11	7	1	0	19	27	70.4	3	5	60.0	11	14	78.6	78.4	2	9	6	3
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	52	11/16/1988	CHI	@	PHI	43	9	1	4	2	24	29	82.8	0	1	0.0	4	4	100.0	84.5	3	6	4	2
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	52	11/9/1988	CHI	@	BOS	42	3	2	9	2	18	33	54.5	2	4	50.0	14	16	87.5	64.9	0	3	2	4
5	Alex English A. English	51	3/10/1989	DEN	@	MIA	51	3	9	2	0	24	35	68.6	0	0		3	4	75.0	69.4	1	2	3	5
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	50	2/16/1989	CHI	vs	MIL	40	8	5	3	0	16	26	61.5	1	2	50.0	17	18	94.4	73.7	2	6	4	4
7	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	50	1/6/1989	POR	vs	SAC	49	7	4	3	0	19	28	67.9	0	3	0.0	12	16	75.0	71.3	3	4	3	5
8	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	49	1/5/1989	SEA	vs	SAC	43	6	2	3	2	20	32	62.5	5	8	62.5	4	4	100.0	72.6	2	4	5	0
9	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	48	1/22/1989	POR	vs	NYK	39	11	6	4	0	20	28	71.4	0	0		8	9	88.9	75.1	4	7	5	4
10	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	48	1/10/1989	CHI	@	ATL	41	10	9	3	0	17	29	58.6	0	2	0.0	14	16	87.5	66.6	4	6	4	2
11	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	47	4/13/1989	CHI	@	IND	46	11	13	4	2	17	30	56.7	0	1	0.0	13	14	92.9	65.0	2	9	4	3
12	Chris Mullin C. Mullin	47	4/13/1989	GSW	@	LAC	44	7	4	4	1	16	25	64.0	0	0		15	15	100.0	74.4	0	7	5	2
13	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	47	3/4/1989	GSW	vs	SAC	37	9	2	2	0	17	24	70.8	0	1	0.0	13	19	68.4	72.6	2	7	3	3
14	Chuck Person C. Person	47	1/31/1989	IND	@	NYK	43	5	3	2	0	18	30	60.0	2	6	33.3	9	10	90.0	68.3	3	2	2	4
15	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	46	11/4/1988	SEA	@	UTA	37	5	1	3	0	14	23	60.9	1	5	20.0	17	19	89.5	73.3	3	2	1	3
16	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	45	3/27/1989	NYK	@	CHA	37	14	0	3	4	18	25	72.0	0	0		9	10	90.0	76.5	4	10	6	3
17	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	45	3/4/1989	SAC	@	GSW	40	7	4	1	0	16	29	55.2	6	13	46.2	7	8	87.5	69.2	4	3	6	6
18	Chuck Person C. Person	45	2/28/1989	IND	@	SEA	43	13	4	5	0	19	28	67.9	4	7	57.1	3	3	100.0	76.7	1	12	5	2
19	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	45	2/24/1989	NYK	@	WAS	43	6	3	2	5	19	25	76.0	0	0		7	7	100.0	80.1	3	3	5	4
20	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	45	12/9/1988	BOS	vs	PHI	37	3	6	2	0	20	29	69.0	2	4	50.0	3	4	75.0	73.1	1	2	3	1
21	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	45	11/12/1988	PHX	@	LAC	47	4	2	1	0	18	32	56.3	1	7	14.3	8	10	80.0	61.8	1	3	1	5
22	Karl Malone K. Malone	44	12/17/1988	UTA	@	PHI	41	13	1	3	2	15	22	68.2	0	0		14	19	73.7	72.5	5	8	5	5
23	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	43	4/21/1989	POR	vs	LAL	44	11	7	5	0	19	29	65.5	0	1	0.0	5	7	71.4	67.0	7	4	3	3
24	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	43	4/8/1989	HOU	@	MIA	47	13	1	8	5	15	29	51.7	0	0		13	19	68.4	57.5	4	9	7	4
25	Bernard King B. King	43	4/4/1989	WAS	vs	NJN	36	5	4	0	1	14	26	53.8	0	1	0.0	15	16	93.8	65.1	0	5	3	2

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