most points scored in a single game in the 1997 season

Michael Jordan put up the most points in a game in 1996-97, with 51 points against the Knicks on January 21, 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	51	1/21/1997	CHI	vs	NYK	43	4	4	2	0	18	30	60.0	5	8	62.5	10	11	90.9	73.2	1	3	2	1	+7
2	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
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	50	11/6/1996	CHI	@	MIA	40	6	0	1	1	18	33	54.5	1	2	50.0	13	14	92.9	63.8	1	5	0	1	+9
4	Glen Rice G. Rice	48	3/6/1997	CHA	vs	BOS	52	4	1	0	1	18	27	66.7	5	8	62.5	7	8	87.5	78.6	0	4	3	1	+3
5	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	48	1/30/1997	HOU	vs	DEN	43	10	3	0	2	24	40	60.0	0	0		0	0		60.0	3	7	3	3	-1
6	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	47	2/18/1997	CHI	vs	DEN	41	5	4	2	0	19	27	70.4	2	5	40.0	7	7	100.0	78.1	4	1	1	3	+7
7	Latrell Sprewell L. Sprewell	46	1/21/1997	GSW	vs	DAL	46	6	10	5	1	16	27	59.3	6	10	60.0	8	9	88.9	74.3	1	5	3	1	+11
8	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	45	3/29/1997	HOU	vs	DEN	39	11	4	0	2	14	24	58.3	1	1	100.0	16	17	94.1	71.5	1	10	2	5	+22
9	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	45	3/7/1997	MIA	@	WAS	51	7	7	4	0	13	25	52.0	6	12	50.0	13	14	92.9	72.2	1	6	6	3	+1
10	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	45	2/2/1997	CHI	@	SEA	45	7	3	1	0	19	28	67.9	2	3	66.7	5	6	83.3	73.4	3	4	1	2	+4
11	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	45	12/28/1996	CHI	vs	CLE	42	7	5	3	0	13	25	52.0	0	1	0.0	19	20	95.0	66.6	2	5	4	4	+17
12	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	44	4/11/1997	PHI	@	MIL	43	3	9	2	1	16	28	57.1	3	4	75.0	9	11	81.8	67.0	1	2	4	5	-7
13	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	44	4/7/1997	PHI	@	CHI	48	1	8	2	0	16	32	50.0	6	14	42.9	6	8	75.0	61.9	1	0	4	2	-26
14	Glenn Robinson G. Robinson	44	12/7/1996	MIL	@	WAS	40	7	6	1	1	16	23	69.6	2	4	50.0	10	11	90.9	79.0	1	6	5	3	+19
15	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	44	11/23/1996	CHI	@	UTA	39	6	4	2	1	17	32	53.1	0	6	0.0	10	12	83.3	59.0	1	5	2	3	-7
16	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	43	2/11/1997	CHI	vs	CHA	42	5	4	3	0	16	24	66.7	1	2	50.0	10	14	71.4	71.3	0	5	5	2	+4
17	Glen Rice G. Rice	43	1/31/1997	CHA	vs	MIL	42	3	2	0	0	13	20	65.0	5	5	100.0	12	13	92.3	83.6	0	3	3	4	-4
18	Latrell Sprewell L. Sprewell	43	12/15/1996	GSW	vs	WAS	43	4	3	0	0	14	23	60.9	6	7	85.7	9	15	60.0	72.6	0	4	6	2	-16
19	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	42	4/17/1997	LAL	vs	SAC	33	12	3	1	1	15	31	48.4	0	1	0.0	12	14	85.7	56.5	6	6	3	2	+9
20	Glen Rice G. Rice	42	4/7/1997	CHA	@	CLE	50	6	4	0	0	11	21	52.4	5	9	55.6	15	16	93.8	74.9	0	6	2	2	+7
21	Glen Rice G. Rice	42	1/21/1997	CHA	vs	HOU	48	8	4	1	0	13	25	52.0	2	6	33.3	14	16	87.5	65.5	3	5	3	1	+6
22	Glenn Robinson G. Robinson	42	12/18/1996	MIL	vs	LAL	46	6	2	0	1	19	30	63.3	2	3	66.7	2	2	100.0	68.0	3	3	1	3	-10
23	Glen Rice G. Rice	41	4/5/1997	CHA	vs	PHI	39	3	2	1	1	14	22	63.6	3	3	100.0	10	10	100.0	77.7	0	3	0	3	-8
24	Latrell Sprewell L. Sprewell	41	3/10/1997	GSW	@	LAC	40	2	2	3	1	9	17	52.9	1	4	25.0	22	25	88.0	73.2	0	2	2	5	-6
25	Karl Malone K. Malone	41	3/7/1997	UTA	vs	DET	42	6	4	1	0	15	26	57.7	0	0		11	15	73.3	62.9	1	5	3	2	+16

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