nba most points in a game by a player in 1988

Michael Jordan had the most points in a game in 1987-88, with 59 points against the Pistons on April 3, 1988.

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NBA most points in a regular-season game by a player in 1988

	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	59	4/3/1988	CHI	@	DET	42	4	6	2	2	21	27	77.8	0	1	0.0	17	19	89.5	83.4	2	2	1	4
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	52	2/26/1988	CHI	vs	POR	43	8	3	2	3	21	34	61.8	0	2	0.0	10	12	83.3	66.2	2	6	6	5
3	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
4	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	51	2/16/1988	ATL	vs	SAC	38	6	2	4	2	20	31	64.5	2	4	50.0	9	11	81.8	71.1	1	5	5	3
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	50	3/18/1988	CHI	vs	BOS	42	5	9	5	1	19	32	59.4	1	2	50.0	11	11	100.0	67.9	2	3	1	4
6	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	50	3/1/1988	ATL	vs	DET	44	5	3	1	0	18	35	51.4	1	2	50.0	13	14	92.9	60.7	4	1	1	3
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	49	3/23/1988	CHI	@	PHI	42	13	2	0	2	20	35	57.1	0	1	0.0	9	12	75.0	60.8	5	8	0	4
8	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	49	2/19/1988	CHI	vs	SAC	38	3	3	3	3	19	27	70.4	0	0		11	14	78.6	73.9	2	1	5	2
9	Larry Bird L. Bird	49	2/15/1988	BOS	@	PHX	43	12	7	0	2	17	27	63.0	3	6	50.0	12	12	100.0	75.9	2	10	2	1
10	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	49	2/9/1988	ATL	vs	PHI	42	12	4	2	0	16	33	48.5	4	7	57.1	13	18	72.2	59.9	6	6	4	2
11	Larry Bird L. Bird	49	1/27/1988	BOS	vs	WAS	43	8	6	4	0	20	30	66.7	0	4	0.0	9	9	100.0	72.1	0	8	2	1
12	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	49	11/21/1987	CHI	vs	DET	44	6	8	6	2	17	38	44.7	0	2	0.0	15	17	88.2	53.9	2	4	4	6
13	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	48	1/13/1988	ATL	@	SAS	42	11	4	2	0	15	27	55.6	0	0		18	18	100.0	68.7	5	6	3	2
14	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	47	4/19/1988	CHI	@	NYK	40	5	2	2	1	18	27	66.7	0	2	0.0	11	13	84.6	71.8	3	2	6	4
15	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	47	2/27/1988	ATL	vs	POR	44	2	7	1	0	16	33	48.5	3	3	100.0	12	14	85.7	60.0	1	1	4	1
16	Jeff Malone J. Malone	47	2/27/1988	WAS	@	PHX	41	6	3	1	0	18	29	62.1	0	0		11	13	84.6	67.7	1	5	2	3
17	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	47	2/9/1988	PHI	@	ATL	48	15	2	3	0	13	26	50.0	0	6	0.0	21	26	80.8	62.8	7	8	4	2
18	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	47	1/22/1988	SEA	vs	DET	45	4	2	2	0	19	30	63.3	3	4	75.0	6	8	75.0	70.1	3	1	0	3
19	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	47	1/9/1988	SEA	vs	SAS	43	7	8	1	0	18	31	58.1	2	5	40.0	9	10	90.0	66.4	4	3	2	4
20	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	47	12/2/1987	CHI	@	UTA	39	4	9	3	3	17	27	63.0	0	0		13	16	81.3	69.0	2	2	2	4
21	Larry Bird L. Bird	47	11/7/1987	BOS	@	WAS	53	8	7	2	0	19	29	65.5	1	2	50.0	8	10	80.0	70.4	2	6	8	2
22	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	46	4/24/1988	CHI	vs	BOS	44	6	6	1	1	16	25	64.0	0	1	0.0	14	15	93.3	72.8	0	6	3	3
23	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	46	2/21/1988	CHI	@	CLE	45	4	9	3	1	16	31	51.6	0	2	0.0	14	15	93.3	61.2	1	3	3	3
24	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	46	2/11/1988	PHI	vs	MIL	50	16	3	4	2	15	27	55.6	0	0		16	20	80.0	64.2	11	5	6	5
25	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	46	1/6/1988	SEA	vs	HOU	40	8	2	1	0	15	23	65.2	1	2	50.0	15	15	100.0	77.7	1	7	1	4

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