Michael Jordan put up 55 points in Game 2 of the 1997 First Round against the Washington Bullets on April 27, 1997.
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players with 49 or more points in a single playoff game before 2000 in NBA history| NAME | DATE | PTS | TM | OPP | MIN | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- | |||
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| 1 |  | M. Jordan | 4/27/1997 | 55 | vs | 44 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 35 | 62.9 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 10 | 10 | 100.0 | 69.8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | +10 | ||
| 2 |  | C. Barkley | 5/4/1994 | 56 | @ | 41 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 31 | 74.2 | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | 7 | 9 | 77.8 | 80.1 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 3 | | M. Jordan | 6/16/1993 | 55 | vs | 46 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 37 | 56.8 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 13 | 18 | 72.2 | 61.2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 4 | | M. Jordan | 5/31/1993 | 54 | vs | 39 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 30 | 60.0 | 6 | 9 | 66.7 | 12 | 14 | 85.7 | 74.7 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | |||
| 5 | | M. Jordan | 4/29/1992 | 56 | @ | 43 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 30 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 18 | 88.9 | 73.8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 6 | | M. Jordan | 5/11/1990 | 49 | @ | 42 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 34 | 55.9 | 4 | 11 | 36.4 | 7 | 9 | 77.8 | 64.5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | |||
| 7 | | M. Jordan | 5/5/1989 | 50 | vs | 43 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 28 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 22 | 27 | 81.5 | 62.7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |||
| 8 | | M. Jordan | 5/1/1988 | 55 | vs | 44 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 45 | 53.3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 100.0 | 57.2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| 9 | | M. Jordan | 4/28/1988 | 50 | vs | 44 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 35 | 54.3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 100.0 | 62.1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | ||||
| 10 |  | H. Olajuwon | 5/14/1987 | 49 | @ | 53 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 33 | 57.6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 84.6 | 63.3 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| 11 |  | S. Floyd | 5/10/1987 | 51 | vs | 44 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 26 | 69.2 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 13 | 14 | 92.9 | 79.3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 12 | | M. Jordan | 4/20/1986 | 63 | @ | 53 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 41 | 53.7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 21 | 90.5 | 62.7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| 13 |  | D. Wilkins | 4/19/1986 | 50 | vs | 43 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 28 | 67.9 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 80.0 | 72.3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 2 | ||||
| 14 | | M. Jordan | 4/17/1986 | 49 | @ | 43 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 36 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15 | 86.7 | 57.5 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | ||||
| 15 |  | B. McAdoo | 4/18/1975 | 50 | vs | 45 | 21 | 1 | 20 | 32 | 62.5 | 10 | 14 | 71.4 | 65.5 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 16 |  | J. Havlicek | 4/1/1973 | 54 | vs | 48 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 36 | 66.7 | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 69.9 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 17 |  | B. Cunningham | 4/1/1970 | 50 | vs | 48 | 10 | 2 | 22 | 39 | 56.4 | 6 | 8 | 75.0 | 58.8 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 18 |  | J. West | 4/23/1969 | 53 | vs | 46 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 41 | 51.2 | 11 | 13 | 84.6 | 56.7 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 19 |  | R. Barry | 4/18/1967 | 55 | vs | 46 | 12 | 5 | 22 | 48 | 45.8 | 11 | 19 | 57.9 | 48.8 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 20 |  | S. Jones | 3/28/1967 | 51 | @ | 43 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 30 | 63.3 | 13 | 17 | 76.5 | 68.0 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 21 |  | J. West | 4/5/1965 | 52 | vs | 5 | 9 | 16 | 38 | 42.1 | 20 | 21 | 95.2 | 55.0 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 22 | | J. West | 4/3/1965 | 49 | vs | 6 | 8 | 15 | 35 | 42.9 | 19 | 21 | 90.5 | 55.4 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 23 |  | W. Chamberlain | 4/10/1964 | 50 | vs | 45 | 15 | 6 | 22 | 32 | 68.8 | 6 | 10 | 60.0 | 68.7 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 24 |  | E. Baylor | 4/14/1962 | 61 | @ | 48 | 22 | 1 | 22 | 46 | 47.8 | 17 | 19 | 89.5 | 56.1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 25 | | W. Chamberlain | 3/22/1962 | 56 | vs | 48 | 35 | 1 | 22 | 48 | 45.8 | 12 | 22 | 54.5 | 48.5 | 2 | |||||||||||
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