scored most points in a regular season game january 1988

Larry Bird had the most points in a game in January 1988, with 49 points versus the Washington Bullets on January 27, 1988.

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scored most points by a player in a regular season game january 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	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	45	1/18/1988	ATL	@	NYK	42	11	3	3	0	16	29	55.2	0	0		13	15	86.7	63.2	5	6	5	3
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	45	1/9/1988	CHI	vs	UTA	38	3	8	4	3	17	23	73.9	0	0		11	14	78.6	77.2	1	2	1	3
8	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	42	1/26/1988	SEA	@	SAC	43	4	3	1	1	14	22	63.6	5	6	83.3	9	10	90.0	79.5	3	1	2	0
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	42	1/22/1988	CHI	vs	PHX	38	4	13	4	2	17	25	68.0	0	0		8	8	100.0	73.6	0	4	2	2
10	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	42	1/12/1988	CHI	vs	BOS	43	4	6	3	1	19	35	54.3	0	1	0.0	4	5	80.0	56.5	2	2	0	0
11	Jay Vincent J. Vincent	42	1/11/1988	DEN	@	PHX	41	7	2	3	0	13	25	52.0	0	0		16	17	94.1	64.7	1	6	4	5
12	Xavier McDaniel X. McDaniel	41	1/20/1988	SEA	vs	NYK	39	19	4	6	1	15	25	60.0	0	0		11	16	68.8	64.0	10	9	3	3
13	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	41	1/19/1988	ATL	vs	CHI	39	3	2	3	0	17	34	50.0	0	1	0.0	7	10	70.0	53.4	1	2	2	1
14	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	41	1/16/1988	SEA	@	LAC	43	5	2	0	0	16	28	57.1	4	6	66.7	5	5	100.0	67.9	3	2	0	1
15	Larry Bird L. Bird	41	1/6/1988	BOS	vs	NYK	44	6	5	3	0	17	30	56.7	3	3	100.0	4	4	100.0	64.5	1	5	5	2
16	Larry Bird L. Bird	41	1/2/1988	BOS	@	GSW	43	10	5	2	0	15	24	62.5	3	6	50.0	8	10	80.0	72.2	1	9	3	2
17	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	40	1/2/1988	DET	vs	DEN	43	2	17	2	0	16	23	69.6	2	4	50.0	6	9	66.7	74.2	1	1	3	3
18	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	39	1/22/1988	POR	vs	DEN	38	11	7	2	1	15	27	55.6	0	0		9	9	100.0	63.0	5	6	4	0
19	Karl Malone K. Malone	39	1/20/1988	UTA	vs	DET	43	13	3	4	0	12	20	60.0	0	0		15	19	78.9	68.8	8	5	3	3
20	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	39	1/18/1988	LAL	vs	HOU	38	5	17	2	0	15	20	75.0	0	0		9	10	90.0	79.9	0	5	5	2
21	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	39	1/15/1988	SEA	vs	UTA	39	6	2	0	0	17	27	63.0	1	2	50.0	4	6	66.7	65.8	2	4	4	4
22	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	38	1/26/1988	ATL	vs	BOS	42	10	0	1	0	14	31	45.2	0	2	0.0	10	13	76.9	51.7	6	4	4	3
23	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	38	1/19/1988	CHI	@	ATL	41	3	4	3	1	14	22	63.6	0	0		10	10	100.0	72.0	0	3	2	0
24	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	38	1/15/1988	DET	vs	CLE	42	10	2	0	0	14	23	60.9	0	0		10	10	100.0	69.3	4	6	1	5
25	Larry Bird L. Bird	38	1/12/1988	BOS	@	CHI	44	9	8	2	0	18	31	58.1	0	1	0.0	2	3	66.7	58.8	1	8	1	3