what player has scored the most points in one game on may 31st

Michael Jordan has posted the most points in a game on May 31, with 54 points in Game 4 of the 1993 Eastern Conference Finals against the Knicks.

	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	54	5/31/1993	CHI	vs	NYK	39	6	2	2	1	18	30	60.0	6	9	66.7	12	14	85.7	74.7	0	6	2	5
2	LeBron James L. James	51	5/31/2018	CLE	@	GSW	48	8	8	1	1	19	32	59.4	3	7	42.9	10	11	90.9	69.2	4	4	5	2	-13
3	LeBron James L. James	48	5/31/2007	CLE	@	DET	50	9	7	2	0	18	33	54.5	2	3	66.7	10	14	71.4	61.3	3	6	2	3	+2
4	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	41	5/31/2002	LAL	vs	SAC	44	17	1	0	2	14	25	56.0	0	0		13	17	76.5	63.1	2	15	6	4	+8
5	Jeff Hornacek J. Hornacek	36	5/31/1990	PHX	vs	POR	44	5	6	4	0	11	22	50.0	0	2	0.0	14	14	100.0	63.9	0	5	4	1
6	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	35	5/31/1995	ORL	vs	IND	42	13	3	2	1	13	21	61.9	0	0		9	19	47.4	59.6	5	8	1	5
7	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	34	5/31/2014	OKC	vs	SAS	44	7	8	6	0	8	23	34.8	1	6	16.7	17	18	94.4	55.0	0	7	7	5	+12
8	Kevin Durant K. Durant	31	5/31/2014	OKC	vs	SAS	52	14	2	1	3	12	25	48.0	2	8	25.0	5	7	71.4	55.2	4	10	7	3	-3
9	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	31	5/31/2002	LAL	vs	SAC	44	11	5	0	0	10	20	50.0	0	0		11	11	100.0	62.4	2	9	1	3	+3
10	Karl Malone K. Malone	31	5/31/1994	UTA	@	HOU	45	10	7	0	0	9	21	42.9	0	1	0.0	13	15	86.7	56.2	2	8	3	3
11	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	31	5/31/1988	DAL	@	LAL	39	7	2	1	0	12	25	48.0	1	3	33.3	6	8	75.0	54.3	4	3	2	2
12	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	30	5/31/2021	UTA	@	MEM	35	2	8	2	1	8	22	36.4	2	7	28.6	12	13	92.3	54.1	1	1	4	2	+3
13	Stephen Curry S. Curry	29	5/31/2018	GSW	vs	CLE	46	6	9	1	0	11	23	47.8	5	11	45.5	2	2	100.0	60.7	0	6	2	1	+10
14	Tayshaun Prince T. Prince	29	5/31/2006	DET	vs	MIA	43	7	3	1	1	11	17	64.7	2	5	40.0	5	5	100.0	75.5	2	5	0	1	+17
15	James Worthy J. Worthy	29	5/31/1984	LAL	@	BOS	43	3	4	0	0	11	12	91.7	0	0		7	9	77.8	90.9	1	2	2	4
16	Richard Hamilton R. Hamilton	28	5/31/2005	DET	vs	MIA	45	4	8	1	0	10	18	55.6	0	1	0.0	8	12	66.7	60.1	2	2	3	3	+11
17	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	28	5/31/2005	MIA	@	DET	42	2	6	1	0	10	22	45.5	0	2	0.0	8	10	80.0	53.0	0	2	3	4	-6
18	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	28	5/31/1998	CHI	vs	IND	42	9	8	0	0	9	25	36.0	0	0		10	15	66.7	44.3	5	4	2	3	+8
19	James Worthy J. Worthy	28	5/31/1988	LAL	vs	DAL	34	6	6	3	3	12	18	66.7	0	0		4	4	100.0	70.9	2	4	1	1
20	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	28	5/31/1983	LAL	vs	PHI	40	7	3	1	1	10	15	66.7	0	0		8	10	80.0	72.2	0	7	6	5
21	Bradley Beal B. Beal	27	5/31/2021	WAS	vs	PHI	43	4	4	1	2	9	23	39.1	2	5	40.0	7	8	87.5	50.9	0	4	7	4	+8
22	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	27	5/31/2011	DAL	@	MIA	40	8	2	0	0	7	18	38.9	1	2	50.0	12	12	100.0	58.0	0	8	2	4	-2
23	Latrell Sprewell L. Sprewell	27	5/31/2004	MIN	@	LAL	44	4	5	1	0	8	22	36.4	0	3	0.0	11	11	100.0	50.3	0	4	3	1	-3
24	Larry Bird L. Bird	27	5/31/1984	BOS	vs	LAL	49	13	3	1	2	8	22	36.4	0	0		11	15	73.3	47.2	4	9	3	4
25	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	27	5/31/1984	LAL	@	BOS	46	10	9	0	1	10	14	71.4	0	0		7	7	100.0	79.0	1	9	4	5