what was the most points michael jordan put up in 1987

Michael Jordan posted his most points in a game in 1986-87 on April 16, 1987 and on March 4, 1987, with 61 points.

	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	61	4/16/1987	CHI	vs	ATL	41	10	1	4	1	22	38	57.9	0	3	0.0	17	21	81.0	64.6	5	5	3	3
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	61	3/4/1987	CHI	@	DET	43	7	3	3	3	22	39	56.4	0	0		17	18	94.4	65.0	3	4	5	0
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	58	2/26/1987	CHI	vs	NJN	37	8	3	3	2	16	25	64.0	0	0		26	27	96.3	78.6	1	7	3	4
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	56	3/24/1987	CHI	vs	PHI	44	7	3	8	0	22	32	68.8	0	1	0.0	12	15	80.0	72.5	1	6	7	2
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	53	4/12/1987	CHI	vs	IND	42	4	8	4	2	19	27	70.4	0	0		15	18	83.3	75.9	2	2	3	2
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	53	1/8/1987	CHI	vs	POR	43	4	5	3	2	20	34	58.8	0	0		13	16	81.3	64.6	3	1	3	3
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	50	4/13/1987	CHI	@	MIL	41	9	4	4	3	16	31	51.6	0	1	0.0	18	22	81.8	61.5	1	8	1	5
8	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	50	11/1/1986	CHI	@	NYK	41	6	3	4	3	15	31	48.4	0	0		20	22	90.9	61.5	2	4	6	2
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	49	3/11/1987	CHI	@	PHI	44	8	7	2	4	19	34	55.9	1	1	100.0	10	11	90.9	63.1	4	4	6	4
10	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	49	1/30/1987	CHI	@	PHI	41	2	5	3	2	19	35	54.3	0	4	0.0	11	12	91.7	60.8	1	1	4	4
11	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	48	11/14/1986	CHI	vs	BOS	41	5	1	2	1	17	33	51.5	1	1	100.0	13	14	92.9	61.3	2	3	0	3
12	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	47	1/17/1987	CHI	vs	PHI	44	10	6	4	1	17	34	50.0	0	0		13	14	92.9	58.5	5	5	4	2
13	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	47	1/3/1987	CHI	vs	DET	38	4	2	1	0	16	35	45.7	0	2	0.0	15	17	88.2	55.3	1	3	1	4
14	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	46	3/22/1987	CHI	@	POR	43	1	6	4	0	14	26	53.8	0	2	0.0	18	20	90.0	66.1	0	1	7	3
15	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	45	2/13/1987	CHI	vs	SEA	41	3	6	2	2	14	28	50.0	0	0		17	19	89.5	61.9	0	3	1	3
16	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	45	12/3/1986	CHI	@	UTA	40	3	3	6	1	17	33	51.5	0	2	0.0	11	13	84.6	58.1	0	3	2	3
17	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	44	3/16/1987	CHI	@	HOU	43	4	5	4	0	15	28	53.6	0	1	0.0	14	14	100.0	64.4	1	3	4	5
18	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	44	12/27/1986	CHI	vs	IND	36	4	3	0	2	20	29	69.0	0	0		4	4	100.0	71.5	2	2	4	1
19	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	43	2/22/1987	CHI	vs	CLE	39	4	6	8	5	16	29	55.2	0	0		11	15	73.3	60.4	2	2	4	1
20	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	43	2/16/1987	CHI	vs	SAC	48	7	6	5	4	13	30	43.3	0	1	0.0	17	18	94.4	56.7	1	6	7	5
21	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	43	1/15/1987	CHI	vs	HOU	43	3	3	2	1	17	43	39.5	1	4	25.0	8	9	88.9	45.8	1	2	2	2
22	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	43	12/23/1986	CHI	vs	CLE	35	5	6	2	0	18	33	54.5	0	1	0.0	7	7	100.0	59.6	4	1	3	2
23	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	43	12/6/1986	CHI	@	SAS	44	5	3	1	1	18	38	47.4	0	2	0.0	7	7	100.0	52.3	5	0	2	4
24	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	43	12/5/1986	CHI	@	PHX	41	4	2	3	1	15	37	40.5	0	0		13	17	76.5	48.3	2	2	1	1
25	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	41	12/18/1986	CHI	@	IND	39	3	6	0	1	15	27	55.6	0	0		11	12	91.7	63.5	2	1	2	2

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