who scored more than 50 points in an nba game in the 1990s

Michael Jordan had 54 points against the Cavaliers on November 3, 1989.

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	NAME	DATE	PTS	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	11/3/1989	54	CHI	vs	CLE	47	14	6	3	1	19	31	61.3	1	2	50.0	15	17	88.2	70.2	3	11	0	3
2	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	11/9/1989	53	SEA	@	MIL	69	7	1	1	1	18	39	46.2	3	7	42.9	14	17	82.4	57.0	2	5	8	4
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	12/20/1989	52	CHI	@	ORL	45	5	7	4	0	20	37	54.1	2	3	66.7	10	10	100.0	62.8	1	4	3	3
4	Karl Malone K. Malone	12/22/1989	52	UTA	@	CHA	43	17	3	2	0	22	28	78.6	0	0		8	12	66.7	78.1	3	14	2	3
5	Karl Malone K. Malone	1/27/1990	61	UTA	vs	MIL	33	18	2	3	0	21	26	80.8	0	0		19	23	82.6	84.4	9	9	2	2
6	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	1/31/1990	52	SAS	vs	CHA	39	11	2	2	0	19	32	59.4	0	2	0.0	14	17	82.4	65.9	3	8	2	4
7	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	2/18/1990	56	PHX	@	GSW	43	8	2	1	0	19	29	65.5	2	2	100.0	16	19	84.2	74.9	3	5	2	4
8	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	3/24/1990	51	NYK	vs	BOS	41	18	1	1	0	20	29	69.0	0	0		11	13	84.6	73.4	5	13	5	6
9	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	3/24/1990	60	PHX	vs	SEA	42	6	4	1	2	22	32	68.8	0	0		16	18	88.9	75.2	1	5	1	5
10	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	3/28/1990	69	CHI	@	CLE	50	18	6	4	1	23	37	62.2	2	6	33.3	21	23	91.3	73.2	7	11	2	5
11	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	4/19/1990	52	HOU	vs	DEN	42	18	4	3	3	21	34	61.8	0	0		10	13	76.9	65.5	6	12	11	6
12	Charles Smith C. Smith	12/1/1990	52	LAC	@	DEN	37	6	2	3	2	17	27	63.0	0	0		18	21	85.7	71.7	1	5	4	2
13	Bernard King B. King	12/29/1990	52	WAS	vs	DEN	39	8	6	1	0	20	35	57.1	0	0		12	14	85.7	63.2	3	5	4	3
14	Vernon Maxwell V. Maxwell	1/26/1991	51	HOU	vs	CLE	46	5	1	2	0	14	25	56.0	4	10	40.0	19	22	86.4	73.5	0	5	5	0
15	Michael Adams M. Adams	3/23/1991	54	DEN	vs	MIL	43	5	9	3	0	17	31	54.8	7	16	43.8	13	17	76.5	70.2	0	5	4	5
16	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	12/7/1991	52	ATL	vs	NYK	52	5	3	1	0	17	30	56.7	2	2	100.0	16	18	88.9	68.6	0	5	7	2
17	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	3/19/1992	51	CHI	@	WAS	43	11	3	1	1	19	30	63.3	1	1	100.0	12	15	80.0	69.7	2	9	0	3
18	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	11/20/1992	54	CHI	@	LAL	47	13	7	1	3	21	39	53.8	1	2	50.0	11	14	78.6	59.8	5	8	5	4
19	Reggie Miller R. Miller	11/28/1992	57	IND	@	CHA	38	5	8	1	0	16	29	55.2	4	11	36.4	21	23	91.3	72.9	1	4	0	1
20	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	12/23/1992	57	CHI	vs	WAS	42	2	10	3	1	22	37	59.5	6	8	75.0	7	8	87.5	70.3	0	2	1	3
21	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1/16/1993	64	CHI	vs	ORL	47	6	1	5	0	27	49	55.1	1	5	20.0	9	11	81.8	59.4	4	2	2	5
22	David Robinson D. Robinson	1/16/1993	52	SAS	vs	CHA	40	14	3	0	7	20	28	71.4	1	2	50.0	11	15	73.3	75.1	3	11	2	3
23	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	3/12/1993	52	CHI	vs	CHA	43	9	5	2	1	21	35	60.0	2	4	50.0	8	9	88.9	66.7	3	6	0	3
24	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	4/20/1994	53	ORL	vs	MIN	36	18	4	2	2	22	31	71.0	0	0		9	13	69.2	72.2	7	11	3	3
25	David Robinson D. Robinson	4/24/1994	71	SAS	@	LAC	44	14	5	0	2	26	41	63.4	1	2	50.0	18	25	72.0	68.3	4	10	8	2

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