highest scoring game in the 1988-89

Michael Jordan scored the most points in a game in 1988-89, with 53 points against the Suns on January 21, 1989.

Interpreted as:
highest scoring by a player regular-season game in the 1988-89
NAMEPTSDATETMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
53
1/21/1989
vs
41
14
8
2
1
20
28
71.4
0
0
13
15
86.7
76.6
1
13
4
4
2Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
52
11/26/1988
@
44
11
7
1
0
19
27
70.4
3
5
60.0
11
14
78.6
78.4
2
9
6
3
3Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
52
11/16/1988
@
43
9
1
4
2
24
29
82.8
0
1
0.0
4
4
100.0
84.5
3
6
4
2
4Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
52
11/9/1988
@
42
3
2
9
2
18
33
54.5
2
4
50.0
14
16
87.5
64.9
0
3
2
4
5Alex English
A. English
51
3/10/1989
@
51
3
9
2
0
24
35
68.6
0
0
3
4
75.0
69.4
1
2
3
5
6Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
50
2/16/1989
vs
40
8
5
3
0
16
26
61.5
1
2
50.0
17
18
94.4
73.7
2
6
4
4
7Clyde Drexler
C. Drexler
50
1/6/1989
vs
49
7
4
3
0
19
28
67.9
0
3
0.0
12
16
75.0
71.3
3
4
3
5
8Dale Ellis
D. Ellis
49
1/5/1989
vs
43
6
2
3
2
20
32
62.5
5
8
62.5
4
4
100.0
72.6
2
4
5
0
9Clyde Drexler
C. Drexler
48
1/22/1989
vs
39
11
6
4
0
20
28
71.4
0
0
8
9
88.9
75.1
4
7
5
4
10Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
48
1/10/1989
@
41
10
9
3
0
17
29
58.6
0
2
0.0
14
16
87.5
66.6
4
6
4
2
11Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
47
4/13/1989
@
46
11
13
4
2
17
30
56.7
0
1
0.0
13
14
92.9
65.0
2
9
4
3
12Chris Mullin
C. Mullin
47
4/13/1989
@
44
7
4
4
1
16
25
64.0
0
0
15
15
100.0
74.4
0
7
5
2
13Mitch Richmond
M. Richmond
47
3/4/1989
vs
37
9
2
2
0
17
24
70.8
0
1
0.0
13
19
68.4
72.6
2
7
3
3
14Chuck Person
C. Person
47
1/31/1989
@
43
5
3
2
0
18
30
60.0
2
6
33.3
9
10
90.0
68.3
3
2
2
4
15Dale Ellis
D. Ellis
46
11/4/1988
@
37
5
1
3
0
14
23
60.9
1
5
20.0
17
19
89.5
73.3
3
2
1
3
16Patrick Ewing
P. Ewing
45
3/27/1989
@
37
14
0
3
4
18
25
72.0
0
0
9
10
90.0
76.5
4
10
6
3
17Danny Ainge
D. Ainge
45
3/4/1989
@
40
7
4
1
0
16
29
55.2
6
13
46.2
7
8
87.5
69.2
4
3
6
6
18Chuck Person
C. Person
45
2/28/1989
@
43
13
4
5
0
19
28
67.9
4
7
57.1
3
3
100.0
76.7
1
12
5
2
19Patrick Ewing
P. Ewing
45
2/24/1989
@
43
6
3
2
5
19
25
76.0
0
0
7
7
100.0
80.1
3
3
5
4
20Danny Ainge
D. Ainge
45
12/9/1988
vs
37
3
6
2
0
20
29
69.0
2
4
50.0
3
4
75.0
73.1
1
2
3
1
21Eddie Johnson
E. Johnson
45
11/12/1988
@
47
4
2
1
0
18
32
56.3
1
7
14.3
8
10
80.0
61.8
1
3
1
5
22Karl Malone
K. Malone
44
12/17/1988
@
41
13
1
3
2
15
22
68.2
0
0
14
19
73.7
72.5
5
8
5
5
23Clyde Drexler
C. Drexler
43
4/21/1989
vs
44
11
7
5
0
19
29
65.5
0
1
0.0
5
7
71.4
67.0
7
4
3
3
24Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
43
4/8/1989
@
47
13
1
8
5
15
29
51.7
0
0
13
19
68.4
57.5
4
9
7
4
25Bernard King
B. King
43
4/4/1989
vs
36
5
4
0
1
14
26
53.8
0
1
0.0
15
16
93.8
65.1
0
5
3
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.492
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11
27
36
.429
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.406
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13
17
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.266
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.714
2
43
21
.672
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5.5
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.615
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33
31
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12.5
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32
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.492
14.0
11
27
36
.429
18.0
12
26
38
.406
19.5
13
17
47
.266
28.5
14
16
47
.254
29.0
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15
49
.234
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WesternWLPCTGB
1
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.773
2
47
17
.734
3.0
3
40
24
.625
10.0
4
39
24
.619
10.5
5
39
25
.609
11.0
6
39
26
.600
11.5
7
37
27
.578
13.0
8
32
32
.500
18.0
9
32
32
.500
18.0
10
31
34
.477
19.5
11
23
40
.365
26.5
12
21
43
.328
29.0
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21
45
.318
30.0
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20
45
.308
30.5
15
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3/10
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Tue
3/10
@
7:30 PM
Tue
3/10
@
7:30 PM
Tue
3/10
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@
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