jordan 1988-1989 highest points in a game

Michael Jordan put up his most points in a game in 1988-89 against the Suns on January 21, 1989, with 53 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	53	1/21/1989	CHI	vs	PHX	41	14	8	2	1	20	28	71.4	0	0		13	15	86.7	76.6	1	13	4	4
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	52	11/26/1988	CHI	@	DEN	44	11	7	1	0	19	27	70.4	3	5	60.0	11	14	78.6	78.4	2	9	6	3
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	52	11/16/1988	CHI	@	PHI	43	9	1	4	2	24	29	82.8	0	1	0.0	4	4	100.0	84.5	3	6	4	2
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	52	11/9/1988	CHI	@	BOS	42	3	2	9	2	18	33	54.5	2	4	50.0	14	16	87.5	64.9	0	3	2	4
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	50	2/16/1989	CHI	vs	MIL	40	8	5	3	0	16	26	61.5	1	2	50.0	17	18	94.4	73.7	2	6	4	4
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	48	1/10/1989	CHI	@	ATL	41	10	9	3	0	17	29	58.6	0	2	0.0	14	16	87.5	66.6	4	6	4	2
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	47	4/13/1989	CHI	@	IND	46	11	13	4	2	17	30	56.7	0	1	0.0	13	14	92.9	65.0	2	9	4	3
8	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	43	12/27/1988	CHI	vs	CLE	42	12	4	3	0	18	30	60.0	1	1	100.0	6	6	100.0	65.9	3	9	4	3
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	42	1/15/1989	CHI	vs	BOS	41	6	11	8	0	13	23	56.5	0	3	0.0	16	17	94.1	68.9	1	5	2	2
10	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	42	12/20/1988	CHI	vs	LAL	39	7	8	4	0	11	23	47.8	2	3	66.7	18	22	81.8	64.3	4	3	1	0
11	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	42	11/12/1988	CHI	@	NJN	43	7	6	3	1	17	31	54.8	0	3	0.0	8	12	66.7	57.9	2	5	1	2
12	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	41	1/3/1989	CHI	vs	LAC	47	10	11	6	0	15	30	50.0	0	3	0.0	11	15	73.3	56.0	1	9	4	5
13	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	40	4/9/1989	CHI	@	ATL	43	10	12	1	0	13	29	44.8	0	3	0.0	14	14	100.0	56.9	4	6	2	3
14	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	40	4/7/1989	CHI	vs	DET	42	7	11	2	0	11	18	61.1	0	0		18	21	85.7	73.4	1	6	1	6
15	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	40	2/2/1989	CHI	vs	SAC	40	7	8	4	0	15	21	71.4	0	0		10	12	83.3	76.1	1	6	6	2
16	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	39	12/3/1988	CHI	@	DAL	43	11	6	2	3	16	31	51.6	0	0		7	8	87.5	56.5	3	8	2	5
17	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	38	1/13/1989	CHI	vs	DEN	46	12	11	3	0	13	24	54.2	0	1	0.0	12	13	92.3	63.9	1	11	6	4
18	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	38	12/10/1988	CHI	vs	MIA	37	11	4	2	0	14	25	56.0	1	2	50.0	9	10	90.0	64.6	2	9	1	3
19	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	38	12/6/1988	CHI	vs	BOS	43	9	5	5	0	14	20	70.0	0	0		10	11	90.9	76.5	2	7	6	4
20	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	37	3/31/1989	CHI	vs	CLE	43	10	10	3	1	15	29	51.7	1	2	50.0	6	7	85.7	57.7	2	8	3	4
21	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	37	12/29/1988	CHI	vs	NYK	40	9	3	3	0	14	27	51.9	0	2	0.0	9	12	75.0	57.3	1	8	3	2
22	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	36	12/17/1988	CHI	@	MIL	40	6	5	3	0	12	25	48.0	0	1	0.0	12	12	100.0	59.4	0	6	3	2
23	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	36	11/11/1988	CHI	vs	NJN	41	6	3	3	4	14	24	58.3	0	1	0.0	8	11	72.7	62.4	1	5	6	2
24	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	35	12/9/1988	CHI	vs	MIL	40	11	5	1	1	10	17	58.8	0	2	0.0	15	17	88.2	71.5	3	8	5	3
25	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	34	4/21/1989	CHI	vs	WAS	42	14	11	2	1	13	31	41.9	0	0		8	11	72.7	47.4	6	8	1	1

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