Michael Adams scored the most points in a game in 1990-91, with 54 points against the Bucks on March 23, 1991.

Interpreted as:

largest point by a player deficit in a regular-season game 1990-91

	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 Adams M. Adams	54	3/23/1991	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
2	Bernard King B. King	52	12/29/1990	WAS	vs	DEN	39	8	6	1	0	20	35	57.1	0	0		12	14	85.7	63.2	3	5	4	3
3	Charles Smith C. Smith	52	12/1/1990	LAC	@	DEN	37	6	2	3	2	17	27	63.0	0	0		18	21	85.7	71.7	1	5	4	2
4	Vernon Maxwell V. Maxwell	51	1/26/1991	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
5	Bernard King B. King	50	3/6/1991	WAS	vs	UTA	48	6	2	4	0	18	31	58.1	0	2	0.0	14	16	87.5	65.7	3	3	4	2
6	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	50	12/1/1990	NYK	vs	CHA	42	15	2	0	3	22	31	71.0	0	0		6	6	100.0	74.3	3	12	4	4
7	Bernard King B. King	49	1/31/1991	WAS	@	NYK	43	11	5	1	0	20	35	57.1	0	0		9	10	90.0	62.2	3	8	3	3
8	Bernard King B. King	47	2/7/1991	WAS	vs	NJN	40	8	7	2	0	19	35	54.3	0	0		9	11	81.8	59.0	3	5	6	5
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	46	4/15/1991	CHI	vs	MIL	39	5	2	3	2	17	27	63.0	0	1	0.0	12	14	85.7	69.4	0	5	5	3
10	Bernard King B. King	46	1/3/1991	WAS	vs	CHA	36	6	1	4	0	17	24	70.8	0	1	0.0	12	15	80.0	75.2	2	4	5	2
11	Bernard King B. King	46	12/22/1990	WAS	@	CLE	42	6	6	0	1	20	30	66.7	0	0		6	6	100.0	70.5	4	2	1	3
12	Vernon Maxwell V. Maxwell	45	4/5/1991	HOU	@	DEN	44	9	7	0	0	14	25	56.0	8	12	66.7	9	10	90.0	76.5	2	7	2	3
13	Michael Adams M. Adams	45	1/31/1991	DEN	vs	NJN	41	11	12	4	0	13	30	43.3	3	9	33.3	16	19	84.2	58.7	3	8	3	3
14	Bernard King B. King	45	1/10/1991	WAS	vs	LAC	39	5	4	2	1	18	30	60.0	2	3	66.7	7	9	77.8	66.3	1	4	4	2
15	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	45	12/29/1990	ATL	vs	GSW	42	14	6	3	1	15	25	60.0	3	5	60.0	12	12	100.0	74.3	7	7	1	2
16	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	45	12/28/1990	PHI	@	PHX	44	7	3	3	1	16	24	66.7	2	4	50.0	11	13	84.6	75.7	5	2	3	3
17	Bernard King B. King	45	11/20/1990	WAS	vs	SAC	40	5	3	3	1	18	30	60.0	0	0		9	16	56.3	60.7	2	3	6	3
18	Larry Bird L. Bird	45	11/14/1990	BOS	vs	CHA	44	8	8	2	5	18	28	64.3	0	0		9	9	100.0	70.4	1	7	4	1
19	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	44	4/2/1991	CHI	vs	ORL	41	4	6	5	2	17	26	65.4	0	0		10	12	83.3	70.3	0	4	4	2
20	Bernard King B. King	44	2/26/1991	WAS	@	NYK	56	12	6	4	0	16	38	42.1	0	3	0.0	12	14	85.7	49.8	4	8	4	3
21	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	44	1/29/1991	NYK	@	LAC	46	17	1	0	2	17	35	48.6	0	0		10	14	71.4	53.4	6	11	7	2
22	Michael Adams M. Adams	44	12/26/1990	DEN	@	SAC	37	4	10	5	0	17	26	65.4	7	11	63.6	3	4	75.0	79.3	1	3	5	5
23	Bernard King B. King	44	11/3/1990	WAS	vs	CHI	43	8	6	0	0	14	30	46.7	0	0		16	21	76.2	56.1	3	5	2	3
24	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	43	2/23/1991	CHI	vs	CHA	31	4	6	6	0	16	17	94.1	0	0		11	15	73.3	91.1	2	2	2	2
25	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	43	1/26/1991	ATL	@	SEA	43	10	3	2	0	14	25	56.0	3	7	42.9	12	14	85.7	69.0	5	5	3	1