Michael Jordan had the most games in the 1998 playoffs with 30+ points, with 14 games.

Interpreted as:

most 30+ pt games by a player in 1998 playoffs

	NAME	GP	PTS	SEASON	TM	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	14	494	1997-98	CHI	42.6	35.3	4.9	3.0	1.9	0.6	12.5	26.6	46.9	0.7	2.1	33.3	9.6	11.8	81.2	55.4	1.4	3.6	2.0	597	69	42	26	8	28	28	+87
2	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	9	305	1997-98	LAL	39.4	33.9	10.4	3.4	0.7	2.9	13.8	21.1	65.3	0.0	0.0		6.3	12.7	50.0	63.5	3.3	7.1	2.9	355	94	31	6	26	26	29	+58
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	6	200	1997-98	UTA	41.7	33.3	11.3	4.8	0.7	0.5	13.0	22.3	58.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	7.3	9.3	78.6	63.0	2.2	9.2	2.7	250	68	29	4	3	16	20	+33
4	Glen Rice G. Rice	3	95	1997-98	CHA	43.7	31.7	4.3	1.0	0.7	0.0	13.7	22.0	62.1	1.3	4.0	33.3	3.0	4.3	69.2	66.2	1.0	3.3	2.0	131	13	3	2	0	6	10	-14
5	Allan Houston A. Houston	2	63	1997-98	NYK	40.0	31.5	3.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	12.5	24.0	52.1	1.5	3.5	42.9	5.0	5.5	90.9	59.6	0.5	2.5	3.0	80	6	2	1	0	6	9	+8
6	Gary Payton G. Payton	2	63	1997-98	SEA	42.0	31.5	5.0	8.5	1.0	0.0	12.0	21.5	55.8	3.0	6.0	50.0	4.5	5.0	90.0	66.5	2.0	3.0	4.0	84	10	17	2	0	8	8	-13
7	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	2	67	1997-98	MIA	43.0	33.5	2.0	5.5	0.5	0.0	11.0	21.0	52.4	5.5	10.0	55.0	6.0	6.0	100.0	70.9	0.5	1.5	3.5	86	4	11	1	0	7	4	+12
8	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	2	65	1997-98	SAS	41.0	32.5	10.0	0.5	1.0	3.0	12.5	21.5	58.1	0.0	0.0		7.5	11.0	68.2	61.7	1.0	9.0	3.0	82	20	1	2	6	6	6	+6
9	Toni Kukoc T. Kukoc	1	30	1997-98	CHI	43.0	30.0	6.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	11.0	13.0	84.6	4.0	6.0	66.7	4.0	7.0	57.1	93.3	1.0	5.0	2.0	43	6	0	1	1	2	2	+2
10	Eddie Jones E. Jones	1	32	1997-98	LAL	43.0	32.0	5.0	6.0	4.0	0.0	12.0	21.0	57.1	3.0	6.0	50.0	5.0	7.0	71.4	66.4	4.0	1.0	1.0	43	5	6	4	0	1	3	+14
11	Reggie Miller R. Miller	1	38	1997-98	IND	48.0	38.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	10.0	26.0	38.5	5.0	13.0	38.5	13.0	14.0	92.9	59.1	0.0	0.0	1.0	48	0	1	2	0	1	3	+15
12	Avery Johnson A. Johnson	1	30	1997-98	SAS	41.0	30.0	2.0	7.0	0.0	0.0	11.0	15.0	73.3	0.0	0.0		8.0	12.0	66.7	74.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	41	2	7	0	0	1	3	+25
13	Shawn Kemp S. Kemp	1	31	1997-98	CLE	44.0	31.0	7.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	11.0	21.0	52.4	0.0	0.0		9.0	10.0	90.0	61.0	3.0	4.0	3.0	44	7	2	0	1	3	1	+10
14	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	1	30	1997-98	MIA	45.0	30.0	13.0	2.0	1.0	4.0	11.0	18.0	61.1	0.0	0.0		8.0	10.0	80.0	67.0	2.0	11.0	2.0	45	13	2	1	4	2	4	-10
15	Steve Smith S. Smith	1	35	1997-98	ATL	44.0	35.0	3.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	13.0	22.0	59.1	5.0	8.0	62.5	4.0	6.0	66.7	71.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	44	3	2	2	0	0	6	-12