most points in a game by a 31 year old 1986-87 to 1988-89

Between the 1986-87 and 1988-89 seasons, Larry Bird scored the most points by a 31-year-old player in a game, with 49 points on February 15, 1988 and on January 27, 1988.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a regular-season game by a 31 year old 1986-87 to 1988-89

	NAME	PTS	AGE	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Larry Bird L. Bird	49	31-070	2/15/1988	BOS	@	PHX	43	12	7	0	2	17	27	63.0	3	6	50.0	12	12	100.0	75.9	2	10	2	1
2	Larry Bird L. Bird	49	31-051	1/27/1988	BOS	vs	WAS	43	8	6	4	0	20	30	66.7	0	4	0.0	9	9	100.0	72.1	0	8	2	1
3	Larry Bird L. Bird	44	31-136	4/21/1988	BOS	vs	CHI	40	10	3	1	1	19	29	65.5	0	0		6	6	100.0	69.5	1	9	1	1
4	Larry Bird L. Bird	44	31-079	2/24/1988	BOS	vs	POR	44	11	8	1	0	17	35	48.6	1	5	20.0	9	9	100.0	56.5	3	8	0	1
5	Larry Bird L. Bird	44	31-064	2/9/1988	BOS	@	HOU	44	15	3	2	2	17	27	63.0	1	2	50.0	9	10	90.0	70.1	1	14	1	3
6	Larry Bird L. Bird	41	31-030	1/6/1988	BOS	vs	NYK	44	6	5	3	0	17	30	56.7	3	3	100.0	4	4	100.0	64.5	1	5	5	2
7	Larry Bird L. Bird	41	31-026	1/2/1988	BOS	@	GSW	43	10	5	2	0	15	24	62.5	3	6	50.0	8	10	80.0	72.2	1	9	3	2
8	Moses Malone M. Malone	41	31-295	1/12/1987	WAS	vs	SAC	40	20	1	1	2	13	27	48.1	0	0		15	15	100.0	61.0	10	10	2	3
9	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	41	31-260	11/15/1986	DET	vs	BOS	48	8	1	0	0	17	27	63.0	0	0		7	8	87.5	67.2	4	4	2	4
10	Larry Bird L. Bird	40	31-074	2/19/1988	BOS	@	POR	40	13	5	2	0	18	27	66.7	1	2	50.0	3	4	75.0	69.5	3	10	5	3
11	Larry Bird L. Bird	40	31-002	12/9/1987	BOS	vs	DEN	40	13	1	2	1	16	25	64.0	0	5	0.0	8	8	100.0	70.1	1	12	3	2
12	Larry Bird L. Bird	39	31-067	2/12/1988	BOS	@	DAL	40	10	6	3	0	16	25	64.0	2	4	50.0	5	6	83.3	70.5	1	9	2	2
13	Larry Bird L. Bird	39	31-065	2/10/1988	BOS	@	SAS	41	17	10	1	3	13	23	56.5	4	7	57.1	9	9	100.0	72.3	0	17	4	2
14	Moses Malone M. Malone	39	31-293	1/10/1987	WAS	vs	PHI	39	17	1	1	2	12	25	48.0	0	0		15	15	100.0	61.7	11	6	2	3
15	Larry Bird L. Bird	38	31-036	1/12/1988	BOS	@	CHI	44	9	8	2	0	18	31	58.1	0	1	0.0	2	3	66.7	58.8	1	8	1	3
16	Larry Bird L. Bird	38	31-009	12/16/1987	BOS	vs	UTA	42	5	6	4	0	14	25	56.0	1	5	20.0	9	9	100.0	65.6	0	5	5	3
17	Moses Malone M. Malone	38	31-326	2/12/1987	WAS	@	DEN	35	17	4	0	2	12	23	52.2	0	0		14	16	87.5	63.2	6	11	1	4
18	Moses Malone M. Malone	38	31-268	12/16/1986	WAS	vs	UTA	40	21	1	1	1	15	28	53.6	0	0		8	9	88.9	59.4	6	15	5	1
19	Moses Malone M. Malone	38	31-238	11/16/1986	WAS	vs	IND	38	21	2	2	2	12	27	44.4	0	0		14	18	77.8	54.4	9	12	8	2
20	Bernard King B. King	37	31-364	12/2/1988	WAS	vs	DET	44	6	6	0	0	9	19	47.4	1	1	100.0	18	20	90.0	66.5	3	3	4	4
21	Larry Bird L. Bird	37	31-107	3/23/1988	BOS	vs	WAS	45	14	8	1	1	16	27	59.3	3	6	50.0	2	3	66.7	65.3	2	12	2	2
22	Moses Malone M. Malone	37	31-270	12/18/1986	WAS	@	GSW	41	12	0	0	1	13	21	61.9	0	0		11	13	84.6	69.2	5	7	3	1
23	Kevin McHale K. McHale	36	31-087	3/16/1989	BOS	@	IND	37	9	1	1	0	14	22	63.6	0	0		8	10	80.0	68.2	6	3	2	3
24	Larry Bird L. Bird	36	31-093	3/9/1988	BOS	vs	SAS	43	13	5	2	0	15	27	55.6	2	8	25.0	4	4	100.0	62.6	3	10	1	4
25	Larry Bird L. Bird	36	31-077	2/22/1988	BOS	vs	NYK	44	14	2	2	1	13	27	48.1	3	6	50.0	7	8	87.5	59.0	0	14	1	2