most points in a game including playoffs vs heat 1988-89

Alex English posted the most points in a 1989 regular-season or postseason game against the Heat, with 51 points on March 10, 1989.

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most points by a player in a game including playoffs vs heat 1988-89

	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	Alex English A. English	51	3/10/1989	DEN	@	MIA	51	3	9	2	0	24	35	68.6	0	0		3	4	75.0	69.4	1	2	3	5
2	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	43	4/8/1989	HOU	@	MIA	47	13	1	8	5	15	29	51.7	0	0		13	19	68.4	57.5	4	9	7	4
3	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	39	2/22/1989	PHI	@	MIA	34	8	3	4	1	12	15	80.0	6	6	100.0	9	12	75.0	96.2	3	5	4	1
4	Fat Lever F. Lever	38	2/9/1989	DEN	vs	MIA	33	12	7	4	0	15	23	65.2	0	0		8	11	72.7	68.2	4	8	2	2
5	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
6	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	36	12/2/1988	POR	@	MIA	42	4	1	3	2	11	17	64.7	0	0		14	15	93.3	76.3	4	0	5	1
7	Xavier McDaniel X. McDaniel	35	4/13/1989	SEA	vs	MIA	39	4	1	1	2	13	18	72.2	0	0		9	12	75.0	75.2	2	2	0	2
8	Karl Malone K. Malone	34	3/3/1989	UTA	@	MIA	42	6	6	2	2	13	21	61.9	0	1	0.0	8	11	72.7	65.8	3	3	3	4
9	Alex English A. English	34	1/26/1989	DEN	@	MIA	39	4	5	0	0	14	23	60.9	0	0		6	6	100.0	66.3	1	3	3	4
10	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	34	1/19/1989	CHI	@	MIA	41	5	7	2	1	14	25	56.0	0	1	0.0	6	8	75.0	59.6	3	2	1	3
11	Karl Malone K. Malone	33	12/12/1988	UTA	vs	MIA	30	12	1	0	0	8	15	53.3	0	0		17	21	81.0	68.1	5	7	2	3
12	Bernard King B. King	32	1/12/1989	WAS	vs	MIA	33	5	4	1	0	13	19	68.4	0	0		6	8	75.0	71.0	0	5	4	1
13	Jeff Malone J. Malone	32	1/12/1989	WAS	vs	MIA	39	2	4	0	0	11	19	57.9	0	0		10	11	90.9	67.1	2	0	2	1
14	Karl Malone K. Malone	32	12/23/1988	UTA	@	MIA	44	9	2	1	1	11	18	61.1	0	0		10	19	52.6	60.7	2	7	5	2
15	Chuck Person C. Person	31	3/29/1989	IND	vs	MIA	45	10	3	1	0	13	28	46.4	0	0		5	5	100.0	51.3	5	5	3	0
16	Karl Malone K. Malone	31	3/17/1989	UTA	vs	MIA	32	9	3	3	0	9	18	50.0	0	1	0.0	13	15	86.7	63.0	3	6	2	3
17	Kelly Tripucka K. Tripucka	31	2/17/1989	CHA	@	MIA	36	5	1	1	0	12	25	48.0	0	1	0.0	7	9	77.8	53.5	2	3	3	2
18	Willie Anderson W. Anderson	30	3/25/1989	SAS	@	MIA	40	5	1	0	1	12	24	50.0	0	0		6	6	100.0	56.3	2	3	2	4
19	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	30	2/2/1989	SEA	@	MIA	43	6	1	2	0	12	23	52.2	3	3	100.0	3	3	100.0	61.7	2	4	2	4
20	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	29	4/19/1989	PHX	@	MIA	25	1	2	0	0	11	17	64.7	3	4	75.0	4	4	100.0	77.3	1	0	3	5
21	Chuck Person C. Person	29	1/15/1989	IND	@	MIA	51	8	1	0	0	11	21	52.4	0	1	0.0	7	9	77.8	58.1	2	6	5	5
22	Karl Malone K. Malone	29	1/10/1989	UTA	@	MIA	43	10	4	2	1	9	20	45.0	0	0		11	12	91.7	57.4	5	5	2	1
23	Orlando Woolridge O. Woolridge	29	1/6/1989	LAL	vs	MIA	33	7	2	1	1	13	16	81.3	0	0		3	4	75.0	81.6	1	6	2	2
24	Chris Mullin C. Mullin	29	11/18/1988	GSW	@	MIA	43	4	4	2	0	9	20	45.0	0	1	0.0	11	11	100.0	58.4	0	4	6	3
25	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	29	11/17/1988	HOU	vs	MIA	30	14	1	0	3	9	12	75.0	0	0		11	13	84.6	81.8	4	10	7	5