how many shaq 40 point games before 2000

Shaquille O'Neal had 26 games played with 40+ points before 1999-00.

Interpreted as:

How many shaq 40 or more point regular-season games before 2000?

	NAME	DATE	GP	PTS	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	2/16/1993	1	46	ORL	@	DET	49	21	3	0	5	19	25	76.0	0	0		8	16	50.0	71.8	3	18	6	5
2	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	11/5/1993	1	42	ORL	@	MIA	31	12	1	1	1	17	24	70.8	0	0		8	13	61.5	70.7	4	8	1	4
3	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	11/19/1993	1	41	ORL	@	BOS	39	10	1	0	2	18	26	69.2	0	0		5	7	71.4	70.5	4	6	5	1
4	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	12/9/1993	1	49	ORL	@	IND	45	11	3	2	0	17	25	68.0	0	0		15	18	83.3	74.4	3	8	2	3
5	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	1/19/1994	1	40	ORL	vs	LAC	47	19	1	0	4	17	27	63.0	0	0		6	11	54.5	62.8	8	11	3	2
6	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	3/3/1994	1	43	ORL	@	DAL	40	16	1	0	1	18	29	62.1	0	0		7	12	58.3	62.7	10	6	3	2
7	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	3/9/1994	1	40	ORL	@	PHI	35	14	1	1	3	14	21	66.7	0	0		12	17	70.6	70.2	8	6	4	1
8	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	4/8/1994	1	40	ORL	vs	DET	42	16	3	0	3	14	22	63.6	0	0		12	12	100.0	73.3	6	10	3	1
9	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	4/15/1994	1	42	ORL	@	BOS	53	11	1	1	3	18	32	56.3	0	0		6	14	42.9	55.0	4	7	1	3
10	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	4/20/1994	1	53	ORL	vs	MIN	36	18	4	2	2	22	31	71.0	0	0		9	13	69.2	72.2	7	11	3	3
11	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	11/9/1994	1	46	ORL	@	CHA	47	20	3	1	3	20	32	62.5	0	0		6	11	54.5	62.4	14	6	0	3
12	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	11/10/1994	1	41	ORL	@	NYK	43	17	1	1	2	17	26	65.4	0	0		7	13	53.8	64.6	5	12	4	4
13	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	11/30/1994	1	41	ORL	vs	SAC	36	9	1	2	1	18	25	72.0	0	0		5	12	41.7	67.7	6	3	2	1
14	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	12/16/1994	1	40	ORL	@	GSW	45	18	2	1	2	15	20	75.0	0	0		10	21	47.6	68.4	4	14	2	2
15	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	1/18/1995	1	42	ORL	@	DAL	38	10	2	0	4	17	25	68.0	0	0		8	13	61.5	68.4	1	9	3	2
16	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	2/5/1995	1	41	ORL	vs	NYK	46	15	3	0	2	17	28	60.7	0	0		7	13	53.8	60.8	10	5	3	3
17	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	2/28/1995	1	41	ORL	vs	NYK	41	10	1	2	0	16	28	57.1	0	0		9	15	60.0	59.2	5	5	1	5
18	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	3/8/1995	1	46	ORL	vs	LAL	42	11	4	1	5	20	26	76.9	0	0		6	10	60.0	75.7	7	4	2	2
19	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	4/5/1995	1	40	ORL	vs	DET	39	19	4	0	2	15	26	57.7	0	0		10	22	45.5	56.1	9	10	0	1
20	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	3/2/1996	1	41	ORL	vs	POR	38	17	1	0	2	17	29	58.6	0	1	0.0	7	12	58.3	59.8	4	13	0	1
21	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	3/22/1996	1	49	ORL	@	WAS	45	17	2	1	3	21	40	52.5	0	0		7	13	53.8	53.6	8	9	3	4
22	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	12/18/1996	1	41	LAL	@	MIL	43	13	2	2	3	15	25	60.0	0	0		11	16	68.8	64.0	1	12	4	4	+14
23	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	4/17/1997	1	42	LAL	vs	SAC	33	12	3	1	1	15	31	48.4	0	1	0.0	12	14	85.7	56.5	6	6	3	2	+9
24	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	2/13/1998	1	44	LAL	vs	SEA	41	12	2	3	3	19	29	65.5	0	0		6	12	50.0	64.2	5	7	5	5	+6
25	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	4/2/1998	1	50	LAL	@	NJN	42	9	2	1	1	18	26	69.2	0	0		14	20	70.0	71.8	3	6	5	4	+15
	Average		1.0	43.2				41.1	13.9	2.0	0.9	2.4	17.4	26.9	64.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	8.5	14.0	60.6	65.4	5.6	8.3	2.7	2.7	15.2
	Total		26	1,124				1,069	362	52	23	62	452	700	64.6	0	2	0.0	220	363	60.6	65.4	146	216	70	69	+76