last player with 50 pts in a game before 1980

George Gervin dropped 52 points against the San Diego Clippers on January 11, 1979.

Interpreted as:

last player with 50 or more pts in a game before 1980

	NAME	DATE	PTS	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	George Gervin G. Gervin	1/11/1979	52	SAS	vs	SDC	37	1	4	2	1	24	33	72.7	4	4	100.0	74.8			3	1
2	John Drew J. Drew	12/30/1978	50	ATL	vs	DEN	33	5	1	2	1	19	32	59.4	12	16	75.0	64.0	2	3	3	2
3	Truck Robinson T. Robinson	11/21/1978	51	NOJ	vs	NJN	44	16	1			20	26	76.9	11	13	84.6	80.4				2
4	David Thompson D. Thompson	4/9/1978	73	DEN	@	DET	43	7	2	0	1	28	38	73.7	17	20	85.0	78.0	3	4	4	2
5	George Gervin G. Gervin	4/9/1978	63	SAS	@	NOJ	33	2	1	2	1	23	49	46.9	17	20	85.0	54.5				3
6	John Williamson J. Williamson	4/4/1978	50	NJN	@	IND	44	4	3			19	32	59.4	12	13	92.3	66.3				5
7	Rick Barry R. Barry	3/25/1978	55	GSW	vs	NYK	44	9	9	3	0	19	31	61.3	17	18	94.4	70.7	1	8	2	3
8	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	3/18/1978	57	HOU	vs	NJN	48	6	2	3	0	24	40	60.0	9	12	75.0	62.9				4
9	Rick Barry R. Barry	10/29/1977	51	GSW	vs	PHI	43	5	5	1	0	22	38	57.9	7	8	87.5	61.4	0	5	2	4
10	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	3/18/1977	51	NOJ	@	PHX	48	6	1	5	2	21	34	61.8	9	10	90.0	66.4	1	5		3
11	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	2/25/1977	68	NOJ	vs	NYK	43	6	6	3	2	26	43	60.5	16	19	84.2	66.2	1	5		6
12	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	12/26/1976	50	NOJ	vs	WAS	48	3	5			23	39	59.0	4	5	80.0	60.7				2
13	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	12/14/1976	51	NOJ	vs	KCK	47	7	6	1	1	18	38	47.4	15	18	83.3	55.5				2
14	Phil Smith P. Smith	12/11/1976	51	GSW	vs	HOU	43	1	3	0	0	18	27	66.7	15	20	75.0	71.2	1	0		3
15	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	3/17/1976	52	BUF	@	SEA	45	11	2			18	26	69.2	16	22	72.7	72.9				4
16	Phil Smith P. Smith	1/8/1976	51	GSW	vs	PHX	40	4	4	2	1	20	27	74.1	11	14	78.6	76.9	1	3		3
17	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	11/20/1975	50	BUF	@	CLE	50	20	5	1	1	22	32	68.8	6	8	75.0	70.4	3	17		5
18	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	4/18/1975	50	BUF	vs	WAS	45	21	1			20	32	62.5	10	14	71.4	65.5				4
19	Gail Goodrich G. Goodrich	3/28/1975	53	LAL	vs	KCO	44	3	2	1		21	38	55.3	11	12	91.7	61.2				5
20	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	3/18/1975	51	BUF	@	HOU		20	6	4	2	22	31	71.0	7	9	77.8	72.9				4
21	Rick Barry R. Barry	1/23/1975	55	GSW	vs	PHI	46	5	5	7	1	23	49	46.9	9	10	90.0	51.5	2	3		0
22	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	1/19/1975	50	MIL	vs	POR	45	15	11	1	3	18	30	60.0	14	16	87.5	67.5	3	12		3
23	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	1/2/1975	52	MIL	vs	ATL	43	10	1	0	2	18	29	62.1	16	20	80.0	68.8				5
24	Rick Barry R. Barry	3/26/1974	64	GSW	vs	POR	43	10	9	5	0	30	45	66.7	4	5	80.0	67.8	0	10		4
25	Fred Brown F. Brown	3/23/1974	58	SEA	@	GSW	45	6	3	2		24	37	64.9	10	13	76.9	67.9	2	4		2