most pts in a game by lebron james including playoffs prior to july 1 2007

Before July 1, 2007, LeBron James had his most points in a regular-season or postseason game versus the Raptors on March 20, 2005, with 56 points.

	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	LeBron James L. James	56	3/20/2005	CLE	@	TOR	48	10	5	2	0	18	36	50.0	6	12	50.0	14	15	93.3	65.7	2	8	4	0	-7
2	LeBron James L. James	52	12/10/2005	CLE	@	MIL	43	7	7	2	0	19	29	65.5	5	9	55.6	9	10	90.0	77.8	0	7	3	5	-3
3	LeBron James L. James	51	1/21/2006	CLE	@	UTA	43	5	8	2	0	19	35	54.3	4	8	50.0	9	11	81.8	64.0	0	5	3	4	+19
4	LeBron James L. James	48	5/31/2007	CLE	@	DET	50	9	7	2	0	18	33	54.5	2	3	66.7	10	14	71.4	61.3	3	6	2	3	+2
5	LeBron James L. James	47	4/1/2006	CLE	vs	MIA	45	12	9	2	0	16	25	64.0	2	6	33.3	13	14	92.9	75.4	4	8	4	3	+13
6	LeBron James L. James	47	3/12/2006	CLE	@	MIA	45	7	4	0	1	11	27	40.7	1	6	16.7	24	28	85.7	59.8	2	5	5	2	-7
7	LeBron James L. James	46	3/29/2006	CLE	vs	DAL	43	5	4	3	0	16	23	69.6	4	7	57.1	10	13	76.9	80.1	0	5	2	3	+16
8	LeBron James L. James	46	1/14/2006	CLE	@	PHX	44	7	8	1	0	18	28	64.3	5	8	62.5	5	5	100.0	76.2	0	7	1	1	-5
9	LeBron James L. James	45	5/3/2006	CLE	vs	WAS	46	7	6	2	0	14	23	60.9	0	1	0.0	17	18	94.4	72.8	5	2	4	5	-4
10	LeBron James L. James	44	2/13/2006	CLE	vs	SAS	41	3	5	4	0	19	33	57.6	1	3	33.3	5	8	62.5	60.2	2	1	2	0	+12
11	LeBron James L. James	44	1/29/2006	CLE	vs	PHX	43	11	7	1	1	17	33	51.5	3	7	42.9	7	12	58.3	57.5	1	10	6	1	+5
12	LeBron James L. James	44	3/28/2005	CLE	@	NOH	53	6	3	4	0	16	29	55.2	3	10	30.0	9	11	81.8	65.0	2	4	10	3	+1
13	LeBron James L. James	43	2/15/2006	CLE	@	BOS	54	12	11	2	4	16	32	50.0	0	5	0.0	11	15	73.3	55.7	1	11	2	5	+5
14	LeBron James L. James	43	11/24/2004	CLE	vs	DET	38	6	5	3	1	15	22	68.2	2	3	66.7	11	12	91.7	78.8	3	3	3	3	+12
15	LeBron James L. James	41	3/7/2007	CLE	@	DET	51	7	8	3	1	17	31	54.8	1	3	33.3	6	8	75.0	59.4	2	5	4	4	+8
16	LeBron James L. James	41	4/28/2006	CLE	@	WAS	48	5	3	2	0	16	28	57.1	3	5	60.0	6	9	66.7	64.1	1	4	4	3	+1
17	LeBron James L. James	41	12/17/2005	CLE	vs	MIA	46	5	10	1	0	12	19	63.2	2	4	50.0	15	16	93.8	78.7	0	5	4	3	+9
18	LeBron James L. James	41	3/27/2004	CLE	vs	NJN	43	6	13	3	0	15	29	51.7	1	2	50.0	10	10	100.0	61.4	2	4	2	1	+10
19	LeBron James L. James	40	4/9/2005	CLE	vs	MIL	47	10	10	2	1	15	26	57.7	7	13	53.8	3	3	100.0	73.2	1	9	3	2	+13
20	LeBron James L. James	40	12/28/2004	CLE	@	ATL	46	9	7	1	0	13	25	52.0	3	5	60.0	11	14	78.6	64.2	1	8	1	2	+8
21	LeBron James L. James	39	3/31/2007	CLE	@	CHI	47	5	9	3	0	14	25	56.0	0	3	0.0	11	13	84.6	63.5	1	4	7	4	+4
22	LeBron James L. James	39	3/1/2007	CLE	@	DAL	40	3	5	0	0	17	27	63.0	1	4	25.0	4	8	50.0	63.9	0	3	2	2	-2
23	LeBron James L. James	39	1/24/2007	CLE	vs	PHI	53	10	5	1	0	14	26	53.8	3	8	37.5	8	13	61.5	61.5	2	8	4	2	-8
24	LeBron James L. James	39	12/13/2005	CLE	vs	ATL	45	10	6	2	0	13	23	56.5	3	6	50.0	10	16	62.5	64.9	0	10	6	5	-4
25	LeBron James L. James	38	2/15/2007	CLE	@	LAL	40	4	3	3	0	10	16	62.5	0	1	0.0	18	22	81.8	74.0	0	4	3	4	+4