nba regular season players with exactly 48 points in a game before 2005

Shaquille O'Neal had 48 points versus the Celtics on March 21, 2003.

	NAME	DATE	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	3/21/2003	48	LAL	vs	BOS	39	20	1	1	1	19	24	79.2	0	0		10	19	52.6	74.2	6	14	3	3	+11
2	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	3/5/2003	48	ORL	vs	MIL	43	10	5	3	0	17	34	50.0	6	11	54.5	8	13	61.5	60.4	4	6	5	2	+9
3	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	3/19/2002	48	ORL	vs	MIL	44	12	3	3	0	18	35	51.4	6	9	66.7	6	10	60.0	60.9	3	9	3	2	+9
4	Latrell Sprewell L. Sprewell	1/26/2002	48	NYK	@	MIL	54	7	6	2	0	17	36	47.2	9	14	64.3	5	7	71.4	61.4	3	4	6	2	-2
5	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	12/1/2001	48	BOS	@	NJN	49	12	1	3	2	13	34	38.2	5	8	62.5	17	18	94.4	57.3	2	10	4	2	+14
6	Vince Carter V. Carter	11/18/2000	48	TOR	vs	MIL	45	10	4	3	2	14	31	45.2	3	7	42.9	17	18	94.4	61.7	5	5	2	3	+8
7	Glen Rice G. Rice	3/6/1997	48	CHA	vs	BOS	52	4	1	0	1	18	27	66.7	5	8	62.5	7	8	87.5	78.6	0	4	3	1	+3
8	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1/30/1997	48	HOU	vs	DEN	43	10	3	0	2	24	40	60.0	0	0		0	0		60.0	3	7	3	3	-1
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1/13/1996	48	CHI	@	PHI	34	10	2	1	1	18	28	64.3	5	7	71.4	7	7	100.0	77.2	3	7	2	1
10	David Robinson D. Robinson	3/19/1994	48	SAS	vs	SAC	45	16	6	4	3	17	31	54.8	0	0		14	16	87.5	63.1	3	13	2	3
11	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	3/29/1993	48	ATL	vs	POR	45	6	5	2	1	17	31	54.8	2	6	33.3	12	14	85.7	64.6	1	5	5	3
12	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	11/24/1991	48	POR	vs	SAS	40	6	3	6	3	17	28	60.7	3	7	42.9	11	13	84.6	71.2	1	5	1	2
13	Karl Malone K. Malone	1/6/1990	48	UTA	@	DEN	47	14	3	2	1	20	34	58.8	0	0		8	12	66.7	61.1	0	14	5	2
14	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	1/22/1989	48	POR	vs	NYK	39	11	6	4	0	20	28	71.4	0	0		8	9	88.9	75.1	4	7	5	4
15	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1/10/1989	48	CHI	@	ATL	41	10	9	3	0	17	29	58.6	0	2	0.0	14	16	87.5	66.6	4	6	4	2
16	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	1/13/1988	48	ATL	@	SAS	42	11	4	2	0	15	27	55.6	0	0		18	18	100.0	68.7	5	6	3	2
17	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	3/5/1987	48	POR	@	SEA	45	3	3	0	1	19	31	61.3	0	1	0.0	10	13	76.9	65.4	1	2	1	2
18	Jeff Malone J. Malone	3/4/1987	48	WAS	vs	NJN	45	4	7	1	1	17	27	63.0	0	1	0.0	14	15	93.3	71.4	1	3	4	1
19	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	11/14/1986	48	CHI	vs	BOS	41	5	1	2	1	17	33	51.5	1	1	100.0	13	14	92.9	61.3	2	3	0	3
20	Larry Bird L. Bird	3/17/1985	48	BOS	vs	HOU	43	15	7	2	0	17	32	53.1	0	2	0.0	14	15	93.3	62.2	4	11	3	1
21	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	3/9/1985	48	ATL	vs	DET	35	9	2	3	0	16	32	50.0	2	3	66.7	14	14	100.0	62.9	3	6	4	4
22	Larry Bird L. Bird	1/27/1985	48	BOS	vs	POR	45	10	7	3	1	17	28	60.7	2	5	40.0	12	12	100.0	72.1	1	9	5	3
23	Larry Bird L. Bird	12/9/1984	48	BOS	vs	ATL	42	14	5	1	1	20	32	62.5	0	2	0.0	8	9	88.9	66.7	2	12	2	3
24	Purvis Short P. Short	11/11/1984	48	GSW	@	POR	41	3	2	2	0	19	34	55.9	0	3	0.0	10	11	90.9	61.8	0	3	3	5
25	Mike Woodson M. Woodson	2/20/1983	48	KCK	vs	HOU	32	3	2	1	1	22	24	91.7	1	1	100.0	3	6	50.0	90.1			0	2