Shaquille O'Neal had his most points in a game versus Hakeem Olajuwon on November 12, 1996, with 34 points.

Interpreted as:

shaq most points in a regular-season game against hakeem

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	34	11/12/1996	LAL	@	HOU	42	15	2	1	2	15	24	62.5	4	8	50.0	61.8	6	9	5	6	+4
2	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	30	2/5/1999	LAL	vs	HOU	41	14	6	2	0	13	21	61.9	4	7	57.1	62.3	4	10	6	2	+10
3	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	30	11/23/1994	ORL	vs	HOU	29	7	2	0	0	13	19	68.4	4	4	100.0	72.3	4	3	3	5
4	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	29	1/21/1996	ORL	@	HOU	42	16	3	1	1	13	24	54.2	3	7	42.9	53.5	5	11	6	4
5	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28	1/10/1994	ORL	vs	HOU	39	7	4	1	1	13	19	68.4	2	5	40.0	66.0	5	2	1	5
6	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	27	1/30/2000	LAL	@	HOU	41	19	0	0	0	12	27	44.4	3	8	37.5	44.2	7	12	3	5	-1
7	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	25	12/21/2000	LAL	@	HOU	43	12	6	1	1	9	17	52.9	7	22	31.8	46.9	5	7	2	4	0
8	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	24	11/7/2000	LAL	@	HOU	45	7	5	0	3	8	19	42.1	8	14	57.1	47.7	1	6	4	3	-6
9	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	24	2/27/2000	LAL	vs	HOU	36	13	8	1	5	11	20	55.0	2	6	33.3	53.0	2	11	2	1	+22
10	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	24	11/14/1997	LAL	@	HOU	50	13	8	2	3	8	18	44.4	8	13	61.5	50.6	5	8	3	3	+22
11	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	22	2/28/1999	LAL	vs	HOU	34	7	2	1	1	7	10	70.0	8	14	57.1	68.1	2	5	4	1	+3
12	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	22	12/25/1995	ORL	vs	HOU	38	18	5	0	1	10	15	66.7	2	6	33.3	62.4	8	10	4	5
13	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	19	4/26/1999	LAL	@	HOU	36	12	4	1	1	9	14	64.3	1	2	50.0	63.8	1	11	6	2	-19
14	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	19	3/2/1995	ORL	@	HOU	42	20	6	2	2	9	17	52.9	1	3	33.3	51.9	5	15	4	5
15	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	19	3/1/1994	ORL	@	HOU	44	13	2	1	2	8	19	42.1	3	12	25.0	39.1	5	8	1	2
16	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	18	2/15/1998	LAL	vs	HOU	37	13	1	0	1	7	14	50.0	4	7	57.1	52.7	5	8	5	3	-7
17	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	16	3/16/1993	ORL	@	HOU	46	17	1	2	2	5	11	45.5	6	9	66.7	53.5	3	14	5	4
18	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	14	11/12/2000	LAL	vs	HOU	32	5	3	0	6	6	14	42.9	2	5	40.0	43.2	2	3	5	6	+7
19	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	12	11/25/1992	ORL	vs	HOU	42	13	2	1	3	6	12	50.0	0	0		50.0	1	12	2	3
20	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	6	11/10/1999	LAL	@	HOU	15	7	1	0	1	3	6	50.0	0	0		50.0	2	5	1	1	+5