Shaquille O'Neal had his most points in a game in 1996-97 versus the Kings on April 17, 1997, with 42 points.

Interpreted as:

shaq most points in a regular-season game 1997

	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	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	42	4/17/1997	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
2	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	41	12/18/1996	LAL	@	MIL	43	13	2	2	3	15	25	60.0	0	0		11	16	68.8	64.0	1	12	4	4	+14
3	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	39	4/13/1997	LAL	vs	UTA	41	13	2	1	2	14	29	48.3	0	0		11	18	61.1	52.8	5	8	1	2	-2
4	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	35	11/3/1996	LAL	vs	MIN	41	19	3	0	3	14	20	70.0	0	0		7	13	53.8	68.0	6	13	3	5	+10
5	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	34	1/10/1997	LAL	vs	MIA	41	14	4	0	4	15	26	57.7	0	0		4	11	36.4	55.1	4	10	5	4	+10
6	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	34	1/6/1997	LAL	@	POR	40	12	1	0	3	15	23	65.2	0	0		4	14	28.6	58.3	0	12	0	5	-10
7	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	34	12/13/1996	LAL	vs	POR	46	10	7	1	6	14	29	48.3	0	0		6	9	66.7	51.6	2	8	3	3	0
8	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	34	11/12/1996	LAL	@	HOU	42	15	2	1	2	15	24	62.5	0	0		4	8	50.0	61.8	6	9	5	6	+4
9	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	33	1/24/1997	LAL	vs	GSW	38	11	3	1	6	15	25	60.0	0	0		3	6	50.0	59.7	5	6	4	3	+9
10	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	33	1/16/1997	LAL	vs	POR	40	13	7	2	5	12	22	54.5	0	0		9	17	52.9	56.0	4	9	3	5	+12
11	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	33	12/11/1996	LAL	vs	IND	42	10	2	0	6	13	22	59.1	0	0		7	13	53.8	59.5	2	8	1	4	0
12	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	32	12/3/1996	LAL	vs	SEA	45	14	7	1	3	13	25	52.0	0	0		6	10	60.0	54.4	5	9	3	2	+9
13	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	31	1/28/1997	LAL	@	DAL	37	10	3	0	2	13	23	56.5	0	0		5	10	50.0	56.6	4	6	1	3	+13
14	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	31	1/5/1997	LAL	@	VAN	40	12	2	0	4	13	21	61.9	0	0		5	9	55.6	62.1	2	10	2	3	0
15	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	30	11/13/1996	LAL	@	SAS	37	10	1	0	4	11	15	73.3	0	0		8	11	72.7	75.6	4	6	6	2	-17
16	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	29	11/22/1996	LAL	vs	SAS	38	21	1	0	2	13	19	68.4	0	0		3	10	30.0	62.0	7	14	4	1	+10
17	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28	12/29/1996	LAL	vs	PHI	28	8	4	1	2	10	17	58.8	0	0		8	12	66.7	62.8	3	5	1	4	+7
18	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	27	12/17/1996	LAL	@	CHI	44	13	3	1	2	12	20	60.0	0	0		3	6	50.0	59.6	5	8	4	5	-11
19	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	27	12/10/1996	LAL	@	SAC	42	13	4	0	4	10	24	41.7	0	0		7	13	53.8	45.4	4	9	2	4	+2
20	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	27	11/29/1996	LAL	@	DET	42	11	3	0	0	11	19	57.9	0	1	0.0	5	12	41.7	55.6	2	9	7	2	+8
21	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	26	12/25/1996	LAL	@	PHX	40	16	5	1	1	11	24	45.8	0	1	0.0	4	9	44.4	46.5	3	13	2	4	+17
22	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	26	11/20/1996	LAL	vs	UTA	41	15	2	1	4	11	22	50.0	0	0		4	10	40.0	49.2	8	7	4	4	-12
23	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	26	11/19/1996	LAL	@	GSW	45	12	7	0	3	12	19	63.2	0	0		2	8	25.0	57.7	1	11	2	3	+11
24	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	26	11/5/1996	LAL	@	NYK	41	13	1	2	5	12	23	52.2	0	0		2	5	40.0	51.6	3	10	2	5	+14
25	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	25	1/2/1997	LAL	@	SAC	42	16	2	0	4	11	25	44.0	0	0		3	8	37.5	43.8	6	10	1	5	+10