Shaquille O'Neal dropped his most points in a game in 1997-98 versus the New Jersey Nets on April 2, 1998, with 50 points.

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shaq most points in a regular-season game 1998

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	50	4/2/1998	LAL	@	NJN	42	9	2	1	1	18	26	69.2	0	0	14	20	70.0	71.8	3	6	5	4	+15
2	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	44	2/13/1998	LAL	vs	SEA	41	12	2	3	3	19	29	65.5	0	0	6	12	50.0	64.2	5	7	5	5	+6
3	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	43	4/17/1998	LAL	vs	DAL	33	5	0	0	4	18	22	81.8	0	0	7	13	53.8	77.6	1	4	2	1	+32
4	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	38	1/7/1998	LAL	vs	MIL	35	9	0	2	3	13	19	68.4	0	0	12	21	57.1	67.3	1	8	2	2	+12
5	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	37	11/11/1997	LAL	@	DAL	37	12	2	0	3	17	23	73.9	0	0	3	9	33.3	68.6	2	10	2	3	+30
6	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	35	4/11/1998	LAL	@	GSW	38	15	5	0	1	11	23	47.8	0	0	13	20	65.0	55.0	6	9	2	2	+9
7	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	35	4/5/1998	LAL	@	DET	49	12	3	1	1	14	26	53.8	0	0	7	10	70.0	57.6	5	7	2	5	+3
8	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	35	2/27/1998	LAL	@	MIN	34	7	3	0	0	14	27	51.9	0	0	7	11	63.6	55.0	2	5	1	3	+6
9	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	35	1/19/1998	LAL	vs	ORL	42	15	3	1	7	14	25	56.0	0	0	7	14	50.0	56.2	8	7	4	5	+5
10	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	34	4/14/1998	LAL	@	DAL	31	7	3	0	1	15	22	68.2	0	0	4	8	50.0	66.6	2	5	2	3	+26
11	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	34	1/14/1998	LAL	vs	DEN	32	10	2	0	1	14	20	70.0	0	0	6	11	54.5	68.4	8	2	1	2	+23
12	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	34	11/13/1997	LAL	@	SAS	43	15	1	1	4	13	26	50.0	0	0	8	15	53.3	52.1	5	10	7	4	+7
13	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	33	4/19/1998	LAL	vs	UTA	40	15	3	1	4	10	21	47.6	0	0	13	20	65.0	55.4	3	12	2	3	+4
14	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	33	3/29/1998	LAL	vs	WAS	26	13	0	0	3	13	18	72.2	0	0	7	12	58.3	70.9	2	11	6	2	+29
15	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	33	3/22/1998	LAL	@	SAC	39	13	1	0	1	13	24	54.2	0	0	7	11	63.6	57.2	6	7	5	4	+8
16	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	33	3/18/1998	LAL	vs	PHX	41	22	0	0	0	13	28	46.4	0	0	7	11	63.6	50.2	8	14	3	3	-2
17	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	33	3/11/1998	LAL	vs	POR	38	6	0	0	4	13	24	54.2	0	0	7	14	50.0	54.7	5	1	4	2	+11
18	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	33	2/11/1998	LAL	vs	GSW	33	10	1	0	5	12	22	54.5	0	0	9	17	52.9	56.0	1	9	2	2	+10
19	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	32	3/12/1998	LAL	@	LAC	33	9	2	0	3	16	20	80.0	0	0	0	5	0.0	72.1	1	8	5	3	+24
20	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	32	3/8/1998	LAL	vs	DET	40	13	2	0	2	12	19	63.2	0	0	8	16	50.0	61.4	3	10	3	3	+4
21	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	32	1/11/1998	LAL	vs	CHA	40	13	2	1	3	12	19	63.2	0	0	8	16	50.0	61.4	2	11	2	3	-1
22	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	32	1/9/1998	LAL	@	LAC	31	7	2	1	0	14	20	70.0	0	0	4	11	36.4	64.4	2	5	3	5	0
23	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	31	3/28/1998	LAL	@	UTA	33	5	1	1	0	10	17	58.8	0	0	11	16	68.8	64.5	0	5	2	4	-4
24	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	31	2/10/1998	LAL	@	POR	35	12	1	2	2	12	26	46.2	0	0	7	13	53.8	48.9	6	6	3	5	-7
25	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	30	4/8/1998	LAL	vs	VAN	38	8	3	0	4	13	18	72.2	0	0	4	10	40.0	67.0	3	5	5	1	+20