Shaquille O'Neal posted his most points for the Heat in a game against the Wizards on December 13, 2004, with 40 points.

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shaq most points in one regular-season game miami heat

	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	40	12/13/2004	MIA	vs	WAS	38	12	3	0	5	15	23	65.2	0	0	10	16	62.5	66.6	6	6	1	3	+24
2	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	39	1/14/2005	MIA	@	LAC	51	10	5	0	0	12	25	48.0	0	0	15	28	53.6	52.3	5	5	4	4	+12
3	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	35	3/6/2006	MIA	@	CHA	41	12	3	1	0	16	23	69.6	0	0	3	11	27.3	62.9	2	10	3	5	-2
4	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	34	4/15/2005	MIA	@	BOS	33	5	1	0	1	12	16	75.0	0	0	10	20	50.0	68.5	2	3	1	2	-2
5	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	34	4/2/2005	MIA	@	NOH	36	15	3	1	1	15	21	71.4	0	0	4	7	57.1	70.6	4	11	3	4	+17
6	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	34	1/11/2005	MIA	@	PHX	38	11	2	1	2	16	20	80.0	0	0	2	6	33.3	75.1	6	5	2	4	-9
7	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	34	11/30/2004	MIA	vs	TOR	41	17	2	0	1	12	15	80.0	0	0	10	13	76.9	82.0	7	10	1	5	0
8	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	33	3/19/2005	MIA	vs	NYK	34	17	0	0	3	12	21	57.1	0	0	9	14	64.3	60.8	6	11	3	3	+9
9	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	33	3/10/2005	MIA	vs	MIN	38	13	3	1	3	10	18	55.6	0	0	13	18	72.2	63.7	6	7	1	4	+12
10	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	33	1/26/2005	MIA	@	TOR	39	18	3	0	1	13	19	68.4	0	0	7	20	35.0	59.4	3	15	5	4	+13
11	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	33	1/5/2005	MIA	vs	NYK	36	18	2	1	3	14	21	66.7	0	0	5	9	55.6	66.1	5	13	3	1	+14
12	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	32	3/9/2007	MIA	vs	MIN	35	9	2	0	0	13	16	81.3	0	0	6	11	54.5	76.8	4	5	6	3	+9
13	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	32	2/11/2005	MIA	@	CHA	34	12	3	1	3	13	21	61.9	0	0	6	15	40.0	58.0	7	5	5	4	+13
14	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	31	3/2/2007	MIA	vs	DET	36	15	6	0	1	12	16	75.0	0	0	7	14	50.0	69.9	4	11	3	3	+10
15	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	31	2/25/2006	MIA	vs	SEA	37	9	4	0	4	15	16	93.8	0	0	1	6	16.7	83.2	2	7	2	5	+20
16	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	31	2/12/2006	MIA	vs	DET	37	8	0	1	3	14	24	58.3	0	0	3	6	50.0	58.2	5	3	3	4	+8
17	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	31	12/27/2004	MIA	vs	ATL	32	7	2	0	0	10	14	71.4	0	0	11	14	78.6	76.9	1	6	2	4	+3
18	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	30	12/13/2005	MIA	@	CHI	27	7	3	1	1	12	21	57.1	0	0	6	9	66.7	60.1	4	3	1	4	+12
19	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28	4/6/2006	MIA	vs	DET	36	7	1	0	2	12	18	66.7	0	0	4	10	40.0	62.5	4	3	4	4	-5
20	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28	12/30/2005	MIA	@	WAS	29	10	0	0	1	11	15	73.3	0	0	6	13	46.2	67.6	2	8	4	5	+9
21	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28	12/20/2005	MIA	vs	ATL	24	10	4	0	2	13	15	86.7	0	0	2	6	33.3	79.4	4	6	1	4	+33
22	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28	3/29/2005	MIA	vs	TOR	36	9	3	1	2	11	17	64.7	0	0	6	11	54.5	64.1	3	6	5	4	+15
23	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28	1/9/2005	MIA	@	SEA	38	11	3	1	5	11	18	61.1	0	0	6	13	46.2	59.0	6	5	3	4	-1
24	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28	1/7/2005	MIA	@	POR	34	10	1	0	3	11	15	73.3	0	0	6	8	75.0	75.6	3	7	4	4	+8
25	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	27	4/8/2006	MIA	@	WAS	32	10	3	1	4	13	16	81.3	0	0	1	4	25.0	76.0	3	7	4	2	+12