which lakers players have scored 50 points in a game before 1999

Shaquille O'Neal dropped 50 points versus the New Jersey Nets on April 2, 1998.

Interpreted as:

Which lakers players have scored 50 or more points in a regular-season game before 1999?

	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	4/2/1998	50	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	Cedric Ceballos C. Ceballos	12/20/1994	50	LAL	vs	MIN	46	9	2	1	2	21	31	67.7	3	5	60.0	5	9	55.6	71.5	4	5	5	4
3	Gail Goodrich G. Goodrich	3/28/1975	53	LAL	vs	KCO	44	3	2	1		21	38	55.3				11	12	91.7	61.2				5
4	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	2/9/1969	66	LAL	vs	PHX	48	27	4			29	35	82.9				8	18	44.4	76.9				1
5	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	1/26/1969	60	LAL		CIN		21				22	36	61.1				16	24	66.7	64.4				1
6	Jerry West J. West	12/10/1965	51	LAL	@	CIN	41	8	4			21	35	60.0				9	11	81.8	64.0				3
7	Jerry West J. West	12/3/1965	51	LAL	vs	CIN		7	7			16	26	61.5				19	20	95.0	73.3				4
8	Jerry West J. West	1/29/1965	53	LAL	vs	CIN		6	3			21	36	58.3				11	12	91.7	64.2				6
9	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	2/13/1963	50	LAL	@	BOS	48	15	11			16	27	59.3				18	22	81.8	68.2				5
10	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	12/15/1962	52	LAL	vs	SFW	43	13	6			19	32	59.4				14	17	82.4	65.9				2
11	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	12/14/1962	51	LAL	@	SFW	46	9	1			21	36	58.3				9	9	100.0	63.8				3
12	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	12/12/1962	50	LAL	vs	SYR		13	6			20	29	69.0				10	13	76.9	72.0				5
13	Rudy LaRusso R. LaRusso	3/14/1962	50	LAL	vs	STL	43	19				19	32	59.4				12	18	66.7	62.6				4
14	Jerry West J. West	1/24/1962	50	LAL	vs	CIN		8	10			17	30	56.7				16	18	88.9	65.9				3
15	Jerry West J. West	1/17/1962	63	LAL	vs	NYK	39	3	3			22	36	61.1				19	22	86.4	69.0				5
16	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	12/29/1961	52	LAL		PHI		16	2			18	33	54.5				16	19	84.2	62.9				4
17	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	12/13/1961	52	LAL	vs	STL	52	25	10			18	41	43.9				16	17	94.1	53.6				3
18	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	12/11/1961	52	LAL	vs	STL	43	15				21	39	53.8				10	15	66.7	57.0				2
19	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	12/8/1961	63	LAL	@	PHI		31	7			23	55	41.8				17	24	70.8	48.0				4
20	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	12/4/1961	50	LAL	vs	SYR		20	7			17	34	50.0				16	22	72.7	57.2				3
21	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	2/16/1961	57	LAL	@	DET		26				23	45	51.1				11	14	78.6	55.7				5
22	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	1/24/1961	56	LAL	vs	SYR		20	5			19	30	63.3				18	20	90.0	72.2				5
23	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	11/25/1960	51	LAL	@	DET		24				18	40	45.0				15	20	75.0	52.3				3
24	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	11/20/1960	52	LAL		DET		15				18						16	21	76.2					4
25	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	11/15/1960	71	LAL	@	NYK	45	25	1			28	48	58.3				15	19	78.9	63.0				5