who has scored the most points against lebron james in a game before 2012

Before 2011-12, Paul Pierce dropped the most points in a game versus LeBron James, with 50 points against the Cavaliers on February 15, 2006.

Interpreted as:

Who has scored the most points against LeBron James in a regular-season game before 2012?

	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	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	50	2/15/2006	BOS	vs	CLE	54	7	8	0	0	17	36	47.2	0	4	0.0	16	20	80.0	55.8	0	7	4	6	-1
2	Paul Millsap P. Millsap	46	11/9/2010	UTA	@	MIA	43	9	1	1	1	19	28	67.9	3	3	100.0	5	7	71.4	74.0	4	5	1	4	+2
3	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	46	2/13/2008	SAS	@	CLE	41	5	8	3	1	15	20	75.0	8	11	72.7	8	9	88.9	96.0	0	5	1	2	+12
4	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	45	11/18/2006	WAS	vs	CLE	39	5	6	2	0	14	22	63.6	7	11	63.6	10	12	83.3	82.5	2	3	1	2	+26
5	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	44	4/1/2006	MIA	@	CLE	43	8	9	2	1	18	36	50.0	1	4	25.0	7	9	77.8	55.1	2	6	1	4	-1
6	Richard Hamilton R. Hamilton	44	11/28/2003	DET	vs	CLE	39	7	5	1	0	15	23	65.2	1	1	100.0	13	15	86.7	74.3	1	6	2	3	+8
7	Shareef Abdur-Rahim S. Abdur-Rahim	43	12/6/2003	ATL	@	CLE	43	12	2	1	0	17	27	63.0	0	1	0.0	9	10	90.0	68.5	6	6	4	4	-8
8	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	42	1/21/2008	MIA	vs	CLE	40	6	7	3	1	17	29	58.6	1	3	33.3	7	8	87.5	64.6	3	3	4	3	-7
9	Richard Jefferson R. Jefferson	42	12/22/2004	NJN	vs	CLE	47	6	7	1	1	12	20	60.0	2	4	50.0	16	17	94.1	76.4	0	6	3	1	+4
10	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	41	3/2/2009	MIA	vs	CLE	40	7	9	7	1	16	30	53.3	2	6	33.3	7	9	77.8	60.4	3	4	8	3	-7
11	Chris Bosh C. Bosh	41	11/24/2007	TOR	@	CLE	42	4	5	1	0	13	25	52.0	0	0		15	17	88.2	63.1	1	3	1	1	+3
12	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	41	2/1/2007	MIA	vs	CLE	42	4	5	3	2	9	20	45.0	0	1	0.0	23	24	95.8	67.1	0	4	12	0	+12
13	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	41	12/25/2003	ORL	vs	CLE	50	8	11	3	1	15	29	51.7	5	9	55.6	6	9	66.7	62.2	2	6	2	1	+10
14	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	41	12/13/2003	BOS	@	CLE	44	9	6	4	2	12	25	48.0	1	5	20.0	16	18	88.9	62.3	2	7	4	1	+4
15	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	40	2/18/2010	DEN	@	CLE	48	6	7	1	2	13	28	46.4	1	4	25.0	13	16	81.3	57.1	2	4	1	4	+8
16	Jordan Crawford J. Crawford	39	3/30/2011	WAS	vs	MIA	46	3	4	0	0	12	24	50.0	5	8	62.5	10	10	100.0	68.7	0	3	5	3	-11
17	Al Harrington A. Harrington	39	2/4/2009	NYK	vs	CLE	42	13	0	1	0	16	24	66.7	3	8	37.5	4	5	80.0	74.4	2	11	2	2	+5
18	Nick Young N. Young	38	2/25/2011	WAS	@	MIA	37	3	1	1	0	12	19	63.2	6	8	75.0	8	8	100.0	84.4	0	3	2	3	+2
19	Andrea Bargnani A. Bargnani	38	2/16/2011	TOR	vs	MIA	39	4	0	0	0	15	26	57.7	5	6	83.3	3	4	75.0	68.4	0	4	3	4	-10
20	Danny Granger D. Granger	38	4/13/2009	IND	vs	CLE	45	5	1	2	2	12	28	42.9	4	10	40.0	10	11	90.9	57.9	1	4	1	1	-3
21	Vince Carter V. Carter	38	12/20/2006	NJN	vs	CLE	39	6	5	0	0	10	18	55.6	4	5	80.0	14	18	77.8	73.3	0	6	3	4	+11
22	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	38	4/4/2006	PHI	@	CLE	38	1	8	1	0	10	25	40.0	1	3	33.3	17	19	89.5	57.0	0	1	3	2	-22
23	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	38	3/19/2006	LAL	@	CLE	45	6	5	3	1	15	33	45.5	1	4	25.0	7	7	100.0	52.7	0	6	3	4	+2
24	Vince Carter V. Carter	38	12/9/2005	NJN	@	CLE	44	11	6	4	2	15	21	71.4	3	4	75.0	5	8	62.5	77.5	1	10	4	1	+15
25	Marcus Thornton M. Thornton	37	2/23/2010	NOH	@	CLE	31	2	2	2	0	15	22	68.2	3	7	42.9	4	4	100.0	77.9	1	1	2	0	+4