how many players have scored 50 points in a game before 3/1/2000

Vince Carter put up 51 points versus the Suns on February 27, 2000.

Interpreted as:

How many players have scored 50 or more points in a regular-season game before 3/1/2000?

	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	Vince Carter V. Carter	2/27/2000	51	TOR	vs	PHX	43	9	1	3	0	17	32	53.1	4	8	50.0	13	13	100.0	67.6	5	4	5	5	+5
2	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	2/6/2000	50	PHI	vs	SAC	44	9	6	1	0	20	40	50.0	1	7	14.3	9	11	81.8	55.8	2	7	7	2	+14
3	Clifford Robinson C. Robinson	1/16/2000	50	PHX	vs	DEN	43	8	4	0	2	17	26	65.4	3	5	60.0	13	15	86.7	76.7	3	5	0	2	+25
4	Karl Malone K. Malone	4/7/1998	56	UTA	@	GSW	42	9	2	1	4	18	29	62.1	1	1	100.0	19	23	82.6	71.6	2	7	3	2	+1
5	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
6	Tracy Murray T. Murray	2/10/1998	50	WAS	@	GSW	43	8	0	2	0	18	29	62.1	5	10	50.0	9	10	90.0	74.9	2	6	2	3	+25
7	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	4/12/1997	50	PHI	@	CLE	46	5	6	2	0	17	32	53.1	5	9	55.6	11	18	61.1	62.6	2	3	9	5	-4
8	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1/21/1997	51	CHI	vs	NYK	43	4	4	2	0	18	30	60.0	5	8	62.5	10	11	90.9	73.2	1	3	2	1	+7
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	11/6/1996	50	CHI	@	MIA	40	6	0	1	1	18	33	54.5	1	2	50.0	13	14	92.9	63.8	1	5	0	1	+9
10	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	3/29/1996	50	MIA	vs	WAS	39	12	1	0	2	17	24	70.8	0	0		16	17	94.1	79.4	6	6	4	3
11	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	3/7/1996	53	CHI	vs	DET	38	11	2	6	0	21	28	75.0	2	4	50.0	9	10	90.0	81.8	2	9	4	3
12	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1/18/1996	51	HOU	vs	BOS	45	14	3	3	2	20	37	54.1	0	0		11	14	78.6	59.1	5	9	2	3
13	Karl Malone K. Malone	12/9/1995	51	UTA	vs	GSW	45	14	3	1	0	19	28	67.9	0	0		13	16	81.3	72.8	6	8	2	5
14	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf M. Abdul-Rauf	12/7/1995	51	DEN	@	UTA	41	2	2	2	0	17	27	63.0	9	14	64.3	8	8	100.0	83.6	0	2	2	2
15	Glen Rice G. Rice	4/15/1995	56	MIA	vs	ORL	45	4	0	0	0	20	27	74.1	7	8	87.5	9	10	90.0	89.2	1	3	2	4
16	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	3/28/1995	55	CHI	@	NYK	39	4	2	1	0	21	37	56.8	3	4	75.0	10	11	90.9	65.7	0	4	2	3
17	Dana Barros D. Barros	3/14/1995	50	PHI	vs	HOU	42	6	8	2	0	21	26	80.8	6	8	75.0	2	2	100.0	93.0	2	4	4	2
18	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
19	Willie Burton W. Burton	12/13/1994	53	PHI	vs	MIA	43	8	3	1	2	12	19	63.2	5	8	62.5	24	28	85.7	84.6	4	4	1	2
20	Jim Jackson J. Jackson	11/26/1994	50	DAL	@	DEN	48	4	5	0	0	17	28	60.7	0	2	0.0	16	17	94.1	70.5	2	2	4	2
21	Jamal Mashburn J. Mashburn	11/12/1994	50	DAL	@	CHI	43	10	2	0	0	19	31	61.3	3	3	100.0	9	13	69.2	68.1	5	5	8	4
22	David Robinson D. Robinson	4/24/1994	71	SAS	@	LAC	44	14	5	0	2	26	41	63.4	1	2	50.0	18	25	72.0	68.3	4	10	8	2
23	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	4/20/1994	53	ORL	vs	MIN	36	18	4	2	2	22	31	71.0	0	0		9	13	69.2	72.2	7	11	3	3
24	David Robinson D. Robinson	2/21/1994	50	SAS	@	MIN	38	9	2	2	6	18	32	56.3	1	4	25.0	13	15	86.7	64.8	5	4	3	2
25	Nick Anderson N. Anderson	4/23/1993	50	ORL	@	NJN	33	3	2	2	0	17	25	68.0	4	7	57.1	12	12	100.0	82.6	2	1	1	1