how many players have scored 50 points in a game before 3/1/2018

Anthony Davis had 53 points against the Suns on February 26, 2018.

Interpreted as:

How many players have scored 50 or more points in a regular-season game before 3/1/2018?

	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	Anthony Davis A. Davis	2/26/2018	53	NOP	vs	PHX	39	18	3	1	5	16	29	55.2	0	1	0.0	21	26	80.8	65.5	8	10	1	3	+9
2	Kevin Durant K. Durant	2/14/2018	50	GSW	@	POR	37	7	6	0	2	17	27	63.0	6	14	42.9	10	10	100.0	79.6	0	7	4	1	-6
3	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	2/9/2018	50	POR	@	SAC	29	1	6	3	0	16	26	61.5	8	13	61.5	10	10	100.0	82.2	0	1	2	2	+18
4	CJ McCollum	1/31/2018	50	POR	vs	CHI	29	5	2	1	0	18	25	72.0	6	9	66.7	8	8	100.0	87.7	1	4	3	1	+29
5	James Harden J. Harden	1/30/2018	60	HOU	vs	ORL	46	10	11	4	1	19	30	63.3	5	14	35.7	17	18	94.4	79.1	2	8	5	2	+7
6	Lou Williams L. Williams	1/10/2018	50	LAC	@	GSW	35	2	7	0	0	16	27	59.3	8	16	50.0	10	10	100.0	79.6	0	2	4	0	+8
7	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	1/1/2018	52	TOR	vs	MIL	43	5	8	1	1	17	29	58.6	5	9	55.6	13	13	100.0	74.9	1	4	2	4	+9
8	James Harden J. Harden	12/22/2017	51	HOU	vs	LAC	41	4	8	3	0	15	28	53.6	6	14	42.9	15	16	93.8	72.8	0	4	8	6	-9
9	James Harden J. Harden	12/20/2017	51	HOU	vs	LAL	43	3	9	1	1	15	27	55.6	4	6	66.7	17	21	81.0	70.4	0	3	6	5	+4
10	Bradley Beal B. Beal	12/5/2017	51	WAS	@	POR	43	3	2	0	0	21	37	56.8	5	12	41.7	4	5	80.0	65.1	1	2	2	2	+12
11	James Harden J. Harden	11/5/2017	56	HOU	vs	UTA	35	2	13	2	0	19	25	76.0	7	8	87.5	11	12	91.7	92.5	0	2	7	3	+25
12	LeBron James L. James	11/3/2017	57	CLE	@	WAS	43	11	7	3	2	23	34	67.6	2	4	50.0	9	9	100.0	75.1	5	6	3	2	+6
13	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	4/9/2017	50	OKC	@	DEN	37	16	10	1	0	17	32	53.1	5	12	41.7	11	11	100.0	67.9	2	14	2	1	+10
14	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	4/8/2017	59	POR	vs	UTA	42	6	5	1	1	18	34	52.9	9	14	64.3	14	16	87.5	71.9	0	6	0	0	+19
15	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	3/29/2017	57	OKC	@	ORL	42	13	11	3	0	21	40	52.5	6	15	40.0	9	11	81.8	63.6	3	10	7	3	+8
16	Devin Booker D. Booker	3/24/2017	70	PHX	@	BOS	45	8	6	3	1	21	40	52.5	4	11	36.4	24	26	92.3	68.0	2	6	5	3	-6
17	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	3/7/2017	58	OKC	vs	POR	36	3	9	3	1	21	39	53.8	3	9	33.3	13	16	81.3	63.0	1	2	4	4	+7
18	James Harden J. Harden	1/27/2017	51	HOU	@	PHI	39	13	13	2	1	16	28	57.1	6	11	54.5	13	14	92.9	74.6	1	12	5	4	+13
19	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	1/2/2017	52	CHI	vs	CHA	38	12	6	3	1	15	24	62.5	1	4	25.0	21	22	95.5	77.2	3	9	2	0	+15
20	James Harden J. Harden	12/31/2016	53	HOU	vs	NYK	42	16	17	0	0	14	26	53.8	9	16	56.3	16	18	88.9	78.1	3	13	8	2	+13
21	Isaiah Thomas I. Thomas	12/30/2016	52	BOS	vs	MIA	37	2	0	1	0	15	26	57.7	9	13	69.2	13	13	100.0	82.0	1	1	2	2	+10
22	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	12/20/2016	55	SAC	vs	POR	41	14	1	1	3	17	28	60.7	5	8	62.5	16	17	94.1	77.5	1	13	5	5	+3
23	John Wall J. Wall	12/6/2016	52	WAS	vs	ORL	42	4	8	3	0	18	31	58.1	5	8	62.5	11	14	78.6	70.0	1	3	4	3	-1
24	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	12/5/2016	60	GSW	vs	IND	29	2	1	0	0	21	33	63.6	8	14	57.1	10	11	90.9	79.3	0	2	0	0	+37
25	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	10/28/2016	51	OKC	vs	PHX	45	13	10	2	0	17	44	38.6	2	10	20.0	15	20	75.0	48.3	3	10	5	3	+7