how many players have scored 50 points in a game before 5/1/2006

Kobe Bryant dropped 50 points versus the Trail Blazers on April 14, 2006.

Interpreted as:

How many players have scored 50 or more points in a regular-season game before 5/1/2006?

	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	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	4/14/2006	50	LAL	vs	POR	44	6	1	5	0	17	28	60.7	5	10	50.0	11	14	78.6	73.2	1	5	3	4	+19
2	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	4/7/2006	51	LAL	@	PHX	42	5	3	1	0	19	33	57.6	5	11	45.5	8	10	80.0	68.2	0	5	2	3	-6
3	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	3/23/2006	51	DAL	vs	GSW	41	9	5	2	1	16	24	66.7	3	4	75.0	16	17	94.1	81.0	3	6	5	3	+3
4	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	2/15/2006	50	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
5	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1/22/2006	81	LAL	vs	TOR	42	6	2	3	1	28	46	60.9	7	13	53.8	18	20	90.0	73.9	2	4	3	1	+25
6	LeBron James L. James	1/21/2006	51	CLE	@	UTA	43	5	8	2	0	19	35	54.3	4	8	50.0	9	11	81.8	64.0	0	5	3	4	+19
7	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1/19/2006	51	LAL	@	SAC	44	9	4	1	0	17	35	48.6	4	12	33.3	13	13	100.0	62.6	0	9	4	2	-13
8	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1/7/2006	50	LAL	@	LAC	45	8	8	1	0	17	41	41.5	7	15	46.7	9	10	90.0	55.1	3	5	3	2	+9
9	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	12/23/2005	53	PHI	@	ATL	45	6	5	2	0	17	31	54.8	0	1	0.0	19	21	90.5	65.9	0	6	0	0	-5
10	Vince Carter V. Carter	12/23/2005	51	NJN	@	MIA	44	8	4	0	0	13	25	52.0	2	5	40.0	23	24	95.8	71.7	2	6	2	3	+16
11	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	12/20/2005	62	LAL	vs	DAL	33	8	0	3	0	18	31	58.1	4	10	40.0	22	25	88.0	73.8	3	5	2	3	+35
12	LeBron James L. James	12/10/2005	52	CLE	@	MIL	43	7	7	2	0	19	29	65.5	5	9	55.6	9	10	90.0	77.8	0	7	3	5	-3
13	LeBron James L. James	3/20/2005	56	CLE	@	TOR	48	10	5	2	0	18	36	50.0	6	12	50.0	14	15	93.3	65.7	2	8	4	0	-7
14	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	2/12/2005	60	PHI	vs	ORL	42	4	6	5	1	17	36	47.2	2	5	40.0	24	27	88.9	62.7	1	3	3	1	+27
15	Damon Stoudamire D. Stoudamire	1/14/2005	54	POR	@	NOH	43	0	1	1	0	20	32	62.5	8	16	50.0	6	6	100.0	77.9	0	0	0	3	-7
16	Jermaine O'Neal J. O'Neal	1/4/2005	55	IND	vs	MIL	36	11	3	0	2	18	28	64.3	0	0		19	25	76.0	70.5	3	8	3	3	+22
17	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	1/2/2005	50	PHX	vs	POR	41	11	3	1	1	20	27	74.1	0	1	0.0	10	17	58.8	72.5	5	6	1	3	+25
18	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	12/20/2004	51	PHI	vs	UTA	46	1	6	7	0	18	31	58.1	4	6	66.7	11	17	64.7	66.3	0	1	7	6	0
19	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	12/18/2004	54	PHI	@	MIL	40	8	5	2	0	17	29	58.6	4	7	57.1	16	21	76.2	70.6	2	6	3	0	+25
20	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	12/2/2004	53	DAL	vs	HOU	49	16	2	3	4	15	32	46.9	2	5	40.0	21	22	95.5	63.6	4	12	1	2	+12
21	Jamal Crawford J. Crawford	4/11/2004	50	CHI	@	TOR	51	7	2	2	1	18	34	52.9	6	11	54.5	8	11	72.7	64.4	0	7	3	3	+12
22	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	3/10/2004	62	ORL	vs	WAS	46	10	5	1	0	20	37	54.1	5	14	35.7	17	26	65.4	64.0	3	7	6	1	+10
23	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	11/29/2003	50	PHI	vs	ATL	43	5	6	2	0	20	34	58.8	4	7	57.1	6	8	75.0	66.6	2	3	2	3	+11
24	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	11/14/2003	51	ORL	@	DEN	41	6	5	2	2	20	30	66.7	8	11	72.7	3	3	100.0	81.4	2	4	4	2	-1
25	Rashard Lewis R. Lewis	10/31/2003	50	SEA	@	LAC	37	8	4	0	1	18	25	72.0	4	7	57.1	10	13	76.9	81.4	2	6	0	1	+22