How much of the responsibility for victory falls on the shoulders of a team’s best player? Most of it, right? But sometimes that player produces individually to the greatest of his abilities, and the team still loses. Players like LeBron James, Chris Paul, and Kevin Durant have all dealt with this in recent seasons. Last night, the New Orleans Pelicans faced exactly that problem in their opening night competition against the Denver Nuggets.
Anthony Davis posted a stat line that has only one comparison, and it puts Davis in great company:
With 5+ minutes to go, the only player in the @bball_ref database who has posted a similar stat line to AD's so far?