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D'Angelo Russell Celebrated His 23rd Birthday by Dropping a Career-High-Tying 40 Points in Road Win Over Hornets

D'Angelo Russell had a nice little Saturday.

The Nets are locked in tight playoff race in the East, and yesterday they trailed the Hornets by six points late in the game thanks to a 24-4 Charlotte run. Brooklyn then turned to Russell – just as it had done for the majority of the night – and the All-Star proceeded to put up the team's final 12 points en route to a huge 117-115 road victory.

His performance in the game's waning moments truly was a thing of beauty.

When the game was on the line, @Dloading took matters into his own hands.