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Houston Rockets – James Harden Gets 50; MVP Talk is Unavoidable
With every big game James Harden has, this time scoring 50 points for the first time in his career, he isn’t just moving the Houston Rockets closer to a good spot in the NBA playoffs or furthering his own MVP cause. He’s also making sure he ends up in the hall of fame one day.
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Most 50 Points NBA Games in the Last Decade
It’s been more than four years since the last time Kobe Bryant had a 50-point game, but there’s no one close to him when it comes to the art of scoring in volumes, being the only player with a double digit number of games over the last decade of these kind of scoring performances, followed by LeBron James and Allen Iverson.
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Durant, Ibaka and Thunder Combine For Historic Night
Kevin Durant scored 51 points, combining with Russell Westbrook for 91, being the first duo to both score over 40 since Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen in 1996, while Serge Ibaka had a points-rebounds-blocks triple double, leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to a thrilling 124-118 overtime win over the Denver Nuggets.
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Deron Williams Drops 50 For Besiktas
Deron Williams had a career best night for Besiktas in European action, dropping 50 points on Gottingen from Germany, as his Turkey experience gets better and better with time. He might be getting Lamar Odom as a teammate pretty soon as well.