For only the third time in NBA history on Saturday, two players scored 50 points on the same day and lost. Despite scoring 50 points, Nikola Jokic could not guide the Denver Nuggets to victory as Denver lost 119-114 to the Sacramento Kings. Then Saturday night, Stephen Curry scored 57 points for the Golden State Warriors in a 134-132 loss to the Dallas Mavericks.
The other two times when two players scored 50 points in a game on the same day and lost were April 9, 1978, and on November 8, 2019, according to ESPN. On April 9, 1978, George Gervin of Detroit, Michigan, had 63 points in a 153-132 San Antonio Spurs’s loss to the New Orleans Jazz, and David Thompson of Shelby, North Carolina, had 73 points in a 139-137 Nuggets’s loss to the Detroit Pistons.
Then on November 8, 2019, Damian Lillard of Oakland, California, had 60 points in a 119-115 Portland Trail Blazers’s loss to the Brooklyn Nets, and D’Angelo Russell of Louisville, Kentucky had 52 points in a 125-119 Golden State Warriors’ loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. Interestingly, Russell would be traded from Golden State to Minnesota later that season in a deal that saw Andrew Wiggins go to the Warriors from the Timberwolves.
In the Kings win over the Nuggets on Saturday, four Kings players reached the 20-point plateau in scoring, as Harrison Barnes had 28 points, De’Aaron Fox had 24 points, Tyrese Haliburton had 23 points, and Richaun Holmes had 21 points. The Kings improved to .500 as they are 11-11 on the year.
In the Mavericks win over the Warriors, Luka Doncic led Dallas with 42 points. Remarkably, the Mavericks lost to the Warriors 147-116 on Thursday, even though Golden State went with a very small lineup.
Curry also has the most points in a game this season. On January 3, he had 62 points in a 137-122 Warriors win over the Trail Blazers.
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