With a historically unprecedented opening-night eruption, Anthony Davis bellowed at the fickle basketball world that had forgotten him.
It was a 107-102 loss to the Denver Nuggets, but Davis did everything imaginable to reestablish his status as the game's best young talent—a status he'd lost following a disappointing 2015-16 campaign: He scored 50 points, snared 16 rebounds, gifted five assists, swatted four shots and swiped seven steals.
That has never happened before:
Davis was ultra aggressive, taking 34 of his team's 92 shots. No other New Orleans Pelicans player connected on more than six field goals. Davis made 17.
He moved freely, showing no sign of the preseason ankle injury that, for a while, put his opening-night status in doubt. Working for space off the dribble, finishing at the rim, connecting on difficult in-between flips through contact—AD displayed everything, from everywhere, offensively.
So dominant and so clear was Davis' scoring mentality, point guard Tim Frazier quickly developed tunnel vision, searching for him whenever possible.
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Wednesday NBA Roundup: Anthony Davis’ Big Night Reminds Us What He’s Capable Of
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