On that same Friday night, the Cleveland Cavaliers gave up 130 points to the Atlanta Hawks. So, they lost, right? Wrong. They had Kyrie Irving.
Irving scored 43 points on a masterful 14 of 21 shooting from the field. He was 5 of 8 from three in the Cavs' record-setting performance, as he individually shot to a true shooting of 84.6%. But Irving did much more than shoot and score in this one, racking up nine assists and four steals in 35 minutes.
LeBron James had a good game of his own (38 points), but Irving's 63.58 nERD is more than three times James' mark of 19.47. The Cavs pulled out the close win by five points.