Putting Anthony Davis' 59-Point Performance into Fantasy Perspective

By Vincent Frank on Sunday, February 21st 2016
Putting Anthony Davis' 59-Point Performance into Fantasy Perspective

New Orleans Pelicans big man Anthony Davis dropped a ridiculous 59 points and grabbed 20 rebounds in a win over the Detroit Pistons on Sunday. 

He's the first NBA player since Shaquille O'Neal in 2000 to score 59-plus points while nabbing 20-plus rebounds. 

While this was a tremendous overall performance from Davis, its impact goes much further than the hardwood. 

Looking at the fake basketball world, Davis won a lot of people some pretty tasty cash on Sunday. 

He tallied a total of 89 points in FanDuel contests. To put that into perspective, Davis' largest single-game performance this season prior to Sunday was a 65.3-point outing against the Phoenix Suns back in November. 

It also represented 38.1 more points than LeBron James, the No. 2 FanDuel player from Sunday's early slate of NBA action, tallied in a 25-point, seven-rebound, 11-assist performance against the Oklahoma City Thunder. 

When looking at all-time great fantasy performances, this is right up there among the best in recent history, especially when checking in on DFS contests.

In fact, it represents 40 more points than Russell Westbrook, the top FanDuel player this season, is averaging for the year. That 40 points is less than what just eight players in the Association were averaging heading into Sunday's action.

This means he doubled up the average production of the top-20 players in FanDuel contests for the season. Think about that for a second. 

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Jazz
88
Pelicans
105
Suns
83
Lakers
82
Clippers
33
Timberwolves
38
Nets
110
Spurs
126
Pacers
109
Hornets
133
76ers
124
Heat
117
Bulls
112
Trail Blazers
121
Magic
108
Rockets
113
Mavericks
121
Kings
130
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126
Wizards
96
Pistons
124
Thunder
116
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107
Spurs
110
Grizzlies
112
Warriors
133
Rockets
128
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97
Bucks
118
Cavaliers
116
Nuggets
103
Celtics
84
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