Anthony Davis

Cross-checked NBA, Pelicans, Lakers, Pistons, and Nuggets coverage, official game records, Finals analysis, franchise histories, and the signature performances repeatedly used to summarize Davis's career. The record spans both franchises and weights two-way playoff consequence alongside production: New Orleans's first series sweep, the shot of his championship run, the title-clinching defense, and a later road playoff takeover surround his unmatched regular-season scoring peak.

1. #1. Davis set New Orleans's franchise scoring record with 59 points on 24-of-34 shooting and grabbed 20 rebounds in Detroit, becoming only the third player since 1963–64 to reach 50 points and 20 boards in one game. Pelicans: Notable aspects of Davis's 59-point game · NBA: Davis records 59 points and 20 rebounds
2. #2. Davis scored a franchise-playoff-record 47 points with 10 rebounds and three blocks as New Orleans completed its first playoff sweep, closing Portland behind 88 combined points from Davis and Jrue Holiday. Pelicans: Game 4 sweep recap · NBA: Davis scores 47 in Game 4
3. #3. Davis scored 31 points and hit a three at the final horn over Nikola Jokic, turning a one-point deficit into a 2–0 West finals lead with the defining shot of the Lakers' 2020 championship run. Nuggets: Three takeaways from Davis's Game 2 winner · NBA: Every angle of Davis's West finals buzzer-beater
4. #4. Davis supplied 19 points, 15 rebounds, and the back-line defense that held Miami to 93 points in the Finals clincher, completing his dominant first Lakers postseason with an NBA championship. Lakers: Defense lifts Los Angeles to the title · NBA: 2020 Finals Game 6 mini-movie
5. #5. Davis controlled both ends with 30 points, 23 rebounds, five assists, and four blocks as the seventh-seeded Lakers stole 2023 conference-semifinals Game 1 from the defending champion Warriors in San Francisco. NBA official Lakers–Warriors Game 1 record · NBA official Lakers–Warriors scorer's report

Reviewed through 2026-07-18