AUBURN HILLS, Michigan: Anthony Davis scored a team-record 59 points and added 20 rebounds as the New Orleans Pelicans beat the Detroit Pistons 111-106 on Sunday.
The previous club record was 50 points by Jamal Mashburn, set exactly 13 years earlier against the Grizzlies. Davis went 24 of 34 from the floor and made his only two 3-pointers. He added nine free throws in 10 tries.
Davis also broke the scoring record at the Palace of Auburn Hills, set by LeBron James with 48 points in an Eastern Conference finals game on June 1, 2007. The star center joined Shaquille O’Neal and Chris Webber as the only NBA players with 50 points and 20 rebounds in a game since 1983.
“That was a lot of fun because the rim looked so big that it felt like everything I shot was going to go in,” Davis said. “I wasn’t keeping track of my point total, but the guys were telling me at the timeouts. They wanted me to get 60.”
Jrue Holiday added 20 points for the Pelicans. He was the only other player to score in double figures for New Orleans.
Elsewhere, Cleveland topped Oklahoma City 115-92 on the road for its fifth straight victory, San Antonio pulled away late for a 118-111 win over Phoenix, and surging Portland earned its fifth straight win, beating Utah 115-111.
In Oklahoma City, Kevin Love scored 29 points on 9-of-18 shooting from the field to match his second-best scoring performance of the season.
LeBron James added 25 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds, while Tristan Thompson had 14 points and 14 rebounds.
Kevin Durant scored 26 points and Russell Westbrook had 20 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds for Oklahoma City, which lost its second straight at home coming out of the All-Star break. It was the Thunder’s most lopsided defeat of the season.
San Antonio’s Patty Mills had 21 points, matching his career high with six 3-pointers, and Tony Parker added 22, including a spinning drive that made it a seven-point game with 1:03 to play.
LaMarcus Aldridge also had 19 points and 10 rebounds for the Spurs, who were without injured All-Star Kawhi Leonard. He was sidelined by tightness in his left calf.
The Spurs improved to 47-9, a franchise-best through 56 games. The Suns lost their 11th in a row and 26th in the last 28 games.
C.J. McCollum scored 31 points, including two clinching free throws with 2.7 seconds left, and Damian Lillard had 30 points and five assists for Portland, which has won 14 of 17 overall.
Lillard made a tiebreaking layup with 23.4 seconds left and McCollum hit two foul shots to give Portland a 113-109 lead. After Derrick Favors scored for Utah, McCollum made two more free throws to clinch the win for the Trail Blazers.
In other games, DeMar DeRozan scored 21 points and Kyle Lowry added 18 as Toronto beat Memphis 98-85 for its eighth consecutive home win.
Jonas Valanciunas had 10 points and 12 rebounds for his 13th double-double of the season and Cory Joseph scored 14 off the bench to help the Raptors rebound from consecutive losses.
In Chicago, Derrick Rose and E’Twaun Moore had 24 points apiece to lead the Bulls to a 126-115 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in Kobe Bryant’s final game at the United Center.
Bryant finished with 22 points on 8-for-20 shooting in 27 minutes.
In New York, Kemba Walker scored 28 points and Al Jefferson added 18 in his second game back from right knee surgery as Charlotte extended its winning streak to a season-high five games with a 104-96 win over the Nets.
Also, Dallas topped Philadelphia 129-103, Boston beat Denver 121-101 and Indiana outlasted Orlando 105-102.
