CJ McCollum erupted for a career-high tying 50 points to lead the New Orleans Pelicans to their sixth win of the season against the Washington Wizards on Friday night. And while giving up half-a-Wilt to a player that had only scored more than 25 points in a game five times previously this season might seem like a depressing enough fact on its own for Wizards fans, it’s not the saddest stat of the evening.
That honor instead goes to this factoid from our friend Greg Finberg of Bullets Forever, who noted that of the NBA’s 50-point games allowed this season, half have come against the woeful pro basketball
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