In case you ever wanted to know what 54 points looks like, you can start here (video courtesty of Basketball Breakdown):
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It also looks like 19-for-28 shooting, 5-for-9 shooting from beyond the arc, 11-for-13 shooting from the foul line, six assists, 76.8 percent effective field goal percentage and 113.3 percent true shooting percentage.
It also looks like this:
That is scarily efficient.
Any way you look at it, Durant's career-best performance was truly his career best performance. In a career already full of incredible performances at that.
Durant truly put on one of the great scoring performances and shows in NBA history.
No matter how you look at it, 56 points is a thing of beauty. Rarely as beautiful as Durant's.