The Minnesota Timberwolves point guard was en fuego Tuesday night, exploding for a career-high 52 points, more than any other player has produced in a single game throughout the 2014-15 season. He couldn't miss as the game drew to a conclusion, leading his Wolves to victory against the defense of the Indiana Pacers.
"After an otherwise nondescript 14-point first half, Williams became at times the Timberwolves' sole source of offensive production," Bleacher Report's Tyler Conway wrote after the game. "He made seven of Minnesota's nine field goals in a 16-point third quarter and topped that by going for 21 in the fourth, knocking down an array of jaw-dropping shots."
But Williams did more than score a lot of points; he inspired us to look back at the most unlikely outbursts of the last decade. And we're approaching this objectively rather than glancing at high-scoring outings and seeing which feel the most surprising.
"Unexpected Score," as we'll call it here, is derived simply by subtracting a player's scoring average during the season in question from his output during his ridiculous night. The higher the difference between the two, the more of an outlier the performance was, and thus the more objectively unlikely it was.
Do note that only 40-point outings were eligible for these rankings, so we've analyzed the 651 that have taken place since the beginning of the 2005-06 campaign.
Trust me. You're about to be surprised as we look back and see where Williams' standout showing fits in.
Source http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2329224-ranking-the-most-unlikely-nba-scoring-outbursts-of-the-last-10-years
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