NBA 2018-19: The best individual performances of the season so far

8) LeBron's first half-century as a Laker - 51 points against Miami

Dallas Mavericks v Los Angeles Lakers

King James travelled to Miami to take on his former team on 18 November and he did not disappoint his former fans; LeBron finished the game with 51 points, eight rebounds and six threes. Scoring 51 is always sweet, even for LeBron who has achieved the single-game milestone 13 times including once in the NBA Finals, but doing so against his former team must have been even sweeter.

Heat and Laker fans both knew he was in for a big game when he scored 16 points in the first quarter and swished one jump shot after another. James tallied nine points in the final eight minutes of the game which including five in the last 45 seconds to surpass the 50-point milestone for the first time as a Laker. LeBron is now the tenth Laker to score 50 points in a game, and the first since Kobe Bryant's 60-point farewell game.

James' game score checked in at 40.1, the fifth-highest score by a player this season. Remarkably, 40.1 isn't even James' highest game score this season. That's because this game was four days after yet another classic LeBron James performance which comes in at number seven.