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

6) Blake Griffin's career-high - 50 points in a thrilling OT win

Philadelphia 76ers v Detroit Pistons

Joel Embiid dominated Andre Drummond and let the war spill onto social media after his dominant performance over the opposing centre, but even he had to admit that this night belonged to Blake Griffin.

Griffin totalled 50 points for the first time in his career in the overtime win over the 76ers on 23 October; he finished with 50 points, 14 rebounds, six assists and five threes as he single-handedly willed the Pistons to a win in one of the games of the season.

Perhaps the most remarkable part of this performance was simply the context and timeline of Griffin's career.

Blake's LA Clippers career lasted seven and a half years, which was enough time for him to consolidate himself as the greatest player the unfortunate franchise has ever seen. The former number one overall draft pick was destined for greatness since day one, and he mostly delivered for the Clippers, but injuries eventually ate away at him and robbed him of the athleticism on which he centred his game.

We may have never seen the best of Griffin's 'lob-city' Clippers with Chris Paul and DeAndre Jordan, which was one of the best highlight reel teams of all time. Griffin's years with the Clippers gifted us with endless highlights, but the team - especially Griffin - couldn't stay healthy

All good things must come to an end, and a fast-declining Griffin was traded to the Pistons in the middle of the 2017-18 season.

Griffin was seen as a future hall-of-famer when he was young, and the only thing that could get in the way of that did get in the way - injuries. To see Griffin set his career-high scoring output and achieve his first ever 50-point game for the Pistons was weird - he was meant to be a Clipper for life, and he isn't the all-NBA world-beater he once was - but it was also magnificent to see a man who was written off by the NBA world prove everybody wrong.