James Harden sitting at fourth place on the all-time leaderboard for most 50-point games makes plenty of sense. He's been perhaps the NBA's most dangerous one-on-one scorer for more than a decade now. He has three scoring titles. These are the traits one would expect out of a 50-point scorer.

James Harden delivered another 50-point game Wednesday night, putting on a throwback performance in the Clippers' new arena. The All-Star guard reached that total for the first time with Los Angeles and the 24th time in his career,

During the Clippers' 123-115 win over the Detroit Pistons at Inuit Dome, Harden recorded his 24th career 50-point game, putting him within one of Bryant for third-most in NBA history. As the 35-year-old guard posted 50 for the first time since Dec. 2019, former President Barack Obama was in attendance with Clippers owner Steve Ballmer.