Alex English was a prolific scorer throughout his 15-year career. With a career scoring average of 21.5 points per game (and an even more illustrious 25.9 points per game average as a member of the Denver Nuggets), English knew how to get buckets.
On March 10, 1989, English dropped 51 points on the Miami Heat in a 131-130 double-overtime shootout that Denver would ultimately lose. Although 51 points didn’t mark a career-high (English scored 54 points a few years earlier), the eight-time All-Star was 35 years old when he dropped 51 against Miami.
The wildest aspect of English’s performance given the makeup of today’s NBA is that the Nuggets legend didn’t attempt a single 3-pointer that night.