James Harden registered the 24th 50-point night of his career on Wednesday as the LA Clippers outlasted the Detroit Pistons 123-115.

CHICAGO (AP) — James Harden made seven 3-pointers and scored ... helping the sixth-place Clippers move a half-game ahead of Minnesota in the Western Conference. Zach Collins set season highs ...

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.

But the Sun Devils had something those other programs lacked: a high-six-figure donation from NBA superstar James Harden to his alma mater’s Sun Angel collective, Front Office Sports has learned.