Michael Porter Jr. turned some heads last week, but he’s still a way off from being among the top five scoring outputs by a Nuggets rookie. To be fair, Carmelo Anthony owns four of the top five offensive showings by a Denver first-year player with totals of 41, 39, 37 and 36. However, when listing the players to previously set the mark along with Anthony, the rookie Mount Rushmore looks like this: 1. Anthony: 41 vs. Seattle in 2004 2. Dikembe Mutombo: 39 vs. Minnesota in 1992 3. Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf: 35 vs. Orlando in 1991 4. Antonio McDyess: 32 vs. Toronto in 1996 5. Jamal Murray: 30 vs. New Orleans in 2017
Here are highlights from Porter Jr.'s 25 points last week: