NBA 2018-19: Top 3 performers on November 16, 2018

We had an eight-game slate last night and it was filled with some sensational performances. The New York Knicks lost to the New Orleans Pelicans, 124-129, at Smoothie King Center, behind Anthony Davis' sensational performance. We go to Minnesota and the T-Wolves defeated the Trail Blazers. Six players scored in double-digits for the hosts.

The Sacramento Kings were up against the Memphis Grizzlies and Marc Gasol put together a double-double to hold off the Kings. In Washington, Wizards' struggle continued as they lost to the Brooklyn Nets, on the back of Jarrett Allen's double-double.

However, the game that stood out was between the Celtics and Raptors. The regulation period was not sufficient to decide the winner and the game ended in overtime with Celtics hanging on to the win.

In this article, we took a look at the three star performers of the night.

#3 Kawhi Leonard

Kawhi had himself a night but Raptors fell to Celtics

Stat line: 31 points, 15 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals on 44.0 percent shooting

Kawhi Leonard has been phenomenal for his new team, Toronto Raptors and they are sitting firm at the top of the Eastern Conference and are currently a force to reckon with. Two nights after scoring 26 points on a brilliant shooting night, in a loss to Detroit Pistons, Leonard once shone but the Raptors fell to the Celtics in overtime.

He was money from mid-range and pulled up on several occasions to get easy buckets. Kawhi went 11-of-25 from the floor, with a field-goal percentage of 44 but was very efficient from the free-throw line with 9-for-11.

This is his fourth double-double of this season and has missed out twice after getting stranded on 9 rebounds. Despite Leonard's great performance, the Celtics ran away with the win in overtime, 123-116.

#2 Kyrie Irving

Kyrie Irving dropped 43 points to help the Celtics beat the Raptors

Stat line: 43 points, 2 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 steals and a block on 69.2 percent shooting

Kyrie Irving was not great in October and shot just 42.7 percent from the field and 30.6 percent from long range. However, he is now looking like his usual self and had two 30-point games this month, before this game. Playing against the Raptors, he did all he could to help the Celtics beat the Raptors.

With Kawhi being sensational, Boston needed Kyrie at his absolute best and that is how he delivered. He scored 43 points on hot 18-for-26 shooting, with a field-goal percentage of 69.2 to give Boston, their second-straight win.

He was sensational in the third quarter and scored 19 points to keep the Celtics in the game. With 1:43 left in the overtime, he made a pull-up jump shot to deliver the dagger and the Celtics successfully defended the home floor.

#1 Anthony Davis

Anthony Davis' clutch performance lifted the Pelicans over Knicks

Stat line: 43 points, 17 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal and a block on 64.0 percent shooting

Anthony Davis has been sensational in the first one month and is averaging 25.0 points, 12.7 rebounds, and 4.6 assists this season. After scoring 29 points on a rough shooting night in a loss to the Grizzlies, Davis was back at it and dominated the Knicks to get the win for the Pelicans.

In the second quarter, at 8:31 mark, the Pelicans were down by as much as 14 points. That is when Davis dunked on Enes Kanter to let the Knicks know that the Pelicans were not going down without a fight. He scored 23 points in the first half but the Pelicans were down by 10 at the half-time period.

He came out stronger in the third quarter and scored 14 points to cut the Knicks' lead to 8 after three quarters. Jrue Holiday came up big in the fourth quarter and added 14 points of his own and the Pelicans held off the Knicks, 129-124.