NBA 2018-19: Top 3 Performers on November 19, 2018

As many as nine games were played last night and involved some strong performances from All-Star players. In Sacramento, the Thunder lost to the Kings by four points, behind Buddy Hield's 25 points. We go to New Orleans and the Pelicans beat the Spurs, 140-126.

The Bucks held on to a win against the Nuggets at home. Joel Embiid scored 33 points to lift the 76ers over the Suns. In Detroit, Andre Drummond's double-double helped the Pistons defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers.

In Atlanta, although Trae Young had a monster double-double performance scoring 25 points and dishing out 17 assists, the Hawks lost to the Clippers, 127-119. Marc Gasol's form continued in Memphis as he posted yet another double-double to help the Grizzlies beat the Mavericks.

In this article, let us take a look at the top three performers from the last night's NBA action.

#3 Ricky Rubio

Ricky Rubio scored 28 points on the night

Stat line: 28 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals and a block on 76.9 % shooting

After beating the Boston Celtics, two nights earlier, on the back of a strong performance from Donovan Mitchell and Ricky Rubio, the Jazz were in Indiana to take on the Pacers. Rubio scored 28 points on the night but the Pacers held on to the win.

Ricky was on fire and went 10-for-13 from the field, with a field-goal percentage of 76.9, including a sizzling 5-for-6 from the three-point line. He also had four rebounds and six assists on the night and was really impressive.

Barring Rubio, no one showed up for the Jazz and his heroics were not enough to carry them home. For the Pacers, Bojan Bogdanovic was the high-scorer with 21 points. Rubio is averaging 12.4 points, 3.4 rebounds and 6.6 assists per game this season.

#2 Julius Randle

Julius Randle posted a triple-double. Credit: MSN

Stat line: 21 points, 14 rebounds, 10 assists and a steal on 69.2 % shooting

Two nights after scoring 21 points to help the Pelicans beat the Nuggets, Julius Randle was dominant once again and scored 21 points to put together a triple-double and the Pelicans defeated the Spurs to win their third straight game.

Randle was very dominant in the paint and bullied the Spurs' defenders as they could not stop him from scoring. He finished the night shooting 21 points on very efficient 9-for-13 shooting. Randle also had 14 rebounds, to go along with 10 assists and posted his first triple-double of this season.

This was Randle's sixth triple-double overall and he changed the outcome of the game with his motor. He also caught 6 of the Pelicans' 14 offensive rebounds. With this win, the Pelicans improved to 9-7 on the season.

#1 Kemba Walker

Kemba Walker scored 43 points to lift the Hornets over Celtics

Stat line: 43 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists and a steal on 56.0 % shooting

Kemba Walker has been scoring consistently but the Hornets dropped several games that they should have won. Coming off a 60-point game against the Philadelphia 76ers, Kemba Walker once again exploded and dropped 43 points to lift the Hornets over Celtics.

He started the proceedings with a three over Kyrie Irving, before following it up with a mid-range jumper over Al Horford. In the first quarter, Kemba had 12 points on three made-threes and the Hornets were up by five points at the end of the first quarter.

However, the Celtics came back stronger in the second quarter and were up by two points at the half-time. Walker only had four points in the third quarter and the Celtics were up by five points after three quarters.

In the fourth quarter, it was all Kemba as he scored 21 points and finished the game with 14-for-25 overall shooting, including 7-for-13 from the three-point line and the Hornets won the game, 117-112.