Wherever Russ Smith goes, he scores a ridiculous amount of points.

In high school, Smith led the New York Catholic League in scoring for two years in a row. In college, he averaged 23.6 points a game in four seasons at Louisville en route to a national title in 2013. And in the NBA’s Developmental League, he scored a single-game record 65 points.

These days, he’s doing what he does best in China. Smith, playing with Luoyang of the NBL, scored an eye-popping 81 points in his team’s 142-130 win over Jiangsu on Wednesday. Through five games playing in China’s second-best basketball league, Smith is averaging a jaw-dropping 61.4 points a game to go along with 6.2 rebounds, 4.4 steals and 3.6 assists a game.

Smith’s game -- which didn’t fully translate in the NBA in 26 games with the New Orleans Pelicans and Memphis Grizzlies -- mirrors Hall of Famer Allen Iverson’s in that he needs the ball in his hands to score and that he shoots quite a bit to get all of those buckets. But in China, Smith is scoring with staggering efficiency — shooting 49% from the floor, 37% from behind the arc and 87% from the free-throw line.

To be fair, the competition in China is surely playing a factor in Smith’s scoring dominance, as the leading scorers the past four years averaged between 30 and 44 points a game; only two overseas former professional players are allowed per team.

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