April 24, 2019 – DownToBuck

Maurice Harkless 17 Points Full Highlights (4/23/2019)

The narrative from this game, carefully curated by the media for mass consumption by an undiscerning populace, is that Damian Lillard is the hero of this game for hitting a three-pointer as time expired. As the narrative goes, Lillard’s shot was a game-winner, and it gave him fifty points for the game, so he’s the…

Shabazz Napier 11 Points/10 Assists Full Highlights (4/23/2019)

It only took Shabazz Napier 15 minutes of playing time to rack up 10 assists, a total that is way higher than any single-game total that D’Angelo Russell had this series. If Russell really wanted assists he could just ask to play with Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (Napier’s last 7 dimes went to him), but it’s still…

Jakob Poeltl 12 Points/4 Assists Full Highlights (4/23/2019)

Just because Jakob Poeltl is a starter, doesn’t mean he should be barred from playing in garbage time. The Nuggets’ lead ballooned to about 30 points near the start of the fourth quarter, rendering that last period meaningless. Normally, that’s when players like Poeltl shine; they can do stuff that maybe they wouldn’t do otherwise,…

Rondae Hollis-Jefferson 21 Points Full Highlights (4/23/2019)

Have we seen the last of Rondae Hollis-Jefferson in a Nets uniform? To me, all the signs point to “yes”. It’s pretty clear the Nets have moved on from RHJ. He was healthy at the end of the season but was getting DNP’s anyway. Since the Nets did’t have the world’s greatest assemblage of wing…

Wes Iwundu 12 Points Full Highlights (4/23/2019)

Wes Iwundu walked the quiet halls of the Orlando Magic front office and tried to not look too out of place. It was late in the day, past the time when most workers would have gone home, but the lights were still on and there were still a few people at their desks. He felt…

Pascal Siakam 24 Points Full Highlights (4/23/2019)

In an unbroken span of about eighteen minutes, Pascal Siakam dropped in twenty points to turn a game that was already a serious blowout into an even seriouser blowout. In doing so, he gave us a tantalizing vision of what the Raptors would look like in a post-Kawhi world where Siakam is the number one…