Sometimes box scores are false advertising. Take this performance from C.J. Watson. On the surface, 23 and 5 is really good for him. But, upon closer inspection, nine of his points came in the last four minutes of the game, after the Rockets had built an insurmountable advantage. That’s three baskets that were in garbage…
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Joe Ingles Career High 18 Points Full Highlights (3/23/2015)
The ROY race has suddenly become a lot closer as a previously forgotten foreigner casts his hat in the ring, ready to challenge the favorite, Andrew Wiggins. Take a look at these stats: Joe Ingles average (last 1 game): 18 points Andrew Wiggins average (last 70 games): 16 points These aren’t even advanced stats we’re…
Read MoreZach LaVine 27 Points/5 Threes Full Highlights (3/23/2015)
An avid DownToBuck highlight watcher will notice that recently, almost without exception, that I use the audio commentary of the team the highlighted player is on. In general, being the homers that they are paid to be, those commentators get more excited for plays performed by the player than the opposing team’s commentators. Nothing worse…
Read MoreAndrew Wiggins 22 Points Full Highlights (3/23/2015)
You ain’t gotta do nothin’, Uncle Flip. You know, ain’t like I’m still eighteen years old, you know? Ain’t like I’m gonna be sitting up every night asking my mom “when’s LeBron coming home”, you know? Who needs him? Hey, he wasn’t there to teach me how to shoot my first basket, but I learned…
Read MoreNikola Mirotic 28 Points/1 Poster Dunk Full Highlights (3/23/2015)
Damn, Nikola Mirotic has really been killing it lately. I take back what I said about Wiggins being a lock for Rookie of the Year. Given the basketball media’s massive recency bias, I’d say that if Threekola can keep this up, he has a great chance to win it. Not that it matters, really. Who…
Read MoreGiannis Antetokounmpo 15 Points/5 Assists Full Highlights (3/22/2015)
If this performance had happened last year, people would be falling all over themselves to watch this vid. Now, it’s like people don’t even care unless he scores 25. I guess that’s a good thing, because it shows how much he has improved over his rookie season, but still. Can’t we go back to the…
Read MoreMichael Kidd-Gilchrist 18 Points Full Highlights (3/22/2015)
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist walked aimlessly through the foggy landscape. All around him he could hear metallic clanking sounds, but they seemed to have no source other than his ears. The only discrete objects he could discern were large numbers of lone bricks scattered upon the ground, some of them broken nearly to dust, others large and…
Read MoreAndre Drummond 18 Points/4 Blocks Full Highlights (3/22/2015)
How convenient that the one time Brad Stevens deploys the “Hack-a-Drummond” strategy, Drummond manages to hit both free throws! He missed all the others, but those were off of real fouls. No team will want to deliberately foul Drummond if he’s just going to sink the throws every time they do. Just kidding! Teams should…
Read MoreLance Thomas Career High 24 Points/2 Threes Full Highlights (3/22/2015)
So, I didn’t realize it, but Lance Thomas had not made a three-pointer before this game. That blows my mind. He’s a small forward. What kind of small forward can’t shoot threes? Let me rephrase that. What kind of small forward could go several years in the league without shooting threes? The spell has now…
Read MoreAmar’e Stoudemire 16 Points Full Highlights (3/22/2015)
Dammit Steve! You weren’t supposed to retire. You were supposed to come back to Dallas, ply your trade one final time with Amar’e and Dirk. It was too perfect, and now, we never get to witness your wizardry ever again… It’s not too late to change your mind, right? Stoudemire still has it, all you…
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