March 26, 2016 – DownToBuck

Norman Powell 15 Points Full Highlights (3/26/2016)

Norman Powell has been having some good games recently, which must come as blessed relief for Raptors fans who had to watch him put up 0-for-whatever or 1-for-something games on a regular basis. I didn’t even realize it, but he has been shooting the ball very poorly outside of the three good games he’s had,…

Ian Mahinmi 18 Points Full Highlights (3/26/2016)

This is more like it. After an unacceptable nineteen-point performance in February wherein Mahinmi took eighteen shots to score his points, thus prompting me to withdraw his ill-gotten “MANhinmi” nickname, Mahinmi has now scored eighteen points on only nine shots. Thus, I will return the nickname that I had taken away, and Mahinmi can once…

Jordan Hamilton 11 Points Pelicans Debut Full Highlights (3/26/2016)

“Remember the plan. Show them the highlight videos,” I say into my walkie-talkie, the other end of which is a small earbud planted in Jordan Hamilton’s ear. “Got it,” Jordan confirms, adjusting his tie and nervously flattening the crease in his slacks. He enters the small meeting room to sit down across from two members…

Alonzo Gee 18 Points/5 Dunks Full Highlights (3/26/2016)

As we have seen from the past two games, all you need to do in order to turn Alonzo Gee into a serviceable player is…injure your entire starting lineup and most of your bench. That’s not a realistic scenario most of the time, but it is right now, considering the disturbing assortment of mangled bodies…

Jonathon Simmons 17 Points Full Highlights (3/26/2016)

This doesn’t have much to do with Jonathon Simmons, but does anyone else think that the Spurs have a good shot to beat the Warriors in the playoffs (assuming they meet)? Not just a good shot, but like over a 50 percent chance of winning a series? There are other people out there who share…

Boban Marjanovic 13 Points Full Highlights (3/26/2016)

This is not the offensive explosion I hoped for when Popovich placed Boban Marjanovic in the starting lineup. 13 points isn’t BAD, per se, but, being the optimist that I am, I anticipated more. I guess things just don’t come as easy against starters as they do against 4th-quarter scrub units. That’s the main issue…

Al-Farouq Aminu Career High 20 Points Full Highlights (3/26/2016)

Here’s some crazy stuff to take your mind off things while you try to figure out where your life went so wrong that you’re watching Al-Farouq Aminu score a career high 20 points: The last time Aminu scored 20, he was a rookie playing in his 8th game, coming off the bench for a team…

Dewayne Dedmon Career High 18 Points Full Highlights (3/26/2016)

This video is everything I hoped it would be and more. Why do I say that? Because there was one basket made outside of the paint! I was expecting a bevy of cheap layups and dunks, but no: Dewayne Dedmon managed to step outside to about the free throw line and nail a jumper, defying…

Ricky Rubio 23 Points Full Highlights (3/26/2016)

One of the Timberwolves commentators says at the end of the video that there’s a 3000-to-1 chance of winning the game when down by 12 with 44 seconds left. Pretty longs odds, but not totally unwinnable. What kind of scenario would have to play out for victory to be snatched from the iron grip of…

Sergey Karasev 17 Points Full Highlights (3/26/2016)

It has finally happened: Sergey Karasev has achieved the fabled “good game”. Once thought to be found only in the domain of legendry, the “good game by Sergey Karasev” had previously only been reported in lands far from here. Many believed that it was a myth concoted by his agent, or a mis-identification of a…