December 1, 2017 – DownToBuck

Khris Middleton 26 Points Full Highlights (11/30/2017)

Now that Khris “Kha$h Money” Middleton has scored forty points in multiple games this year, I’m a little bit spoiled. I have seen his true scoring power unleashed in front of my eyes, so it leaves me frustrated and unfulfilled when his scoring is reined in. Basically, every time Kha$h Money scores in the twenty…

Jusuf Nurkic 25 Points Full Highlights (11/30/2017)

Jusuf Nurkic did his best to get his team the win against the Bucks, but he was fighting an uhpill battle against the combined efforts of Damian Brickard and C.J. McBrickum (not to mention Pat Brickaughton and Noah Vonafraidtoshoot). Theoretically, a matchup against John Henson and Thon Maker would be the perfect matchup to exploit;…

Kris Dunn 19 Points/5 Assists Full Highlights (11/30/2017)

This isn’t as gaudy a line as 22/7 or 24/8, both of which Kris “Dunn Dunn Dunn” Dunn has achieved in recent weeks, but think about how hyped you would have been if Dunn’s first game as a Bull had been something like this. You would have immediately walked back on all the times you…

Dennis Schröder 27 Points Full Highlights (11/30/2017)

Did Dënniß ßchrööder just EXPOSE the Cavaliers? I think he did. Evidence will now be presented for the exposal: Evidence 1: this video. Watch it, and you will see that the Cavaliers had no answer for Schroder just driving straight to the basket and laying it up. Jose Calderon couldn’t contain him at all, and…

Donovan Mitchell 24 Points/2 Dunks Full Highlights (11/30/2017)

I wonder how many times Jazz coach Quin Snyder has told Donovan Mitchell to stop chucking so many swaggy threes. He doesn’t seem like the kind of coach who would be very tolerant of this particular rookie’s propensity for showmanship, but Mitchell also doesn’t seem like the type to ever stop shooting no matter what…

Austin Rivers 25 Points Full Highlights (11/30/2017)

“Dear Diary, I did a bad thing. A very bad thing. Everyone thinks it was an accident. But I know it wasn’t. When dumby butt-face Chris got traded, I knew Blake and me were going to become best friends. He was always so nice to me even when Chris was making me cry. But then…

Alec Burks 28 Points Full Highlights (11/30/2017)

Alec Burks is now in his seventh season with the Jazz. Seven seasons of potential and some production, but mostly just injuries. Looking at Utah’s roster during his rookie year, the only one remaining is Derrick Favors. That’s actually not so bad; lots of teams’ longest-tenured player has only been around for three or four…

Lauri Markkanen 20 Points Full Highlights (11/30/2017)

Apparently, after tonight, Lauri “Saippuakivikauppias” Markkanen has set the record for most made threes in the first 20 games of a career. Kind of an arbitrary cutoff, but I can find stats way more arbitrary, so it’s all good. I’m not going to tell you how many threes that is, because I want it to…

Will Barton Career High 37 Points/1 Game-Winner Full Highlights (11/30/2017)

I’m really digging this whole “basically no more timeouts at the end of games ever” thing that the NBA has implemented. The end of tonight’s Nuggets-Bulls game was great! Chicago makes a shot to take the lead, then Denver comes right back and makes another shot, and the Bulls have to try and do their…

Ersan Ilyasova 22 Points Full Highlights (11/30/2017)

I admit, I thought Ersan Ilyasova was kind of done this year. It was not a happy thought for me, but seeing all the similar players on the Hawks roster that were balling out, I had to accept the truth. Or, what I thought was the truth. Turns out, Ilyasova, despite being like five years…