December 26, 2017 – DownToBuck

Daniel Theis 12 Points Full Highlights (12/25/2017)

It was mentioned in the commentary of this game that Daniel Theis is not a good shooter, so of course I had to trek over to his basketball-reference page and peruse the numbers for myself. What I saw is that Theis is a cool 5/26 from three-point land (shades of rookie John Wall), but a…

Clint Capela 19 Points/7 Dunks Full Highlights (12/25/2017)

Dwight Howard answered his ringing doorbell with bleary eyes. He had been taking advantage of the rare chance to sleep in on the day after Christmas. When he opened the door and saw who the visitor was, he immediately tried to close it again. Clint Capela stuck his foot in the door to prevent it…

Terry Rozier 16 Points Full Highlights (12/25/2017)

I didn’t watch as much Christmas day basketball as I would have hoped, so I can’t really tell you what happened for the Celtics to lose to the Wizards. All I can say is that the Celtics got EXPOSED on national television for all of America to see. An entire nation, cocooned in torn-up wrapping…

Courtney Lee 20 Points Full Highlights (12/25/2017)

Just like his shooting guard counterpart on the opposing team, Courtney Lee is having a career year this season, scoring 13 points per game at the ripe old age of 32. He’s seeing his highest usage since his second year in the league, when he played for that Nets team which went 12-70 and disgraced…

J.J. Redick 24 Points Full Highlights (12/25/2017)

J.J. Redick is currently averaging a career high in points at 16.8 PPG. He’s also averaging a career high in minutes – it’s only the third time in his career where he’s been a 30-MPG player. I guess I don’t really have a point here, just bringing to light some interesting statistics in the context…

Taj Gibson 23 Points Full Highlights (12/25/2017)

“Hey Taj.” Taj looked coldly at his teammate Karl-Anthony Towns, who was sitting across the aisle from him on the team bus. “I don’t feel like talking to you right now.” Karl-Anthony winced. “Yeah, I know. I’m sorry that I gave you a photo album which purported to contain pictures of the two of us…

Kyle Kuzma 31 Points Full Highlights (12/25/2017)

Maybe I just have a low tolerance for stupidity masquerading as insight, but this format of having the four Inside the NBA guys commentate an NBA game was one of the most unlistenable things I’ve ever had to sit through. Part of the reason is that having four people, especially four people who all think…

T.J. McConnell 15 Points Full Highlights (12/25/2017)

Sometimes I wonder how good T.J. McConnell would be if he had his own team. And not just any team; this team, the Philadelphia 76ers, everything the same except with Ben Simmons not anywhere in the picture. When I think about these things, I usually come up with the same conclusion: “really good”. Remember, he’s…

Jayson Tatum 20 Points Full Highlights (12/25/2017)

With his 2-for-2 performance tonight, Jayson Tatum pushes his three-point percentage back up to a nice round 50. Somehow he is still behind George Hill (wtf I thought he was sucking) in that category, but there’s no shame in being second place with that kind of stat. We’re getting close to the halfway point of…

Enes Kanter 31 Points Full Highlights (12/25/2017)

Enes Kanter, to borrow the term used by the Jazz commentators so many year ago, absolutely bogarted the Philadelphia 76ers. Bogarted them to hell and back. The old god Tengri cares not for heathen Christendom’s puny “Christmas” celebration, and grants power only to his most esteemed warriors! The Knicks still lost, because they’re the Knicks…