E’Twaun “Moore Buckets” Moore lived up to his nickname tonight: he got a bunch of buckets! Fine, that’s not really his nickname. I don’t know what his nickname really is, and I’m not about to check basketball-reference; they made a fool of me when they told me Channing Frye’s nickname was “Buffet of Goodness” and…
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Jusuf Nurkic 20 Points Full Highlights (2/2/2018)
The “Point Nurkic” experiment has seemingly ended for Jusuf Nurkic and the Trailblazers. It was fun for a while right after he got traded, helping to build that Nurkic vs. Jokic storyline, but I think Portland decided they wanted the ball in Lillard’s and McCollum’s hands. All the time. And that’s okay. Nurkic can pass,…
Read MoreTaurean Prince Career High 31 Points Full Highlights (2/2/2018)
THE TAUREAN PRINCE CHAPTER II: Ominous Portents —————- Ferland lay face down on his bed for a bit longer, relishing the anger he felt. He was but one Arponian cycle from coronation day, yet he was still treated as a child! He imagined various ways he could get back at those who wronged him, Freylin…
Read MoreNicolas Batum 31 Points/7 Threes Full Highlights (2/2/2018)
Nicolas Batum had a triple-double last game? Was this, like, a retroactively granted triple-double? Because I totally would’ve made a video for it had I noticed about, but I swear I did and I swear he only had 9 assists. Too late now. I don’t go back in time to do highlights. So I apologize…
Read MoreDragan Bender 16 Points/5 Assists Full Highlights (2/2/2018)
Dragan Bender probably watched the highlights from Nikola Jokic’s triple-double last night (or he watched some vintage Roko Ukic clips [do any Roko Ukic NBA clips even exist?]), because he was whipping passes around the court like a maniac tonight. Is this what people were talking about when they kept claiming he “knows how to…
Read MoreDonovan Mitchell 40 Points Full Highlights (2/2/2018)
Donovan Mitchell does it again. That’s two 40-burgers on the season for him now, compared to zero for all the rest of the rookies. He has over half of the top 15 rookie scoring performances, if that first stat wasn’t good enough for you. You want more? I can find more. How about this: he’s…
Read MoreJarrett Allen 20 Points Full Highlights (2/2/2018)
This is one of the sickest highlight vids of the year, in my opinion. And my opinion is worth a lot, since I’ve made over a thousand of them this season. The reason? Jarrett Allen “have-it-all”ed tonight, and the Nets TV people accentuated his have-it-all-ness with plenty of replays. The Lakers bigs simply could not…
Read MoreJayson Tatum 27 Points Full Highlights (2/2/2018)
I’d seen some chatter, before this game, speculating that Jayson Tatum had hit the “rookie wall”, which is a real place in the NBA offices in Secaucus, New Jersey where they take underperforming/slumping rookies, mount them to a rocket sled, and ram them into a big brick wall. Damn. That would make a good description….
Read MoreTerry Rozier Career High 31 Points Full Highlights (2/2/2018)
Triple-double in his first game as a starter. A career-high 31 points in his second game as a starter. I don’t want to diminish the accomplishments of Terry Rozier, because he’s been great, but one thing is very clear to me: Brad Stevens is the point guard whisperer. Kyrie Irving is good, but it has…
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