February 24, 2018 – DownToBuck

Jason Terry 14 Points Full Highlights (2/23/2018)

I’ve been hard on Jason Terry this year, but for good reason: he was total poopy garbage for the first few months of the season. 1 point per game, 4 per 36, sub-20 percent from three, whenever he got in the game over Rashad Vaughn I stuck another pin in my Jason Kidd voodoo doll….

Julius Randle Triple Double 18 Pts/13 Rebs/10 Asts Full Highlights (2/23/2018)

It caught me way off guard when I checked Julius Randle’s stats this year and saw he was only averaging 2.4 assists per game. It seems like every time he has a good scoring game, he’s also having a good passing game. And, obviously, I’m coming fresh off making a highlight video where he gets…

Ish Smith 20 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (2/23/2018)

Ish Smith went 9-of-11 from the field in this game, which is something I feel like never happens for him. Whenever he scores a lot of points, it’s because he’s using up a lot of possessions and jacking up a lot of shots. Credit to him for scoring efficiently (even if just for one game)…

Patty Mills 21 Points/5 Assists Full Highlights (2/23/2018)

The news just came out that Kawhi Leonard will be out “indefinitely” (in other words, his handlers are trying to force an off-season trade to antoher team by purposely sabotaging his rehab). So, in Kawhi’s absence, the Spurs need somebody to step up and be the number two guy behind the new number one guy,…

Gary Harris 23 Points Full Highlights (2/23/2018)

Gary Harris and Nikola Jokic: the next Kobe Bryant and Lamar Odom? Nuggets fans might balk at comparing the great Nikola Jokic to Lamar Odom, who was never a star but was one of the best passing bigs of his time, and they might chuckle at the idea that Harris can compare to the Kobe…

Jrue Holiday 29 Points/9 Assists/1 Game-Winner Full Highlights (2/23/2018)

Once again I am faced with the question: what is the true meaning of the word “Game-Winner”? If we take the term at face value, a game-winner is a shot that wins the game for the team of the player that made the shot. A game-winner could occur two minutes before the end of the…

Troy Daniels 17 Points Full Highlights (2/23/2018)

The comments of the Suns commentators got me thinking: when are we gonna see Troy “Triple Troy” Daniels in the three-point contest? Getting into the contest isn’t all about percentage (although Daniels’ percentage is currently a somewhat pedestrian [for him] 40.2%); it’s also about volume, and that’s where Daniels falls short. One of three things…

Josh Jackson 19 Points Full Highlights (2/23/2018)

The good: Josh Jackson scored 19 points in 23 minutes. He took eighteen shots, but as long as he scores more points than he attempts field goals, that’s fine. He also had a big-time whamjam which later earned him the nickname “Josh ‘Clyde’ Jackson” from Suns commentator Eddie Johnson. The bad: Josh Jackson fouled out…

Ivica Zubac 14 Points/4 Dunks Full Highlights (2/23/2018)

Ivica Zubac has crossed over into the fabled category of players who shoot over 60% from the field. Unfortunately, he hasn’t had enough field goal attempts this season for it to really mean that much other than he’s played well in the games where he actually gets a non-trivial amount of minutes. After scoring 19…

Ian Clark 21 Points Full Highlights (2/23/2018)

Ian Clark utterly failed to capitalize on his bananas 19-point first half tonight. For some reason I was feeling pessimistic while his total in the boxscore kept inching upwards, like I knew this was going to happen. Well, it has, and 21 points isn’t even that exciting. He even had a whole overtime and wasted…