“B-b-b-but DEE TEE BEE!!!” You moan/yell in frustration at your computer. “Willie Cauley-Stein had seventeen points last game and eighteen points before that one! Why didn’t you make highlights then? WHY DO YOU HATE DOUBLE-YEW CEE ESS?”
Here’s the scoop: when WCS scored eighteen against the Lakers two games ago, he was just 6-of-14 from the field and 6-of-11 from the free throw line. That is lame. That is suck. I don’t like it. Then he scored 17 points against the Timberpoops and didn’t shoot as many free throws in that one, but I didn’t feel like making a highlight video so I didn’t. It’s that simple. Now, you can’t argue with the fact that these seventeen points are way better than last game’s seventeen points. WCS made one more field goal and two fewer free-throws.
As I said, you can’t even argue with that. The nature of facts is that their factuality is inarguable. And the fact is, not all seventeen-point games are created equal.
The only thing missing from this one is the beloved Bogdanovic/WCS connection. The contract I signed says that I get at least one Bogdanovic-to-WCS alley-oop per game. I want my money back.