March 2018 – DownToBuck

P.J. Tucker 18 Points/5 Threes Full Highlights (3/30/2018)

P.J. Tucker opened the season with a twenty-point outburst that doubtless had Rockets fans salivating at his scoring potential. Please humor me while I set up a strawman of a clueless Rockets fanbase and then tear it down to make myself feel better. These stupid Rockets fans saw Tucker score twenty and they probably were…

Tyler Ulis 16 Points/12 Assists Full Highlights (3/30/2018)

Based on the quality of looks that Tyler Ulis was getting in this game, I would have expected him to score two or maybe four points total. It seemed like every shot he made (which was only five of them, out of fifteen attempts) was made under extreme duress or from a range he isn’t…

Zach Collins 15 Points/4 Assists/3 Dunks Full Highlights (3/30/2018)

I am currently writing this description from the safety and comfort of a completely dark closet. I took my wireless keyboard and mouse with me, but no monitors, because there can be no light in here. Not while I am so distraught. Not while I am so vulnerable. Reality seems like a very bleak place…

Kyle Kuzma 27 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (3/30/2018)

I hate it when the home crowd gets excited and loud. For some reason it just pisses me off. So when Kyle Kuzma was involved with a sequence of plays that closed the Bucks’ lead from double-digits to nothing, and the Lakers’ faithful got louder and more raucous each time the gap was narrowed, I…

Khris Middleton 28 Points Full Highlights (3/30/2018)

Khris Middleton AKA Kha$h Money Deuces AKA Middrange AKA Money Midrange AKA James Khristian Middleton finished the first quarter of this game with fifteen points and seemed to be well on his way to forty (a total we all know he is very capable of scoring), but at some point he stopped scoring and he…

Jusuf Nurkic 21 Points/4 Blocks/4 Dunks Full Highlights (3/30/2018)

Everybody hypes up these Bosniak vs. Serb/Croat vs. Serb/Any Balkan dude vs. another Balkan dude battles but I didn’t see anybody getting hyped for the Jusuf “Nurk Jowitzki” Nurkic vs. Boban Marjanovic battle that went down last night. Maybe I need to spend some more time on those weird forums and news sites where the…

Jamal Crawford 24 Points Full Highlights (3/30/2018)

I suppose it’s sort of awesome that Jamal Crawford at age 38 can still go out there and win a game for a playoff team. Then again, I’ve never really liked Crawford as a player, and when he leads to his team to victory by going full 2005 mode and constantly pulling up for long…

Nikola Mirotic 20 Points Full Highlights (3/30/2018)

It’s official: Nikola Mirotic regressed HARD when he got traded from the Bulls to the Pelicans. The Pelicans thought they were getting a sharp-shooting stretch four, but what they really got was a guy who can’t even shoot over 40% from the field. Why did he regress so drastically? -The threat of Bobby Portis punching…

Ersan Ilyasova 21 Points Full Highlights (3/30/2018)

Normally I would characterize Ersan Ilyasova’s 21-point outburst against his former team, the Atlanta Hawks, as a REVENGE GAME. Certainly it has all the qualities that a proper REVENGE GAME would have: it’s against a former team, and he scored a decent amount of points. But I’m getting this feeling that Ilyasova doesn’t actually harbor…

Damion Lee 20 Points Full Highlights (3/30/2018)

Damion “Cacodamion” Lee is already 25 years old, in case you were thinking about getting really hyped about some random rookie dropping 20 in an actual NBA contest against a playoff team. I mean, you’re still allowed to get hyped, but it’s got to be a different kind of hype. The measured kind. The kind…