Nic Batum has been on a diming spree since the All-Star break; in the eight games he’s played since then, he’s gotten 7, 8, 9, 12, 10, 8, 8, and 10 assists. His scoring has dropped off in that span, thanks to his new focus on getting his teammates involved: the most points he scored…
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Tobias Harris 27 Points Full Highlights (3/6/2018)
I might have given up on my dream of seeing Tobias Harris average twenty points per game this season, but I can get partial fulfillment of that dream if he can at least average twenty PPG for the part of the season that he’s spent with the Clippers. After this game he’s sitting at 19.6,…
Read MoreMontrezl Harrell 26 Points Full Highlights (3/6/2018)
Montrezl “Mon-Trezzle” Harrell made eleven field goals in this game, but only one of them was a dunk. If you had asked me beforehand to predict how many dunks he would have given his field goal total, I would have told you “five”. Unequivocally. It would have been five dunks. But we don’t get five…
Read MoreTyler Johnson 21 Points Full Highlights (3/6/2018)
The Heat can pretty much do whatever they want for the rest of the season and still make the playoffs, and one of those things that they did was start Luke Babbitt tonight. They don’t care! They know that the Pistons will never put things together enough to take their playoff spot, so why not…
Read MoreRobert Covington 22 Points Full Highlights (3/6/2018)
This is Robert Covington’s best scoring game since the very beginning of December. Three whole months since he last scored 20. But he’s playing tons of minutes despite his extended slump, because Brett Brown knows what’s up, and what’s up is that Covington is still a positive player on the court even when he’s not…
Read MoreD’Angelo Russell 22 Points/8 Assists Full Highlights (3/6/2018)
It had somehow escaped my notice (until now, duh) that D’Angelo Russell was only shooting 30 percent from three this season. Now, if you know me, you know that the one thing I love to do more than anything is rag on players for sucking at shooting threes. Especially if that’s supposed to be one…
Read MoreJaVale McGee 12 Points Full Highlights (3/6/2018)
“Elite coach” Steve Kerr has finally seen reason, even as it was staring him in the face this whole time: he has inserted JaVale McGee into the starting lineup, banishing Zaza Pachulia to the bench where he belongs, forever. I think everyone on earth agrees with me that McGee is simply the better option for…
Read MoreDennis Smith Jr. 18 Points/11 Assists Full Highlights (3/6/2018)
Official 2017-18 Rookie of the Year Watch, March 6th Edition: Ben Simmons: 16 points, 13 assists, but his team was playing the Hornets so it’s not like those stats mean anything. Donovan Mitchell: didn’t play. Dennis Smith Jr.: 18 points, 11 assists, and the Mavericks needed all of those statisticals to beat the heavily-favored Nuggets….
Read MoreYogi Ferrell 24 Points/6 Threes Full Highlights (3/6/2018)
The shine from that nationally-televised 9-three performance Yogi Ferrell had last year has finally faded away, I think. He has, to this point, not come close to replicating it, and there’s only so many low double-digit performances an excited viewing public can take before they say “You know what, we’re done with you, say, have…
Read MoreTomas Satoransky 19 Points/7 Assists Full Highlights (3/6/2018)
John Wall is going to come back at some point and ruin everything for everybody. Everybody on planet earth, but especially the Wizards and their fanbase. We’re seeing it happen right now with Paul Millsap and the Nuggets, and we’re going to see it again. Here’s the deal: the Wizards have chemistry now. They didn’t…
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