After Derrick Rose’s 50-point explosion a couple days ago, everybody (including me) was wondering: does this momentous occurrence mark the official return of Derrick Rose? Has he permanently regained his mojo? Will Bulls-era D-Rose reappear in Minnesota? Given that Rose took 20 shots in this game, the most on the team, my early answer is…
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Alfonzo McKinnie 14 Points Full Highlights (11/5/2018)
Now that Alfonzo McKinnie appears in my highlights archivium not once, but twice, I can’t help but yearn for the opportunity to fill in the missing slots of that vast highlights library. McKinnie is great and all, and I’m quite pleased that he has secured his place in the immortal halls of NBA highlight infamy,…
Read MoreAntonio Blakeney 17 Points Full Highlights (11/5/2018)
Before I made these highlights, I was speculating on why Antonio Blakeney didn’t get any minutes in this game after the beginning of the fourth quarter. I figured that Zach LaVine had gotten so hot by that point that Hoiberg didn’t want to play him with a guy who doesn’t pass. Maybe that guess is…
Read MoreDennis Schröder 22 Points Full Highlights (11/5/2018)
“Yo Dennis, what are those ugly things you’re putting on?” Russell Westbrook ribbed in the locker room before the game. “Suspenders made out of paper bags?” Dennis Schröder looked down at his outfit, then looked back up at his teammate, affixing him with a cold stare. Silently, he beseeched the spirits of German basketball players…
Read MorePascal Siakam 16 Points Full Highlights (11/5/2018)
Exactly one (1) day after he dropped a 16-burger on the Lakers (new rule: anything below twenty points is not a “burger”), Pascal Siakam dropped the same amount of points on the Jazz, who are another one of the disappointing teams in the West at this point. And he did it in much the same…
Read MoreLangston Galloway 21 Points Full Highlights (11/5/2018)
Langston Galloway might have been voted by his peers as “The NBA Player Most Likely to Own an English Estate” but at no point was he voted “The NBA Player Most Likely to Drop 17 In a Quarter Like it’s No Big Deal”. However, at the time of this writing, Galloway owns no property anywhere…
Read MoreGeorge Hill 22 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (11/5/2018)
George Hill never asked for this. He signed up to be a rock-solid PG on a championship team with LeBron James. He did not sign up to be a rock-solid PG for the worst team in the league. If it makes him feel a little better, it’s possible that he’s the “best” player on the…
Read MoreEmmanuel Mudiay 16 Points Full Highlights (11/5/2018)
It’s slight, but am I detecting a tiny bit of improvement from Emmanuel Mudiay? No, no, nevermind. That’s just the residual afterglow of his game-tying shot with two seconds left in double OT messing up my improvement-sensors again. I gotta get those things recalibrated so that clutch moments don’t send them haywire. Still, nice game…
Read MoreJulius Randle 26 Points/0 Missed Shots Full Highlights (11/5/2018)
What happened to the Pelicans? They’re still my darkhorse WCF team, because they always will be, forever and ever until the earth splits in two and demons emerge from hell to torment us for eternity, but it’s looking less likely than at the start of the year. That 149-point drubbing of the Kings (rereading that…
Read MoreMario Hezonja 15 Points Full Highlights (11/5/2018)
In the interest of transparency and openness, I must inform you of this stat from Mario Hezonja’s performance tonight before you watch the corresponding highlight video: he went 6-of-18 from the field. But if I wanted to fill my quota of Euros tonight, this had to be one of the vids I made. So I’m…
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