November 19, 2018 – DownToBuck

Wayne Ellington 19 Points Full Highlights (11/18/2018)

Usually I’m eager to label anything and everything as a REVENGE GAME, but I’m taking a step back here and re-evaluating my criteria for revenginess. Let’s run down the list and see if Wayne “Beef W” Ellington scoring nineteen in this game really does qualify: Revenge Game Criterion 1: The game must be against a…

Enes Kanter 21 Points Full Highlights (11/18/2018)

So close to a 20-20 game for Enes Kanter. 1 rebound short, which is basically inexcusable, because rebounds are the easiest stat to accumulate. All he had to do was call a timeout, and use the stoppage in play to tell all his teammates that he was going to try really hard to get another…

Kelly Oubre 19 Points Full Highlights (11/18/2018)

Did anyone let the Wizards commentators know that Kelly Oubre’s half-court buzzer beater at the end of the third quarter didn’t count? Probably not. They sounded so happy, like it was the first good thing to happen to their team all season (it pretty much was), why would you ruin that happiness with facts? That…

Marc Gasol 26 Points Full Highlights (11/18/2018)

Brook Lopez is getting a lot of love for being a three-splashing center, but what about some love for our boy in blue? He doesn’t have quite the same volume, and his threes aren’t as deep, but his conversion rate is about the same at a very good 43 percent. Normally when I compare players…

Jonathan Isaac 16 Points Full Highlights (11/18/2018)

Is this the year that the Magic finally crawl their way out of the mud pit that they’ve been inhabiting the past few years and end up with a winning record? We have been fooled before. They have made previous runs like this only to collapse under the weight of their own suckitude. I have…

Nikola Vucevic 28 Points/9 Assists Full Highlights (11/18/2018)

Nikola Vucevic shifted nervously on his feet. “You sure you’ve got the plan?” The scantily-clad escort that he had hired for the occasion continued looking annoyed. “Yeah, I’ve got it. You do realize, however, that getting punched in the face falls significantly outside the range of services I typically offer to my clients.” Now it…

Aaron Gordon 31 Points Full Highlights (11/18/2018)

In the first quarter of the first quarter of tonight’s game against the Knicks, we were treated to the SLAGgiest SLAG that ever SLAGged. In case you’re not familiar with my acronyms, I’m talking about Summer League Aaron Gordon, the phenomenon of Aaron Gordon performing like he did in all those Summer Leagues that he…

Trey Burke 31 Points Full Highlights (11/18/2018)

Trey “Treyburkulosis” Burke is… back? I think so. He’s so back that I even resurrected his nickname that had been temporarily retired because of how bad he was sucking. It’s only been two games, so he could easily regress into the “getting benched for Emmanuel Mudiay” version that we have been seeing, but it’s good…

Mikal Bridges 14 Points Full Highlights (11/17/2018)

Mikal Bridges, with his 14/2/2/4/2 line, is the latest player to achieve the coveted “Scrub by Five”. Longtime DTB aficionados will know what a Scrub by Five is, but for new subscribers and those afflicted with chronic memory loss, allow me to explain: a Scrub by Five is like a Five by Five, but instead…

Aaron Holiday 12 Points Full Highlights (11/17/2018)

Whenever commentators get overly excited for a young player breaking out in front of their eyes, it has the opposite effect on me: I get sad. This pattern holds especially true for commentary crews who have to work for an average, unexciting team like the Pacers. You know that the Pacers, while a decent team,…