December 10, 2018 – DownToBuck

Rudy Gay 23 Points Full Highlights (12/9/2018)

OFFICIAL TEAMS WHO HAVE ATTEMPTED THE MOST MIDRANGE SHOTS POWER RANKINGS 1. San Antonio Spurs (712) 2. Golden State Warriors (635) 3. Cleveland Cavaliers (560) [POWER GAP] 29. Milwaukee Bucks (154) 30. Houston Rockets (124) The Spurs’ position at the top of that list should surprise nobody. They have two of the most prodigious midrange…

Brook Lopez 19 Points/5 Threes Full Highlights (12/9/2018)

It’s interesting to note that Brook Lopez’s current field goal percentage is the lowest of his career by far (just 43%), but his three-point percentage, two-point percentage, and effective field goal percentage are all at career highs (37%, 57%, and 56% respectively). That’s how the math works out when two-thirds of your shot attempts are…

Julius Randle 28 Points/5 Assists Full Highlights (12/9/2018)

That’s it. DTB is throwing in the towel. Starting right now, Julius Randle is OFFICIALLY on my OFFICIAL EXCLUSION LIST. After four straight games scoring 37, 27, 26, and 28, I can’t take it anymore. A guy who’s averaging 19/9 is outside the scope of this channel no matter how you look at it or…

Serge Ibaka 22 Points Full Highlights (12/9/2018)

The Bucks tonight were content to let Serge Ibaka beat them. I wasn’t keeping exact count, but it seemed like every three he took was wide open. Some of them egregiously wide open. Kawhi Leonard attracted the bulk of the Bucks’ attention, as they tried to make other players beat them, and their strategy worked….

Fred VanVleet 19 Points Full Highlights (12/9/2018)

The big story of tonight’s Raptors-Bucks matchup is that Kyle Lowry scored no points, continuing his steadfast commitment to not scoring the basketball anymore. The smaller story of tonight’s Raptors-Bucks matchup is that it turns out that the Raptors’ bench mob from last year was actually just Pascal Siakam being a beast and now that…

Ricky Rubio 26 Points Full Highlights (12/9/2018)

Only 2 assists? I don’t want to live in a universe where the next Pistol Pete is so misused that he can only get 2 assists during a whole regulation-length NBA game. I want out. Send me to another universe, please. One with regular Rubio 20-assist games and also one with a formulation of Hot…

Langston Galloway 24 Points Full Highlights (12/9/2018)

Every team needs “shooters”. This is 2018. You can’t get away with just trying to dunk it every possession, as fun as that might be to try. The concept of spacing is too firmly entrenched in the NBA psyche to ignore. The Pistons, just looking at their roster right now, are probably struggling a bit…

Frank Ntilikina 18 Points Full Highlights (12/9/2018)

We just witnessed, by far, the most explosive scoring outburst that Frank Ntilikina has ever had. Maybe really ever, usually I mean “in the NBA” when I say “ever”, but not this time. I really think that maybe this was the hottest he had ever been on the basketball court. If you just watched this…

Kevin Knox 26 Points Full Highlights (12/9/2018)

Normally I would hold the fact that Kevin Knox took 25 shots to get his 26 points against him, but I’m feeling differently tonight. Because right now, I’m thinking, who else on the Knicks would I rather have taking those shots instead? And the answer is no one except for Frank Ntilikina or Luke Kornet….