January 24, 2019 – DownToBuck

Thaddeus Young 23 Points Full Highlights (1/23/2019)

Big props to Thaddeus Young for managing to hit a clutch lead-extending shot (we need a catchy term like “buzzer-beater” or “game-winner” to represent that kind of shot, this is a big failure of the English language) with 10 seconds left despite the torrent of tears obscuring his vision. He had seen his teammate Victor…

Mitchell Robinson 12 Points/3 Blocks Full Highlights (1/23/2019)

The Knicks have discovered the strategy to stop James Harden: put the guy with a freakish wingspan on him, and bait him into taking a flaccid stepback three. This works best if Harden has already taken a bajillion shots and is super tired, so he doesn’t feel like driving or even elevating on his triple…

Spencer Dinwiddie 29 Points Full Highlights (1/23/2019)

I haven’t yet heard any murmurings about Spencer Dinwiddie being a candidate for 6MOY of the Year this season. As always, that doesn’t mean that the murmurings aren’t there, but if they are, they must be pretty soft, because I’m hearing all sorts of murmurings all the time. It’s actually quite annoying, I’ll just be…

Jaylen Brown 23 Points Full Highlights (1/23/2019)

If I’m Jaylen Brown, I’m going shopping right now for a nice greeting card, maybe something with leprechauns on it or something, with the intent of writing a heartfelt message in it and delivering it to Gordon Hayward’s locker. The heartfelt message would be something like this: “Hey Gordon, It’s cool that you’re not injured…

Nikola Jokic 28 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (1/23/2019)

I would like all Paul Millsap apologists to answer for his performance in this game. He was 1-of-8 from the field and eighteen minutes as the starting power forward, but ceded many of the PF minutes to Trey Lyles because he was taking a big ol’ suck and a gigantic ding-dong. A lot of players…

Ante Zizic 19 Points Full Highlights (1/23/2019)

I’m sure that Celtics fans have been deliberately avoiding all media relating to Ante Zizic. They know their team messed up bad by getting rid of him, and the less they know about his high-scoring exploits, the better, they figure. No reason to open old wounds by seeing a tweet of him doing some community…

Jonathan Isaac 16 Points/3 Blocks Full Highlights (1/23/2019)

I think it’s great that the Magic are giving 25 MPG to Jonathan Isaac. It will really help his development when all is said and done to have gotten plenty of minutes early in his career. He’s not being overused like some highly-touted rookies are; he’s playing the correct amount of minutes for his level…

Terry Rozier 26 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (1/23/2019)

Terry Rozier has drawn the ire of Celtics fans this season thanks to his overall badness. His improved shooting from last season had regressed, perhaps due to a lessened role that he hasn’t quite adjusted to. In fact, his “Scary Terry” nickname has officially been revoked, simply because he is no longer “scary”. That leaves…

Marc Gasol Triple Double 22 Pts/17 Rebs/10 Asts Full Highlights (1/23/2019)

Over the following weeks, Marc Gasol developed a routine. When the guard would enter the dungeon, bearing Marc’s daily, meager meal, Marc would position himself to be leaned against the cell wall closest to the mysterious inscription which was present on a stone near the floor. When the food was pushed through the bars of…

Lauri Markkanen 22 Points Full Highlights (1/23/2019)

You could tell, watching this game, that Stacey King was starting to lose it. When things are going bad for the Bulls, he gets antsy and starts saying weird things. Case in point: with the Bulls down by double-digits to the Hawks (who are not a good team), he suggested, multiple times, that Lauri Markkanen…