I, sacrificing a significant portion of my mortal life on this wretched planet, watched a good chunk of this Knicks game for one reason. Well, two reasons. Reason Numero One: Damyean Dotson was going off and I wanted to see a 40-burger. We know how that turned out. Reason Numero Two: I was hopeful that…
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Lauri Markkanen 25 Points Full Highlights (2/22/2019)
If you consider free throws to be a type of jumper, and you should, because there isn’t anyone I see in the league trying to lay up their foul shots, then all 25 of Lauri Markkanen’s points against the Magic were scored by way of the jumpshot. Note that I’m counting his first two running…
Read MoreMarco Belinelli 21 Points Full Highlights (2/22/2019)
Lots of people were interested in this Spurs-Raptors game because of certain players who were returning to certain cities where they spent a certain amount of their career. I’m talking, of course, about Jakob Poeltl and Marco Belinelli. Poeltl was drafted by the Raptors a few years ago and is now busy getting marginalized by…
Read MoreJalen Brunson 22 Points/5 Assists Full Highlights (2/22/2019)
First off: I’m really sorry to the handful of you viewers out there who saw this video posted as “Jaylen Brunson” highlights. There are just way too many Jaylen/Jalen/Jaelynnes out there for me to be expected to keep track of them all. For the record, when I made the mistake in the video title I…
Read MoreDamyean Dotson 20 Points Full Highlights (2/22/2019)
Out of all the times fans (and myself) have been blue-balled, which is many, many times, this one might be one of the worst. Limiting the discussion to basketball-related cases of blue balls, of course. This is a family-friendly channel and I staunchly refuse to acknowledge that other, more carnal forms of blue-balling might exist….
Read MoreReggie Jackson 32 Points/8 Assists Full Highlights (2/22/2019)
The concept of “tiers” is often helpful to turn the disordered chaos of reality into a compartmentalized list of items. By separating things into these “tiers”, it becomes easier to ignore the churning maelstrom of untethered information that bombards us at all hours of the day. Even a relatively simple subset of objects, such as…
Read MoreWesley Matthews 24 Points/6 Threes Full Highlights (2/22/2019)
I understand that the Pacers acquired Wes Matthews because they needed a Victor Oladipo replacement. I fully understand that. He gives you like 40% of what Oladipo could, but he’s inexpensive and was good enough once upon a time that fans would approve of the signing. But put yourself in my shoes. Look at the…
Read MoreMontrezl Harrell 30 Points Full Highlights (2/22/2019)
Within the confines of this videographic depiction, Montrezl “Monsterezl” Harrell once again showcases how unstoppable he can be around the basket. “Unstoppable” in this case not just meaning “effective”, but literally meaning “unable to be stopped”. He is a superior physical specimen and he demonstrates that fact to nearly every defender he comes across. It…
Read MoreJoakim Noah 22 Points/Career-High 12 Free Throws Full Highlights (2/22/2019)
Joakim Noah hitting all twelve of his free throw attempts tonight has gotta be one of the most astounding statistical aberrations of the season. It’s not as aberrant as a theoretical situation in which Andre Drummond or DeAndre Jordan hits twelve of twelve, but the thing is, those are just theoretical situations. This is a…
Read MoreVince Carter 16 Points Full Highlights (2/22/2019)
It’s pretty easy to notice while watching this video that Vince Carter must be getting heckled by a first-row fan, because he’s often seen yelling at somebody who isn’t a player or a referee. The question then becomes, who the heck would go to a Hawks home game to heckle one of the home-team players?…
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