Since Enes Kanter played this entire game with a painful shoulder, it’s impossible for me (a narrative-starved pseudojournalist who is tasked with writing something meaningful about him) to not draw comparisons to Michael Jordan’s infamous “Flu Game”. So that’s what I’m going to do right now. Compare MJ’s “Flu Game” to Kanter’s “Shoulder Game”. One…
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Nikola Jokic 37 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (4/29/2019)
I think it’s fair to say that Nikola Jokic has been the best player of the playoffs so far. The so-called “playoffs MVP”, which should absolutely be an award. Maybe you could make an argument for Kawhi Leonard, but recency bias is a real thing, and that dude only scored 35 tonight compared to Jokic’s…
Read MorePascal Siakam 21 Points Full Highlights (4/29/2019)
Pascal Siakam needed 25 shots in this game to score his 21 points. That’s not good efficiency, in fact, that’s bad efficiency, but I’ll let it slide since he did some good things late. Also, if Siakam is going to be the second option on offense, you expect these kinds of games from him every…
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