March 9, 2020 – DownToBuck

Joe Ingles 20 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (3/8/2020)

His the decision to bring Joe Ingles off the bench completely ruined him? Using my advanced abilities to look at the “splits” section of basketball-reference, I have come to an educated and informed answer to this question. And the answer is “yes”. Ingles has started in 37 games for the Jazz this season and come…

Bryn Forbes 19 Points Full Highlights (3/8/2020)

If Spurs fans are to be believed, then the reason that Spurs are so disappointing this season is that Bryn Forbes literally does not play any defense at all, at any point, ever. No matter who he is supposed to be guarding, he just doesn’t stop them. No resistance at all. They do whatever they…

Jeff Green 18 Points Full Highlights (3/8/2020)

Lames Hardon this game: a lame 6-of-19 from the field, a hardon-sucking 3-of-10 from three, 23 points, directly leading his team to an embarrassing loss to the Orlando Magic. Chucksell Statpadbrook this game: 9-of-19 from the field, 24 points, 8 turnovers, innumerable shots chucked, unstoppable padding of stats. Thaboner Sefoloshit this game: No stats except…

Larry Nance Jr. 19 Points Full Highlights (3/8/2020)

New idea for timeout entertainment during Cavaliers games at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse: The Nance Cam! That’s it. That’s the extent of my idea. It’s basically the “Dance Cam”, a concept which is so popular that I’m not aware of any professional team (in any sport) that doesn’t use it, but it’s Larry Nance Jr.-themed….

Christian Wood 22 Points Full Highlights (3/8/2020)

Christian Wood continues his aptly-named “Demolition Tour ’20” with another demolition of yet another team, this time the New York Knickers. His teammates failed to step up and the Pistons only scored 84 points in their loss to the inferior New York team, but I don’t think that minimizes the quality of this demolition. In…

Norman Powell 31 Points/5 Assists Full Highlights (3/8/2020)

Since returning from injury, Norman Powell has been on a tear, averaging 28 points over the last 5 games. You could look at the last 5 games for a lot of the stars in the league, and I bet a lot of them aren’t averaging even close to that. That’s my way of saying that…

Matthew Dellavedova 14 Points/11 Assists Full Highlights (3/8/2020)

Matthew “Wacky Delly” Dellavedova had all of two points and a single assist in the first half of this game. It was looking to be just another statistically futile outing for Dellavedova, a player whose career has been the epitome of “statistically futile”. Then he took over the second half. And I don’t think I’m…

Dejounte Murray 17 Points/6 Assists/6 Steals Full Highlights (3/8/2020)

You will notice that I have put the word “steals” in the title of this highlight video. The inclusion of this forbidden word usually precedes a rant by yours truly about how steals in the NBA are meaningless because they are awarded inconsistently and often to the wrong player. A tried-and-true DTB adherent will be…

Cedi Osman 19 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (3/8/2020)

Turkish players in the NBA haven’t been doing so well recently: Furkan Korkmaz, after those back-to-back 30-point games in early February, has gone 30-of-84 from the field right when when the Sixers, hit hard by the injuries to Simmons and Embiid, could use some more scoring. Ersan Ilyasova has partially fallen out of the rotation…

Avery Bradley 24 Points Full Highlights (3/8/2020)

Avery Bradley’s primary offensive skill, which is to handle the ball, wait for a screen, and then pick-and-pop into a fifteen-to-twenty-two-foot jumpshot, is not seeing much use now that he’s on the Lakers and always sharing the court with a player who can make a legitimate claim at being top five in the NBA (one…