Khris “Kha$h Money” Middleton will need to play like this every single game for the rest of the season if the Bucks want to make the playoffs. That means they’ll have to stop resting him on the second-night of back-to-backs, because for treadmill teams like the Bucks who have no direction except to blindly chase the “success” defined by having a near-.500 record, the playoffs are the most important thing in the universe. Who cares that his hammy needs some time to recuperate after games? The playoffs don’t wait for your hammy to feel better. The playoffs arrive at the end of April whether or not your hammy is ready for them, Khris, and if your team doesn’t have enough wins by that point then your season is over.
It still makes me cringe when I think about how Kha$h Money’s hamstring just popped right off his leg. Pop. Just like that, it’s hanging by one end, the whole long hamstring just dangling there, held in place only by skin. One more good yank and the whole thing would tear completely off and it would be there in your hand, bloody and slimy and pink, nerves twitching with the last vestiges of instruction from the central nervous system, and you could just run away with it because how is Khris gonna chase after you when one of his legs is missing a huge muscle? Excuse me while I barf on myself.