Markelle Fultz was on his way what possibly would have been the third 20-point, 10-assist game of his career, but his evening was cut short when he went up for a block and, after coming down from his flight, immediately had a debilitating calf cramp. I’ve mentioned before that I’m “Mr. Cramps” at the park….
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RJ Barrett 17 Points Full Highlights (2/21/2020)
Welcome to the inaugural episode of DTB’S GOOD NEWS BAD NEWS, where your favorite highlight maker DownToBuck gives you alternating snippets of both good and bad news. GOOD NEWS: RJ Barrett scored 17 points in this game. BAD NEWS: RJ Barrett needed 19 shot attempts in order to score 17 points. GOOD NEWS: RJ Barrett…
Read MoreFrank Ntilikina 14 Points Full Highlights (2/21/2020)
I’m not usually the guy who puts a lot of stock into concepts like “confidence”. The way I figure it, everybody in the NBA has confidence. They might have slightly smaller or larger amounts of it relative to each other, but they all have lots of it. My theory is vexed, however, by the existence…
Read MoreEmmanuel Mudiay 18 Points Full Highlights (2/21/2020)
Remember when I prematurely declared Emmanuel Mudiay’s career to be over, and also declared him to be a massive bust, after his third season in the league where he put up some truly uninspiring numbers with the Nuggets and Knicks? I don’t remember making such declarations, but I probably did. Declaring things like that definitely…
Read MoreDejounte Murray 23 Points Full Highlights (2/21/2020)
Dejounte Murray, along with his brother-in-arms Shai Gilgeous-Alexander up in Oklahoma, is making sure that the midrange game doesn’t die in today’s era of obsessive analytics (an era which I have had no hand in perpetuating whatsoever…nope, none at all). Like SGA, Murray is lanky enough that he can usually get his shot even if…
Read MoreNaz Reid 19 Points Full Highlights (2/21/2020)
Naz “Big Nazty” Reid, with his medium-length dreadlocks, is encountering the same problem that every NBA player with that hairstyle faces at some point: The damn hair-doodles don’t stay in their restraints. We all saw this with DeMarre Carroll. We all saw it with Taurean Prince. We all saw it with Marquis Daniels. And now…
Read MoreDaniel Theis Career High 25 Points/6 Dunks Full Highlights (2/21/2020)
“Waitress! Waitress! We gotta get ANOTHER ROUND OF STEINS OVER HERE!!!!” yelled Brad Wanamaker exuberantly as he slammed his empty mug of beer on the table. “Germany rules!!!!” As if to emphasize his love of Germany, he ripped a German flag from the wall and wrapped it around him like a cloak. “I’m glad you…
Read MoreMalik Beasley 27 Points Full Highlights (2/21/2020)
Seeing Malik Beasley do well in a Timberwolves uniform is really fun and awesome, and I’m so happy that he’s not getting held down by Paul Millsap in Denver anymore, but when I see “Beasley” in the boxscore, all I can think about is how sweet it was when Michael Beasley was scoring 20 a…
Read MoreRui Hachimura 17 Points Full Highlights (2/21/2020)
Rui Hachimura had 9 points in the first 4 minutes of the game. If you’re an advanced mathematical practitioner (as I am), you can quickly deduce from that information, combined with your knowledge of his final point total as well as the length of a regulation NBA basketball game, that he scored only 8 points…
Read MoreMaxi Kleber Career High 26 Points Full Highlights (2/21/2020)
“Woooo! Get me another stein! I’m on a roll here!” Willie Cauley-Stein yelled as he easily downed what must have been his tenth beer of the evening. “Going to this authentic German restaurant was a great idea, Maxi!” Maxi Kleber, who had been forced into wearing a pair of too-small lederhosen for the occasion of…
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