Best of DTB – DownToBuck

Bobby Portis 21 Points Full Highlights (11/7/2017)

“You must learn to control your anger,” said the withered old monk, who sat across from a man much taller and stronger than him. “I understand, master,” replied Bobby Portis. “But it is hard. My emotions are too intense, and they don’t allow themselves to be bottled up within.” He remembered all the times in…

Stephen Curry All 324 Three-Pointers Full Highlights (2016-2017 Season Three-ilation Part III)

“That’s it. That’s the book he was reading before all this happened,” Dell Curry whispered as he stood outside his son’s house, peering through a gap in the blinds. Steve Kerr nodded gravely. “Either he is experiencing a problem with his newly-created three-point amulet, or he desires to craft an artefact of even greater potency,”…

Stephen Curry All 324 Three-Pointers Full Highlights (2016-2017 Season Three-ilation Part II)

Stephen Curry ran through the rocky subterranean passageways underneath Oracle Arena. The three-point amulet, still warm and glowing from the smelting process, bounced against his chest as he searched for a way out. Its power circulated through his body, an entirely different sort of power than that which had emanated from the original amulet, stolen…

Stephen Curry All 324 Three-Pointers Full Highlights (2016-2017 Season Three-ilation Part I)

“HE DID WHAT?” Dell Curry winced at the sudden outburst from Steve Kerr. “I saw it with my own eyes, Steve. Through some unfathomable sorcery, my own son has crafted for himself a new, greater relic – the three-point shooting amulet is remade.” “But the original three-point amulet was destroyed a year ago,” Steve protested,…

Nikola Jokic 29 Points/8 Assists/5 Blocks Full Highlights (4/12/2017)

The Nuggets’ locker room was somber, with little of the joking and laughter that had characterized the space for the past months. One by one, Nuggets players were coming and going to pick up their last remaining possessions from their lockers. They all knew that some would be on different teams next year, that the…

Nikola Jokic 17 Points/8 Assists Full Highlights (3/28/2017)

Nikola Jokic sat silently during the Nuggets’ player introductions, getting ready to jump up when his name was called. The introduction ceremonies were a little bit trite, but he never failed to get pumped up when his name was said over the PA system, even when they weren’t playing at home.. So when heard the…

Jusuf Nurkic Career High 33 Points Full Highlights (3/28/2017)

Jusuf Nurkic knew exactly which back entrance he would use to gain entry to the Moda Center. It wasn’t strictly necessary to be so secretive, but the less attention he drew to himself, the more likely his plan was to execute flawlessly. He made his way to the door near the loading dock with the…

Dirk Nowitzki All 74 Fadeaway Jumpers Full Highlights (2015-16 Season Dirkilation)

Since learning of the free-agency curse which afflicted the Dallas Mavericks, due to the construction of the American Airlines Center defiling a 1600’s-era Catholic missionary, Dirk Nowitzki found that he could no longer sleep. His nights were restless, his days, groggy. Thoughts of the Mavericks’ free-agency failings persisted through any attempts to banish them, and…

Karl-Anthony Towns All 625 Field Goals Full Highlights (2015-16 Season Bucketilation Part V)

Karl-Anthony was first to reach the plateau. At its far end, there was indeed a fire burning in a pit, but now he could see that there was also a small wooden residence built along the one of the plateau’s sides. The full midday sun exposed its every detail even at this far distance. He…

Karl-Anthony Towns All 625 Field Goals Full Highlights (2015-16 Season Bucketilation Part IV)

The swirling clouds of sand had made the way forward extremely difficult to discern. They would make incremental forward progress along what they thought was the path, only to be forced to backtrack when finding themselves surrounded by rocks on all sides. Hope of ever finding the whereabouts of the wizard while embroiled in this…