Everybody talks about how Jayson Tatum was one of the main beneficiaries of Gordon Hayward’s season-ending injury. But few people mention that Marcus Morris also gained much in the way of minutes thanks to Hayward’s untimely leg explosion. Morris was looking at an entire season playing out of position at power forward in limited minutes…
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Greg Monroe 18 Points Full Highlights (3/3/2018)
Sometimes I wish the Bucks still had Greg Monroe, even if only to prevent Thon Maker from ever seeing the court. Eric Bledsoe, the guy they got for him, is probably a better player, sure, but the Bucks’ center woes would be helped by having a guy like Monroe using his big body to do…
Read MoreJaylen Brown 24 Points Full Highlights (2/24/2018)
Jaylen Brown allegedly had five dunks in this game against the Knicks. That is what the play-by-play data alleges. That is the NBA version of the facts. However, the DTB version of the facts states that Brown only dunked it three times. The missing dunks? They were just layups that should have been dunks except…
Read MoreDaniel Theis Career High 19 Points Full Highlights (2/23/2018)
Attention German peoples: I am still waiting for Tim Ohlbrecht (who is the next Dirk) to show up again and be good. Luckily you have supplied me with one (1) Daniel Theis and one (1) Maxi Kleber, so my appetite for German sausage is sated, but only temporarily. Theis is great, I’m excited for him…
Read MoreTerry Rozier 21 Points/5 Assists Full Highlights (2/11/2018)
Terry Rozier didn’t so himself any favors in his quest to shoot 40% from the field when he went 1-of-11 in the Celtics’ last game, against the Pacers, but he made up for that headache-inducing shooting performance by shooting exactly 40% from the field in this one, 6-of-15. Remember, 40% is the official line between…
Read MoreTerry Rozier 18 Points Full Highlights (2/6/2018)
Well, Kyrie Irving came back, and guess what. He ruined everything. The Celtics had something special going on with Terry Rozier, I felt like we were at the dawn of a new era of Boston basketball, and it’s ruined now. Irving ruined it with his assiness. Rozier still had a decent game tonight scoring-wise, but…
Read MoreJayson Tatum 27 Points Full Highlights (2/2/2018)
I’d seen some chatter, before this game, speculating that Jayson Tatum had hit the “rookie wall”, which is a real place in the NBA offices in Secaucus, New Jersey where they take underperforming/slumping rookies, mount them to a rocket sled, and ram them into a big brick wall. Damn. That would make a good description….
Read MoreTerry Rozier Career High 31 Points Full Highlights (2/2/2018)
Triple-double in his first game as a starter. A career-high 31 points in his second game as a starter. I don’t want to diminish the accomplishments of Terry Rozier, because he’s been great, but one thing is very clear to me: Brad Stevens is the point guard whisperer. Kyrie Irving is good, but it has…
Read MoreTerry Rozier Triple Double 17 Pts/11 Rebs/10 Asts Full Highlights (1/31/2018)
The Boston scorekeepers strike again! Terry Rozier had a triple-double tonight, which is great, I’m super excited for him, and I’m not trying to take anything away from what he accomplished, but damn, not all trippy-doobies are created equal. Some of them take place in Denver. Or Boston. Or a few other arenas where the…
Read MoreJayson Tatum 20 Points Full Highlights (1/29/2018)
I could deal with the Celtics broadcast not showing replays of Daniel Theis hitting three-pointers. That’s understandable. All three-pointers roughly look the same. The fans don’t necessarily need to see multiple angles of a guy shooting a jumpshot from 24 feet away. But this…this is inexcusable. Jayson Tatum showed it all last night. He only…
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