I would like all Paul Millsap apologists to answer for his performance in this game. He was 1-of-8 from the field and eighteen minutes as the starting power forward, but ceded many of the PF minutes to Trey Lyles because he was taking a big ol’ suck and a gigantic ding-dong. A lot of players…
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Nikola Jokic Triple Double 19 Pts/11 Rebs/12 Asts Full Highlights (1/19/2019)
When I looked at the box-score of the Cavs-Nuggets game at halftime, with the Nuggets up by 24 points, I actually said out loud “Jokic isn’t going to get to play again.” Those are the words I said. The only reaction I got at the time was from my cat Japurri Purrker, who looked up…
Read MoreMalik Beasley 22 Points/6 Threes Full Highlights (1/15/2019)
Malik Beasley put up a very empty statline tonight with 22 points, 1 rebound, 0 assists, 0 steals, and 0 blocks. I would say it’s the “Tony Snell Special”, but Snell usually doesn’t score that many points. I did a quick search on games matching that exact statistical criteria (thanks basketball-reference, you are the real…
Read MoreNikola Jokic 40 Points/8 Assists Full Highlights (1/13/2019)
Jamal Murray walked up to Nikola Jokic in the locker room after the game. “Hey Nik, some of us were gonna hit up the clubs tonight. You in?” “Nah, you guys go ahead,” Nikola answered. “I just want to relax tonight.” Jamal accepted this reasoning without complaint; after all, Nikola often declined to take part…
Read MoreMalik Beasley 21 Points Full Highlights (1/12/2019)
For most of this season (which is now half over – where did the time go?), Malik Beasley has been the undisputed leader for the “Best Beasley in the NBA” award. And here, we can really say “undisputed”, because the other Beasley, Michael Beasley, wasn’t even appearing in games for the Lakers. All Malik had…
Read MoreTorrey Craig 14 Points Full Highlights (1/10/2019)
Torrey Craig is a starter on the best team in the West. Is that messed up or what? Even in today’s NBA, that means defense means something. Because let’s just say he wasn’t the 2017 NBL (that’s Australia for you cretins) DPOY for no reason. Also he was MVP of that league in 2015 which…
Read MoreMason Plumlee 17 Points Full Highlights (1/10/2019)
OFFICIAL DTB DISCLAIMER: Mason Plumlee does not get any assists to Nikola Jokic in this video. Neither does he receive any assists from Jokic. Plumlee and Jokic don’t even really seem to share the court in this video. There are no plays that one makes facilitated by the other. If you are a Serb trying…
Read MoreNikola Jokic Triple Double 18 Pts/14 Rebs/10 Asts Full Highlights (1/10/2019)
The group of Nuggets players walked through the tunnel back to their locker room, high fives and back-slaps proliferating. At the center of the group, and receiving most of the accolades from his teammates, was Nikola Jokic, who was grinning sheepishly. At that moment, everything seemed perfect: the team had won, the Nuggets were still…
Read MoreNikola Jokic Triple Double 29 Pts/11 Rebs/10 Asts/1 Game-Winner Full Highlights (1/8/2019)
One of the things that MVP candidates have to do if they want to be more than just an MVP candidate and be the actual MVP is hit game-winners. No one really remembers random shots from the middle of the second quarter unless they’re REALLY crazy. But everyone remembers game-winners. Before I was an NBA…
Read MoreMonte Morris 21 Points/5 Assists Full Highlights (1/7/2019)
It would probably be a disservice to Chris Paul if I were to compare the smooth midrange scoring game of Monte “Tay Time” Morris to the legendary midrange wizardry of CP3 (now squandered, and not just because of his injury), so I’m not going to make that comparison. It might also be an insult to…
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