Jordan Clarkson scored half the points of Devin Booker tonight, but made double the three-pointers. So, when considering which performance is the more impressive one, just decide if you like points or threes more. Me? I’m a downtown kind of guy. Just call me DownTownBuck. There’s nothing that I enjoy more in the NBA than…
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Thomas Robinson 16 Points Full Highlights (3/21/2017)
One of the stranger aspects of the Lakers’ tanking strategy is that it doesn’t include Thomas Robinson. Despite playing for a team where the only requirement to receive minutes is that you’re a young player with untapped potential, T-Rob barely sees the floor. So either the Lakers don’t think that T-Rob has any potential left…
Read MoreIvica Zubac 17 Points Full Highlights (3/21/2017)
The end of the regular season is approaching fast. Don’t worry Laker fans, your torment is almost over, your tormenter soon banished to the wailing winds of time. That means we only have a little bit of time left to finagle a 30-point game for Zubac. That 25-point game he had makes me believe he…
Read MoreBrandon Ingram 21 Points Full Highlights (3/21/2017)
Brandon Ingbust. Buston Ingram. Brandbust Bustgram. Bustbust Ingram. Bustbust Bustbust. Oh! Didn’t see you there! Just deciding which of these nicknames for Brandon Ingram I like best. I’ve been in isolation for a month, self-imposed. When Ingram had that 0-point outing against the Celtics, I decided enough was enough and retreated to my lair. The…
Read MoreBrandon Ingram 18 Points Full Highlights (3/19/2017)
Brandon Ingram has had enough good games recently where I’m starting to feel a small amount of remorse for all the mean things that I said about him earlier in the season. This dangerous flirtation with sympathy, which is an emotion that I’m not supposed to be capable of feeling, made me anxious enough that…
Read MoreD’Angelo Russell Career High 40 Points/6 Assists/7 Threes Full Highlights (3/19/2017)
The Laker’s locker room was empty save for two stragglers, one of them just taking his time, and the other mulling over a disappointing loss to the defending champion Cavaliers. Nick Young, having finally gotten around to putting his street clothes on, sat next down to D’Angelo Russell’s locker. “Nice game, man. Forty points! Kobe…
Read MoreIvica Zubac 18 Points Full Highlights (3/17/2017)
The Lakers are tanking. Everybody knows it. They don’t necessarily need to, since their roster is so funky, except that they want to keep their pick. I’m not here to judge. I just think it’s sad that Ivica Zubac’s first taste of the NBA is on a team that can’t win even if they wanted…
Read MoreBrandon Ingram 18 Points Full Highlights (3/15/2017)
Aside from that embarrassing performance in Boston, Brandon Ingram has been performing pretty darn okay since the All-Star break. Is he finally figuring out the NBA game? Is this the corner that we’ve been waiting for him to turn for all these months? Is his hair preventing him from elevating on his dunks? How many…
Read MoreJulius Randle Career High 32 Points Full Highlights (3/15/2017)
I was fearing that this career-high performance for Julius Randle would be nothing but layups. Layups and getting fouled on layups. That’s what the first half was, at least. Just Randle slamming his way into the paint like a bull in a china shop and placing the ball in the hole from close range. Can’t…
Read MoreIvica Zubac 25 Points Full Highlights (3/13/2017)
Did Ivica Zubac EXPOSE supposed Balkan superstar Nikola Jokic last night in front of millions of national TV viewers? Let’s take a look at the facts: -Zubac scored 25 points. Jokic only scored 18 because he is inferior. -Zubac tallied 11 big, strong rebounds. Jokic had nine wimpy rebounds because he’s afraid of contact. -Zubac…
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