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Amar’e Stoudemire 24 Points/5 Dunks Full Highlights (4/11/2014)

Amar’e Stoudemire, alone in his dingy one-bedroom apartment, sat down at his rickety desk. Even this small amount of movement caused him to wince in pain and clutch his back. The sand in his life’s hourglass was quickly running down to nothing, and there was important business to attend to. “Dear Steve,” he wrote. “I…

Matthew Dellavedova 14 Points/12 Assists Full Highlights (4/9/2014)

Mike Brown looked at his watch, annoyed. “Where the hell is Delly? That guy’s been flakier than Frosted Flakes lately! He can’t just not show up to the pregame shoot-around!” Dion Waiters was concerned. He thought he knew what was up, but kept his mouth shut for the time being. He had not told anyone…

Timofey Mozgov 22 Points/4 Dunks Full Highlights (4/9/2014)

Timofey Mozgov sat in the locker room, browsing NBA headlines on his phone. If he was being honest with himself, he was looking for stuff like “Mozgov leads Nuggets to victory,” but there wasn’t anything of that sort. There was, however, a story about Jonas Valanciunas’ recent DUI charges. As Timofey read the story, he…

Jonas Valanciunas Career High 26 Points Full Highlights (4/9/2014)

Jonas Valanciunas was doing what he did almost every off-night: Sitting in front of his TV encased in a cocoon of blanket-and-cushion construction, with his coffee table littered with snacks and beverages of the alcoholic type. Tonight was the big game, and he was watching with intentness, though not much happiness. “Are you serious? Are…

Travis Outlaw 24 Points Full Highlights (4/8/2014)

You sit at your computer, slumped down in the seat as you browse espn.com for the 5th time. In your hand is a can of Milwaukee’s Best. Your mom always told you 11 is too early to start drinking, but what did she know. She’s gone now. They’re all gone. There is nothing on espn.com…

Quincy Miller Career High 19 Points/4 Blocks Full Highlights (4/6/2014)

Chris Marlowe, Denver Nuggets commentator, woke up disoriented. He was in a cell-like room, tied to a chair. A bare fluorescent tube provided blinding light that yielded no shadows. He looked down and noticed that a hastily-applied blindfold had slipped off his eyes, down around his neck, where it hung like a noose. His head…

Evan Fournier 26 Points/6 Threes Full Highlights (4/6/2014)

Evan Fournier reclined in his posh leather couch, enjoying a glass of the finest French Chardonnay. Just as he was about to put on his favorite recording of Debussy’s ‘Clair de Lune’, he was interrupted by his phone ringing. “This is the Fournicator.” “Is that what you call yourself now? It’s Jan.” Evan tensed up….

Kyle O’Quinn 14 Points/13 Rebounds/4 Blocks Full Highlights (4/5/2014)

Kyle O’Quinn was enjoying his typical McDonald’s order – five Big Macs and five things of fries – when he was interrupted by a commotion in the booth next to him. “Mom, look, it’s Santa!” yelled an excited little girl, pointing eagerly at the large beard that Kyle wore on his face. Then, her face…

Andre Drummond 23 Points Full Highlights (4/4/2014)

Guys, listen up. 6’10” isn’t even that tall. I mean, it’s pretty tall, but there are a lot of similarly tall dudes in the NBA. So how the heck does Andre Drummond get all these offensive rebounds? It’s not like other players just stop rebounding as soon as he gets near them. They’re trying their…

Jonas Valanciunas 22 Points Full Highlights (4/4/2014)

Jonas sat silently in his darkened living room, watching the flickering television with rapt attention. In front of him was spread a feast suitable for the viewing of a season finale, but since the final episode of “How I Met Your Mother” had started, none of the snacks had been touched. Mango smoothies and pretzel…