New Year’s Eve is usually a quiet time for DownToBuck. Since I have a responsibility to my subscribers to provide high-quality and timely NBA highlight videos, I will usually turn down MULTIPLE invitations to fun NYE events in order to spend time alone in front of my computer. This year I got slightly more festive…
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Markelle Fultz 13 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (12/27/2019)
Brett Brown opened the door of his Orlando-area hotel room and was surprised to find that the bedside lamp was turned on. He was always very careful not to leave lights on where he didn’t need them. As he walked over to turn it off, mentally noting to let the housekeeping management know that they…
Read MoreGorgui Dieng 21 Points Full Highlights (12/26/2019)
“Dear Diary, One troubling ritual that the people of Minnesota take part in is that of making “snow-men”. When the cursed white sand falls to the ground in large enough quantities, the younglings of this land will run outside, sometimes even while the cursed precipitation is still falling, and make crude man-shaped figures from it….
Read MoreFurkan Korkmaz 16 Points Full Highlights (12/25/2019)
When the unexpected light appears in my bedroom, I open my eyes expecting to have to scold my kitty Japurri Purrker for turning on the lightswitch, as he is prone to doing in the middle of the night. But the light filling the room does not have its source in the lightbulb above my head….
Read MoreTomas Satoransky 20 Points Full Highlights (12/23/2019)
“Sato, why do you look so down?” Tomas Satoransky realized that he had paused halfway through taking off his shoe, being too lost in thought to continue his postgame routine. Did his facial expression really make his sadness that obvious? “Oh, just homesick I guess,” he said, putting a smile on his face even though…
Read MoreGorgui Dieng 18 Points Full Highlights (12/20/2019)
“Dear Diary, Although I have taken many steps to ensure that the cursed white sand known colloquially as “snow” does not ever make contact with my bare skin, I must always be vigilant. Satan’s precipitation can be hurled from the clouds with very little warning. In fact, a blizzard is preferable to a brief burst…
Read MoreJaren Jackson Career High 43 Points/9 Threes Full Highlights (12/13/2019)
Jaren Jackson awoke from his sleep and was immediately startled by his surroundings. However, the immense comfort of the bed he was sleeping in somewhat dampened his response, and he drew the luxuriously soft white covers closer to him while he pondered the strangeness of the situation. He didn’t even remember going to sleep at…
Read MoreDuncan Robinson Career High 34 Points/10 Threes Full Highlights (12/10/2019)
Duncan Robinson blearily opened his eyes to find himself in a wholly unexpected place. The bright light surrounding him dazzled his freshly-opened eyes, and he had to shield them with his palm just to be able to see anything. Somehow, he had ended up in some kind of large hall constructed of marble whose walls…
Read MoreDavis Bertans Career High 32 Points/8 Threes Full Highlights (12/10/2019)
Davis Bertans knocked on the door of the office with false diffidence, then opened the door just enough to peek his head in. “May I come in?” he asked. Michael Jordan had been turned away from his desk, reclined in his office chair and looking out the window, but he resumed an upright sitting position…
Read MoreDavis Bertans 25 Points Full Highlights (12/8/2019)
Casually running his hand over the smooth metal of the home-built contraption that was strapped to his chest underneath his baggy hoodie, Davis Bertans waited quietly in one of the numerous hallways of the Capital One Center. The one he was positioned in led directly from the visitors’ locker room to the parking area for…
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