Sunday, February 23, 2020

NBA Highlights

Pistons turned Andre Drummond, Reggie Jackson and Markieff Morris into Brandon Knight, John Henson, and a 2nd round pick

Javale McGee leads the break for the Lakers
https://streamable.com/2d2do

Zion Williamson is the youngest player in NBA history to score 20+ PTS in seven straight games. Previous youngest was Carmelo Anthony in 2004.

Giannis Antetokounmpo is averaging 30.0 PPG, 13.5 RPG and 5.8 APG this season. His Player Efficiency Rating (PER) is 32.3. That’s on track to be the highest PER in NBA history

Luka Doncic, Kristaps Porzingis, and Willie Cauley-Stein are all listed as out for tonight. Seth Curry (right knee soreness) is listed as questionable.

In 2020 (21 games) Avery Bradley is shooting 47% from three on 3.4 attempts per game

Clippers shoot 4/24 in the first quarter against the Kings, for a total of 13 points

Reggie Jackson knocks down a 3 to end the half for his first Clipper points
https://streamable.com/vdri9

Harden and Westbrook connect for a monster alley oop
https://streamable.com/uirse

Rockets are 8-2 since they decided to go small ball

Russell Westbrook says his eyes lit up whenever Gobert and the Jazz dared him to shoot the midrange: "It was cash"
https://streamable.com/17sd3

Giannis exits the game vs the 76ers with 31 points, 17 rebounds and 8 assists in just 29 minutes of action

The Milwaukee Bucks (48-8) defeat the Philadelphia 76ers (35-22), 119-98

Boylen calls another timeout down 10 with 30 seconds left. Lavine is clearly annoyed and seems to say, “why call a timeout down fucking 10?”
https://streamable.com/rnffi

Covington with three blocks on Gobert in the 2nd half
https://streamable.com/k6g4j

Houston Rockets (36-20) defeat Utah Jazz (36-20) by 120 - 110 with 72 combined points from Russell Westbrook and James Harden

Russ eating popcorn and laughing at the Jazz in his post-game interview: "I don't know if its working for em'... I get whatever I want"Misc. Media
https://streamable.com/xp7jr

Rudy Gobert has a grand total of 6 rebounds against the "Pocket Rockets" tonight

Trae Young steps back for the deep 4pt play to give the Hawks the lead
https://streamable.com/faxyx

Harden says "FTJ" with a cold-blooded 3
https://streamable.com/c7am9

Brodie and the Beard combine for 72 points in a win against the Jazz

Connaughton get's the loose ball and runs back to the three point line to beat the buzzer
https://streamable.com/d0mlv

There is some level of concern surrounding the possible nature of the injury, league sources tell ESPN. A clearer picture is obviously expected after testing on Sunday in Philadelphia. Sources described Simmons as emotional upon leaving the X-ray room at the Fiserv Forum late Saturday
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28761049/sixers-ben-simmons-get-mri-injuring-lower-back

Dwyane Wade spills his drink on his suit minutes before his jersey retirement ceremony
https://streamable.com/r1ts4

The Miami Heat have just scored the most points (82 points) in the 1st half in franchise on the day of Dwyane Wade's jersey retirement

The Sacramento Kings won 8 of their last 12 games since Luke Walton put Buddy Hield back on the bench

Kawhi frustrated by a late turnover in transition and Morris follows it by throwing an awful lob to Harrell
https://streamable.com/jjjdh

The Atlanta Hawks (17-41) defeat the Dallas Mavericks (34-23), 111-107

The Clippers are 1 loss before 3 wins away from not being a contender

Giannis drains the three and dances on the Sixers
https://streamable.com/dl8or

Giannis takes 3 dribbles from 3/4 court to make the lay up
https://streamable.com/zx7kq

With the Rocket win over the Jazz, they have gained the tiebreaker necessary to become the 4th seed in the West

Harden Euros past Clarkson for the layup and the Rockets bench loves it
https://streamable.com/irkum

Trae Young ties the game at 102 with a deep 3 and Dikembe loves it
https://streamable.com/kiom9

Bojan Bogdanović tries to elbow-check Russ as he blows by him
https://streamable.com/mum3v

Robert Covington has had 3+ blocks the last 3 games (4, 4, 3). Clint Capela has not had 3 or more blocks in 3 straight games all season long

Jazz players are ecstatic to see Jeff Green and mob him
https://streamable.com/33osu

Russ turns on the jets as he hammers in the dunk
https://streamable.com/uo4ed

The Los Angeles Clippers are 30-10 when Patrick Beverley plays and 7-9 when he doesn't

Harry Giles crushes the one-handed slam off the lob to give the Kings an 8 point lead with a minute left
https://streamable.com/6zviu

The Phoenix Suns (23-34) defeat the Chicago Bulls (19-38) 112-104 behind Deandre Ayton's 28/19

Over the last 3 seasons, the Utah Jazz are 5-16 (.239) against the Houston Rockets

Al Horford full highlights vs Milwaukee - February 22, 2020
https://streamable.com/xszhk

Deandre Ayton 28 Pts 19 Reb 3 Blk Suns vs Bulls

Westbrook on the cumulative effect of Gobert and the Jazz trying to keep up with him: "It's very huge. It tires them out. I'm pretty sure he's not used to running up and down the court like that." Westbrook was wearing a Springsteen concert T so you can add your own punch line

John Collins tonight vs Mavs: 35/17/2 on 13-18 shooting

The Miami Heat (36-20) crush the Cleveland Cavaliers (15-41), 124-105 in historic fashion on the night of Dwyane Wade's jersey retirement

Clipper’s bench; Lou Will and Montrez Harrell give up as many points as they score

Post scoring master Rudy Gobert scores 12 points in 33 minutes against the mismatch in a loss tonight

Lou Williams doesn't pay attention on the inbound and Fox takes advantage
https://streamable.com/a4cm7

Lopez with one-handed touch pass
https://streamable.com/uz79d

Rudy Gobert, on him guarding Russell Westbrook: “I think I would do it again. I think having Russ being guarded by one of our guards is a mismatch, and at least when I’m guarding him he doesn’t get to the rim. ... We make him work, and he’s able to make those shots sometimes.”
https://streamable.com/1ah3u

Porzingis in his last 7 games: 27.9 pts, 10.4 reb, 2.1 ast, 1.1 stl, 1.9 blocks on 52/40/88

Giannis drives past Horford for the athletic finish and the And-1
https://streamable.com/n8e4k

Ben Simmons has played over 40 minutes 14 times this season, including 4 times in the last 10 games

Beautiful ball movement by the Jazz leaves the Rockets defense scrambling but Mitchell airballs the three
https://streamable.com/9qpe7

Just the 10th 3-pointer Al Horford has made this year when he's been on the court with Embiid. 10. in 487 minutes spacing the floor next to a post-up center

Giannis with the sweet post fade away over Horford
https://streamable.com/bavsb

Giannis dancing before tip-off
https://streamable.com/1dfyl

In an ironic twist of fate, Harden draws the charge on Mitchell
https://streamable.com/jva9s

Daniel Theis has been an awesome replacement for the Celtics

Kent Bazemore gets a massive chase-down block on Coffey
https://streamable.com/9ovql

John Collins gets the putback to give the Hawks a 4 pt lead with 8.4 left
https://streamable.com/q0khp

DWade couldn't help but laugh after Udonis Haslem missed a dunk and 3-pointer
https://streamable.com/pz48d

Robin Lopez hits the corner three, then does something
https://streamable.com/1gvue

Jordan Clarkson explodes and scores 14 straight points for the Jazz
https://streamable.com/tax72

Harden responds to the Jazz with some exaggeration of his own
https://streamable.com/5az3i

Joe Ingles draws the offensive foul on Harden
https://streamable.com/7veur

Rockets vs. Jazz — Rudy did nothing wrong, explained with the crappiest quality screenshots you've ever seen

Oubre throws down a mean slam on the fastbreak and Lavine answers with a dunk of his own
https://streamable.com/2aecn

Dwight with a very rude block on Ja
https://streamable.com/3xyr6

The Jazz are working their way back in this game purely by flopping

The Brooklyn Nets (26-29) blow out the Charlotte Hornets (19-37) 115-86

Jazz mascot with a somersault through someone's legs and dunks the ball
https://streamable.com/irzwd

Lavine explodes to the rim and makes the big dunk look effortless
https://streamable.com/52enb

Dewayne Dedmon gets the layup, a block and then a putback to give the Hawks their first lead of the game
https://streamable.com/xdiyp

Derrick Jones Jr throws it down off the lob as the Heat end the first half with 82 points
https://streamable.com/zzyjt

Norvel Pelle monster garbage time block on DJ Wilson
https://streamable.com/de4lu

Daniel Theis - 25 points, 16 rebounds

Knox throws it down on Simmons
https://streamable.com/2gw28

Russell Westbrook on his interaction with a fan before alley-oop: “Before the oop, the  guy was telling me ‘Shoot the 3, shoot the 3, Gobert is the best defensive player in the  league’. I said ‘Okay, okay, okay’...While he was talking, I just went backdoor”

The Sacramento Kings (23-33) beat the Los Angeles Clippers (37-19) at Staples Center for the 2nd time this season, 112-103

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