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in a win over phoenix

5 blocks too!

at first i assumed they must have been playing a bad or sparse team but the suns have most of their main guys.

big game by the big guy

Leborn is 37….

43-14-4-2-2 in 29 mins and against maybe the worst defense of all time… but still.

7 games straight of 30+ points (lakers 2-5 tho)

Kyle Kuzma recorded a 91.3 defensive rating Thursday vs. Cleveland, his fourth-best rating of the season.#DCAboveAll | @DXCTechnology pic.twitter.com/YJcYLvGnSm

— Washington Wizards (@WashWizards) January 1, 2022

durants reluctance to hoist has always been a little interesting to me

Kevin Durant: 38% from 3 on 5.0 attempts per game

Lebron James: 38% from 3 on 7.9 attempts per game

— NBA/Paint 🎨 (@NBAPaint1) January 1, 2022

on the derozan tip, this is a cool list, love who's tied with MJ and Kobe for most career buzzer beaters:

https://www.basketball-reference.com/friv/buzzer-beaters.html

don't get why Ayton's dunk from last season is missing

reg season only maybe?

no, the list includes the offs. I was shocked that Steph and Klay never got a buzzer beater!

my mistake, MJ is the all time leader with 9, I missed the one he had with the wizards. The guy who compiled the list wrote an article about everyone who hit 4 or more:

https://www.theringer.com/nba/2020/2/18/21141286/nba-buzzer-beaters-leaders-history

Giannis with the first 35/15/10 game in under 35 minutes in NBA history

dece

Four games over two holidays: 142 points, 46 rebounds, 26 assists, 4 steals, five blocks, four wins.

jaylen brown 50-11-4 (ot)

19-29 fgs, not bad jay

giddy youngest triple double

pic.twitter.com/amvppUiryX

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) January 3, 2022

that's a nicer line than i expected but honestly giddey was made in a lab to get a bunch of 10-11-10s

can't stop thinking of "Giddy Giddy" by Sparks whenever I see him

does he make you... excited

Anfernee
43/3/7

Trae
56/4/14
Same game

56 in a loss, that’s tough. every hawks player should be fined for allowing the blazers minus dame & CJ to score 136

what is devonte graham doing in one of the prestige spots

Leading Scorers By Zone pic.twitter.com/d0Nm2gvWtN

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) January 4, 2022

hoisters gonna hoist

jordan otm

The DeMar DeRozone

from the heat player development machine files...

omer yurtseven last 10 games

5-12
6-12
8-13
8-12
16-15
10-14
10-13
22-16
5-17
14-16

apparently only the third rookie since 1992 to have 10 straight games of 12+ rebounds (blake griffin and shaq)

max strus last 6 games

32-7-1 8-11 3PT
24-4-1 4-11 3PT
18-7-4 4-12 3PT
26-6-1 5-11 3PT
13-2-2 3-9 3PT
25-6-5 7-13 3PT

heat also lowkey getting a great season out of PJ tucker

highest points per game (8.0) since the 14-15 season. highest assists per game (2.2) since 14-15 season (tied for career high). best assist to turnover ratio of his career. highest offensive rebounds per game (1.7) since 15-16 season. shooting 50% from the field and 46% on threes.

doing stuff in most games i didn't know he could do

PJ TUCKER BEHIND THE BACK DIME!!!@hothothoops #HEATCulture pic.twitter.com/PajDc4941S

— Matt Hanifan (@mph_824_) January 6, 2022

I knew right away Milwaukee was gonna regret letting that guy go

if the heat finish in the top four, spoelstra really should be leading the conversation for coach of the year

The Miami Heat are 7th in the NBA in net rating and Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo and Kyle Lowry have played in just 14 of the 39 games together. @5ReasonsSports

— Ethan J. Skolnick, 5 Reasons Sports (@EthanJSkolnick) January 6, 2022

josh green, who was the first round pick that haralabob said he made after donnie nelson stormed out of the draft room, has put up 17-5 and 18-6 the last two games, his first ever career games in double figures

LMFAOO pic.twitter.com/kHemUgGsA1

— Dom2K🎄🎅🎁 (@Dom_2k) January 10, 2022

report card time

what a bizarre box score it was, too:
https://i.imgur.com/6La0Jae.png

Clearly the answer to their woes is to give Bazemore more minutes.

baze time baby

baze more

Played 2K22 far more than actually watching NBA this year, so it's funny to watch highlights and realize so many are actual players and not AI names completely imagined by the CPU. Josh Giddey, wha??! Max Strus??

lol

haha

How about David Duke Jr, now starting for your Brooklyn Nets

aaron gordon with a 30 point, 12 rebound night in an 85 point loss?

john konchar got 17 rebounds in 28 minutes tonight?

jokic 25-15-14-2, 3 turnovers, +5 in a game they lose by 23

https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/players-with-over-25-points-15-rebounds-14-assists-2-steals-and-fewer-than-5-turnovers-in-a-game

booker 48-5-6-3

the heat have drawn 75 charges this year. the number two team is the rockets w/ 37. by percentage i would imagine that's the biggest gap between 1 and 2 for any stat in the league

Embiid tonight 50 on 23 shots. 17-19 from 2, 15-17 from the line

Meanwhile his opponent Mo Bamba gets 32 with 7-8 from beyond the arc, wtf?!

some of you will recall my chronicling of jokic’s dunks last year…happy to report that he continues the blistering pace this year, currently 3.5% of his FGAs are dunks