(NBA) THJ almost singlehandedly defeated the Rockets
February 2nd, 2017 at 10:22 PM ^
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February 2nd, 2017 at 10:24 PM ^
My bad for the 2nd thread! THJ though... wow.
February 2nd, 2017 at 10:27 PM ^
you failed Thread Titling 101. Note how informative this one is.
February 2nd, 2017 at 10:27 PM ^
That extrapolates to 96 pts. Obviously he should have been left in the whole game.
And if he played every minute of every game this season he'd be averaging 96 pts a game.
#BadCoaching
#Math
February 2nd, 2017 at 11:10 PM ^
Well now, that means that if they played him more, then everyone THJ faced would basically get Wilt Chamberlain'd. Not a bad legacy in prolific shooting to attempt to uphold certainly. I think Wilt pretty much dominates the single-game scoring records still, as a matter of fact, so we're ripe for some change there.
February 2nd, 2017 at 10:29 PM ^
It was 23 4th quarter points, career high of 33 for the game. Hawks were down 20 in the 4th and ended up winning by 5.
February 2nd, 2017 at 10:35 PM ^
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February 3rd, 2017 at 12:12 AM ^
I will never forget that. One of my favorites of all time. Game was close and Timmy slashes in and BAM! I remember thinking that kid dunks like a man over boys. Why couldn't they have won? Fucking refs on that Trey Burke block. Momentum changer. Great season though.
February 3rd, 2017 at 8:03 AM ^
draft pick. That didn't happen because he stood around passively for 3 years and wasn't coached up.
February 3rd, 2017 at 8:25 AM ^
Only people who do that consistently are named
Lebron, Durant, harden, et al
February 2nd, 2017 at 11:09 PM ^
I dont understand - THJ almost beat the Rockets by himself, or he beat the Rockets and only used one hand most of the time? Or maybe both?
February 3rd, 2017 at 9:11 AM ^
Thanks for posting these highlights. Happy for THJ as a Wolverine, of course, but I enjoyed this even more because it's always beautiful watching someone who's truly "in the zone", "locked in," "playing out of his mind" -- however you want to call it. Check the look in his eyes after some of those baskets, or the way he was skipping around -- like he knew NO ONE could stop him.
As someone mentioned above, a very rare few can play at that level consistently for long stretches -- the Jordans, LeBrons, Kobes, Birds -- and that's why we love to watch them play. But it's just as fun, maybe even more fun, to see a non-megastar enter "The Zone" and play like that. And that goes for almost anything, not just sports -- music, writing, business, whatever. Just a joy to watch someone transcend even their own usual ceiling and light everything on fire, in ways you didn't know they were capable of.
February 3rd, 2017 at 6:57 AM ^