Tonight’s Must-Watch Games

The Opening Tip

1. Adrian Griffin was way out of his element

The Bucks fired Adrian Griffin yesterday after a 43-game run as head coach, which was good record-wise but bad in every other way. 

And those post-firing leaks are not to mention Terry Stotts saying ‘yeah, no thanks’ before the season even started and Bobby Portis screaming at Griffin after the IST loss.

We don’t have many thoughts on Griffin, except that, according to our analytics department, he lapped the league in constantly looking really fucking confused.

What got him fired was probably all the stuff mentioned above, but his RCF could not have helped.

As for who’s taking over … it appears to officially be Doc Rivers, first (accidentally?) reported by ‘CNN Sports.’

[READ: ‘CNN Sports’ breaking Doc-Bucks scoop confounds everyone]

2. Daily GIF: One-shoe Westbrook

Russell Westbrook from 3 with a full arsenal of shoes, career: 1260/4129, or 30.5 percent

Russell Westbrook from 3 with one shoe, career: 1/1, or 100 percent

[WATCH: Russ loses his shoe]

3. Trivia

4. 70-plus-point games by decade

Outside of the 1960s, when Wilt Chamberlain had six 70-point games, the 2020s are shaping up to be the golden age of the 70-point milestone. 

Including Joel Embiid’s 70-point Monday night, we’ve now had three 70-pointers in a 387-day span, which matches the No. of 70-point games from April 10, 1978 through January 1, 2023, or 16,339 days.

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