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An #art recap of Mavericks vs. Pelicans

ByIan Levy

A lot of improvements in technology have allowed us to see the latest NBA highlights almost immediately. Kemba Walker crosses someone? Boom, it’s on Vine 30 seconds later. Steph Curry drills a buzzer beater? Yep, it’s up on YouTube in less than five minutes. But you know what? I’m off that. Vine is wack, YouTube is wack. All video highlights are wack.

I’m on a new wave now: drawing. This is pure. This is #art. None of this fancy technology garbage. Look at today’s youth, ruined by an overload of technology. Let’s take it back to when highlights were real. No more Vine, no more Youtube, no more .gifs. Just drawing, pure and simple.

I’ve got just what you need right here. Anyone miss that Mavericks vs. Pelicans game last night? Well get your popcorn ready. Here come the highlights.

Early on in the game, Anthony Davis was in the lane and tried to go up for a shot, but was rejected by Chandler Parsons. It looked a little something like this.

A few minutes later, a little guy for the Pelicans, Gal Mekel, hit a beautiful high-arcing floater. In fact it was so beautiful, it made the basketball itself break into tears at the realization of what was happening to it. Here’s how it went.

Of course there couldn’t be a Pelicans game without a highlight from Anthony Davis, and he provided one a little later, streaking down the court, receiving a pass, and soaring in for a powerful dunk. This was a masterpiece.

You know that Dirk guy, right? Well then you already know he knocked down his patented fadeaway a few times. Here’s an exact replication of one of the shots. It’s like you were actually at the game. Incredible.

For a few minutes, the game turned into a mini one-on-one duel between Jrue Holiday and Devin Harris. The two guards traded threes back and forth, each needing what the other one had. Here’s what it looked like in action.

But in the end, it was the man we had all been waiting for who stole the show. The man who have it all: Monta Ellis. He took over late in the fourth quarter, leading the Mavericks to the win.

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