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Then he lost a defensive rebound in the first few minutes.

You had Jamal Shedd going to him.

Here's how you clasp a ball.

That's just three minutes into a basketball game.

At least Darko took him off the floor.

And at least Darko started CMB in the second year.

Yeah, he was.

He's my favorite guy of dinkers and dumpers in the NBA.

That guy can just float and push shot wherever he is.

He's very, very good at that.

And he fights and he scraps and he's really, really good at that.

So that effort level from him, from Scotty Barnes was evident.

And it overcame Brandon Ingram's bad game because he just wasn't feeling it whatsoever.

I was having flashbacks of Lou Dort and how he was able to beat him two years ago when the Pelicans and Brandon Ingram were playing him in the Thunder.

He looked a little rattled.

Instead, it was Dean Wade shutting him down.

Top-locking him, yeah.

A little different than Lou Dort.

But it was literally very, very similar offense.

Brandon Ingram ended the game with seven points.