PBP doesn't always differentiate between players with the same last name.

[BuvSethia]

For example, if Tyler Johnson and James Johnson both have a steal in a game, the PBP row for both of those steals would just be Johnson STEAL. No way to tell which Johnson had the steal. This could be an app-breaking issue...

[BuvSethia]

Looks like the endpoint playbyplayv2 has way more information in each row, including the full names of involved players. By changing the prepared player name from a string to a list of possibilities (Tyler Johnson -> [T Johnson, Johnson]) and then checking the full name for a match, I should be able to determine with 100% accuracy which player is being referred to in every row. Actually, I might be able to get away with checking just last name and full name in that case...