Bucks at Hornets, March 1

Bucks bench missing some high percentage shots, but still up 26-20 after 1 

Now tied at 28. Bucks offense, other than Giannis, has been putrid 

Giannis checked out at 5:38 of the first with the Bucks up 17-7. Bucks with 11 points over the next 7 minutes. 

Brook Lopez continuing to struggle from deep. 

Bucks with two turnovers and an airball the last 3 possessions. 

Giannis is 6 for 7 from the field. The rest of the team is 6 for 21. 

Both Lopez brothers have been awful so far. 1 for 8

No one watching at all? 

I say this every few games, but might be really difficult to hit 100 today. 32 points in 19 minutes so far. 

7 turnovers in the second quarter. 

Non-Giannis guys are 7 for 28 from the floor with 11 turnovers in 22 minutes. 

Thanks for the updates. Not on TV here in MN so it's good to get some perspective from someone who is watching the game.

Bucks, except Giannis, struggle through a tough first half. Only up 45-43. 

Giannis goes 9 for 11 from the floor (1 for 1 from deep) with 6 rebounds and 5 assists in 16 minutes. 

The rest of the team goes 10 for 34 (3 for 15 from deep) with 11 turnovers. 

Brook Lopez goes 1 for 6 and 0 for 4 from deep. He's now 12 for his last 40 from the floor. 

He's missed his last 10 3 point attempts over 3 games. He's such a defensive force they can't afford to sit him, so he needs to get going on offense. 

MNPackman posted:

Thanks for the updates. Not on TV here in MN so it's good to get some perspective from someone who is watching the game.

Try this link. 

http://nbastreams.xyz/live/1/

Bucks push it up to 8 or 9 several times but just can't separate. 

Brook Lopez finally hits a 3, but Robin Lopez is 0 for 4 today and every miss near the rim leads to a fast break and some wide open 3s. That's the problem with posting the Lopez brothers up - when they miss the other team pushes transition to get shots without them stoning the middle. 

Bucks only up 6 and Giannis due for his 3rd quarter break. 

Have to get 37 points in the last 16 minutes to keep the 100 point streak going. 

Bucks push it 11. Hornets respond with Giannis on the bench to cut it to 4. 

Robin Lopez has been god awful today. -12 in 13 minutes.

2 point game at the end of 3. 

The Lopez twins must have 4 shots at less than 5 feet from the bucket that quarter. 

A win is definitely in jeopardy after building the lead to 11 in the third and the 100 point streak is also in jeopardy. Need 30 in the 4th. 

Bucks are 6 for 23 from 3. A lot of those wide open shots. 

Bucks have been awful on offense other than Giannis today. Putrid. 

PJ Washington gets a call Giannis didn't. 

100 point streak is certainly over. 75 points with 6:35 left. 

More important, a one point lead. 

7 for 28 from 3 (6 for 26 without Giannis' 1 for 2). It's like they used up all the makes against OKC. 

Non-Giannis guys 18 for 58 from the floor. 

And Wes Matthews picks up a stupid technical foul. Just shut up and play

Hornets within 1 after Giannis sits and the Bucks give up a dunk and wide open 3 sandwiched around two FTs from Brook. 

Just terrible offense for the Bucks outside of Giannis. 

Bucks have 12 field goals that weren't scored by or assisted by Giannis. 

And Brook Lopez misses 2 FTs out of 4. Up 3. 

This almost win is almost all Giannis right now. 

Giannis with a turnaround fade, 2 FTs, and then a drive for 6 straight points. Clearly he needs to improve his skills beyond dunking. 

40-19-6 right now. 

100 point streak ends, but the Bucks end up winning a game where they go 7 for 31 from 3 with 16 turnovers. 

Of course, having a guy that can get you 41-20-6 in 34 minutes helps. Imagine what he do if he actually had to work on his games and game some skills. 

Glad to see they snuck out with a win. Looking like Giannis is the only one who came to play.

That game was a Giannis special.  Completely willed them to that win.  

Let's hope the Bledshow gets going again, he's kind of disappeared lately without Middleton.

The turnovers in the first half kept them around, and the inability to put the ball in the hole in the second also helped. And without Middleton no one (besides Giannis) could get to a spot on the floor that felt comfortable. Those noon games are a really shot show. Last year this was 100% a loss. Their defense prevented them from losing the advantage long enough for Giannis to take over. 

Don’t look now, but he’s hitting over 80% of his FTs the last week... 

Man, Bledsoe 2/8 and 4 points.  How does a starting caliber player do that?

I see that Marvin Williams was a -12 with 0 points.

Meanwhile, Giannis.  Insane.

Fortunately they have George Hill who has been absurdly good this year when Bledsoe looks "psyched out" and plays poorly.  I really like Bledsoe but the last 2 or 3 games explain why he wasn't an All Star this year.  2/3 of the time Bledsoe is an asset, but that other 1/3, man can he look terrible and fortunately George Hill comes to the rescue 90% of the time.

Bledsoe was bad no question about it.  Thank God for Hill and DDV. 

Raptors lose another one tonight.  Celtics are probably the Bucks biggest threat out of the East. 

Raptors lose, 10 game lead for the East #1 seed. 

Tschmack posted:

Bledsoe was bad no question about it.  Thank God for Hill and DDV. 

Raptors lose another one tonight.  Celtics are probably the Bucks biggest threat out of the East. 

They are going to need Bledsoe's defense on Kemba Walker. 

Sounds like Bledsoe had a stomach issue and still played.

Giannis scores 41 and his teammates score 52. That ain’t right. 

Music City posted:

Don’t look now, but he’s hitting over 80% of his FTs the last week... 

5 bounce routine.... every time. It's working!

Ssshhhhhhh......

If he hits 75% in playoffs.....it's over for the NBA.

Boris posted:

Music City posted:

Don’t look now, but he’s hitting over 80% of his FTs the last week... 

5 bounce routine.... every time. It's working!

Ssshhhhhhh......

If he hits 75% in playoffs.....it's over for the NBA.

If he keeps hitting that turnaround fade jumper from 10 feet, it's really over. That is unblockable. 

Damn right it is... 

The other thing about that fadeaway is that he is often shooting it against a double team (and probably more often in the playoffs). Even if he misses, it opens up some offensive rebounding opportunities for others if two guys are jumping at him to contest it. 

MichiganPacker2 posted:

If he keeps hitting that turnaround fade jumper from 10 feet, it's really over. That is unblockable. 

Unguardable. 😁