Bucks up 4 early, but the Bucks are going to lose in second-unit minutes big time.
Tonight's Bucks bench is
Thanasis, Hood, Mamu, Ojeleye, J. Smart, Langston Galloway, Luke Kornet, and J. Dowtin.
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Portis has been dominating the first quarter and then misses a wide-open dunk (4 point swing)
First quarter. On one possession Rodney Hood passes up 2 open 3s and the possession ends with a shot clock violation. Ojeleye looked his usual self.
None of these guys are playoff rotation guys, but we got rid of Cousins to keep those two so some billionaires can save about 3 million?
Officials have taken over this one. Giannis picks up his third foul on two pretty questionable calls with only 3 minutes gone in the second quarter.
Officials even it up by giving Durant his third on a Thanasis flop
Nash plays Durant and Harden big minutes in all these regular-season games.
Bucks up by 11 at the half. 60-49.
Portis with 20 points in the first half.
Bucks dominating in the 3rd Quarter. Up by 23!
Van Gundy - you really notice how much the Nets miss Joe Harris.
As the Bucks are missing every guard on their roster.
Kevin Durant has already played 32 minutes in 3 quarters. Harden has played almost 31. It seems shortsighted to play guys approaching their mid 30s big minutes in regular-season games when it doesn't really matter what seed the Nets are as long as they are top 6. The Nets might be better off as a lower seed since Irving can't play home games.
Bucks in danger of blowing this with some sloppy play to start the 4th. Down to 14.
Jordan Nwora is so maddening.
For every great play, there are 2 bad ones that don't show up in box scores. Failures to box out. The inability to handle the ball against pressure.
Sports always make sense.
Earlier this week, the Bucks at almost full strength lost to one of the worst teams in the NBA (Pistons) at home.
Tonight, the Bucks were missing their top 5 guards, Giannis picked up 3 fouls early and only played 11 minutes in the first half, they had to play a guy they signed yesterday 20 minutes (Galloway), and they blew out a Nets team on the road that played Durant and Harden 36+ minutes each by the middle of the 4th quarter.
What a beautiful game.
