Bucks up 23-15 early.
Bud has gone to taking Giannis out a little earlier in the first quarter (8 minute mark) the last few games and then bringing him back with 5-6 minutes left. He used to play him a little longer and then wait to bring him back for the last minute or so of the quarter.
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Giannis with air balls on a ft and from 10 feet.
Up 5 after 1 with Giannis having an awful offensive quarter. 0 for 3 from the field, 2 for 4 from the line, two air balls.
Have to figure that he'll regress back to the mean now.
Wes Matthews 3 for 3 from deep is what's gotten them the lead.
I like the magic floor. Looks good.
Bucks up by 5
Bucks up 57-46, Fournier is 4 for 5 from 3 and that's the only thing keeping it even that close.
63-46 lead at the half. Giannis 4 for 11 from the field (all dunks), but on pace for a triple double.
Bucks open up 7-0 to start the second half. 70-46.
8:18 left and they just scored their first points of the second half (Orlando).
If Orlando holds on to the 8th seed, why even play the first round games?
That should be a clear path foul...
Bucks really, really sloppy right now. A 27 point lead down to 18. DDV out of control.
Bucks right now doing too much one on one... need to move the ball side to side and get into a rhythm. They’re just staying home and collapsing. Get them moving and lanes will open up.
Down to 15.
Bucks have missed 10 shots in a row.
A 16-2 Orlando run to end the quarter over a 5:24 period. That might have been the worst offensive 5 minutes of the year. Giannis in particular was just awful. He's 6 for 17 tonight and hasn't taken a shot outside of 8 feet. All 6 baskets are dunks. 0 for 11 outside of 3 feet.
Keep attacking and cutting...
Back down to 11. This should have been 6 minutes of Thanasis and they have to play a decent 4th quarter now.
Single digits
Paschke just said it- the Bucks bench hasn’t scored in the second half. Time to ride the starters and get this thing taken care of.
MichiganPacker2 posted:Back down to 11. This should have been 6 minutes of Thanasis and they have to play a decent 4th quarter now.
Honestly, I think they can use the run (the starters). They aren’t sharp, and you don’t get sharp playing 29 min/game.
Since the middle of the 3rd quarter, Giannis is 0 for 3 from the floor with 5 turnovers. Bucks still comfortably up 12, but he's surprisingly struggled against a team without a good defensive big guy.
Lopez can't miss from 3 today, though.
Wes has to hit those wide open shots
Christ Almighty.....
MichiganPacker2 posted:Since the middle of the 3rd quarter, Giannis is 0 for 3 from the floor with 5 turnovers. Bucks still comfortably up 12, but he's surprisingly struggled against a team without a good defensive big guy.
Lopez can't miss from 3 today, though.
No pregame nap... Giannis likes his routines...
Giannis played poorly tonight.
He went for 19-18-9 and Aaron Gordon (who he guarded) was 2-12.
Giannis has been terrible this afternoon. He's 1 assist shy of his 5th triple double.
Boris posted:Wes has to hit those wide open shots
Christ Almighty.....
I think Bled, Wes, and DDV all missed wide open 3s that would have been Giannis' 10th assist.
Khris had two rim circlers.
I like to call em "toilet bowl-ers"
How spoiled are we
People bitching about Giannis (among other things) yet they win by almost 20 on the road and are 45-7
isn't it unreal?
As @MichiganPacker2 pointed out - He should've had his 10th assist if just ONE of those guys makes their wide open shot.
Must suck to be a Chicago Bulls fan
There haven't been that many games where the Bucks brought their A game all 4 quarters but they are so superior to 90% of the NBA that even a B- effort like tonight gets them a 17 point road win.
