Giannis, George Hill, and Korver all out tonight.
Might be an uphill struggle tonight, even with the Pacers on a 6 game losing streak.
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Maybe MW will pull off a Giannis imitation tonight.
This is probably the end of the 100 point streak and a blowout loss.
Down 19-7 with 7 minutes gone.
Bucks 3-14 to start with 4 turnovers. Middleton has been putrid (0 for 4 with 2 turnovers), and everyone else looks like they are thinking about their flights out of town tomorrow morning for their week off.
You have to laugh at the announcers talking about how badly Brogdon wanted to play with Oladipo (a guy coming off a catastrophic injury). Yeah, because he's clearly the best player Brogdon has ever played with.
Pacers start 12 for 15 from the floor and two of the three misses were blocked by Brook.
Pacers shooting 80%
Watch ESPN say Indiana is poised for a run at the 1 seed
Worst quarter of the year. Down 34-20. The defense was atrocious. The offense was worse.
Lol Pacers shoot 71% in the 1Q if they blow this that would be a historic meltdown
Tschmack posted:Pacers shooting 80%
Watch ESPN say Indiana is poised for a run at the 1 seed
No. Indy doesn't play on the coast or in a major market.
If Oladipo gets back to health next year, they'll start saying he needs to go to a big market.
Tschmack posted:Lol Pacers shoot 71% in the 1Q if they blow this that would be a historic meltdown
They hit shots, but a lot of them were uncontested.
My god, Ersan has been horrible the last few games.
Down 19. 39-20. If this continues, might as well just throw DJ Wilson and Thanasis in and start the All-star break early.
The Bucks didn't show up tonight. First time in a long time they are playing like they don't give a shit. Down 47-25 and it doesn't even seem that close.
Just pull all the starters at this point
Bucks mailing it in
Hope Giannis is bonding with his kid over All Star weekend
Tschmack posted:Just pull all the starters at this point
Bucks mailing it in
Hope Giannis is bonding with his kid over All Star weekend
This was almost a coaching/management loss. When you sit down Korver (as well as George Hill) for load management right before you have a week off, it sends th e message you are mailing it in as a staff.
I was surprised that Giannis didn't play tonight as well. I'd have rather seen him come back and play tonight and then sit out all-star weekend to spend time with his family.
and Damn, finally get the Bucks on my Minnesota TV station....and they’re stinking up the joint.
This is what Bucks basketball will look like if Giannis leaves. They'll beat the bad teams and win about 45 games and be a 6 seed. In other words, they'd look like the Pacers. A couple of good players (Oladipo/Sabonis = Middleton/Bledsoe) and good defense, but struggle to score.
The Bucks are unbeaten without Giannis, but this is the first decent team they've played without him.
The wins are against the Pelicans (without Zion), Hawks, Magic, Wizards, and Kings at home. None of those teams play defense.
Dog daze....game before All-Star break, no Superstar. Going thru the motions.
Boris posted:Dog daze....game before All-Star break, no Superstar. Going thru the motions.
Raptors also down big in Brooklyn and only scoring 40 in the first half.
They are at least in striking distance, though.
Bucks make a mini-run and have some momentum, and then have some possessions that looked like your local rec league and give up a 9-0 run - layup, layup, layup, layup, FT.
Not stressing over this one. Be interested to see if they try & make a run or give Thanasis & others minutes.
The officials are allowing an awwwwwful lot of contact on Bucks drives. 11 first half turnovers allowing 15 fast break points. Of course shooting 35% isn’t helping defense either... the Bucks can’t throw it in the ocean.
But it looks like they started the All Star break a game early. There’s no intensity- very much going through the motions. That doesn’t happen if #34 is around...
Ok, Brook... that’s enough. 2-1 break and you toss a behind the back pass to the Bucks bench... go ahead and hit the showers, we’ll see you after the break.
Good fucking grief... 
Bucks clearly don't give a rat's ass about this game.
Ersan benched to start the second. Be interesting to see if he gets any minutes after Marvin Williams gets worked into the lineup.
There isn't a single Bucks player that has played well.
More embarrassing turnovers tonight than all year. About 4-5 cases where they just gave the ball away with almost no pressure.
Music City posted:Why no DJW?
He might as well not even travel with the team at this point.
Be nice to get this down to 10 and see how the Pacers respond. I'm not sure the Bucks have enough in them tonight to do that though.
Well, they’re insisting on jacking up threes, but if they keep making them... down to 14.
“This game looked like the 3am shift at the Waffle House for a minute there...”
LOL!!! 