Bucks play at Toronto tonight. The Raptors are 8-27 and one of the worst teams in the league, which means they'll probably lead by at least double digits tonight and the Bucks will have to climb back in it to win.
Ajax is questionable with an illness. Otherwise, Giannis and Middleton are probable.
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8 and friggin 27
Heh.....here's an article discussing what I opined in the other thread.
@Boris posted:Heh.....here's an article discussing what I opined in the other thread.
Yes. Giannis' defense looks a lot different in these clips of midseason games than it did in the NBA cup or in past NBA playoffs (or in the last 5 minutes of these same games).
Dame just half asses almost everything that doesn't involve him having the ball in his hands.
Just saw on ESPN that Middleton is out. Just blow this team up already....
Bucks up 9 after one despite gifting the Raptors 3 dunks on turnovers for uncontested fast breaks.
Halfcourt defense is much better without this version of Khris.
Bucks 56-43 with about 3 left in the 2nd
Bucks 62-47 with 1 minute left in the 2nd.
Halftime Bucks 66-47
Bucks up 19 at the half. Raptors basically quadrupling Giannis so he's only got 7 points at the half on 3 for 5 from the field, but he has 10 assists and 7 rebounds.
@MNPackman posted:Just saw on ESPN that Middleton is out. Just blow this team up already....
Middleton is about one year from being the equivalent to what Kyle Korver was as a Buck. He is a traffic cone on defense, but is still a smooth shooter.
The Raptors suck, but so do the Nets and the Blazers and they just lost to them.
Bucks 77-52, running away with this one in the 3rd
Bucks now up 108-77.
Giannis done for the night at 11-12-13 for a triple double on 5 for 8 from the floor. It will be the first game this year he doesn't get 20 points. The bigger issue is that he cut his pinkie finger badly which will probably make it swell up and he'll probably miss the next 2-3 games which are against the Spurs, Magic, and Knicks. The Bucks probably won't win any of those games without him
How in the blue hell did he cut his pinky??
@Boris posted:How in the blue hell did he cut his pinky??
Punching Dame?
Nice Bucks win. Heard he had 3 stitches in the pinky. Should be good to go without missing any games.
It's the Raptors, so you have to take the results with at least a grain of salt, but the Bucks starting lineup looks so much better with AJax instead of Middleton right now. That's even with Middleton still being one of the best shooters the Bucks have ever had and AJax being left wide open because he is no threat on offense. Middleton is a major liability on defense and especially in transition defense. The Nets and Blazers (also terrible teams) killed them in transition. AJax prevents that much better and you need that when you have Lopez or Portis out there at the same time since they aren't going to be able to sprint back either.
There is a report out this morning that Middleton has "ankle tendinitis" and wasn't just out for rest. That makes some sense given how impotent he was in the last game he played (2 points in 26 minutes against the Blazers). If that's the case, we better get used to more AJax and Green minutes in the rotation and that may not be a bad thing.
