Bucks travel to 12-10 Denver to take on the Nuggets. They have lost 2 straight after winning 6 of 7 to get back over .500.
Jokic is an MVP candidate, and he and Murray get 46 ppg together, with Porter Jr. averaging 15ppg on the season (but less of late as he missed some games and has been limited).
The Bucks interior defenders will be tested tonight. Lopez has length the bother Jokic, but if they decide to drop and let Jokic bomb threes he’s hitting 39% from deep.
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It will be interesting who they use on Jokic. I think you have to put Giannis on him.
No no Jrue Holiday tonight. Pressure on the Gs to defend...
Lopez on Jokic to start. He goes right by him and sets up a guy for a wide open 3.
@MichiganPacker2 posted:Lopez on Jokic to start. He goes right by him and sets up a guy for a wide open 3.
And then hits an uncontested 3.
Lopez is absolutely unplayable against this team. Get him out.
Gonna be a looooooong night...
Without Holiday, it’s going to be penetrate, kick, penetrate, kick... they might hit 140 tonight.
The Nuggets have no one that can guard Giannis.
The Bucks will probably give up 20+ made 3s tonight.
@Music City posted:Without Holiday, it’s going to be penetrate, kick, penetrate, kick... they might hit 140 tonight.
Over/under on total points has to be north of 250.
Bucks playing well offensively. Both those Divincenzo threes were “no no no no yeeees”, but he found that spot. Limit the turnovers and attack the offensive glass and they could hang with these guys. Just can’t give them a parade of open 3s.
Cannot turn the ball over. Augustine throws one away for a layup and Lopez airmails a one.
Back to back simple screen and the guy is all alone for a 3. Just lazy fucking defense.
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Horrifically bad defense on both sides, but the Bucks somehow worse.
Nuggets go 8 for 12 from 3.
The Bucks have the NBA record for made 3s in a game from earlier this year. The Nuggets are a decent shot to break that tonight. Holiday would have made a big difference.
Bucks might break their own record and not even have the most in the game.
Well, keep making the tough ones, they can match their easy ones...
13 different players have hit 3s in this game so far.
Barton is Michael fucking Jordan now...🤬🤬🤬
Bucks scoreless for 4:30 against a really bad defensive team. A lot of missed open shots.
You cannot give these guys extra possessions...
Giannis has really played poorly the last 3 minutes on the offensive end.
My god, how many times can Giannis get slapped on one play without getting a call? Jump ball?
Raked over the arm and they call jump ball?
Good work on the O boards in this last sequence. Gotta make the FTs though...
That half was oddly fun to watch even though the Bucks come out of it 3 points behind.
Without Holiday, going to be tough to pull this out vs a talented confident squad on the road.
What does Giannis need to do to get a call???
Giannis is really playing poorly right now. Getting handled by Millsap on one end and some half-hearted closeouts on the other end.
Good grief... 3-2 break and they turn the ball over...
Pretty ugly sequence fir both teams there... getting tired. Pace has been breakneck... favors the. I KD.
Middleton playing at a high level on offense tonight.
Offense gets sloppy and the lead is give. Gotta get moving... the Bucks offense is so deadly when they’re moving off the ball. Middleton is great just stepping into shots snd all, but that often leads to stagnation and that’s why they go cold. Keep moving, stay in rhythm...
Jokic getting away with the chicken wings...
That’s an offensive foul on Jokic... extended his arms. They cannot let that go.
Giannis with an airball 3. No more of that.
@MichiganPacker2 posted:Giannis with an airball 3. No more of that.
And of course he hits the next one.
Really fortunate that Jokic was gassed at the end of that q- missed a few he doesn’t miss often.
Pretty good game here- as long as the officiating doesn’t butt in, I’m ok with the outcome. If it’s a foul and one with Jokic, it better be the same for Giannis.
The bank is open.
And then Jokic gets a completely Bullshit call for 2 FTs. Granted, Middleton got the same call earlier.
Giannis needs to give up the ball and do the little things inside. Middleton is the matchup right now...
Two sloppy possessions in a row. Lucky to be up 8 still. A bad Giannis run into the wall with a tentative pass and then a one-handed bounce pass from Middleton that gets deflected.
This is where Holiday is your go-to guy usually.
