Bucks trail 25-22 after one. Need to clean up the ball handling and apply more pressure on D. Toronto hitting their open looks, Bucks aren’t (old story this season).
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Nice start to the second- more defensive energy and a couple Snell 3s and a DJW three and its 41-31...
What a BS call on Giannis there. Overrule from half court. Ridiculous
Excellent first half... defense picked up in the second and they started hitting their looks. 56-47 at the half, and the Bucks are clearly outplaying the Raptors to this point.
Shaq is an idiot... don’t work on your jumper, Giannis? I get it, have said it before- he doesn’t need to be a 3 point shooter. Keep them honest, sure... and we’re seeing that now from him.
But for him to become an unstoppable force, he just needs to be able to hit the midrange pull up, a baseline turnaround. Kenny’s right that it’ll make his game in the latter part of his career, but even now- if he forces the defense to pick their London, no matter what they choose they’re wrong. That’s what MJ did, and why he was the greatest scorer to ever play.
BROOK LOPEZ!!! 3 rejections tonight of Kawhi Leonard!!!
Good grief... Giannis cannot get a friggin call! On that layup, Kawhi hit him right on the arm, no call. They called some ticky tack shit on Giannis the other way the previous possession... Leonard should have 3 fouls now...
The BS calls on Giannis are ridiculous. He's been called for 2 borderline calls this quarter to pick up 4. Kawhi hit him on the head on his last drive and no call.
Bucks up 26, but have to get Bledsoe in control. He's been sloppy about 3 possessions in a row.
Lead hits 24 and they get cocky... Bledsoe with 2 terrible plays, a turnover, and a miss. 6 possessions with nothing and the lead is 17.
Down to 12. Giannis picking up the two cheap fouls really changed the complexion of the game.
And then they take Giannis out and Raptors go on a big run to get it down to 11.
Should have been up a lot more. Fouls on Giannis made a difference in closing out that quarter.
Not sure why Hill didn't get the 4 point play chance.
Down to 8 and another weak call on Giannis to pick up his 5th. ****ing unbelievable.
I hate the NBA refereeing. These calls on Giannis are ****ing disgusting. Not a single one was a clear foul.
NO OTHER SUPERSTAR GETS FOULS LIKE THAT...
14-2 run by the Raptors, almost all with Giannis on the bench in foul trouble.
The fouls have included a foul in the first on a questionable rebound, a block/charge on Giannis, a couple of tap fouls on and-1, and an overrule from half court on a rebound.
Lopez has 4, Giannis has 5.
How the **** is that a charge on Bledsoe. Even C-Webb thought it was wrong.
Back down to 8. Sloppy possession stretch again. Two turnovers in 3 possessions.
Bucks showing some real grit in this game...
Great win. Overcame some questionable calls on Giannis. DJ Wilson was great. Defense was outstanding.
Gotta say, Middleton played a helluva game tonight. Couple dumb turnovers but he really locked up Leonard tonight, and was really hammering the mismatches...
Bledsoe did what does- a dozen eye popping plays, a handful of face palms...
DJ Wilson really makes the defense of the second unit good... teams used to abuse Maker by bullying him and Ilyasova but going by him... Wilson stays home with great footwork and timing. Now he’s starting to get comfortable finding his spots on the offensive end. You can really see his confidence blossoming out there.
Thos is one of their best wins. Giannis gets some bullshit calls but they still build a lead and then closed out the game with their D. Leonard/Lowry 11-31, 26 points...
Enjoyed it.