Bucks down 26-20 to a Sixers team that started Maxey, Drummond, Korkmaz, Milton, and Paul Reed. No Embiid, Simmons, or Tobias Harris.
If the Bucks lose to the guys playing for the Sixers tonight even without Middleton and Lopez, they really do have major, major problems. Like, they may be in the playin tournament as a 7-10 seed at the end of the season-level problems.
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A completely pathetic defensive performance by the Bucks in the first. Down 39-30 to a team without its 3 best players. They allow Maxsey to score 17 and give up layup after layup.
Given who the Sixers are running out there, maybe the worst defensive quarter of the season.
The only reason the Bucks aren't down close to 20 is that Ojeleye is 3 for 3 for 8 points.
And the Bucks give up two wide-open 3s to open the second half and have given up 45 points in 13 minutes.
Nwora is unplayable on defense right now.
If you didn't know this team won a title three months ago, you'd think they'd be lucky to make the playoffs. They look really, really, really bad.
Down 48-35.
Bucks go on a 26-10 run to end going to the half up 3.
Ojeleye with by far his best game of the year really keep them in it. 11 points, 5 rebounds, 4 for 4 from the floor.
Does anyone know what Donte DiVincenzo's status is? Has he recovered from his foot injury?
Bucks now up 7, but Giannis is really struggling. 5 for 15 from the floor against a G League defender. 2 for 4 from the line so far as well.
@mrtundra posted:Does anyone know what Donte DiVincenzo's status is? Has he recovered from his foot injury?
Announcers said that all they were told was that "he's ahead of schedule." That could meet December 1st, we just don't know what year.
Giannis 4 for 9 from the line.
Second game in the row struggling from there.
Up 7, take Giannis out. Tie game almost immediately.
Now behind 2. Justin Robinson getting embarrassed.
Sixers are actually missing arguably their top 6 players.
Down 2 entering the 4th. Nine point turnaround when they sat Giannis.
Justin Robinson and Nwora are just not rotation players, at least right now, on a good NBA team.
Up 3. Giannis sits for a rest. Let's see what happens.
@MichiganPacker2 posted:Up 3. Giannis sits for a rest. Let's see what happens.
4 empty possessions in a row and now down 1.
Loving me some Grayson Allen! Would not have said that 6 years ago when he singlehandedly cleaned the Badgers' clock in the NCAA Final
Bucks finish strong and win 118-109.
Bucks bring Giannis back in immediately after Bud calls a timeout. Outscore a shorthanded Sixers by 10 the rest of the way.
Get a badly needed win. Giannis goes 31-16-4 with 2 blocks. Grayson Allen with a really nice game with 25.
Nice finish.
Really the only thing that concerns me about the last 2 weeks is whether Lopez is going to get back in a reasonable amount of time. And of course if Middleton has a really bad case of Covid that would suck too.
The extreme depth they had in 2018-2020 is toast. They could throw so many capable guys out there, it would just wear teams down. It seems like their current situation is almost the opposite of that. Other teams can wear the Bucks down now.
Of course that will change assuming Donte, Khris, and Brook comes back, but until then every game is going to be a massive struggle due to depth issues.
The silver lining is this is getting PT for several guys down the depth chart. They won’t win big like this, but these guys will be able to use it.
