Bucks off to a quick 15 -2 lead. Looking really sharp so far.
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Should be 15-0 ...Bucks even scored the Celtics 2.
Celtics start making their shots. Down to 22-17.
Giannis, Middleton and Brook on the bench and the Bucks go ice cold......
Those 3 back in and the lead is back to 10.
Bucks up 64-58 at halftime. Giannis with a double double already.
Brook with 6 blocks so far. He is really the unsung hero of this team.
Middleton and Tatum trying to see who is going to brick more shots tonight.
Refs in form. Giannis gets called for a cheapy for his 5th.
Giannis gets away with his 6th foul there...
@MNPackman posted:Giannis gets away with his 6th foul there...
I think it might have been an overreaction to sell it. It's not like he hit him in the groin.
@MichiganPacker2 posted:I think it might have been an overreaction to sell it. It's not like he hit him in the groin.
True.
Guy overrated. Hip touch at most.
Bucks hang on to win. 1 more to secure #1 seed in the East
Magic number is one?
Noice....
Definitely not a great game by our heroes but I'll take it!
Giannis looked really good from the line I thought.
@Maynard posted:Giannis looked really good from the line I thought.
He started 5 for 10, but hit his last 2 late in the 4th quarter. 7-12 still leaves for room for improvement, but if this is a "poor" game from the line from him going forward, he's in good shape. Mix a few 10-13 or 12-15 type games in with this and you start to get up towards the 70-75% that he needs to be at.
If this is still the norm, then we'll see a lot of hack-a-Giannis in the playoffs.
Giannis is healthy. He clearly wasn’t at the time of the shutdown.
Brook Lopez getting an extended break can only help them as well.
No Bled or Pat C or Marvin W and Middleton shot the ball terribly and they still won.
@Tschmack posted:Giannis is healthy. He clearly wasn’t at the time of the shutdown.
Brook Lopez getting an extended break can only help them as well.
No Bled or Pat C or Marvin W and Middleton shot the ball terribly and they still won.
Jason Tatum won't shoot that poorly again either though.
While Stevens is a good coach and they have some decent players I don’t think they have the offensive firepower to beat Milwaukee consistently over a longer series. I also think not having Bledsoe or Marvin Williams defensively In that game made a difference.
One important development though is with Indiana winning last night it makes it more and more likely of a Boston/Philly first round series. That means one of the two teams won’t make it into the second round and that helps the Bucks IMO. With no home court advantage it helps the Sixers especially but having to get by Boston in round 1 won’t be easy.
The team to watch out for may still be Toronto. They beat the Lakers by 15 and what worries me is they have shooters that can get hot and that’s the one way to beat Milwaukee as they will sacrifice 3 point shots (defensively) in lieu of defending the interior. I think the Bucks are better this year defending the perimeter but are still susceptible to giving up a lot of 3pt shots.