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@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.

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