Man oh man what a first half!
No Lou Williams for clips
Let's keep it rolling in the 2nd half.
Up by 21!!
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Solid win. The Clippers are a decent team and are currently the 6 seed in the West. They gave Milwaukee a lot of problems the last time they played.
After the Brogdon injury I expected them to drop this game as well as the Houston game. Guess not.
They now have a really good chance to finish with 60 wins.
Well, according to Colin Cowherd, they’re trying too hard.
Yes, being a professional means you should back off a little more & not try as hard(en).
Bucks defense is impressive. Still need Brogdon & Mirotic for the playoff run. Giannis tweaked his ankle. He might get the Hawk game off.
Continue sticking together & playing as a team boys - you'll go places.
Cowherd is a lazy ass
He obviously hasn’t watched or followed the Bucks to know that Buds has rested guys and unlike Jason Kidd he’s not playing his starters 38 minutes a game
No mention of Middleton? 39 points on 16/24 shooting, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists.
Monster game.
Watching it live, when Giannis went down I almost pooped my pants. Looked serious at first. Whew .
Yes Phaddy, Middleton had a great game. Even my wife said, "boy you never know what your going to get from him". Think that's why he draws the ire of Bucks fans....so inconsistent. When he's feeling it his shot is like Glenn Robinson butter, when he's off, he keeps jacking and belongs on the bench cause he brings little else.
phaedrus posted:No mention of Middleton? 39 points on 16/24 shooting, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists.
Monster game.
Mea culpa... he was an All Star level player last night. But again, he’s consistently good against shit teams.
I will feel better about him when he leads this team to victories when he starts playing the right way. This bullshit where Giannis goes to the bench and he decides that he should take the next 5 shots without a pass is where I want to throw my beer at the TV. This is Carmelo bullshit, and it isn’t indicative of a great player.
The Clippers are not to be confused with the Lakers. They are not a shit team. Granted, they were missing Lou Williams but they will likely end up with 48-50 wins in the West.
Overall though you seem to be correct in your assessment. Middleton usually excels against bad teams.
Perhaps he’s breaking out of his funk. The last half dozen games he’s played better.
Tschmack posted:Cowherd is an ass
FTFY
Packdog posted:Watching it live, when Giannis went down I almost pooped my pants. Looked serious at first. Whew .
Yes Phaddy, Middleton had a great game. Even my wife said, "boy you never know what your going to get from him". Think that's why he draws the ire of Bucks fans....so inconsistent. When he's feeling it his shot is like Glenn Robinson butter, when he's off, he keeps jacking and belongs on the bench cause he brings little else.
He's inconsistent on offense, but he gives major effort on defense. The Big Og (The D is silent) was Jabari Parker-level in terms of his defensive effort.
When he wants to Middleton is a solid defensive player.
His main issue is he’s an average (at best) ball handler. He tries to be Kyrie Irving and break guys down and that’s when bad things (turnovers) happen.