Bucks getting blitzed to start the game. Down 10-2.
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Bucks go 9-0 to go up 1.
Holiday not starting but is supposed to play some minutes.
It never fails. Bring in DDV and things fall apart. It may not have been his fault tonight, but every time he's in they become overmatched.
They bring back Giannis earlier than normal at the end of the first.
Giannis goes 15-6-3 in 9 minutes of the first quarter.
Bucks continuing the pattern of blowing out good teams while losing to also-rans. Up 17 against the Grizzlies.
Of course, they were up 15 and 14 against the Raptors and Hawks the last two games and lost them both.
Up 14 at the half. Let's see if they can avoid the 3rd quarter run by the opposition.
Open up the 2nd half with a nice G. Allen play and then Giannis air balls a 3.
Bucks up 13, but Giannis picks up his 4th foul early in the third quarter.
Like a broken record, lead down to 7 in the 4th after being up 18.
Bucks have let a 14 point lead with less than 4 minutes left fall to 5.
Giannis now has 5 fouls.
@MichiganPacker posted:Now 3. Pathetic.
Holiday didn't start but he was in during crunch time and that seemed to make the difference.
Hi.
You are not alone. 
What a surprise the Bucks beat one of the better teams in the league.
What is their record this year when Holiday, Middleton and Giannis all play? I know at one point in December they were 11-0.
How long until the Knicks or Heat or Lakers try to trade for Ja Morant?
@Tschmack posted:What a surprise the Bucks beat one of the better teams in the league.
What is their record this year when Holiday, Middleton and Giannis all play? I know at one point in December they were 11-0.
How long until the Knicks or Heat or Lakers try to trade for Ja Morant?
When all three guys play, the Bucks are now 17-3. That's a 70-12 pace.
When at least one of the three misses a game they are 12-16. That's a 35-47 pace.
In terms of Ja Morant, the bigger question is how soon does ESPN start devoting whole segments to whether he'll sign his rookie extension in two years, or how he needs to be playing in a "big" market. You know it's coming. The latest I saw (in the news, since I never watch anything with Stephen A. Smith) is that Smith had a segment this week where he said that he'd rather have Ja Morant in the playoffs than Giannis because he was a better playoff player. You know, because Morant is clearly going to be better than the guy who just put up 50 in the most recent Finals game (and 42 and 41 in two others) against a team with a good defender (Ayton) who literally had to be comforted on the bench during timeouts because Giannis was eating him alive.
Since Hakeem and Shaq timeframe the NBA (like college basketball) has become guard oriented and everyone wants to jack up 3s. Including a lot of bigs like Embiid and Kat amongst others.
I liked Morant coming out of college because he reminded me a lot of Dwayne Wade. Slightly undersized, but a freakish athlete and finisher. The irony is that neither guy is really a 3pt threat. But neither is Giannis.
In reality, Giannis is a 6’11” version of Morant. But given his size, Giannis can dominate on the glass and is an elite weak side defender.
I really like SAS because he loves Rodgers and hates the Cowboys. And he calls out idiots like Kyrie Irving. But he’s flat out wrong on this one. Until Morant can basically carry his team on both ends of the court and win multiple MVPs and a title he’s not in the discussion.
@Tschmack posted:I liked Morant coming out of college because he reminded me a lot of Dwayne Wade. Slightly undersized, but a freakish athlete and finisher. The irony is that neither guy is really a 3pt threat. But neither is Giannis.
In reality, Giannis is a 6’11” version of Morant. But given his size, Giannis can dominate on the glass and is an elite weak side defender.
I think Morant and Giannis are the modern offensive versions of Sidney Moncrief, especially Giannis. Elite finishers and can handle the ball and distribute it.
But Morant is not a good defensive player at all. Giannis and Moncrief are easily on the list of the top 50 or so defensive players in NBA history.
The Grizzlies won a lot without Morant because he's someone you consider subbing out on a defensive only possession at the end of a game.
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/...top-mavs-climb-fast/
But as foolish as it is to suggest the Grizzlies would be better off without Morant, you cannot deny some of the eye-popping defensive numbers. For the season, the Grizzlies' defensive rating with Morant on the floor is 115.9. Without him it's 102.4. In other words, they've been the worst defense in the league with Morant -- and the second-best without him.