It’s going to be a long night. They’re getting everywhere they want and playing smarter basketball.
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With no Middleton, they can double Giannis more aggressively and keep him out of the paint. He’ll need to look for open teammates, and they’ll need to make their looks.
Bucks average 17.4 fouls/game on defense, and this officiating crew has already called 15 on the Bucks in the first half.
Westbrook clearly HACKS Lopez after a rebound... no fucking call.
Westbrook on an 8-0 personal run. Can’t let that get going.
Wizards go on an 11-0 run to open the 4th during which time the Bucks can't get a single call. Offensive fouls on DDV and Giannis. No calls on Giannis getting hacked. Garrison Matthews getting gifted 3 FTs by kicking out his leg.
Those Garrison Matthews fouls are complete bullshit. He jumps forward 4 feet on every shot.
27 fouls called on the Bucks so far. Wizards with 37 FT attempts. Really poorly officiated game. Just a joke
27 fucking fouls on the Bucks in this game...
Now 29 fouls and 41 FT attempts. DDV out with 6. Giannis with 5. Lopez with 5.
Unfucking believable. The flopping the Wizards are getting calls on is the type of stuff they try to eliminate in soccer. It's that bad.
He kicked his leg out... there wasn’t a foul anyway, but Westbrook should be called for an offensive foul for kicking his leg out.
How is that a foul? He didn't touch him on the shot and was called on the landing, but it wasn't flagrant? That's not even possible. WTF
Lasry needs to send this fucking horseshit to the league office via Twitter...
Are you fucking kidding me? After all the shit the Wizards get for calls, they foul out Giannis on that flop?
Lol... how the fuck do you call that shit...
Bucks hang on. They deserved that one. If it's a cleanly officiated game they win by double digits. Wizards with 43 FT attempts. Probably about 14 of them are on BS calls when they kick their legs out on jump shots and get rewarded by the officials.
Didn’t get to see the game but Washington is a handful. I don’t think any team wants to see them make the playoffs
But we do need to acknowledge the contributions from the Bucks backcourt last night- Holiday 29 points, DD 19, Connaughton 16, Forbes 14, even Teague had 11. 85 points from your Gs last night, including 16 threes. Folks can marvel at the scoring from Westbrook and Beal, but they don’t defend anyone. Forbes and Connaughton were both clutch down the stretch with DD and Giannis fouled out. Bucks get that from their Gs every night they’re going to be real tough to beat.
The way the Bucks can score and defend is going to make them a tough out. The additions of Holiday and Tucker have made a huge difference. I like what Teague has been doing as well.
Lopez and DDV and Forbes have their warts, but if they at least contribute they will be in good shape. We just can’t have nights where Forbes goes 2-14 or Lopez gets abused defensively.
If Middleton plays against the Wizards, he gets 30 without even breaking a sweat. He plays so well against the Wizards in general because their perimeter defense is atrocious. As good as Beal is on offense, I'm not sure he's ever going to be a top 1 or 2 player on a team that can make a deep playoff run. He can score 40 many nights, but he's a rich man's version of Jabari Parker. Beal's defensive skills make Bryn Forbes look like Paul Pressey.