PG Magic - Bucks Roll to 6th Straight

RRyder823 · Post #21 » by **RRyder823** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 4:03 am

So win against a quality team and this board is its rainbows and sunshine self because it wasn't pretty enough

Man when Giannis is gone some of y'all are gonna get exactly what you deserve

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midranger · Post #22 » by **midranger** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 4:07 am

Brought our C- effort and won wire to wire. Gotta take it.

On to the next one.

Shaffty · Post #23 » by **Shaffty** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 4:20 am

giannis/dame pube game and they combined for 61 points and 14 assists lol

LatentFrog · Post #24 » by **LatentFrog** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 4:32 am

I'd have to go back and see who it was, but there was a Magic player on court counting to ten with his fingers in the air during one of Giannis's FTs late.

mediocrityrules · Post #25 » by **mediocrityrules** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 4:32 am

midranger wrote:Brought our C- effort and won wire to wire. Gotta take it.

On to the next one.

Yeah, agree, but it wasn't exactly a wire-to-wire win (if I have the meaning correct). Orlando led for all of the second quarter bar the last minute.

TroyD92 · Post #26 » by **TroyD92** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 4:32 am

RRyder823 wrote:So win against a quality team and this board is its rainbows and sunshine self because it wasn't pretty enough

Man when Giannis is gone some of y'all are gonna get exactly what you deserve

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Ron Swanson · Post #27 » by **Ron Swanson** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 4:38 am

The All "I would still have zero sympathy for them even if they blew out their knee Paul George style" Team:

Marcus Smart
James Harden
Dillon Brooks
Grant Williams
Mo Wagner

Post #28 » by **paulpressey25** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 4:59 am

Quality win.

At the same time, they need to fix that defense. The Wagner boys had their way in the paint on offense. You could watch the same play develop over and over again.

RiotPunch · Post #29 » by **RiotPunch** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 5:00 am

Ron Swanson wrote:The All "I would still have zero sympathy for them even if they blew out their knee Paul George style" Team:

Marcus Smart
James Harden
Dillon Brooks
Grant Williams
Mo Wagner

Reserves:

Isaiah Stewart
Kevin Love

KidA24 · Post #30 » by **KidA24** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 5:15 am

Ron Swanson wrote:The All "I would still have zero sympathy for them even if they blew out their knee Paul George style" Team:

Marcus Smart
James Harden
Dillon Brooks
Grant Williams
Mo Wagner

Jez2983 · Post #31 » by **Jez2983** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 5:34 am

blazza18 wrote:Those end of game scenarios are ugly. We can't stop teams from getting easy twos in the paint and the opposing team continues to foul Giannis so he spends 5 minutes at the line each time.

We gave up two offensive boards in the last 17 seconds. If we actually rebounded them it stays at around the 10 point margin it was all game.

One of the new posters said something like if we allow one less basket a game then we move to a mid-pack defense. I wonder if sometimes we look at stats and read numbers but don't think about what it means practically.

soxperry · Post #32 » by **soxperry** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 5:51 am

For those that missed it, Giannis took an elbow to the ribs and i think that was what was bothering him down the stretch. Lots of fluke things happening on Giannis dunks and layups, not sure if everything was injury related. This was a weird game, to me. We didnt play exceptional defense but we were still able to hold them off when it looked like they were about to overtake us. We didn't play great offense but we seemed to get buckets when it mattered..sort of. Dame didn't really have it tonight. The refs were really swallowing the whistle on his drives and he didn't appear too interested in searching for his 3 ball unless there was an opportunity to try and create a foul. Overall, a C+ Bucks performance and still a relatively easy win against a solid team. I'll take it.

I still dont think most of the Bucks respect the Magic, just based on how we played. Giannis was the only one who really had any urgency (the way he came out of the gate was absolutely remarkable). looking forward to seeing the team on a bigger stage coming up here.

RogerMurdock · Post #33 » by **RogerMurdock** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 5:52 am

Keep in mind that Orlando is a very good defensive team - 4th in PPG against at 110.1. We scored 118. We also only gave up 1 more point than Orlando averages per game, but they scored that garbage three at the end, so we basically held them below their season average.

El Pooch Grande · Post #34 » by **El Pooch Grande** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 6:01 am

21-7...on a 61.5 win pace...life is starting to feel good again in Bucks land

RiotPunch · Post #35 » by **RiotPunch** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 6:02 am

Payne
Beasley
Middleton
Portis
Lopez

Was a rough lineup to start the 4th. Any news on Dre? Seven minutes is wild if there is no injury. Grief's rotations in general are questionable. Credit to the talent of this team to overcome and get the W.

HKPackFan · Post #36 » by **HKPackFan** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 6:03 am

Good win, not an easy opponent.

Giannis FT shooting was excellent.

Dame is amazing in that he can have a crap game and give you 24/5/8. Wow.

HKPackFan · Post #37 » by **HKPackFan** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 6:06 am

Ajj going from starter 20+ minutes to 6 minutes non impact bench player in a couple days is annoying.

Matches Malone · Post #38 » by **Matches Malone** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 6:16 am

I’ll give Griff a pass on the Ajax minutes if he’s still dealing with any lingering back issues, but it is annoying that his minutes keep getting messed with. Even though he’s a rookie, he makes winning plays outside of scoring the ball and it has had a positive impact in games. Him developing a 3 ball is just the cherry on top.

fan230 · Post #39 » by **fan230** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 6:48 am

I was not a big fan of Jae last year but given our considerably worse defense this year, I am eagerly waiting for Jae’s return. I don’t know if we can get any good defensive player via trade plus whatever ag has done has not resulted in a strong defense even though there has been some improvement. Jae to the rescue for our perimeter defense!

old skool · Post #40 » by **old skool** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 7:20 am

RiotPunch wrote:Payne
Beasley
Middleton
Portis
Lopez

Was a rough lineup to start the 4th. Any news on Dre? Seven minutes is wild if there is no injury. Grief's rotations in general are questionable. Credit to the talent of this team to overcome and get the W.

Jackson was a -8 in 7-minutes in the first half. He was running around aggressively, but often out of position defensively. The potential is there, but he has a way to go. Beauchamp was much more effective and got more minutes as a result.