Game 77: Raps at Bucks - 4/5/24 - 7:00 - OTA - Giannis/Bev Out

HKPackFan · Post #21 » by **HKPackFan** » Fri Apr 5, 2024 12:33 pm

Incoming 120-104. Tonight is the night and all will go back to being OK.

CharityStripe34 · Post #22 » by **CharityStripe34** » Fri Apr 5, 2024 2:06 pm

"I don't care." - MissKhriddleton

Brewhoopfan · Post #23 » by **Brewhoopfan** » Fri Apr 5, 2024 2:12 pm

KidA24 wrote:
yb90 wrote:This team plays up and down to the competition and lately has not closed well. They need more movement in their offense and if they are not going to post Lopez or use him as a roller then his minutes needs to be reduced based on matchups. It's time for Giannis to lock in as a 5 with Crowder subbing early for Brook instead of Bobby. Let Brook play against the Second stringers more and save him for Embiid and Jokic. The other centers are too quick for him.

Nah. Crowder at the 4 isn't the answer. Middleton at the 4 is.

Don't think Doc is creative enough to do it though.

I'm 100% in favor of closing with Giannis at the 5 and Khris at the 4. Just go ahead and try to outscore teams. The perimeter defense isn't stopping anyone anyways.

jimmybones · Post #24 » by **jimmybones** » Fri Apr 5, 2024 2:29 pm

The "old" stuff is so corny to me. Could we benefit from getting more athletic? Yeah sure. This team is totally coasting and either thinks they're good enough come playoff time or just don't really give a ****. I don't think they're good enough to flip a switch but would love to be proven wrong. This stretch and the rest of the regular season gives me basically zero useful data on how to predict what happens in the playoffs so I'm checking out until then and hoping to be pleasantly surprised while keep my optimism at bay. imo

MissKhriddleton · Post #25 » by **MissKhriddleton** » Fri Apr 5, 2024 2:31 pm

CharityStripe34 wrote:"I don't care." - MissKhriddleton

I'm gonna be fresh for a deep playoff run while the rest of the board has dead fingers.

CharityStripe34 · Post #26 » by **CharityStripe34** » Fri Apr 5, 2024 2:40 pm

MissKhriddleton wrote:
CharityStripe34 wrote:"I don't care." - MissKhriddleton

I'm gonna be fresh for a deep playoff run while the rest of the board has dead fingers.

Ultimate load management. :lol:

Serge28 · Post #27 » by **Serge28** » Fri Apr 5, 2024 2:42 pm

Can't wait for regular season to be over. Feels like waiting in a dentist's office for the playoffs...

old skool · Post #28 » by **old skool** » Fri Apr 5, 2024 2:52 pm

Everyone knows that the Bucks have a top heavy roster.

No one would expect great things from a Bucks team missing Lillard and Middleton, with Connaughton starting at PG because the backup PG is also out.

Of course it would not take "great things" to beat a downtrodden Wizards or a decimated Grizzlies.

Ron Swanson · Post #29 » by **Ron Swanson** » Fri Apr 5, 2024 2:59 pm

KidA24 wrote:
yb90 wrote:This team plays up and down to the competition and lately has not closed well. They need more movement in their offense and if they are not going to post Lopez or use him as a roller then his minutes needs to be reduced based on matchups. It's time for Giannis to lock in as a 5 with Crowder subbing early for Brook instead of Bobby. Let Brook play against the Second stringers more and save him for Embiid and Jokic. The other centers are too quick for him.

Nah. Crowder at the 4 isn't the answer. Middleton at the 4 is.

I'll second this. Dame/Pat/Khris/Giannis and either Beas or Bev at the 2 might be this team's best small-ball lineup. Problem is, it's tough to find enough of a meaningful sample size. 4-man combos of Dame/Beas/Khris/Giannis are +15.2. Dame/Beas/Pat/Giannis groupings are +24.0. They've actually been pretty awesome this season with Giannis-at-Center lineups (+12.3 net-rating), but again, small sample:

https://cleaningtheglass.com/stats/player/96/positions#tab-team_efficiency

Neuromancer56 · Post #30 » by **Neuromancer56** » Fri Apr 5, 2024 3:12 pm

Our only hope at this point is that Dame goes nuclear during the playoffs, Giannis is Giannis, and the rest of the guys are so wide open that they just rain 3's. What does playoff Dame look like? Does he look like playoff Jimmy Butler? I'm going with that.

adambr2 · Post #31 » by **adambr2** » Fri Apr 5, 2024 3:21 pm

Not too late for Horst to show up at Bud's doorstep with a bouquet of flowers, a gift basket and a signed "I was wrong and I am sorry. Can you ever forgive me?" card.

fansinceforever · Post #32 » by **fansinceforever** » Fri Apr 5, 2024 3:52 pm

At this point "These games don't matter" is all we have left. I'm jumping on board.

chonestown · Post #33 » by **chonestown** » Fri Apr 5, 2024 3:57 pm

MissKhriddleton wrote:
CharityStripe34 wrote:"I don't care." - MissKhriddleton

I'm gonna be fresh for a deep playoff run while the rest of the board has dead fingers.

Marathon, not a sprint. Good on you, laddie. Someone has absorbed the lessons of Bobby Duvall; frank-ly, you love too see it.

Watch on YouTube

sidney lanier · Post #34 » by **sidney lanier** » Fri Apr 5, 2024 4:08 pm

Serge28 wrote:Can't wait for regular season to be over. Feels like waiting in a dentist's office for the playoffs...

And listening to the high-pitched whine of the drill on the other side of the wall.

smauss · Post #35 » by **smauss** » Fri Apr 5, 2024 4:09 pm

jakecronus8 wrote:Having these games OTA is giving me a much needed break from this team. Perhaps some absence will cure my apathy.

I'm the same, except opposite. The OTA games are the only ones I've watched. However, the result is identical.

neiLz · Post #36 » by **neiLz** » Fri Apr 5, 2024 4:20 pm

just want the playoffs to start. sick of the team coming out looking like trash. get a couple wins, get dame healthy, get the big three some more PT and focus on making a run.

Ron Swanson · Post #37 » by **Ron Swanson** » Fri Apr 5, 2024 4:24 pm

Dame needing to go "nuclear" for an entire playoff run is a bit hyperbolic though. Dude doesn't need to be prime Steph and carry the team. He just needs to give you an efficient 25-30 while avoiding those overlapping cold stretches the same time as Khris. The whole "we're 17-2 when Dame scores 30" thing may be simplistic, but that plus our record when he shoots 48% or better or whatever, shows how unstoppable the offense is when both those guys are hitting shots.

MartyConlonOnTheRun · Post #38 » by **MartyConlonOnTheRun** » Fri Apr 5, 2024 4:44 pm

Ron Swanson wrote:Dame needing to go "nuclear" for an entire playoff run is a bit hyperbolic though. Dude doesn't need to be prime Steph and carry the team. He just needs to give you an efficient 25-30 while avoiding those overlapping cold stretches the same time as Khris. The whole "we're 17-2 when Dame scores 30" thing may be simplistic, but that plus our record when he shoots 48% or better or whatever, shows how unstoppable the offense is when both those guys are hitting shots.

It is pretty simple. You know Giannis is going to get 30 on good efficiency pretty much every game. If you have a 2nd guy doing that, suddenly you have 60-70 points on good efficiency where you are going to wins games. Just look at our recent playoff losses where its basically Giannis starts off hot in the 1st half so he gets the wall but treatment. Then no one can hit a shot so Giannis forces it in the fourth.

If we had avoid the 12-25% from 3 type games with Giannis just doing his normal playoff routine, we would've won the Celtics series and we would've won the Heat series. (problem is I see a lot of bricks coming from Beas, Bev and others in a few weeks)

Post #39 » by **ReasonablySober** » Fri Apr 5, 2024 5:04 pm

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rilamann · Post #40 » by **rilamann** » Fri Apr 5, 2024 5:06 pm

chonestown wrote:
MissKhriddleton wrote:
CharityStripe34 wrote:"I don't care." - MissKhriddleton

I'm gonna be fresh for a deep playoff run while the rest of the board has dead fingers.

Marathon, not a sprint. Good on you, laddie. Someone has absorbed the lessons of Bobby Duvall; frank-ly, you love too see it.

Watch on YouTube

Scottie Pippen said that was the best advice Michael Jordan ever gave him.

No coincidence that the Bulls would win 6 championships in 8 years not long after this.

35 years later Michael Jordan would give this same advice to his son....unfortunately for Scottie Pippen.