ATL - Embiid Out for the Season

[MickeyDavis]

Pacers sit Haliburton, Siakim, Turner, Nesmith and snap Minny's win streak on the road.

[BUCKnation]

Im still annoyed by that wolves/pacers game. 2 33% shooters going 5/5 in the last 3 min. Cant remember the last time the bucks have gotten a bs win like thay and theyve gotten 2 in less than a week

[BigO]

AJ Johnson with a decent line, but 6 turnovers. KM only lasted 10 minutes.

[Gant]

Things can change, but for this far out, the chances are fairly decent for the following first round East playoff matchups.

Cleveland vs Orlando/Atlanta loser, with the Heat having a chance, and the Bulls a lesser chance.
Boston vs Orlando/Atlanta winner.
New York vs Detroit.
Milwaukee vs Indiana, with the Bucks having a slight edge for the 4th seed, but it could go either way.

The Pistons could get hot and move into 5th if Indy or Milwaukee falter, but the Pistons are behind with a tougher remaining schedule.

[Profound23]

AJ Johnson with a decent line, but 6 turnovers. KM only lasted 10 minutes.

Sometimes 10 minutes is all she needs.

[Profound23]

Weird Warriors lost to Nuggets without Jokic, Murray, or Braun.
Minnesota lost to Indy with basically there starting five out.

I know we had a win like that right before the all-star break beating Minnesota without Giannis or Dame, but I wouldn't mind being on the winning end of a 1-2 more games like that before the playoffs start.

[emunney]

Read on Twitter

He's got legit beef on the call as that looked like far more of a landing-space incursion with a lot more contact than the one that cost the Bucks' the 3rd Pacer game. But not a good reaction.

[emunney]

Quentin Grimes has been on a heater this month

A profoundly funny heater. What up, Nico?

21-5-4 on 62 TS% since the trade. Traded with a 2nd round pick for Caleb Martin (4-2-2 in 5 games before getting injured again).

[paulpressey25]

AJ Johnson with a decent line, but 6 turnovers. KM only lasted 10 minutes.

Giving up AJ Johnson was the big problem I had with the Middleton trade. Have no idea if he’ll ever put it together but the speed is world class.

And for those of you not watching Portland, Scoot is quietly becoming a really good player.

[BigO]

AJ Johnson with a decent line, but 6 turnovers. KM only lasted 10 minutes.

Giving up AJ Johnson was the big problem I had with the Middleton trade. Have no idea if he’ll ever put it together but the speed is world class.

And for those of you not watching Portland, Scoot is quietly becoming a really good player.

Not sure why they don't shut down Middleton.

[MickeyDavis]

AJ Johnson with a decent line, but 6 turnovers. KM only lasted 10 minutes.

Giving up AJ Johnson was the big problem I had with the Middleton trade. Have no idea if he’ll ever put it together but the speed is world class.

And for those of you not watching Portland, Scoot is quietly becoming a really good player.

Not sure why they don't shut down Middleton.

Assuming he opts in he'll be an expiring contract, probably trying to show he can still play and have some trade value.

[BigO]

Giving up AJ Johnson was the big problem I had with the Middleton trade. Have no idea if he’ll ever put it together but the speed is world class.

And for those of you not watching Portland, Scoot is quietly becoming a really good player.

Not sure why they don't shut down Middleton.

Assuming he opts in he'll be an expiring contract, probably trying to show he can still play and have some trade value.

Lasting 10 minutes doesn't help his case. In the games he has played, it's been low minutes. I don't know if he'll ever be better. I assume the Bucks brass thinks not.

He'd be better off resting and having the Wizards let him work out for other teams during the off season, or start next season and show his value.

[Plossum]

Who on earth is Baylor Schierman and where does Boston keep finding these random tall white dudes who can bomb from 3?

[Gant]

Who on earth is Baylor Schierman and where does Boston keep finding these random tall white dudes who can bomb from 3?

After being chosen with the final pick of the first round, Scheierman had a really unimpressive summer league. That was followed by an equally unimpressive preseason. At that point there were not many vocal Scheierman believers.

Then in Maine he started to show that shooting stroke. He's also a gifted passer and can really rebound for his size.

Only recently has he started to relax in his limited NBA appearances. Boston's depth had prevented him from getting many opportunities.

The guy has a chance to be a player. Defense is his biggest question mark, but he's greatly improved on that end. Beyond that red hot shooting, he played strong D tonight.

[pifhluk23]

Things can change, but for this far out, the chances are fairly decent for the following first round East playoff matchups.

Cleveland vs Orlando/Atlanta loser, with the Heat having a chance, and the Bulls a lesser chance.
Boston vs Orlando/Atlanta winner.
New York vs Detroit.
Milwaukee vs Indiana, with the Bucks having a slight edge for the 4th seed, but it could go either way.

The Pistons could get hot and move into 5th if Indy or Milwaukee falter, but the Pistons are behind with a tougher remaining schedule.

6 seed will come down to last 2 games of the year where we play them. Their schedule is easier too imo. We want the 6th seed though, Knicks/Celtics is better for us than Pacers/Cavs by quite a bit. The player and coaching matchups are just so much better for us in the 6 slot.

It would actually be hilarious if both teams decided they wanted the 6 seed and last 2 games of the year are just bench vs bench. Knowing the Bucks though, well screw it up, take the 5th seed and lose to Indiana in 7 and that will be the end of the Giannis era.

[emunney]

Who on earth is Baylor Schierman and where does Boston keep finding these random tall white dudes who can bomb from 3?

Who could have known

[BUCKnation]

Omg Pacers seem like they are about pull another stupid game out of their ass

[drew881]

Dammit Mavericks…

[Wooderson]

Pacers gifted another win with a terrible offensive foul going in their favor. Monumental Dallas tank job at the end too.

[BUCKnation]

Dallas looked like they had never seen a press before and Kidd didn’t give the players any help either.