PG Denver - Great Win!

[SupremeHustle]

If they can reign in Kuzma's tendency to force up some truly terrible jumpers/threes I actually like a lot of what he brings.

And it's not that he can't shoot threes sometimes, he just has to stick to clean set looks and not get overly ambitious.

He has drives that he has no chance to finish too. He needs to look to score less. He plays with Giannis now, move the ball!

You're right, but that ain't happening. Kuz is gonna shoot that thang.

[Plossum]

If your opponent shoots 26% from 3 and you get 17 more FTAs, you better win the game so kudos. Still need to shore up the rebounding.

They took 15 more shots than us. We norm lose those games where we drop the pace battle. But FT disparity was huge for us.

[Bernman]

If your opponent shoots 26% from 3 and you get 17 more FTAs, you better win the game so kudos. Still need to shore up the rebounding.

That's what I thought too. And this wasn't a case of the NBA Cup Final where we were forcing tough shots. We kept getting broken down and they'd miss. And we were -7 on the boards. Just getting run around. A lot of bad decision-making on o.

To me, that was just getting lucky & Giannis willing it when we were stuck in mud. Is that going to be enough? Dame will certainly have to stop sleepwalking in all facets, at minimum. And the supporting cast will need to be better. So will Doc.

I wasn't going to comment in this thread, but there was a complaint about the lack of posting cuz we couldn't complain, so careful what you wish.

[drone3]

Was not expecting us to come out on top

[blazza18]

He had this late possession where he literally watched Brook battle for a board against multiple Denver players but that was easily one of the better rebounding nights from Giannis. This was like an overall "B" type game from him everywhere else. Injury and being too cute around the rim cost him a few buckets he will want back.

Brook played good D on Jokic. Other teams triple him. Didn't need to because the Joker couldn't bully Brook.

Brother...what? Jokic was unbothered tonight and went 13/16 from the floor.

[mediocrityrules]

Rebounding still a major issue. We are giving teams way too many 2nd chance points every night. Something has to be done.

Also, can we somehow stop Kuzma taking those off-balance circus shots in the paint? Other than that, he has been very serviceable for us. He just needs to temper his shot selection.

[Shaffty]

you guys the whole point of kuzma was to sacrifice khris' efficent scoring for a forward who could do all the other things like be athletic rebound and guard scoring wings without getting torched.

[chonestown]

When Kyle Kuzma converts a two-point field goal that is when I call it a Twuzma (sp) feel free too use no big deal

[Badgerlander]

Fun win

[PintSizedBox10]

We might be back

[chonestown]

Kevin Harlan motioning the crowd in the shot to sit down maybe pitch your voice down to a whisper nepo boy and that goes double for Reggie Milner

[Be Here Now]

Kuzma continues to be really good on defense and really bad on offense. Hopefully, we can get that to equalize a bit more.

Having to play against Jokic tonight, who has some of the greatest touch you'll ever see was really jarring while watching Kuzma, who has some of the worst you'll ever see. If Kuz even had 10% of Jokic's touch he'd be a top 10 player. The airball 4' hook late in the 4th was pretty wild.

Weird player. I think he's obviously helped us since he joined the team since we needed some quickness and bounce but in a lot of ways he's the anti Middleton. Nervous to watch him in the playoffs.

[chonestown]

Looks like Denver is a different team when exposed to the high viscosity air of the upper midwest. 5280 my foot.

[Milbucks96]

Are we good? Are we bad? I don’t know, but it was fun!

Thats where I am also. The team is enjoyable to watch for the most part again and we win more than we lose so **** it. This was a fun win.

[chonestown]

Kinda feel like Gary Trent II is the barometer (in a metaphorical sense not like he's a human pressure gauge) he has a good game the Bucks have a good game he has a bad game we have a post game thread of 15 pages

[fansinceforever]

Houston loss had 4 pages in 20 minutes. Not enough to complain about tonight I guess.

This boards engine is anger and cynicism. Not casting judgement bc I'm part of that but we know what it is lol.

[JonHeist]

if I was a fan of any other team there's no way I'd be excited for a playoff matchup against the (healthy) bucks

[ShootingtheJ]

We're so much better at home.

[GoldenAntlers]

Health is wealth.

I don't get the Doc comment that they are starting TP because TP is injured. Anybody able to walk me through that one?

[fan230]

Dame made some big 3s. Otherwise he was not that good. Both Giannis and kpj are much better passers.

Khris in the past was a great offensive player and an above average defender. Kuz is a good defender but not really a good offensive player, has a lot of hustle but very poor touch in scoring.