PG: Bucks Lose MACC Fund Game to Charlotte

[MickeyDavis]

I'd certainly want home court against whichever one of them isn't #1.

TBH I'm not even sure what I want. The experience of that second last game in the Raptors series, where the crowd was frozen way before the game was finished was traumatic to watch.

Well sure HCA isn't an automatic series win as you pointed out. But I'd still rather have it than not. Sixers are 20-5 at home, 15-12 on the road. We're 18-8 at home (with 2 give away losses) and 14-12 on the road.

[Pachinko_]

I'd certainly want home court against whichever one of them isn't #1.

TBH I'm not even sure what I want. The experience of that second last game in the Raptors series, where the crowd was frozen way before the game was finished was traumatic to watch.

Well sure HCA isn't an automatic series win as you pointed out. But I'd still rather have it than not. Sixers are 20-5 at home, 15-12 on the road. We're 18-8 at home (with 2 give away losses) and 14-12 on the road.

The last time the #1 seed from the East went to the Finals was the 2015/16 Cavs.

[aboveAverage]

I know that regular season games don’t matter that much in the long run, but throwing away multiple easily winnable home games is an affront to Bucks fans. Watching Bud’s schemes is already offensive enough, but this makes me really upset. No reason to bench all starters again.

[chonestown]

When Merrill helps double a post player in the pop-up zone, what you got is a ham and grill cheese.

[truly]

Haven't been able to watch the last few games,how has Teague been?Does he look like he could be anything close to what George Hill was?

[Sigra]

I get resting players, making sure they're healthy etc. Especially with Giannis. But I don't get the apparent white flag when it comes to the 1 and 2 seeds. We have 2 home games with Sixers and 2 home games with the Nets. Embiid is always getting hurt, Nets have guys in and out of their lineup. Making up 3 games on one or both is/was certainly possible. I'd certainly want home court against whichever one of them isn't #1. Hell we have a bunch of teams behind us playing pretty well, before you know it we're scrambling to stay in the 3 spot.

Its like they love that "flying bellow radar" narrative too much. Or they dont want pressure they had last 2 years. Dont like that but we will see.

[BucksFanSD]

I wasn't able to watch due to the attention of my hometown team getting their first no hitter (finally...) yesterday. However, looks like Nwora is going to get serious minutes from some NBA team as he's scoring at ease when given the full opportunity.

[ShootingtheJ]

Haven't been able to watch the last few games,how has Teague been?Does he look like he could be anything close to what George Hill was?

Better driver/creator, far more reluctant 3 point shooter. Not as much length defensively. Similar as a veteran calming presence. Terrific buyout pickup.

Doesn't say much for Stevens that Teague struggled there.

[emunney]

I mean...I know Sam is white, but he is 6-4. Probably closer to 6-5 and a professional athlete. He should be able to dunk lol

Not really the point. He never dunked in college. Zero dunks in four years.

[ShootingtheJ]

I mean...I know Sam is white, but he is 6-4. Probably closer to 6-5 and a professional athlete. He should be able to dunk lol

Not really the point. He never dunked in college. Zero dunks in four years.

Yes, and last night's dunk in traffic was impressive for any player. Never thought we'd see that from him. Also was impressed with his defensive pressure when Bud finally let them play man.

[Brewhoopfan]

I mean...I know Sam is white, but he is 6-4. Probably closer to 6-5 and a professional athlete. He should be able to dunk lol

Not really the point. He never dunked in college. Zero dunks in four years.

Yes, and last night's dunk in traffic was impressive for any player. Never thought we'd see that from him. Also was impressed with his defensive pressure when Bud finally let them play man.

The zone was pathetic and gave them no chance.
What was the point? Why not really see what the young players can do in a real NBA game? As a fan, it was BS, and I wouldn't be surprised if the players feel the same.

[ShootingtheJ]

Not really the point. He never dunked in college. Zero dunks in four years.

Yes, and last night's dunk in traffic was impressive for any player. Never thought we'd see that from him. Also was impressed with his defensive pressure when Bud finally let them play man.

The zone was pathetic and gave them no chance.
What was the point? Why not really see what the young players can do in a real NBA game? As a fan, it was BS, and I wouldn't be surprised if the players feel the same.

Yeah, I get it when they're truly shorthanded, but they had 10 guys last night. At the very least, switch to man for the 4th quarter.

[randy84]

I mean...I know Sam is white, but he is 6-4. Probably closer to 6-5 and a professional athlete. He should be able to dunk lol

Not really the point. He never dunked in college. Zero dunks in four years.

Yes, and last night's dunk in traffic was impressive for any player. Never thought we'd see that from him. Also was impressed with his defensive pressure when Bud finally let them play man.

I don't know if Brandon Jennings ever dunked.

[M-C-G]

Haven't been able to watch the last few games,how has Teague been?Does he look like he could be anything close to what George Hill was?

Better driver/creator, far more reluctant 3 point shooter. Not as much length defensively. Similar as a veteran calming presence. Terrific buyout pickup.

Doesn't say much for Stevens that Teague struggled there.

I'm not sure what I expected with Teague, probably was expecting him to look cooked athletically. His quickness is still fantastic and I guess I somehow underrated his handle and ability to shake a guy. Very pleasant find and actually giving me pretty much exactly what I hoping we would get out of DJA.

[skones]

TBH I'm not even sure what I want. The experience of that second last game in the Raptors series, where the crowd was frozen way before the game was finished was traumatic to watch.

Well sure HCA isn't an automatic series win as you pointed out. But I'd still rather have it than not. Sixers are 20-5 at home, 15-12 on the road. We're 18-8 at home (with 2 give away losses) and 14-12 on the road.

The last time the #1 seed from the East went to the Finals was the 2015/16 Cavs.

Who cares? Home court is an advantage any way you slice it. It doesn't make sense to just not want it when it's obtainable.

[Fotis St]

I think Boston and Miami are not trying to win every game and I have a feeling they want us at the 1st Round of the Playoffs. So I don't mind if we are somewhat keeping our options as many as possible.

[MickeyDavis]

And the Nets got their ass kicked (with Durant and Irving) by the toothless Lakers tonight. #1 and #2 were wide open.

[DrWood]

anyone know the truth on the Jrue injury? most places say bruised knee, but ESPN said fractured knee, which would be terrible.

Where are you seeing this?

It was in the box score for the last game.
. HolidayPG DNP-LEFT KNEE FRACTURE

[DrWood]

I mean...I know Sam is white, but he is 6-4. Probably closer to 6-5 and a professional athlete. He should be able to dunk lol

I mean ... I know Khris is black, but he is 6-7 probably closer to 6-8 and a professional athlete. He should be able to dunk too lol

according to basketball reference, he's dunked 7 times this year and 117 for his career.

[-Jragon-]

TBH I'm not even sure what I want. The experience of that second last game in the Raptors series, where the crowd was frozen way before the game was finished was traumatic to watch.

Well sure HCA isn't an automatic series win as you pointed out. But I'd still rather have it than not. Sixers are 20-5 at home, 15-12 on the road. We're 18-8 at home (with 2 give away losses) and 14-12 on the road.

The last time the #1 seed from the East went to the Finals was the 2015/16 Cavs.

Yes, and here's the other things. In years past we would be playing Giannis through discomfort to keep the 1st because we're scared we can't win 1 away game in a playoff series. Now in the playoffs you have a worn down Giannis. Furthermore; if Giannis was playing do we ever see player of the week alpha Jrue? Do we see all these Middleton end of game mistakes that hopefully everyone ilearning from? Last year winning by 20 we had the stars sitting the 4th and not working on late game execution. Now sitting all the starters and now it helps them be more fresh and hey let's see if any rookie is figuring stuff out and give Teague tons of reps back in this system.

Summarizing, when the playoffs come we have fresh Giannis, more alphas more different guys that are used to having the ball under pressure and we can be extra sure we have our rotation set/ready. I feel like Miami last year did a great job getting their rookie ready and having rotation guys ready to take big roles even though they lost a lot of games sitting guys. A deep playoff run is the goal, not #1 seed.

WTF are we expecting home field advantage to matter anyways? It only matters if we get to a game 7.. I don't want to need 7 games to beat any of these teams.