2024-2025 Regular Season Game 40: Milwaukee Bucks (19-16) at Orlando Magic (22-17) 7:00PM

OrlandoDream · Post #421 » by **OrlandoDream** » Sat Jan 11, 2025 4:06 am

Ridiculous what Paolo did in 26 minutes. If Cole doesn't play like crap and Suggs and Franz back we easily win this game. If this is the best Bucks have to offer with Giannis having to drop 40+ to stand chance, I'm not worried.

shadrock · Post #422 » by **shadrock** » Sat Jan 11, 2025 4:06 am

10:52 remaining 4th - Cole misses a 3.
10:02 - Cole lost ball, turnover.
9:30 - Cole foul.
9:11 - Cole bad pass, turnover.
8:24 - Cole missed 3.
6:04 - Cole missed jumpshot.

Thats the six most crucial minutes of the game right there. Went from a 3pt lead to down 7. Nothing but Cole pounding the ball and missing or turning it over and then being a turnstile on D. Game over.

Post #423 » by **SOUL** » Sat Jan 11, 2025 4:21 am

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cedric76 · Post #424 » by **cedric76** » Sat Jan 11, 2025 4:24 am

RichCollab wrote:Cole didn’t shoot well but still put in 18 points, 7 rebounds 2 assists 2 steals and 1 Block.

We love to hate our players. Cole has had a ton of games he was complete crap but he wasn’t tonight.

Didn't you watch the game?

Post #425 » by **eyriq** » Sat Jan 11, 2025 4:25 am

Really impressed with Paolo's game, didn't miss a beat. The missed clutch free throw sucks but he carried.

YosemiteSam · Post #426 » by **YosemiteSam** » Sat Jan 11, 2025 4:26 am

RookieStar wrote:
YosemiteSam wrote:Was at the game. We hung with them and they were fully healthy. Cole wasn’t a problem. It was Goga and Isaac getting cooked by Giannis.

GA can cook anybody in the league. Only way to stop that is to leave Dame and Middleton open

I was thinking they left Goga on an island too often. Should have had the guards dig down on a double and swipe at the ball. Make him ball handle. And if fouled make him shoot FT. Too many 1 on 1 dunks. Felt bad for Goga

RookieStar · Post #427 » by **RookieStar** » Sat Jan 11, 2025 4:28 am

YosemiteSam wrote:
RookieStar wrote:
YosemiteSam wrote:Was at the game. We hung with them and they were fully healthy. Cole wasn’t a problem. It was Goga and Isaac getting cooked by Giannis.

GA can cook anybody in the league. Only way to stop that is to leave Dame and Middleton open

I was thinking they left Goga on an island too often. Should have had the guards dig down on a double and swipe at the ball. Make him ball handle. And if fouled make him shoot FT. Too many 1 on 1 dunks. Felt bad for Goga

As i said.. it probably was letting GA shoot a tough 2 rather than open Dame or Middleton that Coach Mos designed.

But yeah... i wanted Goga to just foul hik rather than his token defense

RichCollab · Post #428 » by **RichCollab** » Sat Jan 11, 2025 4:28 am

cedric76 wrote:
RichCollab wrote:Cole didn’t shoot well but still put in 18 points, 7 rebounds 2 assists 2 steals and 1 Block.

We love to hate our players. Cole has had a ton of games he was complete crap but he wasn’t tonight.

Didn't you watch the game?

I watched the game. We get blown out if Cole doesn’t contribute what he did. I take the good with the bad. We were down so many players ahead of him on the depth chart.

YosemiteSam · Post #429 » by **YosemiteSam** » Sat Jan 11, 2025 4:32 am

Eh Cole didn’t seem that bad in person. May be different if focused on TV. He is not why we lost though. It was our inability to stop Giannis, the heater by Portis with Giannis out, and Lillard’s foul baiting. Plus we had numerous good 3s rim out. I thought we fought valiantly against a contender at full strength while we are hobbled and lost 2 more in the game

Statlanta · Post #430 » by **Statlanta** » Sat Jan 11, 2025 4:34 am

It felt so bad watching Bitazde and Isaac get dunked on and forearm shivered by 34.

Rainwater · Post #431 » by **Rainwater** » Sat Jan 11, 2025 4:40 am

cedric76 wrote:
RichCollab wrote:Cole didn’t shoot well but still put in 18 points, 7 rebounds 2 assists 2 steals and 1 Block.

We love to hate our players. Cole has had a ton of games he was complete crap but he wasn’t tonight.

Didn't you watch the game?

Cole made his mistakes, but the game would not be that close without him. He made some big shots towards the end.

tooler · Post #432 » by **tooler** » Sat Jan 11, 2025 4:44 am

D J C wrote:These close losses and winnable games are going to come back to haunt us. Season can unravel real quick. 2 GB from the 9 seed with Philly w Embiid, then on the road to Milwaukee - Boston, then Jokic to finish the week. Good chance we’re back down to a play-in spot by next weekend.

The team either gets healthy and they start climbing the ranks again as the 3rd best team in the East, or they don't get healthy and it doesn't matter anyway. We'll see what happens.

Post #433 » by **eyriq** » Sat Jan 11, 2025 4:48 am

AB played good, should have started

Post #434 » by **SOUL** » Sat Jan 11, 2025 5:15 am

eyriq wrote:AB played good, should have started

Feel like hes on restriction too with his back. Also -14 in his minutes but im not huge on +/-

KillMonger · Post #435 » by **KillMonger** » Sat Jan 11, 2025 5:16 am

shadrock wrote:10:52 remaining 4th - Cole misses a 3.
10:02 - Cole lost ball, turnover.
9:30 - Cole foul.
9:11 - Cole bad pass, turnover.
8:24 - Cole missed 3.
6:04 - Cole missed jumpshot.

Thats the six most crucial minutes of the game right there. Went from a 3pt lead to down 7. Nothing but Cole pounding the ball and missing or turning it over and then being a turnstile on D. Game over.

yep....remember that sequence

Post #436 » by **eyriq** » Sat Jan 11, 2025 5:20 am

SOUL wrote:
eyriq wrote:AB played good, should have started

Feel like hes on restriction too with his back. Also -14 in his minutes but im not huge on +/-

No, you're right. It's really just me trying to make myself feel better. Another thing that consoles me is that this was a minute restricted Paolo. We played a good team really tight and beat the spread.

TheWitcher · Post #437 » by **TheWitcher** » Sat Jan 11, 2025 5:28 am

I was at the game tonight, a few takeaways:

Paolo is so much bigger than I thought he was. He’s not only tall but has tree trunk legs, and still moves like an agile cat. I was actually shocked at how solid and huge he looked.

Please for the love of god get rid of Cole Anthony.

Anthony Black was so much better in the minutes he played.

At the end of the game the Magic coach was cussing up a storm as he walked back to the locker room.

For a banged up Magic team, they have really great effort on defense. Jonathan Isaac is my favorite Magic player, he’s awesome on the defensive end.

penny_nz · Post #438 » by **penny_nz** » Sat Jan 11, 2025 5:38 am

Had to watch this delayed, but how good is it having Paolo back. Man he is on another level

dsg2021 · Post #439 » by **dsg2021** » Sat Jan 11, 2025 5:38 am

OrlandoDream wrote:Ridiculous what Paolo did in 26 minutes. If Cole doesn't play like crap and Suggs and Franz back we easily win this game. If this is the best Bucks have to offer with Giannis having to drop 40+ to stand chance, I'm not worried.

dsg2021 · Post #440 » by **dsg2021** » Sat Jan 11, 2025 5:42 am

TheWitcher wrote:I was at the game tonight, a few takeaways:

Paolo is so much bigger than I thought he was. He’s not only tall but has tree trunk legs, and still moves like an agile cat. I was actually shocked at how solid and huge he looked.

Please for the love of god get rid of Cole Anthony.

Anthony Black was so much better in the minutes he played.

At the end of the game the Magic coach was cussing up a storm as he walked back to the locker room.

For a banged up Magic team, they have really great effort on defense. Jonathan Isaac is my favorite Magic player, he’s awesome on the defensive end.

Paolo overtook JI as my favorite player this year.
But I'm starting to be a super basic fan in the sense that my order of favorite players is now something like 1a) Paolo, 1b) Franz, 2) Suggs, 3) JI.
I think Mo would be right around 3rd or 4th too. There's no one I dislike on the team, to be honest. Everyone has brought the energy and has their strengths.