Game 41: Sixers at Bucks - 1/19/25 - 6:00 - FDSWI

Post #1 » by **MickeyDavis** » Sat Jan 18, 2025 2:32 pm

The season reaches the halfway point. Sixers are a mess. They've dropped 4 straight. They'll be on a B2B, facing Indiana on Saturday.

Embiid is out. Bucks nemesis Lowry is out. George is questionable.

Final game of this homestand before hitting the road Wednesday night.

As always please keep the discussion on this game itself and discuss trades, lineups etc in the team thread. Thx.

drew881 · Post #2 » by **drew881** » Sat Jan 18, 2025 5:55 pm

Feels like this season is so much more than halfway over. It keeps dragging

tydett · Post #3 » by **tydett** » Sat Jan 18, 2025 6:02 pm

Somehow, offseason championship 76ers seem like the worst team the Bucks will have played since the Nets (hmm). Can't lose this one, especially after a week of good vibes.

old skool · Post #4 » by **old skool** » Sat Jan 18, 2025 6:25 pm

The Bucks seem to have reached a new level. Three straight easy wins. Three games where they only trailed for a total of 2 minutes. First half leads of 20 or more.

Now I get that it's not like the Bucks are elite again. It's not like they are dominating on the road or beating juggernauts like Boston, Cleveland or OKC. Or Brooklyn.

Still, suddenly being able to roll through mid- tier and bottom feeder teams is a refreshing development after 18-months when blowout homestands never occurred.

The Bucks absurdly easy schedule over the last 8 weeks virtually guaranteed that their record would get over .500. After this next game, the schedule takes a major shift. 23 of the remaining 41 games are on the road. 24 of 41 games are against Western Conference teams. The recent one-sided success of the past week makes the daunting second half schedule more interesting than could have been imagined two weeks ago.

skbucks1985 · Post #5 » by **skbucks1985** » Sat Jan 18, 2025 6:50 pm

Philly looked like they were getting it together for a bit, after their disastrous start they had a 10-3 stretch that most notably included winning @ Boston on Christmas. But they've backslid since then and are in the early part of an absolutely brutal stretch of their schedule. Their biggest saving grace right now is their recent 4 game skid coincided with a Bulls 4 game skid.

emunney · Post #6 » by **emunney** » Sat Jan 18, 2025 7:15 pm

skbucks1985 wrote:Philly looked like they were getting it together for a bit, after their disastrous start they had a 10-3 stretch that most notably included winning @ Boston on Christmas. But they've backslid since then and are in the early part of an absolutely brutal stretch of their schedule. Their biggest saving grace right now is their recent 4 game skid coincided with a Bulls 4 game skid.

I still expect them to make the play-in, but not to make it out of the play-in

mediocrityrules · Post #7 » by **mediocrityrules** » Sat Jan 18, 2025 8:39 pm

There are plenty of games this season that we just shouldn't have lost, but have. I hope we're doing something different now that these lapses won't happen and we consistently play to our ability.

This feels like it's about version number 4 of this team this season as we ride the rollercoaster.

Bucks Episode 4: A New Hope?

Post #8 » by **MickeyDavis** » Sat Jan 18, 2025 11:12 pm

Green (quad) and AJJ are questionable. Everyone else is a go.

engelmartin · Post #9 » by **engelmartin** » Sat Jan 18, 2025 11:12 pm

msiris · Post #10 » by **msiris** » Sun Jan 19, 2025 12:46 am

BO win. Playing very weii right now.

randy84 · Post #11 » by **randy84** » Sun Jan 19, 2025 3:30 am

This sums up my feeling on this game and the Bucks in general.

Watch on YouTube

Post #12 » by **MickeyDavis** » Sun Jan 19, 2025 4:44 am

Philly got waxed tonight in Indy. George didn't play. And if he plays tomorrow it shouldn't matter. Who the hell knows though. Full strength Celtics got whipped by the Raptors this week. Bad beats happen every day.

Post #13 » by **MickeyDavis** » Sun Jan 19, 2025 3:04 pm

Scott Foster is the crew chief. He'll make sure he gets plenty of screen time.

JayMKE · Post #14 » by **JayMKE** » Sun Jan 19, 2025 6:25 pm

Always feel like teams show up after getting btfo so imagining a close one.

tsamo · Post #15 » by **tsamo** » Sun Jan 19, 2025 6:40 pm

MickeyDavis wrote:Scott Foster is the crew chief. He'll make sure he gets plenty of screen time.

I swear whenever we play him, he always makes up some **** during the game, win or lose.

Post #16 » by **MickeyDavis** » Sun Jan 19, 2025 7:46 pm

Green is out. AJJ is available.

tsamo · Post #17 » by **tsamo** » Sun Jan 19, 2025 9:36 pm

Who even plays center for the 76ers these days?
Bona?

ShootingtheJ · Post #18 » by **ShootingtheJ** » Sun Jan 19, 2025 9:38 pm

tsamo wrote:Who even plays center for the 76ers these days?
Bona?

Drummond and Yabusele

Post #19 » by **MickeyDavis** » Sun Jan 19, 2025 10:10 pm

ShootingtheJ wrote:
tsamo wrote:Who even plays center for the 76ers these days?
Bona?

Drummond and Yabusele

Drummond is out. Yabusele is questionable.

ShootingtheJ · Post #20 » by **ShootingtheJ** » Sun Jan 19, 2025 10:16 pm

MickeyDavis wrote:
ShootingtheJ wrote:
tsamo wrote:Who even plays center for the 76ers these days?
Bona?

Drummond and Yabusele

Drummond is out. Yabusele is questionable.

Dang. Bona it is then, and Pete Nance.