The Orlando Magic will take on a guy who just shot two air ball free throws. Imagine any of our players doing that? We just prefer to have crap offense the entire game, airballing two free throws is beneath us.
The Bucks will be angry and hungry for a win after dropping a few games they probably shouldn't have. Giannis is going to go hard, but we do have the bodies to disrupt him a little bit. Too much attention on Giannis could also hurt us if he hits the open man.
We will need to protect homecourt again and get the offense going. It'll be a tall order against the Bucks, but it's doable. Off the top of my head, over the last few years, we've actually played well against great teams that were hungry for a win after they dropped a few in a row, so I hope we send them home even more disappointed.
My last game predictions vs Knicks:
1. DJ struggles early against Ntilikina's length since he takes a while to get going anyway. The ball will either not be in his hands much or we'll go to Fultz because DJ commits some dumb turnovers. - HALF RIGHT - Ntilikina didn't start, but DJ struggled to get the offense going early, didn't commit turnovers. We went to Fultz early but DJ got normal minutes.
2. Evan is going to get blocked by Mitch at least twice on really embarrassing drives. HALF RIGHT - I know it happened once. Maybe twice? I think only once though.
3. AG is going to struggle inside yet again, but will hit a couple of threes and finish with 14-18 points. RIGHT - AG finished with three 3 pointers late in the game and ended with 15 points.
4. Vuc plays okay, gets Mitch in foul trouble eventually, but still gets outmuscled a little too much and it will make us complain. HALF-RIGHT - Mitch was not in foul trouble, but we were complaining about Vuc again at half. Finished with a good # game and hit some important shots.
5. Ross flips heads. WRONG - Very wrong.
6. Fultz will try to dunk on someone. WRONG - Didn't happen.
7. We win after a few close quarters, but pour it on late. RIGHT - We poured it on in the late 3rd and again in the fourth to win it.
8. Someone like Ellington or Portis will catch fire and be the Scrub of the Night. HALF RIGHT - Ellington shot like crap, but Portis had some timely buckets off of the bench for a good game.
9. MCW plays disrupting defense yet again, possibly gets a tech with Portis. WRONG - Defense wasn't notable, and didn't get a tech.
SOUL'S PREDICTIONS vs Bucks
1. We use AG to disrupt Giannis more than Isaac. I don't think length alone is the answer vs Giannis. I remember Hezonja actually played Giannis really well by just being in good positions and annoying him. I think using Isaac on Middleton/playing a free safety disruptive role against Giannis will serve us better, while hoping AG and Vuc can slow down Giannis when he tries to run into the paint. Plus, I don't want annoying fouls on Isaac just because he breathes on him.
2. Korver is out for this game, so I predict that Connaughton has an annoyingly decent game with 10+ points.
3. We actually get off to a decent start this game for once and the Bucks will call the first timeout.
4. Giannis will struggle shooting against us, but still end up with a near triple double.
5. If we win the game, Vuc will get the sweater vest.
6. Khem Birch has an OK-average game, enough so that Birch and Bamba supporters will argue about who is better to play.
7. Ross flips heads. (It has to work eventually, right?)
8. Fultz will struggle shooting this game but will play a good floor general game and have at least one sick alley oop with somebody.
9. We have some really annoying turnovers this game because of the length of Giannis/the Bucks.
) in check, i think we can win that one with a normal to good offensive game, but i can see the Bucks hitting 17 threes & us 7 too in a blowout 
