Restart Game # 6 Toronto at Milwaukee Monday August 10th 6:30pm

[G__Deane]

I would sit Siakam, Lowry and Gasol in this game.

Need to get/keep Siakam going. I'd just limit his minutes and sit him the 4Q

[G__Deane]

yeah I hope for a win but realistically Nurse is going to throw this game

Why wouldn't the Bucks throw it? They have even less to play for than the Raps

[The Great One]

Well, Giannis isn't playing today so let''s just rest all our top guys. Give TD and Powell lots of mins.

[Jclaw]

We’ve often joked that we couldn’t even field a bad garbage time team cause our 3rd stringers always played above their weight. Well at least in the pre Stanley Johnson era. Let’s let RHJ go for single coverage on Giannis and see how it goes.

[DanH]

I think Gasol should keep on playing. I think they should have a few games where they give him high usage. We're going to need him to help carry the offensive load a couple games if we want to go far. Through out the season it always seemed to be a different guy stepping up.

Other than that, we need clean up our turnovers. The 2013/2014 Spurs teams rarely made mistakes, and we were playing that way before the stoppage. The sloppy play has to stop by the second round.

Gasol is the guy I'd be most careful with especially now that the games don't count. We absolutely need him to be able to play a lot in the playoffs, and guys have been dropping like flies re-aggravating injuries in the bubble so far.

And yeah, we've got that first round series against the Nets to use to clean up the turnovers.

[saints91]

I think Gasol should keep on playing. I think they should have a few games where they give him high usage. We're going to need him to help carry the offensive load a couple games if we want to go far. Through out the season it always seemed to be a different guy stepping up.

Other than that, we need clean up our turnovers. The 2013/2014 Spurs teams rarely made mistakes, and we were playing that way before the stoppage. The sloppy play has to stop by the second round.

[The Great One]

I would sit Siakam, Lowry and Gasol in this game.

[MixxAOR]

yeah I hope for a win but realistically Nurse is going to throw this game

[A.I]

Tough game, but one of the commentators said it best, forgot if it was Matt or Jack. This is basically a practice game for both teams after having clinched the top 2 Playoff spots. Neither coaches will show any of their schemes. I don't think we'll see a wall or any crazy effort/strategy to shut down Giannis.

[MixxAOR]

Whats going on with TD? Not looking anything like before.

No playing time got him off rhythm and the whole no mask situation also didn't help

[G__Deane]

Whats going on with TD? Not looking anything like before.

Not sure but not every player is going to respond differently to this whole COVID and bubble situation. You're never home. you never get home court, you never see your family or friends. Did the NBA ever finalize bringing some companionship in for the players? Maybe he's missing the ladies

I kinda wish the Bucks game had something to play for so we got a bit of a preview.

[Tmac2darak]

That bench makes me sad

Whats going on with TD? Not looking anything like before.

[Tmac2darak]

Love these early starts.
Go Raps Go

[planetmars]

I think Nurse plays everyone.. and then will use RHJ at the point again in the 4th. We just use single man to man coverage and don't show Bud any of our cards. Some guys played over 35 minutes yesterday, so I suspect a longer leash for the bench.. but I still think everyone plays.

We still need work to do on offense, and the Bucks have the best defense in the league. Not a bad game to use as a scrimmage. I think the Bucks will be trying to win this one though. Especially after they are coming off a loss against Dallas.

[G__Deane]

Maybe let Norm and Serge get a start beside three other starters to help them keep getting into their grooves, rest two starters entirely (definitely Lowry if you can convince him and Gasol), and keep the top 7 guys to 24 minutes or something. So something like this:

Start: Fred or Lowry, Norm, OG, Pascal, Ibaka
Bench: TD, Thomas, RHJ, Boucher
Dressed to play late: Watson Jr, SJ, Hernandez

That bench makes me sad