Game #58: Milwaukee Bucks 122 - Toronto Raptors 119

[Mack North]

DeMar was VERY good. 33/8/6. Best player on the team.

Bench was good too specially Poeltl and Siakam.

What killed them tonight was their D. Lowry was getting beat off the dribble by Bledsoe pretty much every possession.

Rebounding is also becoming concern. Along with OG's play who put up 0/0/0 tonight.

The Big Valboski was basically invisible to his teammates/coaching staff though, they never really tried to establish him after Serge's hot start.

DeMar did play very well, but that decision to get a 2 while down 3 and 2 seconds left was questionable. I get he went for the best shot available, but in that situation he has to know only a 3 attempt is going to tie it or give them a shot.

[hotfuzz]

Demar wit a huge brainfart towards the end.

[Puffer]

This game should be a huge reminder of what they do that works and what they do that doesn't. I'm guessing there will be some video review sessions. One hopes that they ignore the bad calls and focus on the poor play and missed defensive rotations and box outs that put them in the position where they NEEDED good calls from the refs. They whould have finished this game with a 10 point cushion if they had played as a team.

If they carry the lessons forward for the next couple dozen games it will have been well worth it.

[jacobdr4]

Also, along with the two JV non-and 1s, Giannis travelled on his late bucket. The rare double step-back lol

Giannis has ICE in his VEINS!! 👀#FearTheDeer pic.twitter.com/6yojBLRrXk

— Milwaukee Bucks (@Bucks) February 24, 2018

I hope everyone is calm when the l2m report says Jv should of been called for defensive 3 in the key there and doesn't mention the Giannis travel.

[saints91]

First, off the top, I was at the game and that JV dunk was maybe one of my favourite Raptor moments of all-time. The crowd was electric!

Good come back... the Bucks couldn’t miss anything, and I feel like there was good contests for us.! Still all in all not a great defensive effort. The effort on the boards was brutal. Their length killed us.

And lastly... they have to stop with the DeMar ISO’s at the end of games, actually DeMar taking the ball at all.

It took this long for us to realize that ISO ball doesn’t work. And we changed, great move by the organization. How long do we have to watch this same outcome at the end of games? DeMar takes a contested shot and misses. The dunk after was a bone head play, you have to know the time and the score. I love DeMar and I am huge supporter, but it’s time for something different. Move the ball, try to get a good shot. Not even a great shot, just a good shot, anything could be better than what we are taking now.

[saints91]

Keep in mind this is the Bucks playing a perfect game, on fire. And this is a sub par effort from us, and us close to our worst

[DanH]

DeMar had an OK game, not a great one. He killed us for long stretches where he was making terrible decisions. Had a good stretch to get the game close again at the end, but fell apart in the clutch, again, including an incredibly stupid move going for two off that offensive board.

I thought OG was really good actually. And should have played more. It's not like he was missing shots or passing shots up - the Raps didn't pass to him when he was open.

Also, this game was dumb, because if they ran literally every play through a JV post up or high post hand off play, they'd have scored on basically every play. Bucks can't defend him. Silly to have Lowry and DeMar trying to drive into the teeth of that defence all game long.

Anyway, post break let down, Bucks were on fire, Raps were ice cold, played dumb, and it still went to OT. Frustrating loss, but zero fear of these deer in the playoffs.

[3inthekeon]

DeMar had an OK game, not a great one. He killed us for long stretches where he was making terrible decisions. Had a good stretch to get the game close again at the end, but fell apart in the clutch, again, including an incredibly stupid move going for two off that offensive board.

I thought OG was really good actually. And should have played more. It's not like he was missing shots or passing shots up - the Raps didn't pass to him when he was open.

Also, this game was dumb, because if they ran literally every play through a JV post up or high post hand off play, they'd have scored on basically every play. Bucks can't defend him. Silly to have Lowry and DeMar trying to drive into the teeth of that defence all game long.

Anyway, post break let down, Bucks were on fire, Raps were ice cold, played dumb, and it still went to OT. Frustrating loss, but zero fear of these deer in the playoffs.

Pretty well agree, except the one fact no one has mentioned is Pascal. I thought he was the best Raptor last night. Some big buckets and defended Giannis well without fouling . Forced him into a lot of long jumpers. Sucks for us he made quite a few.

[saints91]

He played amazing!!! No more 3s please though

[saints91]

At least not in a come back effort

[KHD]

antetekounmpo gets away with more travelling than any other player in the NBA i think.

[rocwell]

antetekounmpo gets away with more travelling than any other player in the NBA i think.

[Raptor Jesus]

antetekounmpo gets away with more travelling than any other player in the NBA i think.

NBA's pick for James successor.

Even if he's a career 22% on 3 attempts Pascal still gets 3 contracts.

I think biggest takeaway, is you can't accurately simulate late game situations in practice. Demar needs reps and he's willing to put in more than most. He's going to have library to breakdown over the summer.

[DanH]

Pretty well agree, except the one fact no one has mentioned is Pascal. I thought he was the best Raptor last night. Some big buckets and defended Giannis well without fouling . Forced him into a lot of long jumpers. Sucks for us he made quite a few.

Yeah, Pascal was very good. He took one idiotic three in the clutch last night, but otherwise was solid all night. Both he and OG did a great job on Giannis all game. I thought Pascal laid too far off of Giannis a few times, but mostly he was good.

[G__Deane]

I didn't get to see Coach Casey's full after game comments but how the hell doesn't he defend his big (JV) getting mugged twice in the last 2 minutes and not getting any call? Maybe he did in another part of the interview....If it had been DD or Kyle he would have been all over it .....

As far as the Freak getting away with travels all the time, again Casey can bring that up to the media ahead of time without getting fined and let them count the travels and make a fuss for you.

It's way past time he stated getting smarter and fought back against bad calls. Yac is another example of a guy who gets jobbed just for being a rookie