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more than damn weird - somewhere between a tantrum & a breakdown. the Green had beaten the Bucks in 7 without Irving the year before (mostly due to Ojeleye's ability to hold his path against Giannis) and won the first game in Mil pretty handily last year. then Kyrie stopped passing and started chukkin'. after one like 2-for-19 game he said he should have shot 19 more or sumn. milwaukee should be favored this year and the celts have not looked good against the bucks this season, but....
defensive rating is the number of points scored against your team per 100 possessions. An individual's defensive rating is that measurement per 100 possessions when that player is on the floor.
he fits into exactly what they want him to do in that scheme, which is basically just stand by the rim. i'm not sure that any one of those bucks guys is necessarily an amazing defender individually, but they have a scheme that they fit and they just execute it relentlessly. Also helps Lopez that they mostly ask him to shoot 3s on offense, so easier to get back. We'll see if Milwaukee can get figured out in the playoffs again, but it is really a machine.
No, not a defensive giant, but certainly formidable. Not the be all end all of statistics but Lopez is a big reason for this one. Don't give up easy buckets
He's unpopular here but pretty much my favorite player to watch. RUDE
From +600 to +450 after today's game. Passed Luka in the rankings. 3rd best odds to take it, atm. And Bam (2nd) isn't winning this so just gotta hope he keeps it up and Zion deflates Ingram... chaching.
This is actually Kinda what the sixers could do if they had no embiid (and to some extent have done when embiid missed a few games) and have simmons play the Westbrook role. Though I suppose they would also need a really solid qb to help make it all work.i dunno - Morey/D'Antoni might be on to something here. i hope not, but other coaches arent figuring out how to respond to the spoke being taken out of the wheel & may not for a while. i didnt expect the Celts to because JTatum is the tallest guy in their starting lineup, but this is the 3rd or 4th time i've seen the Rockets since Capela was gone and other teams are trying to capitalize in the post so little i cant even get a sense of what works how
According to the broadcast today, the answer is 88-89 nuggets with 35-6 at home and 9-32 on the road.
StatMuse✔@statmuseLong Ball Larry said:
do you think that they have any structural issues that will be a problem in the playoffs? I guess the lack of a real rim protector could be problematic, but I think that their perimeter defense is good enough to keep it from being fatal.
Doc loves Harrell, and for good reason. But he hates playing Harrell and Zubac together, which I think would be crazy good on defense.
He uses both when situations call for defensive substition. The game flow sometimes leaves them on the court together. It isn't pretty on offense. Doc would prefer five who can hit threes, but four with one setting picks is what he has. Harrell is as good rolling as anyone, but he can't pop (like Ben) so defenses know what they're getting. Same with Zu.
Zu is pretty good protecting the rim. Trez is average. When I see LAL and Mil turn on the gas defensively, they are both really good at the rim. I think it will be the difference maker for both in the playoffs.
there were some rumours circulating at the deadline about the Sixers trying to pry away Dinwiddie from that team and packaging Horford over there (no idea how that would possibly work salary cap wise). Saw the highlights though, and Levert was absolutely nuts in that final 5 minutes of regulation and OTAmazing to think the Nets are a playoff team with no Durant all year and got 20 games out of Irving.
Levert went nuts again tonight for 51 (37 in the 4th and OT alone). Great scorer. I'll be interested to see how/if he fits with Durant/Irving. (Levert's terrible off the catch and shoot)
Won't comment on the performance of the refs or Smart's behavior but, the little shove by that kid in the red jacket struck me as pretty funny. Probably unwise and dangerous, but funny.
