Game Thread GAME# 48: BUCKS @ BLAZERS - APRIL 2, 2021 - FRIDAY, 7:00, NBATV & NBCSNW

[bobf]

That’s it RoCo don’t think twice

 

[B-Roy]

Dame is working his ass off

 

[Labinot41]

RoCo is a Killer. Love that dude

 

[julius]

He's been hurt for over a week.

guess I spaced on that.

 

[DDolla]

Dame wants this game

 

[BonesJones]

Weren't you the one asking for us to mix up our looks at the start of the season?

I'm with you though... we're always scrambling and helping.

Uh, yeah, run different looks at different times.

You're not supposed to help one pass away off the corner WHILE the guy guarding the weak side corner is coming across the key to help as well.

 

[Tince]

Probably fortunate to only be down 7, but will have to improve our 1:1 defense and knock down more open shots in the 2nd half to pull this off.

 

[B-Roy]

Dame is absolutely working his ass off on both ends. Hopefully someone besides RoCo steps up.

 

[TBpup]

So when our entire bench + Nurk is 0-15....and we are only down 7? It could be a lot worse.

 

[B-Roy]

Also, can Melo please put in half the effort his teammates do?

 

[bobf]

Draw a foul Dame

 

[julius]

I hate that a 7 point deficit feels like about 15.

 

[OneSport3]

Where would we be without RoCo!?

 

[Chris Craig]

Only down 7 at halftime

Could be worse

 

[James lamphear]

Won quarter 32-26 so nice recovery from the 1st quarter. They show me something they due have some tuffness. Covington and Dame good half on the offense ends.

 

[Tince]

Uh, yeah, run different looks at different times.

You're not supposed to help one pass away off the corner WHILE the guy guarding the weak side corner is coming across the key to help as well.

Agreed... that's too easy.

Would love if at a minimum if our smaller players could at least stay in front of their bigger opponents on the perimeter so we weren't having to help so early. It's bad enough we're giving up 3-4" down low, we should at least be quicker.

 

[Tince]

Won quarter 32-26 so nice recovery from the 1st quarter. They show me something they due have some tuffness. Covington and Dame good half on the offense ends.

2 more quarters like that and we win!

 

[bobf]

Respect for jrue actually taking the shot

 

[Chris Craig]

I hate that a 7 point deficit feels like about 15.

It's cause the Blazers have been on a treadmill fighting hard just to stay down 10

 

[B-Roy]

Simons 3 minutes, Kanter 5. Stotts is playing a playoff rotation and these two are unplayable in the playoffs.

 

[Serbian]

Has anyone noticed? Anyone care..Melo has become brick machine. And CJ is follow his footsteps except CJ can get hot occasionally

 

[TBpup]

Also, can Melo please put in half the effort his teammates do?

Why should he? Stotts is going to play him no matter that he doesn't play defense and most of the time is very poor from an efficiency standpoint on offense.

 

[Tince]

@Scalma We need all-star Nurk in the 2nd half... I'm pulling for him!

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

Also, can Melo please put in half the effort his teammates do?

Right. He had a chance to foul Giannis under the basket to stop a dunk. Does he realize he doesn't have to worry about fouls; it won't hurt us if he fouls out.

 

[Chris Craig]

Also, can Melo please put in half the effort his teammates do?

Can't stand him in there. They are playing Giannis all dammed game and when Melo is in he doesn't play any D. Giannis gets easy buckets as is but damn.

 

[Serbian]

Nurkic on defense is better than kanter no doubt. But nurkic is terrible on offense he cant score for shit

 

[BonesJones]

Agreed... that's too easy.

Would love if at a minimum if our smaller players could at least stay in front of their bigger opponents on the perimeter so we weren't having to help so early. It's bad enough we're giving up 3-4" down low, we should at least be quicker.

No team is able to constantly keep perimeter players from driving. What separates good defenses from bad ones is they know how to help, where to help from, how to rotate to fill in the gaps on the backside, and running the right stuff in the right situation. None of those things are inherently personnel based, yet we struggle with them.

 

[Tince]

We're getting more shots in the paint, yet -18 in points in the paint. The Bucks length is a real advantage.

 

[Labinot41]

Dame want's the win. He's working his ass off. Time to take that useless bum Nurkic out and go small. Dame-CJ-Norm-Jones-Roco

 

[julius]

Whats frustrating is, it's not like the Bucks are playing awesome defense.
The Blazers are playing their usual ¡Olé! defense though.

btw, how and when did that word become code for poor defense?