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Q12543 wrote:Rush just killed us early in the 1st! Yuck.

Rush had that nice attack and pass to Towns and later in the game hit a 2 point jumper...but man usually nothing good happens when he gets inside the 3 point line. I'll say that even though he missed some easy shots he looked better inside the 3 point line than he usually does.

Lots of guys didn't make the plays they needed to make like hitting shots when they had opportunities.

Belly
Rush
Bazz (he took a couple bad shots)
Wiggins

Offense ended up being the problem. The Bucks deserve credit for that.

The defense wasn't as sharp in this game. They still got stops. Effort on both ends was not the problem.

The bottom line is it would have been great to keep things rolling but they lost to a team playing well and lost at home. I think this team can keep playing well and win a nice chunk of games to finish out the season.

Also hell of a game by Rubio. Also Dunn has been showing some positive signs lately.

I thought some of our players made some really nice individual plays, and there were some two-man plays there that were working out, but it felt like we were running a series of 2 man offenses, rather than a 5 man offense, if that makes sense. I liked our hustle and thought we made some good plays. It sucks to loose, but you could still see the team that won some big games recently. We can still play good ball. I'd like to see the ball move a bit more on offense.

SameOldNudityDrew wrote:I thought some of our players made some really nice individual plays, and there were some two-man plays there that were working out, but it felt like we were running a series of 2 man offenses, rather than a 5 man offense, if that makes sense. I liked our hustle and thought we made some good plays. It sucks to loose, but you could still see the team that won some big games recently. We can still play good ball. I'd like to see the ball move a bit more on offense.

I agree Drew on the series of 2 man offenses. I noticed it too. You have to run some 2-man offense, but you shouldn't limit yourself to it, especially when your player best at running it is left out. Wig sat in the corner and watched Ricky and Kat play for most of the 4th quarter, and it was by design by Thibs. I thought it was poor strategy for most of the quarter, even though Ricky was scoring well. You knew that was going to end sooner or later.

CoolBreeze44 wrote:

SameOldNudityDrew wrote:I thought some of our players made some really nice individual plays, and there were some two-man plays there that were working out, but it felt like we were running a series of 2 man offenses, rather than a 5 man offense, if that makes sense. I liked our hustle and thought we made some good plays. It sucks to loose, but you could still see the team that won some big games recently. We can still play good ball. I'd like to see the ball move a bit more on offense.

I agree Drew on the series of 2 man offenses. I noticed it too. You have to run some 2-man offense, but you shouldn't limit yourself to it, especially when your player best at running it is left out. Wig sat in the corner and watched Ricky and Kat play for most of the 4th quarter, and it was by design by Thibs. I thought it was poor strategy for most of the quarter, even though Ricky was scoring well. You knew that was going to end sooner or later.

I felt there was something different and you guys pointed it out. I think some of the credit should go to the Bucks as well they seemed to be forcing the Wolves out of what they like to do a lot of the game.

This was the first full game so have seen of the Bucks and overall it's a bit impressive what they have done this year. GA has taken a massive step forward Parker was rolling before getting hurt. They were struggling at a few points but they have found themselves enough this year even without a good player basically the whole year. Their offseason was pretty good. The moves to add Snell and Beasley paid off better than anyone could have expected. Adding Delly made sense. They overpaid Plumblee (made sense to keep him because they didn't really have a big strong center but not for that money) but rectified it by being able to dump him to a team that needed him more. They added Brogdon in the draft who has been terrific and Thon Maker certainly has some promise. Like Tyus, Rashad is still just 20. They should continue to be a fun franchise to follow.