He’d look pretty good in a Milwaukee jersey, now that you mention it. Hart posted 11 points, 8 assists, and 15(!) rebounds, making him one of the few guards that seems like he crashes the glass better than the famous Bucks’ backcourt rebounders (Pat and Donte). Josh Hart, on the other hand, that dude was everywhere.Although single-game plus-minus is a useless stat (analytics nerds forgive me.) the fact that Ingram was a -2 on the game when the other four NOLA starters were double-digit positives, I feel like that has to mean something. For a guy who gets All Star buzz, wouldn’t that be an invitation to a feast? Again, he’s good.but. Against an undersized opponent, Ingram put together 22 points on 16 shots along with 5 boards, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Speaking of Brandon Ingram.I get that he’s good, but he’s not that good.Either he would get way too many or way too few there is no in-between. That itself isn’t notable.I just really wish it were Zion Williamson, talking about fruit for 24 seconds. Tonight’s category was “fruit” and the player.was Brandon Ingram. Early in the fourth quarter, Pelicans in-game MCs ran one of those “beat the player” guessing games where the fan had to name more of a certain thing than the pre-recorded player.Pat Connaughton hit his first three-pointer of the night.in overtime.Imagine how he’ll look alongside Giannis and Khris (and Brook, and Bobby, and Donte.) Bonus Bucks Bits Still, this game would have been an embarrassing blowout against New Orleans if it weren’t for Holiday doing his thing. He was not perfect Jrue needed 36 shots to compile his 40 points, and he dribbled an awful lot on the crucial possessions that could have resulted in Milwaukee taking home the victory.
NUYHdYRJ0y- Milwaukee Bucks December 18, 2021 The bucket by Jrue that extends this game. Given his style of play and his placement in the hierarchy alongside Giannis and Khris Middleton, it’s easy to forget how damn good this dude is. But testing someone like Jordan Nwora (14 points and 13 rebounds in 42 minutes) when you have a tough decision on the horizon has some utility, both in terms of knowing what to work on.and what simply won’t work. Jrue Holiday, Grayson Allen, Pat Connaughton, we expect these guys to show up big when it counts. I know, I know, symbolic victories are meaningless and that goes double for the defending champs, but the extended stretches of time where Milwaukee was obviously over-matched and they still were able to force overtime is encouraging when you review which players were tasked with making it happen. The spotlight on the frontcourt burned even brighter when the opposing center, Jonas Valanciunas, manages 20 points on 15 shots, a vintage Boogie-type performance from years gone by.įrom a certain perspective, this was a great game for the Bucks to play. The stat line is.fine, for his role, but his role cannot be “starting center.” When you’re the only viable NBA big on the active roster, the mistakes stand out when they take you off the floor and put a two-way player on it Sandro Mamukelashvili had 6 points, 4 rebounds, and 2 blocks in 18 minutes, and looked just as outmatched as you’d imagine. Without any of their standard rostered bigs, the Bucks started Boogie at center, and he contributed 9 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, and 3 fouls in 16 minutes. If you needed rationale for why DeMarcus Cousins was available on a non-guaranteed deal.tonight is part of why. So the lesson to take away from this game is this: if you play super-small, play super-aggressive, and you might be able to beat a bad team while missing most of your best players.
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To their credit, Milwaukee fought to take this one, forcing seven more turnovers than they gave up (20 to 13) despite getting hammered on the boards (57 to 44, minus-13) and fouling like crazy (the Pelicans took twenty more free throws than the Bucks, 30 attempts to 10) to try and gri(f)t their way into a win. Outside of Cousins and Mamukelashvili, Milwaukee played an awful lot of time where either Jordan Nwora or Rodney Hood (all 6’8” of them) was the largest player on the court for the Bucks. Miniscule, really, to match the size the Bucks played most of the game with. Lot of tired legs out there right now.- Eric Nehm December 18, 2021 Last thing the shorthanded Bucks needed tonight was probably overtime.
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