Giannis is dominant, but he's had absolutely zero help from his supporting cast today. They need Khris, Brook, DDV, somebody to step up and help him out here in the 4th.
How did we play like complete garbage? We shot fairly average and lost the turnover margin by 2. I just thought the Magic had a better half. It's not like we shot 25% and went 1 for 14 from 3.
Leads can certainly fluctuate and be erased quickly in today's game but I certainly would not call any lead under 30 meaningless. Maybe under 10. I don't have the data in front of me but I would guess that the odds of winning an NBA game while trailing by 25 at any point in the game are historically extremely low.
I also am not sure that a loss would be "good" for the Bucks. Maybe back when they were blowing everyone out by 20 but they have really not captured momentum again since they returned to action. I think playing some good basketball again and getting back into a dominant rhythm would be good for them. I don't see how losing a game to an 8 seed would be helpful right now. I think they know they need to play better, no wakeup call needed.
They're up 18 and you can't see them winning this game? Of course the Bucks could come back and win but they absolutely could lose this game. But yes the Bucks have recovered from bigger deficits, 18 is not huge in today's game. I think last time I looked, Gamecast had Orlando at 86% to win...whatever that is worth.
Yep. Amazing how many people here hated this trade when it happened. I cringe more at people bowing to HighHeat19 like he really knew any more than the rest of us.
Has Braun ever led off before in his entire career? I would think yes when you date his career all the way back to the Yost era, but I cannot think of one instance.
Would like to see Urias take over full-time at SS. Smoak at 1B and Gyorko at 3B, and Braun/Yelich/Garcia in the OF. I think that's about the best offense we can throw out there.
Burnes I think has a good shot at being a high end starter. Peralta seems like a multi inning reliever to me. Probably our best shot at maximizing the talent of these guys is finding a way to use all these guys for 3 to 4 innings at a pop and not necessarily having to pigeonhole them into specific starter or reliever roles.