Game Thread 8: Mavs/Bucks
by Frank Madden on Nov 16, 2009 1:43 PM CST
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PrintDallas Mavericks at Milwaukee Bucks, Nov 16, 2009 7:00 PM CST
| 2009/2010 NBA Season | ||
|---|---|---|
| @ |  |
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| 7-3 (4-2 road) | 5-2 (4-0 home) |
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| November 16th, 2009 | ||
| Bradley Center |
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| 7:00 PM | ||
| Radio: 620 WTMJ TV: NBA TV | ||
| Probable starters: | ||
| Jason Kidd |
PG | Brandon Jennings |
| Rodrigue Beaubois |
SG | Charlie Bell |
| Shawn Marion |
SF | Carlos Delfino |
| Dirk Nowitzki |
PF | Hakim Warrick |
| Drew Gooden |
C | Andrew Bogut |
| (15th) 106.6 - OFFENSE - 103.1 (22nd) |
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| (4th) 99.1 - DEFENSE - 97.7 (1st) |
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| (14th) 92.6 - PACE - 95.5 (6th) |
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News/notes after the jump...
- Encore. It's pretty much impossible for Brandon Jennings to top his performance from Saturday, but the Bucks will probably need another big night from him to top Jason Kidd and the rock-solid Mavs. Fortunately, Dallas played a close game last night in Detroit, winning 95-90, so the Bucks will once again be better rested than their opponents. While most of the hype will be on Kidd vs. Jennings, watch for BJ3 to be matched up against fellow rookie Rodrigue Beaubois. The speedy Frenchman has been exceptional in limited minutes thus far, including a 14-point, 6/6 shooting night yesterday. The two previously faced off in the Bucks' Vegas opener.
Golden State and Denver were also on the second night of back-to-backs, which is a nice contrast to a year ago when the Bucks had a brutal early schedule featuring eight back-to-backs by the end of November. This year the Bucks have only three, with nine of their first 16 games at home as well. Moreover, the four-game road trip they start on Saturday features games against Memphis, New Orleans (sans Chris Paul) and Oklahoma City. And while the Spurs are the toughest opponent on the trip, the Bucks managed to sweep them a year ago. In other words, the winning is great, but if the Bucks are going to make the playoffs they kind of have to fatten up on this part of their schedule. - Rebounds. The Bucks have been pounding teams on the glass of late, ranking 1st and 3rd in defensive and offensive rebound rates. But Dallas enters the game not too far behind--6th and 7th in terms of offensive and defensive rebound rates, respectively. However, the Mavs will be without their best rebounder tonight, as Erick Dampier stayed overnight in a Detroit hospital yesterday after complaining of dizziness shortly before tipoff.
Drew Gooden started in his place and could be used to draw Andrew Bogut towards the perimeter, but overall he's undersized for the pivot and should have trouble preventing Bogut from shooting over him. While Jennings has been getting all the hype, Bogut has been just as crucial to the Bucks' early success, averaging 19.4 ppg, 10.4 rpg and 2.0 bpg on 62% shooting this month. - Delfino. It had been a bit of a mystery why Carlos Delfino didn't play on Saturday, but the JS finally reported today that it was due to a stomach ailment. No word on whether he'll play tonight, though Bucks.com lists Luc Mbah a Moute as the starting SF. We'll go with that for now, but don't be surprised if Delfino is back in the lineup.
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Too bad it's not on TV
It would be nice if everyone who heard about the big game by Jennings could watch him play.
Sign Corky Miller
it is. it's on nbatv...
and i was just about to ask if there was a stream online i could watch it from? if this is illegal on this site than please ignore.
battlekow: Bill is having an oppo-gasm
NBA TV is annoying because yes, it’s technically national TV, yet so many people don’t even have the option of having it on their cable system. And LP Broadband blacks those games out. Lame.
by Frank Madden on Nov 16, 2009 6:54 PM CST up reply actions
Ah, I stand corrected
Still, it’s too bad it’s not on the normal channel. I’m as ignorant as they come, I guess, because I didn’t realize I even got that channel.
Sign Corky Miller
TheJay may be ignorant on tv channels but baseball knowledge, hardly
battlekow: Bill is having an oppo-gasm
stream
thanks in advance for whatever info y’all can provide. hoping to watch the game, as i’m sure lots of others are…
now he's out too
it worked for jennings last game, let’s see how bogut responds
battlekow: Bill is having an oppo-gasm
Meeks with some handles
It’s funny, Meeks’ shooting has been perhaps the least impressive thing about him thus far. I’d say that’s a good sign.
Down 5 after one despite allowing 65% shooting…I guess I’ll take that?
Random thought after a disappointing end to the half
No FSN means no Oscar Robertson/Jason Kidd story from Jim & Jon.
Sign Corky Miller
9-0 run in the last minute
Brutal way to end the half.
Looks like the GS game has given the Bucks the mistaken impression they can just run/gun their way to victories. Mavs were getting great looks off penetration. Somehow the Mavs’ fg% went up from 65 to 68%…yeah, I bet Skiles is going to like that.
Maybe it wasn’t because it was Jennings first summer league game, maybe it was and is because of Rodrigue Beaubois. Chaulk up another very good PG in this last draft.
OT.
I was watching the ATL game. Did Dirk hit all 9 of 20 shots on Mbah Moute? I’m thinking no.
33 Wins. Yeah, I said it.
Jennings needs to give up on that step-back jumper at the end of games.
He gets blocked every time. Tough loss.
Tough tough loss...
I watched on a crappy feed and was so psyched when it looked like Dirk missed that last shot. Alas, it wasn’t so…
Anyway, Jennings looks solid and when Redd comes back you guys are gonna be a force no doubt!
"When a hyper-intense guy looks for ways to fire himself up, yeah, it pretty much comes out as wild eyed psycho lunacy." - Jeff Clark from C's blog on KG
by Khalid El-Amin on Nov 16, 2009 11:30 PM CST reply actions
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