Lakers vs. Bucks Preview: Bogut-Less Bucks Return Home Against Kobe And Company
by Frank Madden on Jan 28, 2012 6:50 PM CST
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| 2011/2012 NBA Season | ||
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| 7-11 (4-2 home) | 11-8 (1-6 road) |
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| January 28, 2012 | ||
| Bradley Center | ||
| 7:30 PM CT |
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| Radio: 620 WTMJ TV: FSN Wisconsin |
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| Probable starters: | ||
| Brandon Jennings | PG | Derek Fisher |
| Shaun Livingston | SG | Kobe Bryant |
| Carlos Delfino | SF | Matt Barnes |
| Luc Mbah a Moute | PF | Pau Gasol |
| Drew Gooden | C | Andrew Bynum |
| (21st) 100.6 - OFFENSE - 102.3 (16th) |
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| (17th) 102.9 - DEFENSE - 100.1 (10th) |
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| (9th) 92.9 - PACE - 89.9 (23rd) | ||
On the Lakers: Silver Screen and Roll / Forum Blue & Gold
The Bucks return home to the Bradley Center for their only matchup of the season with a resurgent Kobe Bryant and the Lakers, who enter the game just 1-6 on the road.
Update: Stephen Jackson has been suspended for tonight's game for "verbal abuse of a game official and failure to leave the court in a timely manner" in Friday night's loss to the Bulls, via NBA.com.
Battle for Los Angeles. The Lakers can't be too happy about trailing their Staples Center roommates in the Pacific Division, but they aren't rolling over just yet. The Lakers held off the Clippers in Chris Paul's return on Thursday, but both teams will need to figure out how to win outside of Los Angeles if they want to mount legitimate title challenges this season. While the home teams have won 19 of 23 at Staples this season, the Clippers are just 1-4 away from home and the Lakers are just 1-6. Only the Wizards (0-8) and Pistons (1-8) have been worse away from home.
The Kobe System. With a league-leading 30.2 ppg and 31.6 pts/40 minutes, Kobe Bryant is scoring at his highest per-minute clip since 05/06, assisting at his highest rate since 04/05, and posting his highest PER since 05/06 as well. Then again, much of it is a volume thing: Bryant's usage rate is currently the highest of his career and his true shooting percentage (53.8%) is the lowest of his career.
Bryant has been lethal around the rim (72%) but getting fewer shots there than ever, instead moving his game increasingly to the perimeter with mixed results. Kobe takes a whopping 9.5 long twos per game and converts at an excellent 46%, but he's making just 27% of his threes. In short: Kobe is indeed aging, but he's at least doing it rather gracefully.
Great (Big) Lakes. While Kobe is still the Lakers' headliner, the bigger concern for the Bucks should be the Lakers' monstrous frontcourt pairing of Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum. Playing their first game since Andrew Bogut (fractured ankle) was ruled out for 8-12 weeks, the Bucks were battered on the boards in Chicago (20 offensive rebounds) and will have their hands full against the Lakers' two seven-footers.
While Pau Gasol's numbers are down modestly from his terrific 10/11 campaign, Andrew Bynum is posting career highs in mpg (34), scoring (16.1 ppg), and rebounding (12.7 rpg) under new coach Mike Brown. His efficiency is actually fairly flat--his ws/48 is strong but the lowest in five years (.169) and his PER has held steady at a very good 21.2--but Brown is finally giving Bynum the major minutes that Phil Jackson for some reason didn't give him.
Whether the Bucks have any answers for the Lakers' bigs will probably go a long way to answering whether they can win tonight's game, especially with Gasol looking improved of late. Not that Ersan Ilyasova or Jon Leuer are going to lock down Gasol either, but you do have to wonder if Scott Skiles will opt to start someone bigger than Luc Mbah a Moute at power forward.
Brandon, consistently. Brandon Jennings couldn't sustain his white-hot start (16 pts in the first) against Derrick Rose and company last night, but he still managed to crack the 20-point mark for the sixth time in as many games. His true shooting percentage also continues to hover around league-average (54%), all of which is good news for a player who had been under 50% true shooting his first two seasons and had never strung together more than three straight 20+ scoring nights. In his past six, Jennings is posting 25.8 ppg and 6.2 apg including 21/53 from three point range.
The biggest concern? Jennings is getting to the line at the lowest rate of his career (3.3 fta in 36 mpg) and has made more than one free throw in just two of the last six games, especially strange for a player who takes all of his team's technical free throws. It all works when Brandon has his long-distance shot dialed in, but to get really consistent he'll likely have to find out a way to get more cheap points from the stripe. No one wants to see him getting body-checked by big men around the rim, but figuring out how to pressure defenders into more hand-checks and bumps further from the basket would be a rather valuable skill to take his game to the next level, particularly without Andrew Bogut to rely on down low.
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Did some guessing on the rest of the season
And I’m saying that in the next 48 games, the Bucks will go somewhere between 20-28 and 24-24 depending on when Bogut gets back and any other moves in between. The low end of the spectrum would likely put them in the bottom 10-12 teams as last year, the high end might be enough for the 8th seed.
I would really like for the team not to tank, but at the same time I’d like for them to explore deadline deals to get rid of any expirings w/o long-term plans(Sova and Delfino)or players with contracts that don’t suit their production(Gooden, Jax, Beno). Don’t expect any lottery picks for any of those players but some kids would be nice or some veterans whose cost might more befit their production.
"He always plays like he's a pit bull that hasn't been fed in about a year and that you've got pork chops in your pockets and that's the basketball." Of course, he's Canadian
as of now
I don’t see any season result that enhances our future significantly.
Cup of coffee stint in the bottom of the playoffs? That’s like an Emergency Room patient staying alive, but not improving much. Better than the alternative.
A draft pick (I guess 11 to 15) in a deep draft is worth something — but the deep draft means the other bad teams are getting something too.
Doesn’t mean I think the prospects are all bad;
the world is ugly and the people are sad.
Just means that the view from right here suggests that this season is a blah…
Making the playoffs would still be a boost
Even if the team doesn’t have a realistic chance of competing for a championship in the near future, they’re still fighting for franchise viability. The organization could really use some positive attention, to try to recapture the energy in Milwaukee of the “Fear the Deer” run. With the new arena issue bearing down, they’ve gotta do some winning sometime soon. The thing that worries me the most is that they’ll continue to gun for the playoffs this season but just miss out. The only thing worse than being the 8th seed is being the 9th seed.
by Dan Sinclair on Jan 28, 2012 3:46 PM CST up reply actions
Agree with all you say — with the possible exception of the amount of boost they’ll get from making slot 8 with a losing record. Yes, it might be enough to keep the franchise on life support — but I’d hoped for better. A better than .500 record and the 6th slot — followed by a rousing winning-or-losing playoff series. Rousing.
That would make the many casual fans (non-fans) take notice and wonder if something was starting to happen.
With Bogut, I think that was possible
WIthout him, I’d be really surprised if they snuck in. I hate to admit it, but tanking this season might be their best option at this point. It’d be nice if there weren’t so many other truly awful teams below them.
by Dan Sinclair on Jan 28, 2012 3:57 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah, it definitely sucks that there's atleast 4 or 5 signifigantly worse teams than the Bucks
But I’m still baking on a top 6 pick ; )
I respectfully disagree, Dan.
All backing into the POs in a crap conference does is to continue to spin the tires of mediocrity.
I’d agree w/ you if Milw went in with a .500+ record and could actually win a game or two in a PO series – but otherwise, I say go for the ping pong balls.
Getting into the POs by default is worse than missing them alltogether IMO
I respectfully don't disagree...
An intelligent rebuild is probably the best medicine for our team’s disease. If our sick little critter can withstand the treatment. IF.
Before Bogut went down, that was my prediction
I legitimately (maybe foolishly) thought the Bucks would grab either the 7th or 8th seed with a record around .500. And while that’s not the greatest thing as far as positioning the team for future success, I’m more concerned about the near-future: namely, getting a new arena. The casual or non-fans, the ones in Milwaukee who could potentially be the ones paying for that arena, don’t understand or care about lottery picks or NBA hell. I imagine they’ll equate playoffs with good team and non-playoffs with bad team.
I completely agree that tanking this season away and getting a top-5 pick would be great for the competitive future of the team. But I can’t shake the fear that the organization wouldn’t survive a multi-year rebuilding job without taking some serious hits along the way.
Rock and a hard place, huh?
by Dan Sinclair on Jan 28, 2012 4:49 PM CST up reply actions
I agree with you
But at the same time, I think a lot of sports fans (Even the ones that don’t really care about the Bucks because of their historically poor record over the last two decades) know how hard it is to actually make some tangible progress in the NBA playoffs. I think even the most casual fan would get weary of 1st round outs, especially when they realize (if they haven’t already) that it’s almost a guarantee that it’s as far as the Bucks can go if they continue on this path.
Would ticket sales still suffer? Yeah, but at the same time there isn’t much lower the Bucks can go in terms of attendance. On one hand I like watching semi-competitive basketball, but on the other, I want to have a feeling of hope in the future.
Watching young players grow can still be entertaining, but like you said It probably won’t be so much for some fans.
by Jacob Grinyer on Jan 28, 2012 5:06 PM CST up reply actions
What's Atlanta's attendance like?
I think even the most casual fan would get weary of 1st round outs,
"He always plays like he's a pit bull that hasn't been fed in about a year and that you've got pork chops in your pockets and that's the basketball." Of course, he's Canadian
22nd in the league this year and last year, not very good
But the Hawks at least have a legitimate chance to advance each year and generally win in the neighborhood of 50 games.
by Jacob Grinyer on Jan 28, 2012 5:21 PM CST up reply actions
A serious rock and a hard place
One has to wonder how much more “fan” apathy this franchise can handle…
With a draft like this though, wouldn't a better solution simply be to suck this year and come back with a solid extra piece next season?
I mean, sans Bogut, this team will struggle to make noise in the playoffs, and the hell of NBA mediocrity is about the worst place to be in. If you’re going to be bad, be really bad. Having a shot at a top five pick is better than being first round fodder for Miami or Chicago.
To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself. -- Sun Tzu
could be worse
luckily we can’t be 9th seed in the West
by FearTheDeer on Jan 28, 2012 6:34 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
Just hope that Skiles plays Leuer more
A defense/offense balance would be nice, think Jon earned some burn with his shooting last night, be nice to see if he can score consistently given the opportunity.
"He always plays like he's a pit bull that hasn't been fed in about a year and that you've got pork chops in your pockets and that's the basketball." Of course, he's Canadian
I read this yesterday
for some reason relating to the lockout and new CBA, teams can carry 16 players on their roster this season instead of 15 like any other season. Any truth to this whatsoever?
advice, boys?
so I’m going to the game tonight. I hate the Lakers and Kobe. What attitude can I take in watching that will allow me to have a good time on a Saturday night? What can I look for, for solace, pleasure, not pain?
“marquee game” tickets cost extra — I just want not to have paid money to be miserable. If the Bucks are competitive, I’ll enjoy myself.
If Leuer has a good game, or Brandon, or some other Bucks…
If…
Thought that was the Northern Lights
"He always plays like he's a pit bull that hasn't been fed in about a year and that you've got pork chops in your pockets and that's the basketball." Of course, he's Canadian
I suspect that you over-estimate my elevation
I may well have a notable glow, but I stay close to the ground and I stay in cities, where I won’t get lost and freeze to death. So the glow blends in to all the city lights.
My game hunches are from 105 miles away — so the reception isn’t strong.
But I pick the Bucks to look OK tonight. Odds of winning may not be great. But who knows? Lakers’ poor road record suggests you may see a tightly-contested contest. Even if that doesn’t materialize, I’d say that seeing Kobe, Gasol, Bynum and the Laker “strut” should provide a fair share of entertainment.
good luck…
Hope for good individual performances
If they win, good for them (kinda)! If they lose, meh, this team is a wreck now anyway! Hopefully you get to see continued success from Brandon and maybe better nights from some of the other young’uns. A nice bounce-back game for Livingston would be a fine occurrence, and he should get plenty of opportunities with Jackson serving another suspension.
by Dan Sinclair on Jan 28, 2012 3:48 PM CST up reply actions
The Jackson suspension...
“NBA suspends Bucks Stephen Jackson one game for verbal abuse of officials in last night’s loss to Chicago.”
That doesn’t necessarily reduce the entertainment value. Unless you value Jackson’s willfulness.
Damn. Jax is really trying hard to get traded, huh?
Maybe San Antonio would take him? He has a good history there, they’re a contender, etc…
Jackson came here, I thought, thinking this might be a pretty fair place for him to play. Jennings, Bogut, et al.
Events have destroyed that theory.
It won’t surprise me if Cap’n Jack executes Plan B. Extricates himself.
I won’t disrespect him if he does.
Someone might execute hims first
Great more burn for guys that have a possible future here
"He always plays like he's a pit bull that hasn't been fed in about a year and that you've got pork chops in your pockets and that's the basketball." Of course, he's Canadian
I don't think it will be hard to move Jax
This really isn’t anything new
Jackson being Jackson
The problem with Jackson isn’t Jackson himself, it’s the fans, analysts, and commentators who feel like they need to read into everything Jackson does. Does he want out of Milwaukee? Is he trying to send a message? When did Jackson become shy people? It especially doesn’t help when he’s in a small market where fans are so extremely sensitive and always worried if they have what it takes to keep someone’s off-the-court life satisfied. Jackson wasn’t coming to Milwaukee a 33 year old changed man. He was coming as Stephen Jackson same guy who just left Charlotte. Same guy who’s been known as an NBA bad guy for years across multiple teams. Same guy who’s gotten techs, ejections, and suspensions, same guys who takes questionable shots, makes turnovers, and risky passes. Those are the same things that have made him a 0 time All-Star before coming to Milwaukee and expecting him to become a 1st time All-Star at 33 is setting your expectations far too high.
The only thing different about Jackson this year from any other year is simply, 1 year older and a lack of conditioning due to a lockout. He’s starting to look like he’s in better condition every game. That said, I doubt he’s any harder to trade today than last year or any year before that.
I don't think anyone was really expecting him to be an all star
But many were expecting him to be a reliable scorer for the team. However, as Steve pointed out with his post on Jackson a while back, expecting him to always be super efficient while doing that might be asking a bit too much.
I don’t think Jackson is really the kind of guy who pays a lot of attention to what fans and analysts say about him… And if he does, I doubt he let’s them influence him to much.
by Jacob Grinyer on Jan 28, 2012 4:42 PM CST up reply actions
when Jackson joined us
I wanted to plug him into our need for leadership and Jennings need for a compatible mentor. Guess Jackson isn’t right for that. Though he has many of the requisites.
by unklchuk on Jan 28, 2012 5:04 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
i dont mind Jax is out tonight
because i just dont like him. I try to be objective, but it doesnt really work. still dont like him
Sitting in an apartment right now, jumping in a cab to Brooklyn in about 20 min
Will probably try to get a bit of the game in the cab :)
But LP Mobile was fairly disappointing last night o 3G…
by Frank Madden on Jan 28, 2012 7:29 PM CST up reply actions
I predict that the Lakers win without the Bucks scoring.
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Maybe not.
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by Keith Firmin on Jan 28, 2012 7:46 PM CST up reply actions
Every time the Lakers get near the paint, I cover my eyes and the eyes of my cat.
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by Keith Firmin on Jan 28, 2012 7:47 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Out of interest...what's your definition of a 'real PG'?
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by Keith Firmin on Jan 28, 2012 7:51 PM CST up reply actions
He is breaking people down more often and making the correct bball play... like when he drove and found Delfino wide open in the corner after drawing the D....
old, non-pg jennings jacks up a 3 or drives and gets stuffed
Kobe Bryant is pretty decent at basketball.
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Holy sh!t, Livingston!
A samurai sword collection. If you can do it. I don’t know if you’re allowed.
by TwoShoesMcGooze on Jan 28, 2012 7:54 PM CST reply actions
Beat the Fakers!
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by the new Bradfather on Jan 28, 2012 7:54 PM CST reply actions
I actually like the Lakers
When Kareem and Jamaal Wilkes were there.
"He always plays like he's a pit bull that hasn't been fed in about a year and that you've got pork chops in your pockets and that's the basketball." Of course, he's Canadian
that was long ago
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by the new Bradfather on Jan 28, 2012 7:58 PM CST up reply actions
Livingston!
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by the new Bradfather on Jan 28, 2012 7:56 PM CST reply actions
No outside shot for Jennings so far
Hoping he doesn’t force things all night. Not when Livingston is doing stuff like THAT.
Holy sh!t, Livingston!!!!!!
A samurai sword collection. If you can do it. I don’t know if you’re allowed.
by TwoShoesMcGooze on Jan 28, 2012 7:57 PM CST reply actions
Ted Davis mocking Lakers bandwagoners on the radio!
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by the new Bradfather on Jan 28, 2012 7:58 PM CST reply actions
life without Bogut frustrates in general
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by the new Bradfather on Jan 28, 2012 8:02 PM CST up reply actions
only a 1-point game
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by the new Bradfather on Jan 28, 2012 8:03 PM CST reply actions
ILYASOVA!
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by the new Bradfather on Jan 28, 2012 8:05 PM CST reply actions
8th>9th
"He always plays like he's a pit bull that hasn't been fed in about a year and that you've got pork chops in your pockets and that's the basketball." Of course, he's Canadian
Milwaukee is the funniest team
if they hold on, they’ll have wins over the Spurs, Heat and Lakers!
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by the new Bradfather on Jan 28, 2012 8:06 PM CST up reply actions
Can they go into the 4 corners?
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I suppose so
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by the new Bradfather on Jan 28, 2012 8:07 PM CST up reply actions
Nice finish.
A samurai sword collection. If you can do it. I don’t know if you’re allowed.
by TwoShoesMcGooze on Jan 28, 2012 8:06 PM CST reply actions
Hi
Winning by 10 against the Lakers without Bogut. How u
by Jacob Grinyer on Jan 28, 2012 8:11 PM CST up reply actions
They really are the FAKERS
1-6 on the road, that’s not championship-esque
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by the new Bradfather on Jan 28, 2012 8:10 PM CST reply actions
at least 40 seconds in game time
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by the new Bradfather on Jan 28, 2012 8:12 PM CST up reply actions
Mike Dunleavy is scoring like Dale Ellis!
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by the new Bradfather on Jan 28, 2012 8:13 PM CST reply actions
The Lakers are scoring like AC Green.
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by Keith Firmin on Jan 28, 2012 8:14 PM CST up reply actions
HA HA HA!
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by the new Bradfather on Jan 28, 2012 8:15 PM CST up reply actions
Nah, that was me.
A samurai sword collection. If you can do it. I don’t know if you’re allowed.
by TwoShoesMcGooze on Jan 28, 2012 8:16 PM CST up reply actions
someone tell me why announcers still call him world peace
and not artest; i know its his new name but cmon its so weird
Dunleavy the PLINKO
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by the new Bradfather on Jan 28, 2012 8:18 PM CST reply actions
Nice slam by his Majesty!
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by the new Bradfather on Jan 28, 2012 8:20 PM CST reply actions
I muted Paschke
and I have the radio audio
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by the new Bradfather on Jan 28, 2012 8:21 PM CST up reply actions
Jennings!
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by the new Bradfather on Jan 28, 2012 8:26 PM CST reply actions
the Prince to the foul line
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by the new Bradfather on Jan 28, 2012 8:30 PM CST reply actions
Even the Uecker Seats
Probably the loudest / most enthusiastic crowd I’ve heard/seen this season.
Noticing some LA Purple too, but, a nice energy vechile for the Bucks, and they seem to be riding it.
Now, see if the can “FINISH IT”?
Who is playing well?
Mr. Livingston, I presume
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by the new Bradfather on Jan 28, 2012 8:32 PM CST reply actions
this was a quality half
run them into the ground
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by the new Bradfather on Jan 28, 2012 8:35 PM CST reply actions
I hope they show some shots of Mandy Moore
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by the new Bradfather on Jan 28, 2012 8:39 PM CST up reply actions
Gooden!
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by the new Bradfather on Jan 28, 2012 8:52 PM CST reply actions
Does something good, then gets a technical.
Giveth, taketh away.
it's true
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by the new Bradfather on Jan 28, 2012 8:55 PM CST up reply actions
Pretty jumper, pretty drive
ugly bank to himself, turnover, technical. That’s Drew for you.
by Azor on Jan 28, 2012 8:55 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Gooden does something else good...
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by the new Bradfather on Jan 28, 2012 8:57 PM CST reply actions
he screws you more than anything I concur
my favorite team, the Mavs, had him, and he ’s a bag of mixed nuts, emphasis on NUTS
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by the new Bradfather on Jan 28, 2012 8:58 PM CST up reply actions
i feel like gooden is OK
but better in smaller doses
Yeah but...
Thats only two positions in the front court…the Lakers are pretty average at SF.
Talent wise (although not performance wise) I would say the Knicks are better.
Fair enough.
When I hear frontcourt I think both forwards and centre hence my view.
But I agree Kobe always has all-star calibre/HOF PF/C’s absolutely..and struggles without em.
Gooden is making lots of plays here
for good and evil
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by the new Bradfather on Jan 28, 2012 9:00 PM CST reply actions
it should be the old logo
with the Buck holding the basketball and the whistle
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by the new Bradfather on Jan 28, 2012 9:03 PM CST up reply actions
Oh, just a lucky guess :)
I think that logo is much cooler than the current one
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by the new Bradfather on Jan 28, 2012 9:05 PM CST up reply actions
Haha I agree.
I wish the shirt I bought had the old logo bigger, it’s only a smaller version on the back. :(
On Wisconsin!
Hey guys, how's everyone feeling about the game?
Some nice moments from the second unit, hope they get a chance to push the margin again.
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On 9/15 shooting too.
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by Steve von Horn on Jan 28, 2012 9:09 PM CST up reply actions
Wait a minute.
I meant the margin…What I would like it to be, at least
by Jacob Grinyer on Jan 28, 2012 9:10 PM CST up reply actions
I couldn't wait the full minute.
I meant 21 bench points on 9-15 shooting…which is now 23 points on 10-16
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by Steve von Horn on Jan 28, 2012 9:12 PM CST up reply actions
Livingston, that was SICK!
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by the new Bradfather on Jan 28, 2012 9:04 PM CST reply actions
Kirby
A samurai sword collection. If you can do it. I don’t know if you’re allowed.
by TwoShoesMcGooze on Jan 28, 2012 9:09 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
an 11-point Bucks lead
run them out of the gym!
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by the new Bradfather on Jan 28, 2012 9:05 PM CST reply actions
Ilyasova!
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by the new Bradfather on Jan 28, 2012 9:10 PM CST reply actions
Ersan just converted a post move...
Look outside and make sure the world is still there…
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oh crap, only a 4-point lead
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by the new Bradfather on Jan 28, 2012 9:11 PM CST reply actions
Not if Drew Gooden puts the team on his back, do'.
A samurai sword collection. If you can do it. I don’t know if you’re allowed.
by TwoShoesMcGooze on Jan 28, 2012 9:14 PM CST up reply actions
i heard boo's when Gooden was shooting his FT's...why?
fans don’t like him or are there faker fans there
*tugs collar
A samurai sword collection. If you can do it. I don’t know if you’re allowed.
by TwoShoesMcGooze on Jan 28, 2012 9:15 PM CST up reply actions
THAS RAYCESS
http://twitter.com/WhalesLarry ...but only if you want to see someone still trying to figure Twitter out.
by Mitchell Maurer on Jan 29, 2012 12:54 AM CST up reply actions
Wow.
Cool assists by Beno
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Lol c'mon, man.
coooooool
A samurai sword collection. If you can do it. I don’t know if you’re allowed.
by TwoShoesMcGooze on Jan 28, 2012 9:15 PM CST up reply actions
Beno seems like he'd use something standard such as "cool."
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by Steve von Horn on Jan 28, 2012 9:16 PM CST up reply actions
In a standard Slovenian accent
Whatever that sounds like
by Jacob Grinyer on Jan 28, 2012 9:17 PM CST up reply actions
It gets muffled a bit by the required cigarette of course
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by Steve von Horn on Jan 28, 2012 9:17 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Ilyasova beats the buzzer!
now Ted Davis thinks he’s Luciano Pavarotti, you’re great Ted, but please don’t sing again, my eardrums :(
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by the new Bradfather on Jan 28, 2012 9:14 PM CST reply actions
that is funny!
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by the new Bradfather on Jan 28, 2012 9:16 PM CST up reply actions
What if he said: "Baby seal meat is sweet!"
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by Steve von Horn on Jan 28, 2012 9:17 PM CST up reply actions
uh, Clyde Drexler would laugh?
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by the new Bradfather on Jan 28, 2012 9:18 PM CST up reply actions
Just testing the limits of the goodwill towards McGlocklin and sweet
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by Steve von Horn on Jan 28, 2012 9:18 PM CST up reply actions
that's cool
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by the new Bradfather on Jan 28, 2012 9:19 PM CST up reply actions
Charles Barkley is interested in what you have to offer.
http://twitter.com/WhalesLarry ...but only if you want to see someone still trying to figure Twitter out.
by Mitchell Maurer on Jan 29, 2012 12:55 AM CST up reply actions
Pau was always llama dung
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by the new Bradfather on Jan 28, 2012 9:19 PM CST up reply actions
I keep looking at the rebounding numbers for the Bucks and thinking the box score refresh feature is broken or something.
Life without Bogut is weird
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Yeah that probably wasn't cool
Just so surprised to come across a situation where I could actually write it.
the Bucks are the most resourceful
team or the most disheveled team, it all depends on your perspective. Tonight, they are the former
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by the new Bradfather on Jan 28, 2012 9:23 PM CST reply actions
George Mikan is still the best laker ever
by senelcoolidge on Jan 28, 2012 9:30 PM CST up reply actions
We're not?
/not rich enough to be white
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by Mitchell Maurer on Jan 29, 2012 12:55 AM CST up reply actions
finish strong
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by the new Bradfather on Jan 28, 2012 9:30 PM CST reply actions
Your Majesty!
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by the new Bradfather on Jan 28, 2012 9:34 PM CST reply actions
Good (or Bad)en, he's getting the job done
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by the new Bradfather on Jan 28, 2012 9:35 PM CST reply actions
-10.6
Which is, unfortunately, not too unusual for him throughout his career…
by Jacob Grinyer on Jan 28, 2012 9:40 PM CST up reply actions
I can't get over that if the playoffs started today the Lakers would be an 8th seed.
They’ll likely get better, but still.
Dunleavy!
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by the new Bradfather on Jan 28, 2012 9:40 PM CST reply actions
Dunleavy just broke their neck!
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by the new Bradfather on Jan 28, 2012 9:42 PM CST reply actions
i think the lakers would be out of the playoffs if it started today..they are out of the 8th spot.
Bucks have the 8th spot in the East.
nice win Bucks, thanks for having me guys!
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by the new Bradfather on Jan 28, 2012 9:48 PM CST reply actions
arent we 2-0 in games where Jax is suspended?
maybe he should be oversleeping and / or sassy with officials more often
Hard-edged win Bucks!
Mbah a Moute defends Kobe and Pau…he cannot be traded ever…how many players in the league can legitimately claim to be handle to defend both?
Gooden..almost seems to be relishing the responsiblity of being the only centre on the team…more goodenisms than badenisms…great to watch when his jumper is falling.
All the bigs worked really hard down low against much bigger guys and managed to do it successfully without a lot of fouls.
Not such a feature towards the end, but Livingstone seems to be really feeling it a bit as a Buck now…that drive early on down the middle and the two hander was vicious.
Sanders gets decent minutes against the Lakers and didn;t cost us.
Truly – amazing win. Even better as Silver Screen and Roll basically wrote this up as a game the Lakers wouldn’t lose…
Mbah a Moute defends Kobe and Pau…
Fun to watch Moute on Kobe. Without Moute, I think we may have seen a Kobe comback. Delfino also had some moments on Kobe.
Gooden…. more goodenisms than badenisms…great to watch when his jumper is falling.
Can’t recall a player whose help and hurt ran such a range. I got nervous when he got active offensively. But he shot a good percentage, avoided most of the poor shots he likes, and the team seemed to want his offense.
All the bigs worked really hard down low against much bigger guys and managed to do it successfully without a lot of fouls.
We were either very good at trying to bother the ball. Or the refs let us play rather physically.
Livingstone seems to be really feeling it a bit as a Buck now…
Has outplayed Jackson, given the team more. I like watching him. Though it seems he makes a much higher percentage when he lets the game come to him rather than when he tries to assert.
Sanders gets decent minutes against the Lakers and didn;t cost us.
His active hands seemed to fluster Gasol. I’d like to see him get 10-12 minutes a game average — see if he can build on that. But he still makes questionable or random decisions.
Truly – amazing win. Even better as Silver Screen and Roll basically wrote this up as a game the Lakers wouldn’t lose…
SB writer Actuarially Sound wrote a Laker preview with a headline like “Lakers have Nothing to Fear from the Deer” explaining multiple reasons why the Bucks are no challenge.
But, yah, it was fun. We competed hard enough and long enough that the current Lakers group wasn’t up to their task.
I’d say Jane G got her money’s worth and more tonight.
I got to watch the 2nd half tonight, great win down two players.
Gooden really had a good game, considering how much size he gives up to both Gasol and Bynum. One advantage the Bucks have offensively when he plays instead of Bogut is that he seeks out contact and hits his free throws, helping the team’s offensive efficiency.
I just hope he doesn’t wear down playing center before the year is out.
Very underrated aspect of his game
Probably because his methods of drawing fouls often look so goofy, but if it works, who cares!
by Dan Sinclair on Jan 28, 2012 10:07 PM CST up reply actions
NBA.com has 4 highlights
All Bucks I can’t believe it. Screw the tanking I want this team to go hard.
"He always plays like he's a pit bull that hasn't been fed in about a year and that you've got pork chops in your pockets and that's the basketball." Of course, he's Canadian
You say that now...
But what if they lose to Detroit? HUH?!
by Jacob Grinyer on Jan 28, 2012 10:10 PM CST up reply actions
Yes I will
No tanking
"He always plays like he's a pit bull that hasn't been fed in about a year and that you've got pork chops in your pockets and that's the basketball." Of course, he's Canadian
by CanadaBucks on Jan 28, 2012 10:11 PM CST up reply actions
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