Despite a dominate performance from Giannis Antetokounmpo, the Milwaukee Bucks won’t be bringing home the inaugural NBA Cup after losing to the Indiana Pacers, 128-119. What happened in the clutch to push the Pacers to victory? How much of an impact did bench play have in this Bucks loss? Plus, after a first look at the environment in Vegas — what worked and what could be better for future tournament games? Camille and Justin discuss all of this, plus more, on today’s episode.
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Do people even like this team ? When homie leaves and you the wizards again remember this time – Credit to a young pacer team who has been trash for years they came to play – I think the bucks are going to have to make a concerted effort to make games very uncomfortable for opponents which is Giannis shooting 15 free throws a game and getting people frustrated he was great tonight and should have taken 25 free throws . Stop 🛑 worrying about misses at the line / it kills other teams when a guy has you in the bonus with 8 minutes left – the defense starts with your best player and we been getting cooked since last year if fans actually watch the games WITH Jrue Holiday – hopefully Griffin will make some subtle adjustments- Gianni’s getting down hill more and less than 1 3 a game , team defense – attack the glass – this is a good team but to win 7 games over Boston or Miami your level of precision and commitment to your style of play is everything – can’t just be we hit 3s yaaaay – we will get there
Griffin is fraudulent. Period. Either we punt the season or Horst makes a move. It would take ridiculous circumstances for this team to win under Griff. He is not it. Brook/Khris/Dame/Giannis a year older is a tall order for a new coach, we have the horses now.
How did Beachamp miss those dam free throws, Brook is terrible outside of drop, Malik a cone, there were no plays really ran, Middleton, Giannis and Dame would mostly iso
and here folks you see the difference between a well coached team and a , well just a team….
You can't have on the 3rd qt Cam Payne shooting 3s and making so many turnovers in just 3 minutes and do nothing. Likewise Mrj_Bcmp missing two shots under the beasket and misssing free throws on the 3rd qrt. K.Mid came late on the 4th and we could see a better handling of the ball.
This was a 500.000usd game.
What was the mindset? Returning form -12 and then up 5 but hey then we let them run like hell and shoot from wherever they want easy shots. Malik was walking and others were watching the Pacers striding. 4th quarter and instead of looking for Giannis or Brook for safe buckets,,,,, we shot 3s …
A few months ago, J Horst had the cohones to let Jrue leave with no heads up; the man whose steal gave the chip 2 years ago… Now be brave to acknowledge your mistakes and proceed forward….
Pat and Bobby for Caruso!
These team is fools gold. Hell not even that because I'm not buying it. This team won't win a playoff series. Starting to look like Dame is so limited on defense, that he is a downgrade overall to Jrue.
You got your wish so you don't have to work the weekend…..yall tripping the city wanted to win the tournament!!!
How can the Bucks perimeter players, Dame , Middleton , Cam be so sloppy in passing and finishing at the rim? Why did they not feed Giannis in the 4th quarter?
Bouchamp needs to start
In the 4th quarter they should have fed Giannis. Beauchamp cannot finish on the rim and goes 1-4 in FT. Dame is sloppy passing and has his lay-ups blocked 4 times at least. Plus guys do not svore 3s in the 4th. Why the hell they didn’t feed Giannis?
Mark Jackson needs to be the Bucks coach
Is bad coaching the reason why the team playing bad everyone hurt and he refuse to play the young guys and they expected rip play more!!!!
The person L doesn't need to change its the coach
I kinda agree that the Bucks is one Alex Caruso away to complete their lineup. I just don't know how they can pull it off.
Griffin isn’t putting players into a position to be successful. That is why every player regressed. Marjon, Bobby and so on. Even Giannis rebounds reduced.
We can be honest. Pacers were not playing great. Dame was benched when he just starting to get hot. Kris cost us the game FOR SURE. 3-4 turnovers while ball handing on clutch when its tight, zero defence and poor shooting…..He should have been benched way before that…The man was not playing well for the whole game….
Despite Giannis what Giannis does for the Bucks, the media STILL voted for Dame to the MVP. They were so ready to give Dame the MVP trophy. No comment!
Why didn't we get Smart trade Middleton get a young guy that's got upside. I'm not sold on Marjon and those guys
Start beauchamp Beasley plays way to many minutes ball in lillard hands in 4th quarter
I will continue to say this until it changes in some form… Adrian Griffin can't coach at all. He was a poster candidate when he played in the league, same ting as a coach
Man Griff ain’t it.
i personally believe, the championship is a myth this season. Thus team will not be able to pull it off.u can't learn even at such games. Each individual in the team needs to take accountability for the loss. It can never be the guy that shows up night out.
In a long run, we gonna know who exactly owns the dame Time. Because Dame ain't taking this.
U gotta be humble, goes both sides. Next time we smoking them pacers. The season is still Long.
Bro, I like Dame and I actually wanted the Bucks to get Dame. But I don't like the fact that the NBA wanna make Dame someone that he's not bothers me. Despite what Giannis does for the Bucks, the NBA still wanted Dame to be the MVP for this tournament. Dude going 0/7 to start. Is this shocking? No, cause we have seen it. And that Haliburtion's Dame Time is Cold-blooded stuff.
A lot of the Bucks downfall is a lack of effort. I said something in the first half and then Stephen A said the same thing at halftime. They picked up the intensity in the 2nd half and the zone was working for a while. But once IND hit 3 or 4 jumpers in the middle of the zone, that's when you need to adjust the D, and that didn't happen. Not stopping transition, leaving wide open 3s to be shot. Portis calling out Griff in the locker room, Giannis calling out the team's lack of effort as well. Not sure if this team will get their act together or not. Why make it to the semifinals and then give minimal effort? You could've done that in any one of the group play games and not let the whole NBA world see you come up short in a big moment! Until this team is willing to put the work in and pay attention to the small details that it takes to win, they will disappoint and not do anything. Nobody fears the Bucks at all, and that's a big part of it too. Teams don't respect the Bucks and they come in with confidence right off the bat and Bucks don't match the intensity at all.
Bring back PJ taker…for a defense perimeter back.
AG had got to go, guy can barely put a sentence together. He doesn’t seem very intelligent.
25 seconds in and already have to post my comment.
The bench KILLED us during this game. You’d think the bottom dwellers would’ve risen up.
This game was very winnable, but unfortunately we got nothing from the bench. At all.
giannis attempts 14 assists and ends up with 2 🤦♀️
We’ll wind up with a 3 and D guard and I’m just gonna continue to see the season through without expectations 🤷♀️
Is it just me or is Bobby portis not playable in intense games? Gets lost on defense in these games and not effective on offense. Also I don’t think Griffin has control of this team at all. Giannis walks all over him and from most reports it sounds like players are making more adjustments than him
Fireeeeeeeee THIS CLOWN coach yesterday
I wanted to bench Cam Payne quicker, dude looked terrible out there in the 4th
Disappointing.
Locked on bucks suck now! They glaze the opponents and offer NOTHING BUT BORING TAKES on the bucks! This Tyrese take is egregious, get these bums off the platform!!!
Their defense is disgusting, every game they allow multiple lay up (within a few seconds) after a made basket. Their lack of intensity is alarming. We're already a quarter into the season, they better get it together or else we ain't winning shit.
Why was Brook shooting more 3pts than Dame and Khris?
Really worried we fell for the okie doke of buying a chucker on a bad team . It's been 6 years since the bucks where this bad.
We got to stop with this fire the coach nonsense in the comments every time we lose a game. Did Bucks fans think we were going undefeated this year?! We are a game behind the Celtics for first in the East. Calm the F down.
The offense needs to run through Dame during crutch time, not Middleton and Lopez, let alone Giannis 🙄🤦
Stans can blame Griff for this loss but the Bucks have a talent problem. An age problem. Injury problems. Chemistry problems. Bobby Portis thinking he has the answer problems. The Bucks are a team in decline. Time to face the music. #FearTheDeer 🦌