Inside the NBA | “Zion Williamson owns Giannis” – Shaq reacts to Pelicans shut down Bucks 107-100

Inside the NBA | “Zion Williamson owns Giannis” – Shaq reacts to Pelicans shut down Bucks 107-100

Earl Watson chanting fry we saw the Pelicans kind of close this thing out from start to finish they dominated that second quarter in the whole second half they held the lead what stood out to you the most for the Pelicans here in the win I think down the St about sure how

They played andwae did a better job in his second half playing defense but they exerted too much energy to get back into the game hurt them at the free throw line what the pals did was say we’re going to beat you in the paint we’re

Going to beat you at the free throw line plus 17 free throws made so it was able to control the lead down the stretch I I just look again if you’re winning a game in 2024 only making eight threes you’re doing something right you got you put the clams on somebody then you’re

Looking at the turnovers Milwaukee is and defense isn’t just getting block shots you’re getting a stop are you causing turnovers uh uh New Orleans only has six right then I’m looking at the end of the game where Giannis is doing well and then they they go to they just naturally

Go to uh Dame and so where is that continuity where is that onew punch that we’re looking for and we still didn’t see that today it was Giannis was killing in that third quarter and then all of a sudden that fourth quarter it kind of died down because they had to go

Towards something else as the defense started to get tight that was that’s an impressive win by the New Orleans Pelicans yeah jannis playing some of that bully ball he got to the line 16 times just him making 10 of those free throws but no Brandon Ingram CJ McCullum

25 points and it’s interesting when he scores 20 or more points for the PS they’re 23 and three on the season Earl talk about CJ has to find his balance when they’re fully healthy sometimes I think CJ defers a little bit too much when they healthy cuz he went to make

Sure everyone is satisfied but when you play that point position sometimes you have to be a little greedy and when a player goes out CJ does what he does he comes he plays gets assist scores pull-ups catch and shoot scoring at The Rim he understands the game and second

Rotations at a high IQ he understands everything around the court yeah I think that’s one thing that’s underrated he was a a point guard mainly in Portland we talked about this but also he could he needs to turn on that two guard mentality sometimes say hey y’all must

Have forgot right I’m a bucket too but when they’re aggressive and he’s aggressive they’re a way better team when they can get good shots and just set their defense and rely on that and and make sure that they’re not getting uh bad costly turnovers or shots where

Guys are behind the defense this this is a a nasty team to have to play in in the playoffs yeah they grind it out and they get those wins let’s send you back out to New Orleans right now here from CJ McCullum himself after the win CJ congratulations on this win they took

The first one you take the one at home that almost means more with so few games left to go what was the key to tonight we were aggressiv from the start uh defensively we were aggressive we rebounded the ball we ran we pushed Tempo shared the ball and down the

Stretch we got enough stops and defensive rebounds to secure the win second half scoring seemed a little bit harder to come by was that something they were doing or just something that the Pelicans need to find a way to start faster out of the locker room I think it

Was a combination of their good defense and US missing shots and we had some great looks I missed a couple layups floaters open threes that I got to I got to make but I think collectively we did [Applause] the floor when you need to how do you

Develop that balance that Vision just a lot of years of studying film working on my craft figuring out angles uh trying to finish at three levels but also being aware of what the defense is helping at and trying to make the right plays CJ thanks for your time enjoy this win and

We will see you versus the Celtics appreciate it thank you guys all right Jen and without let’s show you how it all went down in New Orleans yanis Sant TMO in the Milwaukee Bucks taking on Zion Williamson and the pells will’ll take you to the first quarter Chris

Middleton to Yannis for the D inside yeah you probably need to pay attention to that guy when he gets close to the rim CJ McCullum gets the steel quick hands dunks it in transition Earl that’s a rare dck from CJ must have took a wine

Bath Zion’s like I can do that too hey if he would have turned that over that might have been dunk in a year mullum finds valent chunis my it in my dog banuni shangi and banuni I like it herb Jones making it impact on both ends gets

The block and on the other side corner three Earl Corner three Rim Corner three and free throw line perfect execution Z to CJ drains the three at halftime New Orleans Pelicans up 61 to 45 will take you to the third quarter Zion drives hits the n one oh my goodness and

You know he’s coming there hear the twet makes the free throw Giannis scores 20 straight Milwaukee points to cut the lead the three watch this pull up jumper CJ McCullum Trey Murphy that’s bad dra’s the three that was a big shot huge shot Zion drives M playing Bly ball hits the

Layup herb Jones finds Zion lays it in and the pels earn the win 107 to 100 Zion leading the way 28 points on nine of 15 from the field 16 free throw attempts on the night CJ McCullum with 25 on nine of 24 from the field Giannis though got hot but guys

Crazy thing he didn’t take a shot in the fourth quarter until 28 seconds left in the game and we talked about the Rhythm we talked about also how do you play him and Dame how do they balance each other out he didn’t take a shot to the end of

The fourth quarter but Dame only took 16 shots all game yeah that can’t happen has to find a balance in the offense to even if I’m a other I have to know those guys have they get shots so me might be passing up a shot to draw a kick for one

More uh I I think we I’m not worried about those two I think they’ll eventually figure that out who’s their third guy we talked about this where’s Chris Middleton tonight right three for 12 wasn’t really there 1 for seven from three when they want to chip we are

Talking about hey man Chris Middleton is the man we want to get back to that now he’s had some health issues so we may not see that as consistently as we have but this was one of the game those games in that fourth quarter where Dame and

Yanas are kind of going back and forth that’s hey let me get let me get these six minutes I could take over he is an All-Star he’s a great player I think we need to see that if we want to have more confidence in the Milwaukee Bucks yeah

It’ll be interesting to see they are second in the Eastern Conference but defensively do they have enough to get far in the postseason we shall see another fun game that happened tonight the Atlanta Hawks took you have been defeated and they’re off an enemy has been defeated your tower has been

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Inside the NBA | “Zion Williamson owns Giannis” – Shaq reacts to Pelicans shut down Bucks 107-100