No Dame, No problem! – ESPN reacts to Giannis scoring 36 points as Bucks take down Hawks, 122-113
P Bucks win 122 113 welcome inside our Valley Sports Wisconsin Studios everybody stepen Watson Steve Novak and partner good to see the Bucks get back into Rhythm especially with Dame Lillard being out of this game it isn’t I just like the energy that they played with
And like you said when there’s no Dame Lillard out there you’re a little concerned what is the game going to look like he’s such a big piece to everything that this team does but obviously haven’t P Bev step up and play the game that he did it was great to see Chris
Middleton starting out the great game on fire was a great sign and obviously just seeing Giannis out there having one of those games where you just saw how dominant he was how in Rhythm he could be and getting a road win which I think has just been one of those things that’s
Been tough for this team for whatever reason it was very good to see and obviously after losing to New Orleans and the tough loss in against versus the Lakers at home you wanted to see this team bounce back play with a little bit of energy a little bit of Rhythm and I
Think you saw that tonight and we’ve seen Giannis continue to will this team offensively he had 20 consecutive points the other night against New Orleans in the third quarter well the third quarter tonight Steve 16 points of his 36 and it just seems to be that time when he gets
Very comfortable he’s very much in his own he understands he’s gotten a lot of other guys going at that point and he gets to be on the attack it’s the second half he’s a closer he can do it in the third and the fourth but downhill like
This just easy dunks and it seemed like he had about 10 or 15 dunks tonight but he was all over the rim his teammates did a fantastic job I thought of getting him the ball in the right spots but just some great energy and extra ex ra effort
Plays to get those steals when you see that fade away start to fall and you see the defense uhoh watch yourself now you don’t want to get stuck under the rim like that but Bobby por is playing some defense finding the MVP and getting the ball in the right spots and just another
Monster statline for him an impressive game and one that was very much needed obviously as you mentioned with no Dame lert out there you know some guys are going to have to assert themselves I think we saw that with Pat Bev in the lineup a little bit he played a good
Game Chris Middleton made shots but Giannis I would say even more than that he was the guy that just kind of took some of that scoring burden on and the responsibility to make sure that they found a way to win this game and he did
A great job for the MVP voters out there his 34th game with 30 and 10 that’s 11 more than the next guy behind him 11th game with 30 and 15 that is the most in the NBA as well Pat Beverly 18 points the most he scored as a member of the
Milwaukee Bucks he’s standing by with Melanie Ricks standing here with Patrick Beverly Pat Bev congratulations on the win tonight how crucial was this one for you and your teammates I mean I you know we got like nine games left obviously uh every game is preparation to get ready
For the playoffs we came out here with that mindset we’re fortunate to get a win you stepped up in a major way tonight for Damen Lillard who was out of the game uh Ste D if you watching little gang you stepped up big on offense and
Defense for your guys what were your was your mentality personally coming into this match up I just wanted to be aggressive obviously coming in obviously you know you can’t replace a Damen Lillard but you know I’ve been doing pretty well this year starting you know
Uh so I just want to come out out here get started defensively kind of bring that intensity and let it go out throughout the game we were successful with that thanks PB thank you subscribe to the mother freaking pot he needs to remind Doc Rivers to subscribe to that podcast uh great night
From Pat Bev our habish habish en rer numbers that work 18 points for him getting this spot start for Dame Lillard the first time the Bucks have won a game when Dame Lillard missed they’re now one and five this season what did you make of the way that Pat Steep and Rose to
The occasion tonight yeah it was just really good to see because when there’s no Dame Lillard in the lineup you just realize it’s going to be a little bit different look and it’s beautiful to see that Pat Bev was able to as you just heard right there very confident with
Himself just has a torn ligament in it he’s going to play through it he’s going to put a little dirt on it spit on it and said he’s got to do whatever he’s got to do to be out there to play and try to win a championship I think
Tonight you saw it was a sign of this is what it’s going to look like he’s going to play through it he’s going to do what he needs to do for this team obviously when you’re in that starting lineup it’s going to give you a little more juice a
Little more confident to go out there and to be yourself and I thought very much he was but knocking the floaters down making some three-point shots it was just good to see he was able to be very complimentary in his role yeah and you know the offensive numbers clearly
Stand out for Beverly but partnered with Malik Beasley with Dame not being in this game they did a great job perimeter defense stopping a guy like dejonte Murray who mind you Steve is coming off of a career-high 44 points and the shot chart from the other night in Boston is
Worth showing you once again 44 field goal attempt atts that is the most by a player in the last 20 years outside of Russell Westbrook and Kobe Bryant goes to show and when you’re talking about Kobe Bryant and Russell Westbrook it puts into perspective what we’re talking
About now look at tonight’s shot shart just not as many X’s and O’s overall just 19 field goal attempts not even half as many as you took against Boston obviously you got to give the Bucks a lot of credit for why that happened because they won that game against when
He shot 44 times they lost the game of night when he took just 19 and it was a group effort you got Pat Bev with a good contest making sure he’s never comfortable making sure that nothing he did went unnoticed he’s got all the guys attention Pat conon doing a good job
Contesting and more than anything knowing what he wants and so Chris Middleton with a great hand right there making sure even on his passes they’re overreacting making sure everybody’s in the passing Lanes when he’s trying to make plays that is the job and the response I that you’ve got to see and
That a team has got to do especially come playoff time there are going to be stars that you match up with you’ve got to take those guys away you’ve got to make someone else beat you I think you saw that very much tonight because when you’re the Atlanta Hawks and you’ve got
Deonte Murray who has led them to two wins in the last four games against the Boston Celtics he obviously can win the game for them and I think the Bucs decided he’s not going to be that guy and so credit to the Bucs for finding a way you just saw right there Chris
Middleton Pat conon Beasley all these different guys doing the defensive job on him and taking him out yeah a lot of energy on the defensive end is those little things we talked about in Bucks live pregame also have to note the free throw discrepancy for Milwaukee last two
Games they made 21 free throws combined tonight they made 28 yeah it really it really is good to be able to go to the box score and to go make adjustments and understand look I didn’t realize it maybe happened in the game a team was shooting and making a lot more free
Throws you can’t necessarily decide we’re going to go make all your free throws but you can do a better job of not fouling and of being conscious of trying to draw contact and get to the free throw line as good of a free throw shooting team as Milwaukee is so to see
That disparity kind of flip tonight it made a big difference yeah 80% as a team tonight from the free throw line for and Steve Novak here with you on bucks live we talked about Giannis we talked about Bev we talked about the defense but how about Chris Middleton coming off with 21
Points he was averaging just 10 points per game over his last three before tonight Steve yeah really the way he started this game was the most impressive part to me I thought him coming out having 12 points in the first quarter two rebounds three assist he just immediately made his presence very
Felt and the fact that at the end of the game you look and he goes three for three from three two of those came right away in that first quarter it was just great to see that he’s knocking those shots down you realize in a game with no
Dame he is the clear number two he’s going to need to assert himself and score that thing and it seemed like he came out understanding very much that was his role and like we saw Giannis in the second half in the third quarter come out in attack I think you saw
Yannis understand Chris has got to get going he’s got to be scoring that s so tonight 21 points the previous three games obviously not scoring the ball as much and so it’s just great to see him in Rhythm he plays very well in Atlanta for whatever reason he continues that
Streak of just finding that rhythm of making shots there and so really good to get a road wi you knew if they were going to Chris was going to have to play well yeah Menard’s big money moment the efficiency really stands out Steve 9 for 10 from the floor 90% shooting from the
Floor is the best percentage Middleton has shot since November 20th of 2013 and it’s very telling it’s just telling of the point in the season that we’re currently at Chris is locked in he realizes he’s got to really get in Rhythm the playoffs are coming the
Minutes have got to ramp up he’s got to make big shots because we all know when the Bucs are at their best Chris Middleton is that guy knocking down shots late in games he’s that guy on the perimeter when they’re double teaming Yiannis we’ve seen it before especially
In a very important Atlanta series a few years ago and so Chris Middleton making those shots ramping up those minutes looking healthy and playing his role it’s a big deal something about that building State Farm Marine for Chris Middleton we’ll see if he’s back there in the postseason still to come here on
Bucks live we’re going to hear from head coach Doc Rivers following this much needed well both things I thought you know I was really happy the way we played overall because they came out and did what they do make threes and uh we called the timeout uh you know didn’t
Make any adjustment just let’s play right play better thought we did that um and then the ball movement you know ball movement was fantastic all day I thought overall almost on every play you know if they doubled us Brook Brook Dove Brook lived in the paint tonight uh which I thought was
Great there were a couple floaters there that yeah big basket you know uh proud of Malik uh struggled shooting the ball uh drove one made a shot you know saw the ball go in uh and then he makes a three you know so uh both of those guys
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No Dame, No problem! – ESPN reacts to Giannis scoring 36 points as Bucks take down Hawks, 122-113
