Postgame Recap: Milwaukee Bucks’ Frustrations Hit Boiling Point After Wizards Setback
Milwaukee Bucks suffer another deflating loss as the Washington Wizards notch their second win of the season against them. Is this team truly a playoff contender, or are they stuck in a cycle of missed opportunities and lackluster defense?
Justin Garcia and Camille Davis break down the Bucks’ struggles with late-game execution, defensive lapses, and costly turnovers from stars like Giannis. The hosts highlight Doc Rivers’ growing frustration, question the team’s energy and focus, and examine failed adjustments against Wizards standouts like Bub Carrington and CJ McCollum. Key topics include the Bucks’ lack of urgency, their inconsistent rebounding, and what ongoing losing streaks reveal about their ceiling in the Eastern Conference. Can Milwaukee find answers before facing the Charlotte Hornets and a tough Western Conference road trip?
04:33 Missed Opportunities and Ugly Wins
08:02 Bucks’ Defensive and Rebounding Issues
10:41 Friday NBA Insights & Action
14:34 Bucks Struggle with Turnovers
17:52 Middleton’s Foul Raises Questions
22:08 Missed Three and Key Rebound
25:00 Alex Sarr’s Clutch Block Decides Game
26:09 Doc Rivers’ Postgame Frustration
29:40 Team Must Start Winning Now
32:50 Bucks’ Struggles and Accountability
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23 Comments
yeah idc how anyone plays and how many more tough wins we get moves need to be made this roster is going nowhere
The team may not be talent wise as strong as we thought but in no way that team with a healthy Giannis lacks the talent to make a 3 win streak and struggles against WAS. The coaching is subpar and that reflects in the team's performance.
Beyond stupid playing no defense green big minutes and at the end of the game. Most of the time he was running to his x on offense with his thumb in his mouth. If Quack can't realize Green is a cancer on both sides of the ball, he's tanking the season.
For this team, there is no such thing as a winnable game with Doc as coach!
Sorry Quack Rivers – Giannis should not be taking a fade away as a potential game winner or setup that far from the basket. It just shows how bad Quack Rivers is as coach- there was one play -Turner and Green having a man crush on same corner X, while Giannis was on the other corner X, and KPJ expected to do something triple teamed with nowhere to pass. I know green has no basketball smarts, someone that limited should not be playing in clutch moments when he is a lost puppy.
Bud Carrington was pulling up from 30 feet like he was steph curry 😅 he mad like 7 3s he never did that b4 in his life everybody jus have they best games against us for some reason
Giannis back to being ball hog selfish player, 6 turnovers and 3 assists, Quack Rivers needs to get in his face and tell him team ball not stats, you're not catching James
Kuzma not allowed to shoot is crazy. Sometimes Doc gotta let Kuz be Kuz
34:30 Justin if the pelicans had the #1 we still get #2
Come on man
Does anyone know why Doc Rivers is still the coach?
Happy New Year to all! The new year resolution for the Bucks should be to hire a good coach. It is obvious to everyone that Doc cannot coach during a game or prepare the team in advance. He basically admits it himself in the post game interviews. Bucks need to fire him or give him another role in the organisation before it is too late.
Camille, you can't play defense with someone like Green on the floor, like I said Quack has him playing zone as the rim protector, dude cant jump, slow and can't even play the lanes.
No defence no wins. On the other hand the wizards stopped Giannis at the rim 3 or 4 time's
Middleton for Kuzma and Green, old washed better than the cancer twins
34:15 💯
I knew.
In the back of my mind, the buck's were gonna have trouble with the wizards again. And when I looked at the halftime score, I knew it would go down to the wire. I love giannis. He's the greatest buck of all time. But over the years, his basketball IQ in crunch time situations is suspect. Why do you grab a rebound with about 10 seconds left with a one point lead and try to score a difficult layup you didn't even gather yourself. You should have backed out of there. Got the ball to a guard and let the wizard foul, someone or yourself low basketball. IQ will kill you every time. Doc has got to go zone. Defenses are for old decrepit teams. They make your team lazy in my opinion.
Doc is playing shooters around Giannis. He hopes that is enough to win games. No defence no wins
Coaching I've noticed on defense you have a small guard playing center make this make sense
send Doc on a one month vacation and let Ham be the coach i bet they start winning games..it can't be this hard to beat the wizards…come on.
I followed GA, jrue , and dame for 3 years. As a Portlander, I split my love to blazers / bucks. Watched every game. We miss terry stotts in Pdx. Why was he fired by the bucks? We’ve had4 coaches in 4 yrs. Fire Doc. He needs to hold on to golfing . Love u two, happy new year.😮
No trade or players is going to help this team with the lack of discipline that hampers them. This has nothing to do with talent and really not even coaching. This is about these players not doing what they know that they are supposed to.
Thank you for doing this while this team continues to disappoint. You both are great! I was happy to hear some more realistic discussion. And lets be honest, the Bucks are one of the “bad” teams. 2 losses to Wizards with Giannis (with a lot of other bad losses) clearly supports that fact. The most positive thing is the Bucks could get a high draft pick even with swap!!
Wizards got some young , quick,talented athletic guys with legs. Bucks are a lot slower and seemed to be chasing them all night long.