Milwaukee Bucks HOLD ON as Kevin Porter Jr. and Ryan Rollins Lead Dramatic Finish Against The Cavs
Milwaukee Bucks edge out the Cleveland Cavaliers with a nail-biting 118-116 win—are fans catching Bucks fever as the play-in chase heats up? Camille Davis and Frank Madden highlight Kevin Porter Jr.’s game-winning heroics, Jericho Sims’ impact on both ends, and Ryan Rollins’ fourth-quarter grit. The Bucks have now won eight of their last ten without Giannis Antetokounmpo—does this surge signal real growth or create new questions for when their star returns?
Analysis spotlights the Bucks’ hot shooting, defensive rebounding woes, and the contributions of Kyle Kuzma, Myles Turner, and AJ Green. The conversation explores whether Milwaukee can lock up a play-in spot, how Doc Rivers is managing his young core, and the potential challenges of reintegrating Giannis. With the East’s standings tightening, every win counts. Can the Bucks turn this momentum into a serious postseason run, or is this just a playful February fever?
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Frank is here.
So, Camille, what's your overall opinion of Kevin Porter Jr.?
Hey Frank
I’ll settle with 51-31 it’s ok. Bucks in six.
Frank lost me there, you can make a argument that he is too old for the show and bucks now 🙂
So Frank is not a believer basically. He yapped for 10 mins instead of saying I dont believe this momentum means anything serious. I am gonna say that this is very serious and this team can win any team on a good night. We just have to take it game by game and see where we end up in the playoffs. I dont think we are gonna miss the play in.
Good teams know how to win ugly. Add this aggressiveness with Giannis, I’m rolling like rylo.
The bucks are not contenders this year. Nothing has changed with this win. If the shots didn't go in there was no defence and rebounds to stop the cavs.
Fire Doc, dude cant even Tank right. I am going to be p****ed if we win to many games to affect our draft positioning. Especially if we are to just lose in the play inn or lose in the first round as a 6th seed. Worst place and organization can be is perpetual mediocrity, look at the Chicago Bulls.
This organization is so dumb. Going on a win streak only because their opposition have no incentive to try to win. Working hard to be mediocre
I love KPJ. He’s finally back to where he was prior to all the drama in his past- and I believe that kind of stopped his evolution a bit. Keep in mind this is the first time in forever that he’s a MAIN part of a starting/closing offense. Massive responsibility. The only thing that gets weird is when we have him AND Rollins trying to iso too much even though they are both more than capable we don’t get every starter w over 14 pts playing that way .
If we keep investing in him I really feel like he will get more comfortable and his decision making and new responsibilities will continue to grow. Hopefully he will improve his 3pt shot in the offseason, I wouldn’t be surprised if he becomes one of the elite guards in the NBA. It’s interesting tho because idk if he’s better at the 1 working w Gianni’s, or it it’s better to have him stick to the 2 , be a bridge between the backcourt and frontcourt- and continue to develop chemistry w Giannis.
W Gianni’s at the floor -If he condenses his game a bit his consistancy can improve and I could see him growing into our primary second option and them being a really elite duo.
Still the rotations are off. With better coaching this game would have been over in the 3rd quarter
They need to start dieng at 3. Against any good team with wings green at 3 is not cutting it. Just start the guy at 3, stop the 3 guard rotations unless it is match up specific.
I'm a diehard fan and I believe the way the bucks are playing right now they may shock the league
Once again….Frank is unwilling to recognize player improvement. Jericho Sims is playing really well. He has improved a ton since the start of the season. He is also a fairly young player. Who says he can't continue to improve. Frank sees a player one time & thinks he knows their entire game & ceiling as a player.
Then his analogy about parents telling kids to quit on a good day….WHAT?!?!? Who does this guy talk to in life. The parents I know tell their kids to not quit. Once you start a sport/activity, you finish the season. After the season ends, you can decided if you want to play the following year. Please give this dude his retirement papers!!!
Again yet AGAIN the bucks have a double digit free throw shot disadvantage . It happens almost every game . The Bucks have to be last in the NBA in and ones . You cannot expect to win consistently with double digit free throw shot deficit .
It's funny cuz Embiid and Kawhi have been missing games for years but for some reason I don't hear TRADE EMBIID or TRADE KAWHI. When Luka got traded, fans in Dallas cried, but bucks are desperate to get rid of Giannis. The question is, why didn't you let him walk? And remember this is the guy who won a championship for Milwaukee. Giannis won a championship for Milwaukee but they still wanna trade Giannis. The question is, why hasn't Giannis hired me to be his PR?👎🤔.
Everyone needs to stop the “Cam get buckets” narrative, that’s the wrong culture if you want to play winning basketball. Team first basketball wins, just get yours with the flow of the game.
Bucks had three players all players that drive to the basket – they all shot more then 12 attempts and no free throws? How is that even possible? So Clv gets calls over the Bucks? Cav’s depleted on the NBA web site? Bucks missing a top 5 player????? And the Cav’s are depleted? Bucks want to win in the end they are gonna have to shoot well. It’s back to NBA & refs vs Bucks – long story followed by an old fan.
What do you mean when Giannis comes back you gotta play Myles over Jericho?? That's insane–we see what's working–and when GA was playing-with that line up–folks were booing.
Highly recommend folks check out Amara's Logic after Bucks games as well…No shade to my girl Camille–you def hold it down!
Frank we the chat hereby grant you permission to replace 3 grumbling doubtful player put downs with 3 separate acknowledgements of player impact and success.
We hope you accept our request.
Kyle and Bobby are playing really well as of late. I'm most surprised with kyles play. Just hustling and playing with confidence. I'm baffles with how many minutes AJ gets. I like him but he is a liability against most teams at the 3. Our guards bring a swagger to this team, I'm hyped
Sims is looking better. He seems to have a new set of hands.
Can we get frank a better mic situation? Can hear camille so much better. Frank sounds tinny.
I really don’t enjoy listening to the pod when frank is on . So draining … He talks like he is not happy with his own life . He never keeps the main thing, the main thing. He always gotta be negative. Nobody wants to always hear that perspective. When he is on the pod views go down.
KPJ midrange game is elite. Almost automatic
No chance. Lose play in and bad draft pick at best
Maybe explain why there was never a team report on the GA injury?
He said he expected an MRI and 4 to 6 weeks but the team never said anything.
Was there an MRI?
Was it determined to be a 4 to 6 week timeline from the medical staff?
Why is the team quiet on this?
I love my Bucks, but let's keep it real. CLE was missing a lot of players last night. I'm entertained, but I know this team isn't going anywhere. So, no, not a believer. But I'm happy to see this team play without Giannis and still find an identity.
Frank is so dry and old and bitter he made turn this off wow