Brayden Burries Fourth Quarter HEROICS Lift Milwaukee Bucks in Preseason Comeback Victory
Milwaukee Bucks storm back from a 24-point deficit for their first preseason win, as rookie Brayden Burries ignites a late-game surge with 16 fourth-quarter points. Are the Bucks’ new rotation strategies under Coach Taylor Jenkins unlocking hidden potential?
Justin Garcia and Camille Davis break down Milwaukee’s standout performances, including Ousmane Dieng’s team-first playmaking and the dominating glass work from Kel’el Ware and Myles Turner. The conversation spotlights lineup experiments, rebounding philosophy, and what key absences for AJ Green, Kyle Kuzma, and others might mean for roster battles. Listeners get the inside scoop on how aggressive defense, rebounding metrics, and unselfish play are shaping the Bucks’ preseason identity—and which combinations fans are eager to see next against the Charlotte Hornets.
00:00 Enjoyable Game 2 Recap
06:02 Burries impressive fourth-quarter comeback
08:02 Analyzing team depth and performance
14:11 Discussing team strategy adjustments
16:48 Ware-Turner lineup effectiveness
18:36 Discussing Bucks rebounding strategy
23:21 Improving team performance over games
25:20 Ryan Rollins’ development progress
28:47 Preseason lineup discussions
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What lineups do you want to see more of going forward? Are there any particular players that you'd like to see get more minutes together throughout the preseason?
Trade Kuzma, Rollins, & Trent we have the roadway cleared for the Young Bucks to develop & become a cohesive unit for 1st or 2nd round pick. I want to see this 5 on the floor together; Brayden, Tyler guard, forwards Sims, Ousmane and Kelel in center. That frontline might be best rebounding combination in NBA. Call Jericho a center & Ware a power forward if you wish, those 2 are tremendous rebounders. Kelel has proven himself capable of getting 5 or 6 offensive rebounds, so is Jericho if he were played close to 30min. Start Ousmane & Kelel at forward & Myles in center. RyanR & Burries at guard. 42-40 season
There’s guys in the starting lineup to handle the ball so I’d like to see Kuz’s effort to be 75/25 in favor of defense. If he can be a 4 who’s switchable to wings on the perimeter he can be a valuable starter this season. He can hit a 3 or euro step the lane once in a while, and rebound, but the Bucks don’t need him to be a big piece of the scoring offense. Ware’s barely quick enough to guard 4s so Kuz can make the strongest claim to starting with defense.
As soon as someone says trade rollins , your credibility as a knowledgeable basketball person , is gone . Now the starting five right now should be Ware, Turner , herro , Rollins and kpj. This starting lineup would change later as burries continues to grow . Keep in mind , burries has hardly played against the starters in his two games . So he's got to continue to grow.
Miss spoke, trade Porter not Rollins. Get us to the point where the Young Bucks are maximized. Which doesn't mean Myles and Tyler don't contribute; but they must not be allowed to dominate the ball too much. Bucks can become the next OKC but the youngsters must be given court-time together. Burries has an extremely high ceiling as does Kelel Ware who may snag over 20rbs a game this season. He had 3 19rbs gms and 1 20. He can excell under Taylor-made offense and shock this league. He may score 15 but only Kelel snag 20rbs & block 5 or more shots. Three will come back soon. Burries, Sims, KW win 2 or 3 NBA titles together
Love Ousmane James an Ament; both great athletes who will only get better. Both can rebound and score. How about Ousmane's 7 assists in little playing time
Former Heat fan, turned hate watcher. I'm transitioning to this squad because it feels like itll be a great built-not-bought team. But judging from the discussion in this thread, fans aren't sure who the guys are. Does anyone mind breaking down the young core not from Miami?
way too many turnovers – defense really improves with no Green- nice come back win
The starting 5, what Justin said!!!
They can just run that same 5 out from last night. That felt better than the preseason opener.
Mara looked like a rookie of the year candidate- another Horst blunder? Burries looks good, but he will make Herro, Kpj and cormac not getting much play time
Ament > Dieng > Kuz
Kas > KPJ for this roster & the future
Burries should be the backup 2
KPJ, Kuz, GTJ, Green, & LeVert should all STAY DNPed. Glad Jenkins sees the light this fast!!!
In 2 years Ware, Ousmane, Ament, Rollins and Burries will be hella good.
Having Herro & Burries means you never have to play Green or GTJ. KPJ does nothing that this team needs. Kas’s defense, passing, & shooting 3’s is ALL BETTER THAN KPJ
I think the loss of the thunder bench is highly overstated. The thunder kinda showed that jared, ajay, and cason took the minutes from those guys.
Burries showed he has a second gear…very impressive he is more NBA ready i believe than all of the other players his age.
All the guys who sat out, we dont need
I finally realize why Bucks fans thought KPJ was good. He was being compared to GTJ, Green, Harris, & Ajax😆😆😆. All those guys stink. Now that you have real guards who are all starter level talent in Herro, Burries, & Kas you can stop pretending KPJ is good.
Turner Ware Dieng Jaime Rollins.
Bucks fans in this chat are the most disloyal I've seen . All this kpj hate is sad ,what have you done for me lately huh
play burries dont f around
Starting line-up: Ware, Ousmane, Herro, Burries, Jakucionis. Next 5: Turner/Sims, Ament/Markovic, Jaquez, KPJr, Rollins.