With 3:42 left in the second quarter, John Salmons hit a jumper. In the next 12:03 of basketball time, and what seemed like eternity in real time, Milwaukee saw one more basket, a Carlos Delfino made layup, in Friday night’s game six loss. That’s the equivalent of just over one quarter of Friday night’s game [...]
Milwaukee Bucks (Scott Skiles) 3-2 vs. Atlanta Hawks (Mike Woodson) 2-3 Date: 4/30/2010 Time: 6:00 (CST) TV: ESPN & FS Wisconsin The Breakdown By game six in a seven game playoff series, there are no secrets any more. Both teams know what their opponent wants to do, both teams know what their own teams must [...]
Isn’t it funny how a matter of moments can alter the perception of one shot? Along with many others that joined me on Wednesday evening’s Daily Dime Live, I thought Josh Smith had finished off the Bucks with just over four minutes to go Wednesday night. Smith faded a little bit from the top of [...]
Hawk watching has not been a big part of my life this basketball season. Obviously my hands are a little bit tied with the Bucks playing as frequently as they are. Fortunately, the TrueHoop Network has got me covered. The Atlanta Hawks have a terrific blogger by the name of Bret Lagree. He and I [...]
With the Miami Heat emerging victorious (sadly and barely) from their last game of the season against New Jersey, clinching the fifth seed and leaving the Bucks to play the Hawks in the three-six matchup, it’s hard to get too excited about any of the positives that came from the Bucks Wednesday night win over [...]
And Friday’s hero was … *Cue cheesy Latin horn* Carlos Delfino. Another night and another player steps up for the Milwaukee Bucks. It certainly seems like every night the Bucks are getting some big play out of somebody (or bodies), but it’s always tough to tell who’ll be the star that night. Coming off a [...]
So what lineups are the Bucks going to use now with Andrew Bogut out of commission? Here’s a few of the lineups the Bucks have trotted out most frequently without Bogut this season. (A thanks to BasketballValue.com for the numbers, what a great site.) A few notes: Defensively, a Kurt Thomas and Ersan Ilyasova front [...]
Recap/Box Score And things are suddenly not looking so well. But looks can be deceiving. After ripping apart the league for most of the last month, the Bucks have now dropped two straight devastating road games. Two road losses that have left them dangerously close to dropping down to seventh in the Eastern Conference. These [...]
Recently, I had the chance to exchange emails with noted basketball analyst Dave Berri. Berri was one of few analysts who saw potential in the Bucks at the start of the season, pegging them to finish sixth in the East. Berri’s new book, Stumbling On Wins, is available on Amazon.com now and will be in [...]
2012 Player Capsules: Brandon Jennings
I’m not sure we’ll ever know what happened with Brandon Jennings in early February last season. Milwaukee’s premiere guard was cruising along through the first third of the lockout shortened 2011-12 season. Despite a road heavy early season schedule, Jennings was producing at a level far better than he had in his first two seasons. [...]
2012 Player Capsules: Monta Ellis
There was a trade in the NBA this weekend. You may have heard. The Oklahoma City Thunder made an expectation defying deal that will undoubtedly either end up a brilliant reminder of how smart you have to be to succeed in a small market or a sobering lesson on why small market teams can’t thrive in today’s [...]
2012 Player Capsules: Samuel Dalembert
“I want the team to be one of the top defensive teams. I’ve been to so many training camps and seen coaches focusing on offense, offense, offense. We came here and I’m like, ‘Wow.’ I wanted to hug coach (Scott Skiles). For the first time in seven years, the Milwaukee Bucks starting center isn’t Andrew [...]
2012 Player Capsules: John Henson
From every indication, John Henson is ready to play defense in the NBA. For his sake, I hope that’s true. Because his capability to play defense this year could have quite an impact on his career. Henson is probably going to land on his feet no matter what. He was a very highly regarded high [...]
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