[POSTGAME THREAD] Our Milwaukee Bucks (46- 27) fall to the New Orleans Pelicans (45 – 28) – 100 – 107 – 3/28/2024

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2. for fucks sake can it just be the playoffs already

3. I’m tired boss

4. Middleton is currently playing like dogshit

   Doc needs to stop putting Giannis with a all bench unit, that lost us the game come on now

5. Two b2b bad games. Get all of the ugliness out before the playoffs pls

6. We need to create a prayer circle and hope Damian Lillard saves us in the playoffs

7. Pelicans made some TIMELY shots. Good game by them

8. This Bucks team looks so lost since Khris came back. LoL

   Also, fix the fucking screens for Dame. I don’t understand of doing screens if you aren’t going to do it properly.

9. I honestly just want the Bucks to win so everyone can just shut up.

10. Honestly our defense looks ok. Our offense is cold right now. Getting this shit out of our system just in time before the playoffs. Still plenty of time to get hot when it counts.

11. Pelicans are a really good team. I am still really disappointed.

12. Prays up for Kris Middleton, pretty bad case of diarrhea. He shit the bed big time tonight.

13. “Big 3” down the stretch was too scared to take shots and just deferred to Beasley instead

14. Midd aint gonna be able to play 4 games in a series. Hes washed the fuck up

15. bucks are o l d

16. The dry spell by Giannis and 4 bench players lineup in the early second lost us this game, that and 9-0 run after we cut the lead to 3 at the end of the third. We had a shot in the 4th but it was either we score or we defend, never both at the same time to give us that run to make the comeback.

17. Tough loss, but great defensive 4th quarter.

    Remember folks, it’s just a basketball game. You won’t remember any of this when we’re commenting on the Bucks Championship parade thread!

    Enjoy your lives and loved ones 🤗

18. I have an inkling Saturday isn’t gonna go much better 😞

19. Embarrassing. Embarrassed. Disgusting. Disgusted.

20. Too many self inflicted wounds. Credit to an aggressive Pels’ defense but we were sloppy with a fair amount of those turnovers. Missing fts, letting up for stretches. We need a few quality wins to get this momentum going again.

21. There were a lot of annoying possessions in that game 😒

22. Giannis goes on a 20 point run and this team just gives him no help down the stretch. The amount of WIDE open threes this team misses just doesn’t even shock me anymore

23. The boneheaded turnovers we commit each game really add up. Especially the easily-forgotten first-half turnovers.

    MKE had 14. NO had 6. 🫲

24. My least favorite thing with Doc is how stubborn he is with rotations. Khris shouldn’t have come close to over 25 minutes but he sticks with it because he wants guys to get consistent minutes.

    I get balancing playing the best player with giving guys consistent minutes. You can’t just play your best guys all the time, it’s horrible for player’s rhythm and confidence. But Doc doesn’t seem to change player’s minutes at all, if you are a starter on Doc’s team regardless of how bad you play you will still be out there. There’s like no punishment for bad play for heavy minute guys, and no room for opportunity for bench guys.

25. Why do I feel like dame is afraid of being that guy on this team? Does Khris give him the stink eye in the locker room? It’s like he just chooses to defer the entire game then all of a sudden he’s hitting shots when it’s too late. Something is keeping dame from being himself most of the time and that’s concerning.

26. This team has one hell of a roster problem but we already knew that. Horst’s riddle to solve: How do you get younger and defensively dominant around Giannis with little to no picks?

27. Guess Giannis has how many fg attempt in the 4th quarter after he scored 18 consecutive points for the team in the 3rd quarter? One only! If this is not a perfect example of bad coaching, I don’t know what is.

28. 5/10 losses the last 10 games and .47% on the road…17-19…just kill me.

    Hope/Cope is a 2021 year for us and we win it all…

29. 11 bench points, in a full game 🤣

30. We should have an offence that consistently allows Dame to score 30 EACH game. We should be a team that gets 60 points from its two stars consistently. We can’t for the love of god rely on Khris any more and need to start preparing crowder for playing many minutes in the 4, because Brook is starting to be unplayable all the more.

    As this team currently operates we’re second round exits fellas. We should have no delusions.

    The defence is ok, but the offence somehow has become really bad. No fluidity, no options, no movement. We can’t rely on Giannis one man shows.

31. Miami is licking their lips at the chance to knock us out in the first round two years in a row.

32. Welp, we got a Wizards-Grizzlies back-to-back. We SHOULD be able to take care of that…Grizzards-Wizzlies

33. Have we tried to “play random?” Is it too late for that?

34. The first half they entirely relied on Dame, Middleton, and Beasly to make shots and entirely ignored Giannis. The minute they had Giannis take the ball up court and do his thing, he scored like 20 straight. They need to have a better balance between the two strategies and use that to keep teams off balance.

    Doc needs to remember that Giannis is THE best player on this team, and among the best players IN THE WORLD. He’s the first option, and you rotate other options through him. It doesn’t go the other way around.

35. What is Terry Stotts up too

36. At least the people here aren’t blaming this L on the refs like the last game. If we don’t shoot well, play good D and come to play we are an average team capable of being beaten by anyone in the league