Streak Snapped: Kevin Porter Jr. Returns and Brighter Days Ahead for the Bucks

Streak Snapped: Kevin Porter Jr. Returns and Brighter Days Ahead for the Bucks

The streak is over for the Bucks and the impact Kevin Porter Jr. brings to this team. We dig into the details coming up next. You are Locked on Bucks, your daily Milwaukee Bucks podcast, part of the Locked On podcast network, your team every day. Welcome into Locked On Bucks. I’m Justin Garcia joined as always by Camille Davis. We thank you for making this your first listen of the day each and every day and for also making the Locked On podcast network the number one sports podcast network. Today’s episode of Locked On Bucks is brought to you by Game Time. Download the app, create an account, and use the code locked on NBA for $20 off your first purchase. since we last spoke, Camille. Uh, well, technically since we last spoke, the losing streak hit seven and then it ended. So, uh, yeah, a sevengame skid, longest in well over a decade. Giannis, I know, said after that Knicks game, I don’t remember being a part of a losing streak this long, and for good reason. It was his rookie year that they last lost seven straight games. uh at the risk of sounding like a homer. We talked about this on the network radio broadcast after the Knicks game and said, you know, I know this isn’t what some fans want to hear and you don’t want the light at the end of the tunnel optimism like silver lining type of thing, but it feels like this team’s going to go on a run soon that you can see brighter days ahead. They’re going to snap this streak and then start to build towards some things based on the way they played against Miami and just getting Giannis back on the floor. Seeing Kevin Porter Jr. back. Yeah. So before the year we both talked about the importance of him and I think you were there too. I said second most important guy on the team. Obviously we didn’t assume Ryan Rollins was going to ascend like he did. I don’t want to get too far in front of ourselves, but um yeah, I mean, you can make a case. Is it a bad thing to be relying on Kevin Porter Jr. quite as much as you are? But it’s a noticeable difference. And before anybody jumps at us in the comments, I get it. It was nine minutes against the Wizards in a full game against the Brooklyn Nets. But the pace that they play at, the tempo that he brings, having another facilitator, shot creator, and scorer on the court, it looks like a completely different team when Kevin Porter Jr. is out there with this group. It truly does. It does. And when thinking about this team going into the season, there were a few areas we’re like, “Okay, here’s a little area I’m a little concerned about this team and how it might shake out. Got to see it in action.” And one area that was called to outside of wing size positionally was just like, hey, is there too few ball handlers, you know, shot creator, playmakers on this team because looking at the roster, you have Giannis, you have Kevin Porter Jr., And going into the season, like you mentioned, we didn’t even expect all of this exactly from Ryan Rollins, thinking of him more like the combo guard who’s gonna come come out there and play some defense, but his ability to create for others has shined so far this season while he’s got an extended playing time. And then you also have like a Cole Anthony who going into the season, we were confused. We had the conversation of a lot of different national media being like, is Cole Anthony going to be this? We were like, why is there so much attention on Cole Anthony? Well, the injury to Kevin Porter Jr. made a lot of attention go to Cole Anthony during his time and over the last few weeks in particular. Uh his minutes have just been rough there. There’s really no other way to say it. So, being able to reintroduce Kevin Porter Jr. uh who has things in his bag that he does the team needs. you mentioned uh the energy he brought defensively as well as his ability to be able to touch paint, drive, and create disadvantages for opposing defenses because of his talent there. Uh the quickness, even just the deflections with his hands. And again, one game in a quarter that we’ve seen from him so far, but a lot of what he brings this team needs. And to have another ball handler, another guy who can create his own shot, another guy who can put pressure on opposing defense, it’s like it is so good to have. And it also makes that Cole Anthony piece of it um I don’t want to say a luxury, but somebody who you’re not do you need to depend on night in and night out. And I think that’s a better and more healthy place for the Milwaukee Bucks to be. Yeah. Um you know, and I’ll go a step further too, not to get too sidetracked here, but we heard a lot about Cole Anthony and Gary Harris as the two names mentioned quite a bit. I think all of us owe Gary Harris an apology so far because um he’s been excellent out there on the court. We can dig into that later on in in an upcoming show, but uh yeah, Gary Harris, I know it’s early, has exceeded all of our expectations so far, I would say, for a guy that’s not even scoring. It’s just what he’s done as a connector and defensively. But yeah, Kevin Porter Jr. I’m in to see what it does for Cole Anthony, too. Doc was asked before the game about do you just kind of like put him on ice Cole Anthony because of the struggles that he’s going through and you have KPJ back and he he didn’t want to give an answer. It was a very interesting uh pregame media session primarily only between Doc and Eric name as Eric and I were talking about it afterwards but didn’t really give an answer and said you can ask that after the game and as we saw yes that’s what they did. So, look, it’s not to say that Cole Anthony is done and he’s out of the rotation and all the I never need to see him again. You’re going to, but it’s it’s a luxury now instead of a necessity to say, “Okay, we’ll pick our spots.” And when when he’s got the shot working when he’s having one of those games, we can kind of shoehorn some more minutes in there. When he doesn’t have it, we’ve got Rollins and KPJ and Giannis as our point guard. So, it’s it’s not as much as a we got to figure out how to how to squeeze him out there on the floor. Um, but yeah, it what stood out to me the most about this this game on uh what Saturday night was number one, I don’t know if we will see a team worse than the Brooklyn Nets, at least that version of what we saw from the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday night. like they are already the leaders in the clubhouse of wow this is rough for me in terms of teams I’ve seen up close. Uh so that helped but this was kind of a this was exactly what the doctor ordered for the Bucks where you got a seven-game losing streak. You get the Nets and you get the Nets without their two leading scorers and then you go from that into a road game with the Washington Wizards of let’s snap this streak. Let’s hopefully piece together back-to-back wins, build some momentum to carry into a big week with some tough opponents at the end of the week and four games again. But there is also kind of a reprieve at the end of it once you get to mid December for reasons we’ll get into in a moment. Yeah, there definitely are. And it’s about trying to stack now, right? No one wants to go on a sevengame losing streak at any point in the season, but we do know that losing streaks tend to happen. Now it’s about how many different win streaks can this Bugs team put together to start digging themselves out of a hole that they have created. The the positive thing about it is again it’s still early in the season and we look at the standings in the East. The Bucks are an 11 seed right now which is not where anyone want them to be. Um but when you look at like who’s in front of them, the Bucks are currently 9 and 12, the Bulls 9 and 10. Celtics 10 and nine, Sixers 10 and eight, uh Magic 12 and eight, Cavs are 12 and eight, so are the Hawks. So like it’s it’s you don’t want to start that way, but it’s not as if you’re in a hole that’s insurmountable at this point. Now it’s about stacking those wins, especially knowing that some of those teams listed you’re going to be seeing on the schedule soon as well. So how can those good habits start to continue to be built? Um and one more Kevin Porter Jr. thing that came to mind while you were talking that I really enjoyed about him coming back to was he was really vocal and it was called out postgame too of just like how vocal Kevin was when guys didn’t get back in transition. He was the ver first voice apparently that you heard saying we have to get back on defense and that accountability. just having one more guy out there who is focused on the details and the execution is good for this team because that’s been an area of weakness for them of just sometimes down the stretch not executing to the full ability. So having another guy on the court who’s going to be vocal about that and hold everybody accountable is a really good thing. Yeah. 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Basketball season is officially here and nothing beats being in the arena for those opening games. Let’s be real though, getting tickets can be a headache. Waiting in line, surprise fees, cues that you have to jump through, prices that jump up right before you check out. It’s easy to get frustrated when all you want to do is get into the building and cheer on your team. Well, that’s where Game Time comes in. The app that gives the fans the advantage. It’s your ultimate life hack for scoring amazing NBA tickets fast, easy, and stressfree. A handful of Bucks games coming to use game to grab your seats to get into the arena now that Kevin Porter Jr. and Giannis are back. Some marquee matchups coming up this week alone. in a rematch with the Detroit Pistons and the Philadelphia 76ers. What you’ll love is what you see is what you pay. There’s no hidden fees at checkout. 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One thing that did kind of stand out and albeit it was limited minutes, but I’m just gonna file this away and say let’s let’s keep an eye on this. I don’t know if the Kevin Porter Jr. and Bobby Portoris pairing is an ideal fit for the play styles and some of the things that it felt like we saw on a few of those shifts. So, I do wonder if we just gradually see Ryan’s the guy that’s on the floor as the point guard or even Cole Anthony at times, but Ryan we would try to pair with Bobby. KPJ, he’s he’s got to be playing with Giannis and and those two are just going to push the pace and Koozma too. Like those three guys just looking to run is uh one of those things. And then the last thing, talked to him after the game. He was our postgame interview for for radio and I mean he he said like no I was I was rusty and I didn’t feel like I was myself and you’re just looking at it like you started four of four you were three like you made a noticeable impact and that’s rusty. All right let’s see what else you got in you. Yeah I was surprised that he looked as um fast he both he and Giannis looked much better than I anticipated for their first games back. Yeah. And especially for Giannis, like second a backtoback and everything like that. Like both of them played at a when I mean like Giannis’s return in the Knicks game like Oh yeah. He still looked good in that game. He looks much better than I thought he would be. And then KPJ does the same thing a day later. Yeah. Like I I was shocked just it just it looked like they hadn’t missed much time at all to be honest with you. And another aspect of the game with Kevin Porter Jr. You mentioned the pace that he played with. I love that. But seeing him throw lobs to Giannis and I was like, “Oh, we saw Ryan Rollins do this too, you know, last night against uh the Knicks and now just thinking about if you have two different guys out there and Rollins and Kevin Porter Jr. who are looking to throw those lobs to Giannis, who are comfortable, have that timing. And I know Kevin has a little bit more time with Giannis and getting on that same page with their playing time last season, but man, being able to get Giannis as many easy buckets as possible is always a benefit given how much he tends to have to work uh to get his going through two, three bodies at a time. So that was something else where I was like adding this equation of just being able to have a guy to throw it up to Giannis and play at that pace, run the floor with him. You love to see that. And also like the deflections, causing some turnovers, just trying to create some havoc and another way to generate easy points for the team, running off turnovers, which I thought they did a pretty good job of against Brooklyn um on Saturday night. Yeah. And in the end, uh Jericho Sims too, we saw last year that was a nice duo with KPJ getting them loss. I think it was KPJ where there was one play in the game where it was like uh All right. I I I admire and I respect you trying to get the these lobs, but I think you think Jericho Sims is 7 foot8 with where you put the ball there. So, uh but yeah, just looking at that guy that’s facilitating getting those easy looks and pushing the tempo for this team is is going to be crucial in this month of December because to put it mildly, November sucked. yesterday. It was not not good for this team. Do you know offh hand what the record was in November? Was it five and 10, five and 11? I know they only won five because they went 4-1 to start the season and here we are. Yep. Five and 11 was their record in the month of November. And now obviously there was the the stretch of four and a half games basically that uh Giannis did not play in. and uh what two games I want to say prior to that. So, I’ll pull it up, but I I think Giannis missed six games in the month of November. Regardless, um the Bucks weren’t it wasn’t just well, Giannis on and that’s the reason why uh Giannis was five games in November, so it wasn’t just that. Um the numbers even with him on the floor were trending in a very very bad bad spot. I think they were they I know they were a top 10 and I know it was only five games but they were a top 10 team in offense in October and I think ninth defensively somewhere around there. Um do you know where they finished in November for the month of November only? Scott for which for which rating in particular? Well, uh, last I checked, I believe they were both the same, basically. So, that right there is not a good sign. Um, yeah, I think they were um 21st in both offense and defense. I was going to say like 20th in in both. If they were if it was the same, I was like, I know it’s it’s worse than middle of the pack. I know they’re 20some based on the month of November. It certainly was. Um, yeah, they were uh actually 19th. So, okay, the benefit of the other games were played afterwards and then we’ve had a couple that have gone live here on this final day of the month of November. So, offensively, they actually were benefiting there where they moved up to 19th in offense in the month of November, but defense they stayed at 21st and they finished with a negative 4.8 net rating in November, which is 20th in the league. So, for all intents and purposes, you’re a bottom 10 team in offense, defense, and net rating. That is nowhere near where this team needs to be. And I mean, you mentioned the standings. I think November or November, I think December is, you know, very important for this team because I I wouldn’t say, and I I didn’t say that this Nets game was a must-win. I would say the same logic goes to the Wizards game where it’s it’s too early to get into must wins, but it’s a must expect to win that game. And I know that probably contradicts itself, but I I I I think that’s how you approach this game on Monday that you better win this game. um you have some advantages and we’ll get to the schedule in just a moment, but even with the Eastern Conference being as crowded as it is, and I believe as we’re recording this, while some games are still being played Sunday night, um Boston was beating the Cavaliers pretty handedly late in the game. The Knicks were doing the same thing to the Raptors. So, just like the Pistons, the Raptors are going to go off that win streak into back-to-back losses. Um, but I I’ve I I continue to have a ton of questions about Cleveland, Camille, and they’re going to be just a half game in front of the Boston Celtics this late into the season. I get they haven’t had their guys, but uh let’s let’s keep an eye on that team. You’re still going to be three games back in the loss column of a lot of these teams, even though it’s bunched up. The Bulls are the team that’s getting closer and closer to you with every uh day here. So, you’re going to need to go on a win streak basically. Um, you can’t even this week. The four games that you have, we mentioned the Wizards and then you got two at home and one on the road. They’re tough games. Pistons on Wednesday, Sixers on Friday, and then in Detroit on Saturday. You you really can’t unfortunately, you know, say, well, just go two and two, don’t have a losing week here because of the hole that you dug in November. And just like last year when we looked back at the 2-8 start and said, “Well, if it wasn’t for that, if you would have went six and four and played at the rate that you played at for the rest of the year, you’re the three seed and you’re not having to worry about this matchup with Indiana. It does feel like given how bunched up the Eastern Conference is and the separation that started to take place in about week two of the Bucks struggles, it does feel like there’s a good chance we’re going to look back at the four, five, four and a half games Giannis missed in the month of November as a whole and just say, man, if only it wasn’t for November. This is a team that again could be the three seed, could be something like that. And and hopefully it’s not. If only it wasn’t for November, they wouldn’t be a playin tournament team. I mean, I hope not because even before Giannis got hurt, like the Sacramento game, losing that one was like like that that’s one you want back for sure. And then when he went out, I mean, the first game that he missed against Charlotte where it was like they were they were kind of in it, but they but they weren’t able to really fully pull the reigns in for that one. the overtime game against Philly where it’s like you were you were right controlling most of the game against Houston and then letting that one right there and it’s like you just weren’t able to find a way to win even I mean Miami was one of those games this past week where it was like I’ll take it because they had like let’s bottle this and just play this way because they played better. It’s like the result wasn’t what you wanted but they played better and you saw that build in New York and again against Brooklyn and that’s the team that they have to beat night in and night out. you cannot afford to have nights where it’s just all we weren’t moving the ball. The things that you hear often about this team, what they know they need to do. And while games against Washington might not be seen as a must-win, like it’s a you better not lose game, though. And they’re going to have a few of those. And any It’s not a must win, but it’s a you really can’t lose this game. You you can you better not That’s you better not lose this game. The way I’m going into the the game against Washington. And there’s a few like you mentioned the December slate for this team. Um and maybe maybe losing that first game ever in franchise history in NBA Cup group play. Maybe it’s a benefit for him. Yeah. All right. So, we’ll get to that part of the schedule here because I I think the Bucks caught a couple of breaks here both in terms of who they’re playing and the schedule itself. So, we’ll dig into that conversation and take a look at this this Wizards team and our boy and what we’ve seen from him so far this season coming up after this. 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I would say with our audience and how many people care about the NBA Cup, we do. I I think it’s been a success. I like it. Uh but, you know, you see a lot more fans who are like, who cares? Uh in this regard, I will say, you know what? Yeah, who cares? This is probably better for the Bucks because if if you win and advance, you’re looking at not to say you want to run from the fight and duck the smoke, but you’re looking at two games with tougher opponents. So, the Bucks would have been the wild card. They would be going to Orlando for their first game in the quarterfinals. And then if you lose that game, you’re playing either the Knicks or the Raptors again. Um, by losing and not qualifying for the NBA Cup, we now know who the Bucks are getting. So, it’s basically it’s not going to be one of your divisional opponents because um you’re only going to play those teams four times unless it’s in the tournament of the cup. itself and you always and you always have um what one division I think where you don’t play them four times you’re playing them three times. So it worked out for the Bucks that this was the what Atlantic I think division. So you knew it was going to be teams from there in all likelihood that they’re drawing for their two games. And I I think you can’t really complain with what they got. the Celtics, who are clearly not the Celtics of old. They’re playing better, as we mentioned, and and on their way to a win against the Cavs on Sunday night. Um, but it’s not the Celtics of the last couple of years. And that’s your home game. Yep. Your road game is against who we just said at the top of the show, man, I have a hard time believing there is a team I will see in person that is worse than this iteration of the Brooklyn Nets. So, those are your two games now, your makeup, or however you want to term it. But besides that, the calendar itself, so had the Bucks won and advanced into the knockout rounds, they would have been playing um I don’t know what what the what they did for the the days of the quarterfinal games because frankly I don’t care anymore. But it would have been either Tuesday the 9th of December or Wednesday the 10th. And you play the Pistons in Detroit on the 6th. So you would have had at least two days off in between those games. Um, but because you’re not in the quarterfinals, you get four days off. So, you play in Detroit back to back on on Saturday night. Then four days off, you come home, host the Boston Celtics. Then you get two days off, go to Brooklyn and play the Nets. Then you get three days off, come home and play the Raptors. Then you get two days off and leave on your road trip around Christmas. And all of a sudden that road trip isn’t quite as daunting as you thought at the start of the year. And it also has another stretch of two days off because the Bucks are not playing on Christmas this year. So all told in the month of December now you are going to have four instances of at least two days off in between games and that is very very rare uh in the NBA. So being able to have that time when I saw the opponents I was like okay cool. Like I’ll take it. Yeah. We see Boston the fourth time we see Brooklyn four fourth time. Cool. But when I saw the dates of the games that’s when I went this I like. This I like for this Bucks team because as mentioned like you have Kevin Porter Jr. who’s coming back from injury. You have Giannis who was coming back from injury as well. We heard guys have been banged up. Like when Kyle Kosma mentioned a week or two ago like I think my ankle’s finally okay now. I was like you’ve been playing through this bump. Surprise, surprise. We’ve said like, man, these have been really good Koozma games again the last couple games. So, just some more time for guys to get their bodies together and also possibly have some time to practice and just kind of work on some things, work on that execution, work on things they need to do because NBA teams don’t tend to get much time to practice during the season. So, I think that’s going to be valuable time. And when you mention that road trip this team has to end the year starting on the 21st of the month at Minnesota, at Indiana, at Memphis, at Chicago, at Charlotte before they come home New Year’s Eve against Washington. And that’s a that’s a tough road trip and we we’ve seen how the Bucks play in Memphis, but I think that the group of teams they have this time going around and where they’re all at, I think that Minnesota game is probably going to be the toughest one on that particular road trip. and that’s the very first game and they’re coming off of a lot of rest. So, it could be a time to try to stack some wins on the road. It’s just not something that we’ve said about the Bucks in a few years now. Toughest one. Not as tough. It’s It’s going to be tough, but not as tough as it looked at the start of the season. Uh Indiana is starting to get pieces back and they’re starting to look like an actual team again. So, that one’s going to be interesting. And plus, we saw how emotionally charged it was when Miles made his first return to Indie. Memphis, you mentioned it there at the end, too. Yeah, it’s been a house of horrors for the Bucks, especially the road games against the Grizzlies. But I I I just I am curious to see how, if any, it looks differently with this group, especially if you’re healthy and have guys that are going to look to play at that same tempo. Uh the only weird part is like man, you wish they could have at least flipped the Charlotte and Chicago games. So the Bucks are basically um back home for two weeks essentially. Yeah. With just busting down to Chicago, coming back and then, you know, getting your days off and have two games at home before another West Coast road trip. Um, but yeah, you you look at the games that are scheduled there in the month of uh December and it’s uh going to be, let’s see, trying to do the math quickly in my head. I think 14 games that the Bucks are playing here. And I I mean, you would circle obviously the two Pistons games, the Raptors game, but outside of that, you’re going to say, “Okay, I’m curious to see how this team looks on the road in Minnesota. I’m curious to see how they look on the road in Indie. what do they look like against Memphis? But it’s not like, whoa, you got this, this, this, and then this. That starts to come in January. So that’s why I said at the very top, December is going to be a big month for the Bucks because of the off days that you built in to rehab yourself. The schedule takes a bit of a downturn and you’re now healthy. So, can you put a disastrous November behind you and move forward with a big month in December? A lot of things have seemingly fallen into place for you to do that. They have. And when you look at that December schedule as well, another game that stands out to me is the game against Philly because we saw Philly, we saw Tyrese Maxi have himself a career day. Um I am really curious with this team healthy um and having Ryan Rollins not have as much offensively on his plate if that does change the defensive attention that Maxi is able to get in this particular game. Um, so that’s another one for me where it’s like I’m I’m just I want to see how we how we match up again after going to overtime before without Giannis in that game. It was really a lot of Maxi problems. Can they do a better job at the point of attack against somebody who is lethal um offensively? So being able to have these tests too of just like, hey, here’s a top guard coming into town. What does this look like for you or bigger wing players like again when Kade Cunningham comes back to town? It’s like how does that match up? What does that look like for y’all? what can y’all do differently this time than what you did before. So, seeing the learning lessons in real time are also really fun for me during the course of the season. All right, let us know your thoughts on the schedule in the month of December and again your your takeaways to see Kevin Porter Jr. back on the floor with this group again. We know it’s the Wizards and the Nets, but just the way that they played your thoughts on that. Really quickly, too, we mentioned uh the Wizards, not a must-win, but definitely a can’t lose game that you have here on on Monday night. Um I don’t know what to expect from this Wizards team. I mean, I I expect the Bucks to win, but just what we see from their young guys. CJ McCollum’s been on tear for him lately. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for our boy. He is uh been very up and down and it’s been a lot of downs since the 23-point outing against the Bucks to open the season. Yeah. Yeah. But hey, I’m sure when he sees that Milwaukee jersey across from him, that’s going to give him some some superpowers. So, I would expect Chris Middleton to to look a bit better against Milwaukee if not just for the sake of like, hey, it’s my little squad. Like, I got to put on something against these guys here because it’s it’s it’s not on site, but you know, it’s a general principle of things here. So, I think he will have a good game against the Bucks, but overall, Chris has had, like you said, some moments, and I’d be cheering everyone time. I see those moments, but they’re they’re just a little bit fewer and far between so far this season in Washington. All right, leave your thoughts in the comments on what you’ve seen from KPJ, what you expect from this Bucks team in the month of December. And, you know, the other thing we touched on, November, is that what we’re going to look back on and say, well, if it wasn’t for November, they would be here. So, leave your thoughts. We’ll get into it on an upcoming show this week. We’ll have the recap of the Bucks and the Wizards coming your way tomorrow. That’ll do it for today’s show for Camille. I’m Justin. We’ll talk with you guys once again tomorrow on Locked on Bucks.

Milwaukee Bucks snap their seven-game losing streak as Kevin Porter Jr. returns with an electrifying impact. Can his playmaking ignite a much-needed winning run and redefine the Bucks’ trajectory in the Eastern Conference? With Giannis Antetokounmpo back on the court, the team’s pace surges, but lingering questions remain about reliance on Porter Jr. and rotation adjustments for Cole Anthony and Bobby Portis.

Justin Garcia and Camille Davis dissect Milwaukee’s lineup changes, defensive challenges, and potential for December redemption. The keys to success include Ryan Rollins’ breakout performance, Gary Harris’ defensive boost, and upcoming clashes against the Detroit Pistons and Philadelphia 76ers. With schedule breaks and rest days ahead, can the Bucks build momentum and climb out of their early-season slump? Get expert insights, player accountability chatter, and insider thoughts on Milwaukee’s evolving strategy.

0:00 — Bucs Snap Losing Streak
2:41 — Kevin Porter Jr. Impact
14:55 — December Schedule Outlook

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