{"id":701409,"date":"2026-04-06T13:53:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T13:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/701409\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T13:53:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T13:53:38","slug":"player-grades-for-ryan-rollins-cormac-ryan-in-bucks-win-vs-grizzlies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/701409\/","title":{"rendered":"Player Grades for Ryan Rollins, Cormac Ryan in Bucks\u2019 win vs. Grizzlies"},"content":{"rendered":"

It got interesting at times, but the Milwaukee Bucks mostly dominated the tanktastic Memphis Grizzlies, 131-115. As Deolu put it in his rapid recap, this was the Bucks\u2019 their first win against Memphis since January 2022, which is crazy to think about. Read our full summary of the game here<\/a> and catch a six-minute audio recap on the Bucks+ podcast, Bucks In Six Minutes<\/a>, below.<\/p>\n

22 minutes, 4 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 turnovers, 2\/3 FG, -4<\/p>\n

Made some nice reads out of the short roll in the first quarter, and shot efficiently on extremely low volume, but the turnovers were still too high. Also got out-rebounded by smaller players on a few occasions.<\/p>\n

23 minutes, 5 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 2\/4 FG, 0\/1 3P, +23<\/p>\n

Pete did most of his best work in the second half as a connector, making a few great passes in tight quarters to cutting teammates.<\/p>\n

23 minutes, 19 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 7\/8 FG, 5\/5 3P, +20<\/p>\n

Rain, hail, or shine, TP remains one heck of a shooter. I mean, some of these three-point attempts were not easy, and he just nails them. Given his skill set, I think this might have been his best game of the year.<\/p>\n

32 minutes, 24 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 turnovers, 10\/16 FG, 4\/7 3P, +0<\/p>\n

Rollins was clinical, getting to his spots, working in the pick-and-roll, and taking what the defence gave him. He also had some ridiculous ambidextrous finishes around the rim. Can\u2019t say enough about his development this year.<\/p>\n

21 minutes, 19 points, 11 rebounds, 2 steals, 2 blocks, 6\/13 FG, 1\/4 3P, -3<\/p>\n

Finished around the rim decently (as he should, considering he was the biggest and tallest player out there by some margin). Also got four O-boards because of that height, along with four stocks. Great production on those fronts. Still, got exposed a few times moving his feet on the perimeter against fringe NBA players.<\/p>\n

31 minutes, 17 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 turnovers, 6\/15 FG, 1\/4 3P, +8<\/p>\n

Not the best game from Ous, who failed to make much of an impact. He certainly had moments of brilliance\u2014such as his full-court outlet pass to Cormac Ryan\u2014but failed to put it together from a scoring standpoint. You want to see him succeed with the ball in his hands to be a long-term player for this team.<\/p>\n

26 minutes, 6 points, 1 assist, 4 turnovers, 2\/7 FG, 2\/7 3P, +0<\/p>\n

A nothing game from AJ. You wish he\u2019d be more impactful against a team of G-Leaguers.<\/p>\n

26 minutes, 12 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 6\/7 FG, +19<\/p>\n

Sims mostly did his job by playing off others, but he showed signs of savviness we hadn\u2019t seen earlier this season. For example, he had a play where he faked the DHO and kept it, leading to the massive slam. Great to see that development.<\/p>\n

29 minutes, 21 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 steals, 7\/8 FG, 3\/4 3P, +19<\/p>\n

Another great game from Cormac, who just keeps showing out. He made threes from both a standing start and on the move, but also did great work inside the arc; he spun for a dipsy-doo fadeaway, and also cut backdoor for the reverse layup. Also showed his stuff as an instinctual defender, racking up five steals.<\/p>\n

Thought Doc did a solid job coaching. I\u2019ll echo Finn\u2019s sentiment about Rivers getting the team to \u201cplay the right way,\u201d which has been evident over the past two weeks, and honestly, really refreshing. No agendas, just a bunch of dudes playing for each other. Now, the opponent was tanking to a significant degree, but all Doc could do was put guys in position to succeed and get them to play in the way that best helped the team, and I thought he did. The Bucks won a game they should have won, and Doc played a key role.<\/p>\n

Garbage Time: Thanasis Antetokounmpo, Alex Antetokounmpo<\/p>\n

Inactive: Kevin Porter Jr., Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bobby Portis, Gary Trent Jr.<\/p>\n

Doc said that although the team is out of playoff contention, these games are meaningful for a lot of guys.On Cormac: \u201cGreat cutter, great IQ, better with the ball than we thought\u2026 and his hands have been everywhere. Very impressed with him.\u201dRivers highlighted how Ryan Rollins is doing his work \u201cin the game flow\u201d and not forcing anything.Ousmane Dieng, Rayan Rupert, and Adama Bal all grew up together in France and shared an NBA court in this one. Pretty cool moment.<\/p>\n

The Bucks are back in action on Tuesday night against yet another tanktastic team, the Brooklyn Nets. Catch the game at 6:30 p.m. CDT on FanDuel Sports Network Wisconsin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It got interesting at times, but the Milwaukee Bucks mostly dominated the tanktastic Memphis Grizzlies, 131-115. As Deolu…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":701410,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3775],"tags":[7,103,56844,1565,102,121,3871,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-701409","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-milwaukee-bucks","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-bucks","10":"tag-bucks-postgame-takeaways-player-grades","11":"tag-bucks-analysis","12":"tag-milwaukee","13":"tag-milwaukee-bucks","14":"tag-milwaukeebucks","15":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116358100095222337","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=701409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/701410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=701409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=701409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=701409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}