NBA TODAY | “Where’s your game ball Giannis”- Kendrick Perkins taunt Bucks as loss to Pacers 122-113

NBA TODAY | “Where’s your game ball Giannis”- Kendrick Perkins taunt Bucks as loss to Pacers 122-113

We can do this every night Halton tries another three bang Tyrese Halton from downtown I know what time it is be humble when you having your moments cuz you just never know how the tables turn and when they going to turn history 64 points for Yiannis something’s going on in the corner over

Here have they had to get I knew they had the ball that’s the The Gangs mhip that’s the the pettiness um it happens we were not thinking about giannis’s franchise record I have a ball but I don’t know if it’s a a game ball it doesn’t feel like the game bow to

Me so every time the Pacers in Bucks face off now ch’s appointment TV right the latest installment of this budding rivalry went down last night let’s check in on the game ball it’s okay it’s secure right now Yannis has it Dame has it and when he drops it off to Giannis

Like this oh come on that’s a be that’s what I love Dame what he’s doing now with the buck is attacking the basket but what I love is that Giannis is doing the same as well Giannis for three that doesn’t go Miles Turner goes down hard after this one tensions flaring between

These two teams getting spicy buddy healed everybody getting held back Bobby Portis shaking his head let’s get back to the game action now Tyrese halberton he said I can pass too y’all I lead the NBA in assist too y’all little no look to Jackson there and then later

In the second here Dame once again five back and forth we go ladies and gentlemen 30 points 18 rebounds 11 assists for Giannis the Bucs led by as many as 15 but the Pacers they would end up running away with it the fourth quarter here Yannis oh nope don’t see

That too often Miles Turner swats in they get out in transition Benedict mathine high off the glass of the layup game tied at 99 245 to play here paac is up five halberton this I mean he gets to to his spots people wonder oh is this run a

Fluke ladies and gentlemen no it is not Tyrese halberton has arrived his finesse his Touch look at that and one son passing scoring shooting the passion there’s been a change in Indie halberton he is 26 points 11 assists nine rebounds the Pacers win don’t worry we’re not

Going to get into the game ball here but the Bucks they led by as many as 15 with four and a half minutes left in the third before being outscored by 24 points the rest of the way the Pacers they shot twice as well from the field

In the final 16 minutes and 30 seconds let’s take a listen to Giannis after the game I don’t know I don’t know if I knew we’ll fix it I don’t know we got to figure it out I didn’t think this makes us better you know we got to go watch

The tapes figure out what they do well against us and try to stop it and if we cannot stop it I probably lose again okay so I don’t I don’t want to press the full panic button here perk because the Bucks have still won eight of their

Last 10 why are you making the face what’s the issue what’s the biggest issue for the bucks right now well well first as you can see no one is fearing the deer matter of fact it’s it’s deer hunting season right now it just started about a month and a half

Ago so that’s the number one thing second thing I don’t want to hear about what the Bucks been doing of late because they haven’t played anyone yes they got a nice win against the uh New York Knicks and then the Knicks came back and returned the favor on Christmas

Day but they’re not measured up against the New York yor Knicks they are measured up against contenders and I don’t want to keep going back to this but I have to the Bucks have not got a signature win and if you have Elite perimeter play you’re going to beat the

Milwaukee Bucks when you’re looking at facing the Damien Lillard Malik Beasley uh Chris milleron that your starting five who’s stopping someone on the perimeter nobody so at the end of the day until the Bucks figure it out I don’t know if they have to make another

Move I don’t know if J Crowder needs to get healthy whatever it needs to be right now the Bucks are not a contending team they haven’t beaten anyone and they haven’t showed us that they able to elevate their level of Defense on the perimeter okay I’m taking this

Personally because I know you said that there’s not a signature win and I argued you right here on this set about the New York Knicks their win over them as a signature win but I am still looking at the squad and I’m looking at them in the standings and right now it says

Milwaukee is 24-9 and second in the East I think yeah they may not have had that signature win in your point of view perk but what they do have is identity issues and it’s very rare that you see Yannis sanmo just sit down and go I don’t know

I don’t know to me that’s telling because what I do know is that Giannis is showing up he’s playing hard I mean what was it a triple double that he had 30 and 18 or so like to him what’s baffling is hey we made like we made

This move why are things not working I know know it’s a firsttime coach you have different pieces defense is struggling they’re 20th in defense versus last year they were fourth they’re trying to adjust what I see here is that they put their chips in the center of the table based off of offense

But a lot of other teams have done that as well right the Indiana Pacers I mean they shot what yeah the Suns they shot poor from three but they got 70 points off of their bench like they have the ability based off of Tyrese halb to empower everybody is that their new

Identity though I mean they average like 132 points in the month of December is their new identity we’re in offensive Juggernaut and they’re struggling to adjust to what that means for them yeah I think their identity is that we’re leaning into Giannis and Dame and I

Think Zach is perfect to take it from here because if you lean into that why aren’t we getting more of that the pick and roles and just configuring an offense around there totally so a lot of hand ringing a lot of fretting over a team who’s 24- n and

11 and three in its last 14 games I guess credit to the Bucks cuz we’re talking about them like they’re the Lakers like they lose one game and we have to have a what’s wrong with the Bucks conversation this has been the best offensive team in the league for

The last six weeks number one everyone’s like what’s wrong with Damen Lillard his shots not falling Damen Lillard is shooting 36.5% on threes you know what he shot last season 37.1 yeah career 37.2 his three-point shot is fine his two-point shot is dipped a little bit

And I do think he and Giannis are kind of feeling out the right balance of power on offense but Chris Middleton is starting to play like Chris Middleton again the only question and it’s a big one is defense and perk nailed it right at the top perimeter defense because on

The back line you get past the first line you got Yannis and Brook Lopez waiting for you that’s trouble but this team made its bones under Mike buher with defense and rebounding they’re 20th in defense and 18th in defensive rebounding and they’ve either got to get Jay Crowder healthy and and and have

Maran bamp and Andre Jackson Jr fortify the defense on the wing or they’ve got to go out and search under the couch cushions for whatever they got left to trade and get one more guy that could be reliable on defense because if they go into the playoffs with this defense in

This offense they can get far but man those top teams in the East are really really good but offense fine right well we’re nickel and diing because we’re holding up the measuring stick as the Boston Celtics we are expecting this team to be in the Eastern Conference

Finals or further like that that’s why we’re talking about these teams so yeah I go ahead perk I I I’m just saying that’s why we’re talking about the Milwaukee Bucks like this and we should be because look after the after the Pacers sent them home in the n Season

Tournament I’m looking at it right now okay they beat the Bulls they beat the Pacers they beat the Pistons they beat the Rockets they beat the Spurs they beat the magic they beat the Knicks they beat the Nets they beat the C none none of those teams are cont Enders sure none

Of those team those are games they expect those the little those are the little adjustments they need to make Dame didn’t take a shot in clutch time yesterday that can’t happen it’s one game but that’s that that’s why we’re looking at it like this Zach it’s because we are expecting something come

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NBA TODAY | “Where’s your game ball Giannis” – Kendrick Perkins taunt Bucks as loss to Pacers 122-113