Have the Bucks & Doc Rivers Figured it Out?

Have the Bucks & Doc Rivers Figured it Out?

And bucks I did one of those things where you sort of bet something in the middle of the game almost got it guys I just wanted to share that uh they didn’t have yanis and they still beat the Clippers didn’t matter six straight for Milwaukee Dame 414 and4 Portis off that

Bench with 28 and 16 Hardon and PG much better night this time 29 Points a piece but the Bucks since the All-Star break are six and0 and this is a good Clippers team and they didn’t have Giannis so Chandler if you first what is what has happened what is the biggest difference

Now for we’re sort of mocking Milwaukee well I think when you have a team with this much talent that’s why people are rolling their eyes when doc says this is the hardest job he’s gonna take over no one I wouldn’t wish this upon anybody I’ll take this job this this

Team is stacked this team what’s funny you keep saying no Giannis there was also no Chris Middleton and and they were very short-handed and then it’s Dame said before the game they were talking about it they don’t even talk about who’s in who’s out they just

Talked about what they have to do this night to win the game and Bobby poris went bananas he looked like the best player on the floor for most times Dame Lillard we talked about how great of an All-Star weekend he had that car looks like it’s carried over since then and

This is one of those streaks where now all of a sudden instead of talking about how how bad of a job dox to and they shouldn’t fired Griffin now we’re talking about them possibly as contenders and real shots at knocking off the Celtics and getting to the

Finals so it’s funny how this happens the league it’s got to you got to have a shortterm memory just like we had when the Clippers when they made the trade for James Harden and they lose a couple in a row everyone panics why they do it

Then they kind of took off the Bucks are kind of in that phase right now where they’re starting to figure it out they made great adjustments I will say Doc if it was Doc if it was Pat Beverly whoever they fell to a Zone last night and the

Clippers had a lead and they started settling for these long jump shots kind of broke their Rhythm offensively and that’s the type of adjustment that this team needs and because they know they have guys that can score they have the D blers Bobby poris is giving you you know

28 30 points scoring inside out uh guys like conlon Beasley and those guys are picking up to slack not making big plays down when Chris Middleton’s out when Yannis is out this team is loaded and they’re deep and they do have the talent and the potential to defend so I think

They’re just starting to kind of create their identity and figure out who they are and this team’s a real threat this team is a real threat obviously with the Honis in the lineup is a whole another level but this team just showed you they can beat one of the better teams without

Even being fully loaded you talk about um you talk about chemistry let’s give Pat Bevis flowers like I thought he was the MVP last night for that game right he was disruptive on defense he was one of those guys that he was active he was talkative he was

Creating a lot of havoc on the defensive end and he made open shots and he was a threat on the offensive end you know and that’s something that he’s not really known for that’s not really hiso but he was able to do it on both ends of the

Floor so when we started talking about this team’s identity and them trying to figure it out I think now everybody is starting to settle in everybody is starting to settle what needs to be done and they’re putting it all on the table and they got a big win without two you

Know two of their Allstar guys even though they still had an Allstar in the game you know they played with J enough and everybody stepped up and played their roles guys is it possible I mean I know we just sort of take some of these things that coaches do and I don’t know

How effective it all is but doc did sort of question the toughness of this team right when he got there talking about some are there some are in Cabo all that good stuff do you guys take that to heart and react to it or or nothing Lou

What did you think does this have something to do with it no that’s that’s not a thing Chandler will tell you as well listen the coaches before Allstar break every coach is going to blame a bad game on on guys being checked out for Allstar break or they’ll probably

Even say before the game Hey listen I know you guys are ready to go on break for two and a half hours just lock in and you can go where and do whatever you want so this is a this is a normal thing so him challenging them or saying that

They were half of them were checked out half of them were there that’s the norm I think doc has gotten an opportunity to start putting his pieces together he’s starting to find a rhythm with how he want to coach how he thinks this team should play to give them the best uh

Opportunity to win games and I think that’s what we’re seeing but I don’t I don’t think that’s that’s a big thing yeah every every coach that has a good team that plays a bad team before allar break calls it a trap game because of that reason they know they’re they’re

Figuring out plans they know they have the next we gol they’re they’re booking hotels flights everything like that and it’s just that that’s what a coach does they try push you to try and just basically reinforce like hey 48 minutes and then go do what you got to do and

It’s hard it’s difficult a lot of times you say You’re Gonna lock in but that that’s that time where everything’s kind of getting slower and you don’t want to go to shoot around and the film session pissing you off because it’s so long so that that’s to me I don’t think that’s

Like this pivotal moment that Doc Rivers sparked the locker room by challenging their toughness I just think they’re extremely talented they’re extremely good it was only a matter of time till they started figuring out now Doc making the adjustments of the atos and the going to Zone and when to play man and

When to switch that is that’s critical for them going forward I know but you guys know as as viewers we love a dramatic locker room speech at least the idea of it we live for it um they got the two seed Chandler and you know Cavs

Are there but they’ve been a little bit wonky lately how important is it Milwaukee stay there well I think it’s important but also looking at the Eastern confence it’s not like the West like the the Eastern Conference you get the two seed the play and you’re looking

At the Miami Heat and the Pacers so it’s important I guess and it’s hard to predict but again it’s not like these are going to shuffle around so much but if I I’d rather play the magic than the than the Heat or the Pacers so there’s so much basketball left that teams are

Going to prepare to win as many games as possible and then maybe kind of do the the Mark Cuban thing last year and sit and choose and kind of look at matchups but we can say that now he’s not the owner anymore he doesn’t care Michelle

It’s a great point and they already paid the fine yeah he already got the and they got the pi and they got the pick so they’re good it worked out I do think there’s so much basketball now and I do thinky bucks are a better basketball team than the

Cleveland Cavaliers so I do think they’re gonna hold on to that two seed but that might not be a great thing if the three seed gets the magic and they end up with the heat in the first round that’d be a real kick in the D kick in

The D indeed that would suck Shams we saw Giannis out there he was testing out the Achilles and then it was basically a no-go right before game time do you have any any the latest news how’s he looking the Bucks aren’t uh seeming overly worried about this situation it’s a kly

Soreness that they’re describing it as he tried to warm up as we see there couldn’t play couldn’t uh really manage that pain to be able to get out there and play but the Bucks have to take a cautious approach they’ve already done so with Chris midd he’s missed the last

Month as Chandler just said with that ankle sprain the hope is that he’s going to be back sooner than later but they’re being safe with Chris Middleton I’m not sure when he’s gonna be back hopefully over the next week or so and then Giannis and to kmo obviously sat last

Night with that Achilles soreness we’ll see if he’ll be out there for the next game that’s such a weird mov I wasn’t I wasn’t worried till I saw that clip yeah that seems worrisome guys that’s just like a normal jumper and he’s doing that that’s that’s I think it’s smart to sit

Him down again this is a team that is is a real Contender with him and this is we’re getting down in the nitty-gritty here where they need him fully healthy but that that doesn’t look good there’s no he can’t even take a standstill jumper there was no shot he was

Playing yeah maybe I’m silly but LW I I don’t know it seems like the video is a little bit not great yeah it looks a it looks a little alarming but you know chanler this is also fresh out of the car just now getting your body warmed up

Your your adrenaline is not rolling yet did you stay fresh out of the car this is at like 4M yeah this is or his car yeah ear listen so before you before you get going a lot of times you feel like I might not be able to go tonight but once

You start getting sweat going your adrenaline’s rolling a little bit I can tough through this and I can fight through this pain so I I think the Milwaukee Bucks they’re just they’re just iron on the side of caution and just not making this worse it might not

Be a big of deal as it looked right there that clip was kind of alarming but you know once you get grown once you get rolling and ready to go for a game he probably could have played if he really wanted to who knows the whole timeing that is true and

He did walk off and whatever but I feel like that’s for like Shams you and I and civilians like when you wake up in the morning the first thing you think of is GH I can’t face the day and I just want to go back to sleep but then you get up

And the adrenaline starts flowing and you’re like Crush that okay okay I’m with you Lou we got you

On today’s episode of ‘Run It Back’ on FanDuel TV LIVE co-hosts Michelle Beadle, Shams Charania, Lou Williams, and Chandler Parsons talk about the recent drama around the league with buck head coach Doc Rivers, biggest stories around the league and more!

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