NBA TODAY | “Milwaukee as a scary team in the East” – Perk: Bucks will make it to the NBA Finals

NBA TODAY | “Milwaukee as a scary team in the East” – Perk: Bucks will make it to the NBA Finals

Has ever said probably on this show thank probably about any any of us but CH you you deserve it you not only make us smarter as basketball fans but you are a true Joy work with every every day let’s celebrate International women’s day in the best way we know how breaking

Down the game because you’re one of the best best basketball Minds that I know we have a game that tips across the street in just about 7 hours we have the Lakers we have the Milwaukee Bucks what are you watching tonight in this one look we have two of the most physically

Dominant forces in the NBA colliding tonight and I want to show you their evolution one it’s Giannis one underrated aspect of his game is his handle look at that taking on all five and knocks it down but this right here is why his evolution is crazy and scary

A similar match up going up LeBron James Yannis onto DMO but this time he hits the mid-range that’s development that skill that is Giannis evolving now on the other end I mean what can LeBron James not do he’s shooting one of the best percentages of his career but just

Look how easy how effortless this is Giannis is pursuing you know LeBron has options he could either pass it to ad but but he finishes and is typically around second in Fast Break points per game so he is a force when it comes down to the middle now who takes the crown

Right you just saw from those guys well the race is tight since LeBron James signed with the Lakers in 2018 Giannis has scored 33.4 points per game against the Lakers that is the most by any player against La in this time now however in that same span LeBron James

Has averaged 29.7 a game against the buck so the second most against Milwaukee so we will see tonight who takes the CR but today you know what it is we’re flaunting our TS as women okay heck yeah I love that this should be a fun one tonight on ESPN the Bucks

They’re two and a half Point favorites LeBron’s over under for points 25.5 Giannis his point prop 31 and a half where’s Dame cuz he always has a big game against the Lakers oh yeah always in the entire State of California Daman game so for more on this match up let’s

Welcome in the first woman ever to hold a fulltime play byplay POS I not just in basketball in any major men’s professional sport our bucks broadcaster Lisa Bingington thank you so much for stopping by my gosh this is like I don’t miss the show every day so to get this

Invite and then to get this invite with you guys it is it is honestly my honor thank you we are so excited to have you here because there were folks early on in the season including us on the show you know you were watching it who were a

Little bit skeptical of the Bucks and after bringing in Doc Rivers they started off a little bit Rocky they were three and seven to start they’ve been six- one since so what’s been the biggest turnaround first of all I’m glad you brought up the national narrative because I was I was

Frustrated it’s the first time I’ve been frustrated maybe watching this show and and to be totally honest right go for it I felt like there was too much attention it was premature the the criticism of doc I felt like was premature and everyone was focusing on the record in

The first 10 games and I heard so much about the three and seven the three and seven and there wasn’t context to it so allow me if I can to provide a little bit of context in the first 10 games Chris Middleton missed six of those in

The first 10 games Dame missed two of those in the first 10 games Brook Lopez missed three of those you’re dropping a head coach and Becky you can appreciate this from a coaching perspective you’re parachuting a a head coach middle of the season um into a five-game road trip the

First time he’s with his team on the court is at a shootaround to take on the defending NBA champs uh it it’s nothing that anyone would sign up for and so by the way they’re they’re playing the toughest schedule when that coaching change was made so I just feel like that

That National narrative and that push well doc can’t get it done was way too premature we had always said wait until post Allstar break those possessions of progress are going to start materializing and then the winds are going to come and I think exactly it’s time and consistency with this team on

The court not just film session not just on the road but that’s that’s made the major difference is him being able to implement his system also he has one of his guy one of his assistant coaches Dave AER rest he he assumed Adrian Griffin’s coaching staff right he

Assumed most of the rest of brought rex camian on for the defensive side Dave jger on the offensive side he’s he’s brought in a couple other of the people and and and so they’ve mixed and matched which is a challenge in itself you know you have some Mike buen hoer assistance

You have some Adrien Griffin assistance now you have some Doc Rivers assistance and now you got to find consistency absolutely um in the first 10 games like come on you need some time to to develop that you can’t just go like that well and see this is why we bring Lisa in for

All of this context as boots on the ground reporting and and I agree with you I will we will own that premature and in the same breath I think when you look at the teams recently that the Milwaukee Bucks have been beating that’s not the same caliber team that you’re

Going to be seeing necessarily in the playoffs and particularly if they’re going to make a run to the NBA finals which we all know as the Milwaukee Bucks goal here so this West Coast Swing they really have a chance to show that this is the version of Milwaukee it started

With a loss in in Golden State in a tough game it just wasn’t their matchup now they have the Lakers so what are you watching most closely in this one well looking to correct some of the mistakes that they had on Wednesday against Golden State and and some things that we

Haven’t seen them done post All-Star break so you know their six in one post Allstar break and putting up some really good defensive numbers number one um they struggled in the paint they struggled defending the rim against Golden State and they struggled in transition and it was interesting to me

To see the the comments that Doc Rivers made postgame he said this is going to surprise you guys our problem was defense our problem was offense and it was the shots that we were taking um that were getting us out of a position defensively so so hence the 19 fast

Break points hence the the plus 50 points in the paint that um that Golden State had put up so look for them to put an emphasis especially defending in the paint we know that the the Lakers are really good at that right top two in the

League and in scoring in the paint as well as fast break points so I think that will be a point of emphasis tonight I’m looking forward to seeing this one Becky it should be fun I mean really a point of emphasis for both teams right the Lakers need the paint too yeah so

It’s going to be the battle of the paint whoever defends the paint better I think wins this game but going back to to to your point about what their coach said the quality of shots that you take right and when you play a Golden State team

You’re never really out of it and you’re NE they’re never really Out Of Reach because of how they play but you can’t lull it you can’t fall asleep and start playing their version of offense and I think you can get they can kind of get

It make it it up and down kind of more of a pickup game and and you want some discipline during those moments and that’s probably what their coach was referring to just so fast switch is so much I think this is a better match up for the Milwaukee Bucks and we can learn

A whole lot about both of these teams the Lakers and Milwaukee tonight you can catch Lisa on the broadcast tonight Lisa thank you so much for spending some time said this is a thrill you are welcome back literally anytime I’ll take you up on that as well as tips on your wardrobe

Too by the way right my stylist Leon really appreciates you right now all right it’s time now for setting the pick brought to you by ESPN bet the official sports book of ESPN so let’s see who our panel is taking in this one tonight we have two for the Milwaukee Bucks one for

The Los Angeles Lakers this is going to be interesting but the real question is who are you picking to Ninth Place they’re three games back in the Lost column of the Suns who sit in sixth with just two teams ahead of them in the playin picture it’s really a tough mountain to

Climb that’s sure to only get steeper if the Warriors will be without Steph Curry for any extended period of time there so let’s get an update on Steph Curry as we say hello to our reporter who’s covering the Golden State Warriors Kendra Andrews Kendra what more can you tell us about

How long Steph might miss well Malika Steph is undergoing Imaging today and that’s going to answer a lot of those questions of how much time he’s going to miss I’m also told that they’re going to be watching him closely over the next 24 hours to see how his ankle just is responding last

Night the Warriors though were bracing for him to have to miss time hopefully not much but some at least Steve cerr told us that after the game last night Steph had his right ankle in an ice bucket but by the time reporters we were allowed into the locker room Steph had

Moved behind closed doors someone else from the organization was running back and forth from his locker to him bringing him all of his belongings so we didn’t get a chance to lay our eyes on him or his ankle now Draymond Green told us that his spirits were high but this

Whole situation just sucks mikica as you just laid out how tight that playin race is the Warriors are trying to if not avoid the playin at least improve their seeding to that seven or eight seed they finally got their roster fully back together when Andrew Wiggins returned

Two games ago and now they might be without their best their most important player for the most important stretch of the Season yeah Steph Curry’s only missed three games for the Golden State Warriors this season and the Warriors are 0 and three in those game so it will

Be imperative that golden state gets Steph back as soon as possible Kendra thank you so much for stopping by and sis happy International women’s day you know I appreciate you coming up on NBA not another Mirage so thirsty combine First Blood an enemy has been defeated my wandering begins a new your tower has been destroyed you have been defeated our base is under attack an ally has defeated just in time something you have been defeated oh have been defeated our base is under

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NBA TODAY | “Milwaukee as a scary team in the East” – Perk: Bucks will make it to the NBA Finals