The Milwaukee Bucks lose 108-119 to the Boston Celtics, dropping third straight game
The Milwaukee Bucks faced a tough challenge against the Boston Celtics and lost 119-108, dropping to 1-3 on the season. The Bucks were outscored by 30 points from beyond the arc, shooting a mere 25.8% compared to the Boston Celtics’ 38.3%. Despite Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard combining for 63 points, there are still questions about Giannis’ overall impact as well as the team’s identity.
Will the Bucks find a solution to their shooting and defensive challenges? Tune in for an engaging analysis of their current strategies and future prospects with Camille Davis and Frank Madden.
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0:00 Intro
2:22 Celtics vs. Bucks Analysis
6:32 Bucks’ Offensive Struggles
15:32 Giannis and Dame’s Performance
19:39 Andre Jackson Jr.’s Role
25:39 Bucks’ Identity and Strategy
31:06 Upcoming Games and Expectations
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50 Comments
There's no way "fans" in this comment section saw their team play hard against the best team in the league on the road and lost be ause of a few key mistakes down the stretch snd are calling it quits after FOUR games to start the season. Please get a grip. Lol
Thought they played fairly well, we just let Pritchard dominate and win. The game. 28 points off the bench really
It might be early in the season, but something looks seriously off with the team. 😢
I agree with frank giannis did NOT play well. THERE IS NO MORE FEAR FACTOR WITH HIM , TEAMS HAVE NO FEAR OF THE BUCKS AND ITS PATHETIC
Pritchard 3 got Doc bent over wanting to die 😂😂😂
They didnt just keep it close w him they took the lead and were playing good defense
I'm to the thinking that Giannis and Dame can't co-exist. Bucks need to look at trading Damian Lillard at trade deadline..
I can plainly see why that genius Horst is paid millions.
Easy win for the Celtics. They were barely trying.
Tatum played horribly and we lost by 11 points
Fire 🔥 Horst
They need a third bucket getter who can get boards and solid length. Maybe instead of trying to trade Marjon before giving him a chance they could use him in the starting lineup right about now. A player Dame himself said he loved playing with.
MKE have a some great individuals but BOS has a great team. So far adding Dame has been a bad decision. Love his talent but hate all the things he won't do to be part of the winning team. Giannis has also developed some really bad habits. No team chemistry.
Bucks needs to trade Giannis away. He is not a smart player and getting old.
Doc could not take both stack clippers and 76ers teams in the conference final. He lucked out on the one chip on the big three Celtic team. And the way he making Giannis drive to net I would not be surprised come April Giannis will be injuried again. Going down hill sadly.
PLAY.THE.YOUNG.GUYS.THEY.HAVE.ENERGY!!
Giannis offense was obviously not great but saying he was bad defensively is bit excessive
This team is cheeks right now! 😠
Dame needs to play more he should be able to play 48 minutes easy after training with David goggins
They seem unmotivated on defense. Also, the coaching is lacking.
giannis is just palyin football 7 turnovers he does too much hero ball dont take 3 threes screen hard Let DAME acc lead this team
26 of the Bucks points were from free throws. The offense was not good.
The Bucks played much better and I realize Middleton is injured, but the Bucks will not be able to sustain 60 wins with their age and lack of bench efforts. If we had Porzingis we would have probably won by 20.
I usually don’t agree with Frank but he hit the nail on the head with his take
I am genuinely worried about the Dame abd Giannis chemistry. They just seem like two random coworkers thrown together. Never seen a two player 30 point games that was more mraninglesd together, they just take turns scoring.
Bobby has been such a cone on defense so far – he lost his fire – just wants to shoot turn-around jumpers and blow transition layups. There just needs to be more accountability all around – unless we're going to consistently go deeper into the bench we aren't the team to come down and take a shot after 3 seconds tic off the shot clock – because that means all our old ass dudes have to run right back down the floor and I don't know if ya'll have noticed this – but we suuuuuck in transition D.
I was hoping I was wrong about this. Edition of the buck's. It's early, but you can put a fork in them , not a very good team. Should have made some changes. When it comes Bobby or Brooke? Don't know why they love Pat. i just see this as a continuation of last season. It looks like a 500 team to me, 6th seed ? Doc may be done
Frank it's not fair to say giannis played poorly.
he played well until around 6 mins into the 3rd when he realized nobody was ever going to score a 3 again. at that point he stopped passing and started forcing.
he was also lazy on transition defense.
i'd rather have giannis lazy on transition than hurt.
we can still come back from this.
I understand you don’t want to tank any aspiring media careers, but a little “realness” would be nice. Frank gets into this territory but with energy of someone who has covered the Bucks for 20 straight years. I’d appreciate some more edge.
I have been saying this for the last three years our best player covered most mistakes because he athletically could do everything. Your best player is an average defensive player that doesn’t work in this NBA. Some immature fans are gonna say oh my God what else can Giannis do the point I’m making is that during the championship runs he was covering a lot of bad mistakes because he’s so athletically gifted and he was a fantastic perimeter player. If Giannis cannot be dominant on both ends of the court, this team is not going to go anywhere you can’t scheme this there’s no analytics for this and I know people don’t want to hear that. We used to have the advantage because he was so dominant on both ends so you didn’t have to have phenomenal. Fantastic defenders everywhere now we’re talking about trying to get this guy and get that guy because he has lost a step due to injuries and I don’t know if he’ll ever get it back, that has nothing to do with coaching. Doc came over because he thought he was coaching 2008 Kevin Garnett, which is what Giannis needs to be in order for us to win a championship.
This is like no improvement at all from last year….if not worse….now nobody is afraid giannis or dame let alone the rest….doc I think will be paid for the rest of the contract and horst is probably looking for the next HC as we speak….( Thank god Bud found a contract with the suns)
Frank is right. We aren't taking or making enough 3s this season so far.
They kept getting free FTs and still lost 😂😂😂😂 Gianni's running over people without consequences😂😂😂😂 and still lost.
Any idea when Middleton is coming back
Rivers is wrong coach for Bucks, all the young players were showing growth under Griffin, with Doc they seem to be turning into stiffs. Middleton only hope escaping a 36-46 season. Dame has got to get streaky, we have not seen him put on a shooting display like Pritchard.
Should have drafted Ryan Dunn, he’s already played more minutes and scored more points than Marjon and Ajax combined. He’s taller than both of them and a better defender and a better shooter. But no we drafted Aj who is gonna be in the Gleague all season. Bobby and Pat need to be traded. Trade Marjon in anyone wants him. Trade a pick. Khris coming back will help the offense. But it will not at all help the defense.
Andre Jackson should get more minutes.
Frank looks like he lost his rent on the bucks covering the spread tonight
Tatum was not shut down. He wasn’t given calls he should have got. Dame got 18 free throws and the Bucks still lost!!
Doc was always a mistake
If PP gonna drop 30, Bucks have no shot
Same thing every year
They soo good but stall and just lose momentum it's painful to watch😢
I can see why other teams hate our fanbase this is gold🤣🤣
Giannis has been horrible in transition defense this year. Lackluster running back on defense and makes the rest of the guys scramble.
We cooked fire sale 😂 get rid of everyone get picks whatever this team looks lost on defense just like under Griff
Are they waiting for khris middleton to do the prince at the 4 lineup?
Pat and Bobby are cooked. play some Young guys. 4 games in and Doc and the staff still rolling with this garbage ass dudes. I've seen all i needed to see.
I usually take the Gilbert Arenas podcast with a grain of salt but one thing he said last year that I always remembered is that it’s two completely different games when Giannis is on the floor versus when Dame is on the floor. I still think it can work but Kris Middleton has to be healthy because his game balances the two. No one else on the team can consistently play-make and create their own shot besides Dame and Giannis and you really see it when Dame goes to the bench because we don’t have another ball handler on the team. It’s a huge drop off. I agree the young guys need to play more just to get some energy and playmaking in the game.
Bottom line: I still have faith in this team to make a deep run but I wouldn’t mind getting a backup athletic big and/or another athletic playmaking wing at the deadline.
Don't blame secondary players when things go south, at some point you are going to run out of stuff to blame…then what? Do not forget that this is a top heavy team. Personally i think that Gianni's distinct ball dominant basketball style is preventing the team to get better, Lillard has absolutely no chemistry with Giannis (he's an iso SG who tries to play PG but fails and ball dominant too), Middleton's availability is also very important but he is sadly always injured, and Lopez while being a very good player (on both ends) is slow for modern fast basketball.