NBA TODAY | “Bucks are truly scariest team in NBA” – Perk on Bucks beat Clippers without Giannis

NBA TODAY | “Bucks are truly scariest team in NBA” – Perk on Bucks beat Clippers without Giannis

To NBA Today presented by Intuit credit karma let’s check in on Milwaukee no Yannis no problem it was Dame time in Milwaukee last night Yannis Sant Tumo though tried to go in warm-ups but is out battling left achilles tendonitis doc River said Giannis has been dealing

With this issue for the past few games so he did not play but picking it up in the fourth quarter I mean Bobby poris showed up big and the crowd love this oh he’s the emotional lead leader of this bu team I love to see that Bobby por

Milwaukee just loves uh loves this guy and I think La kind of likes the version that they’re getting of James Harden Harden had 29 Points and8 assist this is going back and forth but watch that beautiful Euro Step and one son the Bucks Trail 8784 after Dame’s free throw

Now later in the fourth Patrick Beverly for three Bev had 12 points9 rebounds oh he was extremely tough physical Doc Rivers kind of player boy he’s going to make this team a tough out in the playoffs absolutely but also who else will make this a tough out won Dame

Lillard who had 41 point where shooting from like that’s ridiculous from the parking lot like come on guys now next possession for Milwaukee right here pis knocks down the jumper and Giannis loves it with the stank face a little bit bucks up 105 100 and another floater

Here for big bucket Bobby is that the new nickname I guess so Milwaukee still leads by seven and then Beverly finds Porter for the corner three Porters had 28 points 16 rebounds as Bucks win 113 106 now the Bucks have won six straight games out of All-Star break behind get

This having the League’s third best offense and best defense during this time say that again third best offense and best defense during this time post Allstar yes best defense and by the way Ramona by the way Ramona this includes wins over top West teams in the Timberwolves and the Clippers and Tim

Legler has more on how the Bucks have been able to turn around their defense well chanet you know I’ve coached a lot of of basketball in my life and one of my favorite play sets defensively was named play harder it’s sometimes really that simple and I’ve

Seen that out of the Bucks as they’re improving their defensive numbers right now and also their schemes have been good the two3 zone They pled last night really affected the Clippers let’s talk about both things and why the Bucks were able to get this win so the play harder

Component and I’ve seen some of this during this winning streak starts right here Damen lard turns the basketball over and if you can’t really see where he is just take a look this is Damen Lillard here he is completely trailing the action and you can see the Clippers

Clearly have numbers you got four guys up the court with a surge and a fast break and a lot of talent running this break with Lillard that far behind the play as the Clippers come up great ball reversal stop it right here you’re going to see Amir coffee run to this corner

And look at the space that he has when James Harden makes this pass to the corner but Damen Lillard never quit on the play look at the ground he covers to force him to run off the three-point line first and then he counts on getting help on the backline that’s exactly what he

Gets right here galinari comes over to stop dribble penetration three players on the weak side Zone up waiting on that next pass to come out which it does and I want you to look at Malik Beasley come out there get not only a close out but

Get his hand in the passing Lane that leads directly to offense now this is the second part of what I talked about improving defensively scheme and communication they went to this Zone primarily the entire second half and it really affected the clippers because they could not get into their ball

Screen or isolation game and one of the big reasons they just didn’t occupy this area of the floor offensively which is critical against the zone They never really did it Paul George starts there but then slips away when kawh Leonard catches this basketball this would have been a great opportunity right here for

Paul George to flash middle receive the basketball from the wing and then force on the back line a reaction from one of these two players which would have meant a wideopen three-pointer in one of these corners but because the ball didn’t get delivered there and instead there was

Dribble penetration the Bucks are able to stay in their two3 Zone and match up now kawhai finally does Flash middle but watch the reaction great one here on a p of Brook Lopez he has to come all the way up from the back line to play him

One-on-one tries to turn the corner go up over one of the best shop blockers in the league gets a piece deters kawii Leonard right at the rim and this was during that stage in the game when the momentum was changing and the Milwaukee Bucks were taking control I thought

Their defense was exceptional in this game and it has been during the winning streak Chen let’s see if they can keep it going forward thanks Tim for stopping by and breaking it all down and speaking of which the defense has absolutely taken major strides since doc River’s

Arrival but so has Dam Lillard take a listen to Dame on how doc has helped him open up his game for a significant part of the year was just just trying to find my way you know trying to find my spaces where I would have opportunity and um you know I

Just think because I played against doc so many times in the west um and he had to scout against me so when when he came in he was just like you guys don’t run this you guys don’t run that like this is stuff we hated to guard against you

He just started to slowly put some of those actions in and slowly we’re starting to see that it is officially become Dame time in Milwaukee and shout out to Barry BAL of the Bucks because he gifted our amazing producer Hillary uh this nice little box of Dame time watch

I’m going to put it on and I might also steal it you can see the Dame time there we go I’ll put on Apple watch it’s even better because it’s clutch it always it it always delivers in in moments of need now Scott what difference have you seen

From Dame since allar break well I see the Dame that I used to watch for the last decade exactly in Portland and it’s not just the three-point shooting we know he’s terrific at that but the way he got downhill and attacked the rim with such Force I thought that set the

Entire tone for not only this game but a number of the games since Allstar break and you can feel like he’s playing free and much more liberated right now so I’m really impressed with what Dame is doing right now well I mean Doc Rivers has

This mant they got to go from good to great right and and I don’t even know that they were good on defense okay right right and and and and Tim gave a great breakdown of like what they did with their Zone and I know how you guys

Talk about Zone like like you go to Zone because you can’t really guard them with man right but that zone was so effective because they were trying harder because you did see Dame trying to close out their effort was there and so much of what the issue that they had before was

Just team effort like everybody buying into what they’re doing finding roles I think that’s why they went and got Doc Rivers because he he understands like you got to put guys in positions to succeed he’s seen Dame at his best he’s putting him there last night he was the

Only one of the big three out there Chris Middleton’s still been out Giannis was out with the with the Achilles injury and so it’s just Dame he’s used to that in Portland just him right yeah well I I tell you what I really like last night with Doc did I thought this

Was a win that’s going to carry a lot of momentum for this team whenever you can win a game as a coach without two of your top three players like he did it it’s going to ins a lot of confidence in the entire roster and

In you as a coach yeah but they will need to sustain that so Zach do you believe that the Bucks have the right momentum do you think that they’ve turned a corner here o I think it’s getting interesting I think it’s getting a little spicy they’re trending upward like this dam is

Trending upward like this I thought last night was as explosive and decisive going to the basket as he has looked all season from start to finish on any game and look the defense has gotten better and sturdier this is not going to be a great defensive team but if it’s good

Enough when they get healthy their offense is going to be dynamite and that is the kind of formula where they have enough to really challenge Boston in the East and boy does we do we need someone to challenge step up and challenge Boston in these cuz they’re lapping the

Field right now but this team fully healthy fully optimized is very very very dangerous and that’s why to me there is no bigger wild card right now in the East than how Chris Middleton comes back from that ankle injury and whether he can stay healthy stay on the

Court and in the playoffs play 30 plus minutes every game of high level basketball because if they run into Boston or a healthy Knicks team or a healthy embiid that’s what they’re going to need to get by yeah th those are some you know question marks though on the

Other side of the ball because we’re talking about a game in which they played the Clippers right and these two teams are clearly heading into opposite directions with the Bucs having won six straight games out of the break and then the Clippers having lost six of their

Last 11 games so when you pair them side by side I think we’re shocked here on the West Coast so these are two conference contenders but the Clippers have it seems like run out of seam over the last few weeks so Zach How concerned are you on the other side of the ball

With LA’s recent slide I’m going to give him the benefit of the doubt because you can’t go 27 and5 or whatever it was over that long of a stretch without being an elite elite team and I do think they’ve hit a little bit of malaise a little bit of

Dog Days Allstar post trade deadline malaise we’ve proven what we can do but the juice isn’t there right now they do Miss Russ in that sense because if you need a jolt of energy for better or worse Russ is going to bring that off the bench and jolt you into gear and you

Do feel his absence I would like to see them get back to running their offense with a little more Verve a little more speed right now like tyou likes to say they’re just walking around on offense they’ve lost some steam and look this is a veteran team a lot of guys who have

Done a lot of things in the playoffs on this team they’ve already proven what they can do they know what they have to do but right now they’re settled into that four seed and maybe they don’t care but that looks like they’re going to where they’re going to be and they need

To get back into Rhythm before the playoffs start not during the playoffs and Zach you said a lot of these guys on the Clippers have accomplished those seeking championships but it really feels like they need a feel-good win and how about on Wednesday because our next NBA Wednesday double header starts in H

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NBA TODAY | “Bucks are truly scariest team in NBA” – Perk on Bucks beat Clippers without Giannis