Milwaukee Bucks Rainy Wednesday vs. Washington Wizards (4.2.24)
The Milwaukee Bucks Keep a Great Wisconsin Sports Day Going.
On Wednesday night, the Milwaukee Bucks (47-27) travel to face the Washington Wizards (14-61). Damian Lillard is out. This is a fun game to watch after what appears to be a Brewers home opener win.
The Milwaukee Bucks are presently the #2 seed in the Eastern Conference and are vying for the NBA Championship this season. Washington presently ranks second-to-last in the East. The Wizards won a single NBA championship in 1978. Previously, they were known as the Bullets. This has the “vibes” of a trap game for Milwaukee.
Milwaukee Bucks keys to victory
Defense wins Championships
Had Milwaukee and Bucks’ fans known that Doc Rivers would have had such a positive impact on defense, and not well-renowned “defensive guru” Adrian Griffin, they would have just hired Rivers from the jump.
The Bucks have a defense now that is “top ten” in defensive efficiency (115.7). Given the team started the year in dead last, this all bodes well for a good playoff run.
Time to show off the depth
In the “Doc Rivers” era the starters simply play more. Milwaukee now has four players who average over 30 minutes a game: Giannis, Dame, Brook and Malik Beasley (29.9 minutes per game)
Tonight is another one of those games that if you can keep your starters into “limited minutes” it only helps long-term.
AJ Green has looked good and even great in spurts this season. It’d be nice to see him get some playing time tonight (25+ minutes). He has played in fifty games and is averaging around 10 minutes per game. He is shooting over 41% from three.
How about an A.J.J. breakout game?
What about 15+ minutes for Bucks Buyout Hero Danilo Gallinari?
The Bucks need some strong bench minutes tonight.
Pad the stats
This is an NBA regular season game and the show must go on. Giannis Antetokounmpo is the team’s leading scorer at 30.8 per game. Why not just shoot and shoot and shoot and score a quick 40 tonight?
Bobby Portis is only averaging 13 a game. Why not put up a quick 25 points to really help pad those stats?
Again, why not have a Majon game where he snaps and goes for 20? The Bucks need some of their other guys to prove they can hammer on a terrible, terrible team.
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