Official Game Thread: Bucks at Hawks

[AHF]

12 hours ago, Sothron said:

Random question: does my profile pic under my avatar actually have a pic? Can't really tell.

You've got both an avatar (Smitty) and a signature (Dennis).

[Sothron]

1 hour ago, AHF said:

You've got both an avatar (Smitty) and a signature (Dennis).

Thanks for letting me know, I could not tell if Smitty was displaying or not.

[DS17Fanboy]

vor 16 Stunden, cam1218 sagte:

I feel like the blown lead had a lot to do with the bench getting hot and a tired starting unit not being able to sustain their momentum. A win is a win though! Not that it matters too much, but we are first in the east about 14% into the season. 

What are some of you guys even seeing? The starters went right on making it a 24 point lead, where the bench left it at 15. Despite all its glory after that 19-0 run, once bench came in again in the 3rd, that lead went away fast. This is a game of stretches and no way in hell would the Bucks continue shooting like they did in the entire first half of the second quarter where they made 0,00 points. What wins games are not stretches back and forth, but wrapping games up does. But "feelz"...

[cam1218]

1 hour ago, DS17Fanboy said:

What are some of you guys even seeing? The starters went right on making it a 24 point lead, where the bench left it at 15. Despite all its glory after that 19-0 run, once bench came in again in the 3rd, that lead went away fast. This is a game of stretches and no way in hell would the Bucks continue shooting like they did in the entire first half of the second quarter where they made 0,00 points. What wins games are not stretches back and forth, but wrapping games up does. But "feelz"...

It's not a bad thing to admit the starters were sluggish at points in the game. They just played a close and physical game the night before.

We were down 16-19 late in the first when most of the bench came into the game (we all know Bud tries to keep a starter out there). By the time the starters came back in, the bench had got us up to a 40-26 lead. We ended the half being up 52-35, so the starters added 3 to the lead the bench got us.

The starting unit played very well the start of the third quarter and got us up to 64-41. We were up around 84-70 at the end of the third with all bench players and Millsap in the game. It was the 4th quarter where they made a quick run (with a mix of bench and starters) to cut it down to 87-81 when Bud put all 5 starters back in.

So you asked what am I seeing? I saw a team come out sluggish and was down 3 points when their bench come in. That bench pushed the lead to 14, their energy and momentum helped pick up the team and pushed the lead to 23 points. Then a tired team couldn't hold a lead against an athletic team that hadn't played since Saturday. Stretches don't win games but we don't win this one without the stretch of high energy and good offense the bench gave us in the second quarter.

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Malcolm, Timmy, Prince, Kelly, Moose(mostly)/Hump

[Thomas]

35 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Malcolm, Timmy, Prince, Kelly, Moose(mostly)/Hump

Just a great clip of our bench. Thanks.