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Game 13: Bucks/Hornets
by Alex Boeder on Nov 25, 2009 8:31 AM EST
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Notes are the jump...
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Believe the Hype?
by Alex Boeder on Nov 24, 2009 11:43 PM EST
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[Don't Believe the Hype predated Jennings by a year]
They say there is no such thing as bad press, but even if there was, Brandon Jennings wouldn't have any...
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Recap: Spurs 112, Bucks 98
by Alex Boeder on Nov 24, 2009 1:10 AM EST
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Isn't this what the Spurs should have been doing the whole time against the Bucks?
Punishing inside, threes from outside, and far too much Tim Duncan all in between, San Antonio handled Milwaukee just like they have not during so many recent matchups. And it all makes sense, really -- after all of those years that the bad Bucks challenged and beat the great Spurs -- that the most buzzworthy version of the Bucks in many, many hot minutes would lose so clearly to a cooled, under-.500 Spurs team.
Five different Bucks scored to close the first half on a 15-2 run, but Duncan scored six quick ones in a reality-checking, flexing, 37-point (defense?) third quarter for the Spurs. They didn't bother looking back.
The Bucks missed Bogut badly, but the Spurs were without Manu Ginobili and so all was fair. Ilyasova was up, Jennings was down, and Redd was back up but looked pretty down.
A tough loss, but not unexpected if we're going to be honest, and we are: Really, this is just life on the road in the NBA when you are many miles from Minneapolis and Memphis.
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Bucks/Thunder on ESPN this Friday
by Alex Boeder on Nov 22, 2009 2:26 PM EST
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Last night's win in Memphis pushed the Bucks to 8-3, and people are officially taking notice outside of Milwaukee: The team announced today that the Bucks/Thunder game this Friday, November 27, will be televised on ESPN. The game will now start at 8:30 central time. It will also be on FSN-HD.
The Bucks were recently the team to lose nationally televised games (remember the New Orleans game last February?), not gain them.
The times, they are a-changin'.
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Recap: Bucks 95, Bobcats 88
by Alex Boeder on Nov 21, 2009 2:46 AM EST
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[Redd getting ready, but not needed tonight. More winning times on media row.]
MILWAUKEE - In Brandon we trust.
That's the verdict, right?
If you weren't already convinced, this game made you want to vote early and vote often.
Playing without both Michael Redd and Andrew Bogut for the first time, Brandon Jennings carried new responsibility. But the result was the same: He can play just fine without anyone or anytwo, and he play just fine with anyone or anyfour.
This was his team tonight. Game 10 as an NBA'er, and we already knew that this was his team tonight before, during, and after. True, true, true.
Eschewing his usual "wait until after halftime to go nuts" routine, Jennings spun 17 quick points in the first quarter, leaving fans incredulous (again), leaving Charlotte behind and gasping for air, and leaving no doubt whether he can carry an NBA team.
That fast start was just what the thinned-out Bucks needed. And it was quite an opening show to watch for Michael Jordan, who sat in the real, live crowd, and not in a suite.
Jennings made his presence known awfully fast, but he didn't even know MJ was looking on until after halftime.
"No, I didn't. Not before (halftime). I was wondering who everyone was clapping for, so I had to peek up there a little bit during the timeout, and there he was," Jennings said.
Hard to believe, but in Brandon I trust.
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Recap: Bucks 99, Nets 85
by Alex Boeder on Nov 19, 2009 1:52 AM EST
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[Above: Delfino planting and scheming for a corner three. It's good.]
MILWAUKEE - These were supposed to be two of the worst teams in the conference, in the NBA, maybe in the world judging by the preseason prognosticators. But only one team looked the part of miserable in the first half.
And it wasn't the 0-11 Nets.
It was the Bucks who looked like the team playing the second night of a back-to-back in the opening two quarters. It was the Bucks who handed the Nets the confidence of an 11-0 team. And it was the Bucks who made Terrence Williams look like Tracy McGrady circa 2003.
But like many games this season, it was also the Bucks who pushed to another level in the second half, offensively and defensively, both. Brandon Jennings heated up with a couple threes and a two-handed dunk out of halftime while Andrew Bogut and Carlos Delfino maintained their fine first half offensive form. The points poured quickly, but better yet was the defense: Milwaukee gave up just two points in over five minutes to start the second half and only allowed 12 in the third quarter.
What a relief. What a great relief that the Bucks really are so clearly better than the worst of the league, a backhanded compliment but something we couldn't be too sure of less than a month ago or at about 8:00 p.m. central time tonight.
Down early, good teams wouldn't worry much against an outfit like the present-day Nets. But these are the Bucks, and we just don't know. Or didn't know. So just as we all are contemplating just how good Jennings can be someday, it's also time to consider how good the Bucks are right now:
Not bad, at least.
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Game 9: Nets/Bucks
by Alex Boeder on Nov 18, 2009 8:32 AM EST
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Last January: Ridnour, for the win.
Click for the preview in words and pictures...
UPDATE: Luc Mbah a Moute is out with a sprained left foot. Listed day-to-day.
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Recap: Mavericks 115, Bucks 113
by Alex Boeder on Nov 17, 2009 2:00 AM EST
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[A first loss at the Bradley Center for the Bucks, a first loss on media row. But a classic in its own right.]
MILWAUKEE - This one drained me something terrible. Dirk's improbable game-winner was really probably probable, because it was Dirk's game-winner. Yet it still drained me, yes, it drained the whole stadium of all the life, excitement, hope, and pride.
And you know what? That's okay.
It could only be so draining because there was so very much life, excitement, hope, and pride in the first place.
That's novel, but it's fast becoming a trend this season at the Bradley Center, where the Bucks lost for the first time in five games, on a soft bounce from a tough German. Just as many have.
At halftime, this game appeared like more of a classic beatdown than a straight-up classic. The Bucks allowed 33 points in successive quarters and trailed by 12 points after a shoddy final few minutes before halftime. That marked the Mavericks' biggest lead of the game, and it quickly grew from there -- Dallas stretched its advantage to 74-56 early in the third quarter.
And then the defense kicked in. And the threes fell in. And Brandon Jennings played like it was a revolution, or just the second half of an NBA game -- one in the same these days.
A pair of point guards led Milwaukee all the way back from down 18 points to lead 104-102 after a running jumper by Jennings with 45 ticks in regulation. And the Bucks had two chances to win on the final possession after Jason Terry evened the score. But Ridnour and Jennings, the point guards who led the charge, both missed in the waning seconds. Jennings' chance for redemption came up short in overtime when he missed another three, and then Dirk showed how good offense can still beat good defense on a prodigious, arcing, sorry-Milwaukee, game-winner.
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Recap: Bucks 108 Nuggets 102
by Alex Boeder on Nov 12, 2009 1:49 AM EST
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[Another night on media row, another win.]
MILWAUKEE - Raise your hand (click your mouse?) if you would have believed me before tip-off tonight if I said that the Bucks would lead the entire second half against the Nuggets. Quiet, much?
For the second game in a row, the Bucks led for every second, every minute, and every Brandon Jennings highlight of the of the final two quarters. Only this time Milwaukee actually accomplished this against a registered NBA club (I kid you, Knicks fans).
Unlike the previous game, the Bucks were pushed, quite figuratively and literally, all the way to end by a feisty Nuggets team. But much like the game before, they frustrated and ultimately outplayed their opponent.
Andrew Bogut and Brandon Jennings sang in perfect inside-outside, early-game, late-game harmony in one of the most impressive Bucks wins in a great while.
So click your mouse below for more.
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Recap: Bucks 102, Knicks 87
by Alex Boeder on Nov 8, 2009 1:44 AM EST
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[For nights that I report at the game on media row, like tonight, a photo.]
MILWAUKEE - The New York Knicks tonight continued their six-month national tour benefitting a positive cause: bringing cheer to dozens of cities across the country. The benefactor on this evening was the Milwaukee Bucks organization and the 15,486 strong at the Bradley Center. So, thanks for that.
In just the type of game that the Bucks need to win if they are to be taken at all seriously, the Bucks won. And they won big. At least as big as the final scoreline; probably bigger. Milwaukee led by 30 at halftime, and while New York shaved that lead in half by the end, they never really were in the game after the first quarter.
The Bucks were positively tyrannical to the Knicks in the first quarter, owning every bit and every facet of the game to stake a 40-22 lead. Really powerful stuff, and it continued that way for a while. Active, aware, team defense and criminally good shooting. A lot to be happy about, even if the second half usually felt more about waiting to win than anything else.
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