The Milwaukee Bucks are hoping that benching Michael Carter-Williams can help bring him back on track, because he’s been nearly a liability on the court so far this season. The Bucks capped their run on this steal and slam by Michael Carter-Williams, giving them a 12 point lead with nine minutes left in the game and it was all downhill from there.
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Those two, teamed up with forward John Henson, who finished with eight points and seven rebounds, allowed Milwaukee’s second unit to push the pace. Milwaukee’s defensive pressure was too much and the Nuggets sloppy offensive play proved to be too much to overcome as the Bucks ran away with the game in the second half.
While Malone credited the Bucks defense, a true test for them on the defensive side will come on Wednesday as the Bucks travel to San Antonio to take on the Spurs. But the Nuggets completely lost their shooting touch in the second half and fell behind by as many as 22 en route to their seventh consecutive loss. It’s on me as a head coach to get more out of this team.
Throughout the season, on top of discussing the key topics and stories surrounding the Bucks that you’ll find in our many articles right here on the site, the podcast will also act as a platform for us to dive into greater detail on the game’s from the week gone by and the games coming up in the week ahead. Nuggets SF Danilo Gallinari scored 25 points and Faried had 19 as Denver outlasted Milwaukee 103-102 at home on November 11.2.
After the game, Nuggets coach Mike Malone said, “We’re one of the poorer shooting teams in the National Basketball Association, one of the poorer finishing teams in the National Basketball Association”.
During the seven-game losing streak, Denver is averaging 51 points in the first half and 39 in the second half.
“We’re going to go with the vets on the floor, the guys that are talking that are kind of setting the tone for us”, Kidd said. Milwaukee converted those turnovers into 35 points. The post play early essentially amounted in a draw as the only real difference early was Khris Middleton’s ability to hit the three (3-3 in the first quarter).
Milwaukee Bucks coach Jason Kidd made a change to his starting lineup over the weekend and got a win out of it on Monday, but a much bigger test looms. “So it is frustrating, nobody likes to lose, we all hate to lose but you lose six games in a row, that gets old after a while”.
Bucks guard Greivis Vazquez missed his second consecutive game with right ankle soreness….
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Rookie guard Emmanuel Mudiay led the way with five turnovers for Denver.
