or just grab a defensive rebound

or dont give Trae flop calls over and over and over in crunch time

or just be prepared for the high screen floater/lob offense that the Hawks are spamming, especially since we just got finished with Durant doing the same thing

I feel like the bucks defense was not bad ; they just can’t match the fire power

They need more from Lopez and Middleton to be pick it up

This post was edited by yoitsbick on Jun 23 2021 09:27pm

nah the Bucks were lazy. Collins ran right around Tucker for offensive rebounds multiple times

if Bud makes the adjustment to sometimes trap Trae and defend against the high screen floater/lob offense without Lopez on the floor, the Bucks should win convincingly even if Middleton is cold

Aged like milk

his defender is a fence post, he missed open looks

So the answer for Middleton is Middleton

The bucks can't stop Trae. They don't have a single defender that can stop him. We all know Giannis would rather guard a white three point shooter. It took simmons and thybulle to keep him under 40 percent shooting.

even Middleton shooting 0-9 from 3, the Bucks just needed Giannis to clean up the boards at the end

the intensity just wasn't there. Tucker wasn't boxing out Collins, Giannis left a lot to be desired defensively and on the boards, too much Lopez and not enough Portis in this match up

if the Bucks make some simple fixes this should be a backdoor sweep or 6 game win

they don't need to stop Trae from getting his 30+ but they do need to shut down his playmaking. take him straight up 1-1 but you cant have Collins going 11/16 against your teams best defender

also that's a hilariously bad idea to put Giannis out at the perimeter to guard Trae or Durant. he is best suited at the 5 to clean up boards, protect the rim, and help D