Bucks vs. Nuggets: Questions About Defense & Lineup Impact
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00:03 Moving to the marquee game of the night,
00:05 the Nuggets travel to play against the Bucs.
00:07 They immediately lose.
00:08 Katavia's called well-pulled,
00:09 but Jamal Murray goes out in the second quarter.
00:12 They're forced to play a ton of Peyton Watson
00:14 and Reggie Jackson.
00:15 They don't get there in the end.
00:17 I mean, J-Y, let me ask you this.
00:19 What did you see from the Bucs defense in this game?
00:23 'Cause that's been the big concern with them,
00:25 that's why they moved on from Adrian Griffin.
00:27 That's hopefully what Doc Rivers is in there
00:29 to fix, what did you make of this one?
00:32 - Well, you take out the starting lineup
00:35 for the NBA champions, you got a shot to win.
00:37 I mean, that's what I took out of that.
00:40 You know, listen, Doc's teams are always gonna be good
00:43 in the regular season.
00:45 It's the playoffs that you worry about, Doc,
00:47 and Donnie can speak to this as a Sixers fan,
00:51 his lack of adjustments in-game or game-to-game
00:54 over a seven-game series tends to be his Achilles heel.
00:58 So while it was a great performance and a great win,
01:02 you tell me the fact that Jamal Murray and KCP
01:05 played a combined 27 minutes, that's good.
01:08 That's good for a Milwaukee team, it gives them a chance.
01:11 I'm more concerned about when I see them,
01:14 if they play a team like Denver in the NBA finals,
01:18 when they play a team like an Anthony Edwards on the 23rd,
01:23 when they get Maxie on the 25th.
01:26 When I start to see lead guards or two guards
01:29 that are dynamic scorers,
01:31 do they have the perimeter presence
01:35 to go get the job done and get spots?
01:38 I'm sorry, I love him as a player and he drives people crazy.
01:42 Patrick Beverly is not going to move the needle
01:46 in regards to telling me that the defensive rules
01:49 have been fixed by the Milwaukee Bucks.
01:52 They still have problems on defense,
01:54 and guys, it doesn't matter who they have in their lineup.
01:57 That is not going to go away.
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