Lonnie Walker IV played an incredible game tonight, with 31 points, the record of his career, but the San Antonio Spurs ‘inability to slow the Milwaukee Bucks’ attack prevented them from making up for the deficit they fell into with a series of little bad plays. before the break that put them in a hole. The Spurs lost Dejounte Murray’s defense tonight, as he rested on the second night in a row, but were able to play the game for most of the night, until the Bucks moved away at the end of the fourth period to win by seven with Giannis leading.
Comments
- I’m splitting the time between this game and the Longhorns tournament game, because as a UT Austin graduate, I kind of need it. But I will spend most of my time watching the Spurs, because they are cool.
- The score was wrong for much of the first quarter because Keldon received just two points for an obvious three-point shot. It took several minutes to correct it and it was no fun, because you never know if they will actually correct the score.
- Drew Eubanks made a triple in the first quarter, and it was so slow that Bobby Portis missed the block. Drew chased him to the basket, sure he missed, but missed nothing but the net.
- Giannis went to the locker room in the first quarter and returned at the beginning of the second. I’m not sure what happened, but he looked fine when he got back to court.
- Spur usually plays at least a terrible quarter in each game. Tonight was the second.
- DiVicenzo is very good. He gains a lot of space to operate because he plays with Giannis, but he enjoys it a lot.
- I don’t remember Bryn Forbes hitting so many clutch shots when wearing Silver and Black.
- Keldon’s ability to finish in the crowd is impressive. Sometimes you can’t even see it in the trees until the ball goes through the ring.
Game flow
The Spurs used acrobatic moves from Lonnie Walker IV and DeMar DeRozan to keep pace with the Bucks for most of the quarter, but a late race led by an unusual triple from Drew Eubanks led the Spurs to a 33-26 lead at the end of the first quarter.
Spurs got off to a quick start in the second quarter and quickly extended the lead to double digits. The then-known Spurs killer, Bryn Forbes, led the Bucks with a 15-0 lead to retake the lead, as Spurs suddenly lost his ability to play basketball. With all the turns and bad play, Spurs lost 57-50 at halftime.
The Spurs increased their defense in the third, and Lonnie Walker took a confident step to pull the Spurs to a point in the middle of the third. The Spurs finally managed to regain the lead with 37 seconds left, but the Bucks scored the last 5 points of the quarter, with Jrue Holiday scoring the last three in free throws, luring Devin Vassell to take him down with less than a second to go, to lead 88-84 after three.
The Spurs kept up the pressure in the final frame, but Giannis was able to get to the front line, and each time Spurs reduced the advantage to a few points, it seemed that Giannis would pull the entire Spurs defense to him, and give him a teammate. team an easy goal opportunity. The Spurs were having no trouble scoring, but the lack of stops condemned them, as the Bucks won 120-113.
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Lonnie Walker’s shirt number is 1, I’m just saying.
What is the next . . .
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The Spurs return home for nine games after tonight, starting with the Hornets on Monday.