The Bucks Respect the Cup | Zach LaVine to Denver?
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What did the Bucks do to win the NBA Cup?
Torian Prince, also undefeated.
All right, guys. Let's jump into it. The Bucs. They win this game kind of running away. And I think I want to get to the Thunder and what their problems were. But let's start with the Bucs. We got to celebrate the champs. And I think when we do that, Zeno, we got to start. You big on bigs. Giannis was huge.
Giannis bulldozed his way to this win. It was surreal watching him just put his head down. We've seen this all season. But tonight... The Jokic came out. And I don't like to, you know, try and compare too much, but the precision passing from Giannis in transition, being able to find his teammates, it was incredibly impressive. And that's how he got the whole team involved. In the second half, when you talk about, we're going to talk about OKC not being able to make a shot, but... When the Bucs were able to make shots, it's because their passing was unbelievable. They got through the defense of OKC with precision, sharp, fast passes that covered so much ground. And Giannis was the start of all of it.
Yeah, Andre Jackson had what might have been the fastest pass thrown tonight. He threw a pass from the corner out top to Dame. And I remember I said to you guys, wow, there's a lot of zip on that. You know, I thought the Bucs energy in the game was fantastic. And you mentioned it just from the jump. Giannis was dealing. I mean, he nearly had a triple-double in the first half. I mean, we were calling it in the first quarter. I was like, every single time that OKC threw a second body at him, Giannis knew who was opening.
How did Giannis perform in the championship game?
He found him. This was the recipe that OKC tried. Well, did pull off against the Mavericks, right?
Right.
sending two to the ball blitzing. But the really great thing here was Giannis was catching it in the post behind the wall. He actually mentioned it post game. He's like, look, I'm not trying to barrage through that wall. I'm actually getting behind it and then making plays through that, which is, I think one of the most key elements for this bucks team. It's like morphing to what Giannis has been able to do and adapt. He, The evolution of him as a playmaker, the mid-range scoring, you talked about the aggression and just driving the basketball. All of that was on display tonight. Like, it was a true MVP performance from Giannis. Yeah, absolutely. And on the defensive end. Like, they did an incredible job.
They limited OKC to, what, like, under 100, which is... It's hard to do. 97-81 last year.
And OKC certainly helped them out missing shots. But, you know, and as you actually made this point, the Bucs really struggled or the Thunder really struggled around the basket, too, which is not what normally happens with them. But they were blowing bunnies. Brooke and Giannis, man. Too big. Yeah. You know, this was a game where we haven't been worried about OKC's size to a serious degree yet. You know, of course, they had to play with no centers for a while. Yeah. And I'm not sure if Chet makes much of a difference against the Bucs in a game like this because Chet's not big enough. They almost needed like a second Hardenstein out there at times. Yeah.
They needed size and they needed an imposer or something. And it wasn't even just the size inside. I mean, yes, that was huge in terms of like decreasing their ability to convert there. But it was the size on the wing. Like Andre Jackson Jr., Give him his flowers. He showed up big tonight. He played big tonight. There was one point in the first half where Andre Jackson Jr.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What did the Bucks do to win the NBA Cup?
0:56–2:22
2
What were the Thunder's offensive struggles?
2:22
3
How did Giannis perform in the championship game?
1:56–9:15
4
What changes are needed for the Thunder?
9:15
5
Are the Bucks back as contenders?
5:35–6:08
6
What is the chemistry between Dame and Giannis?
6:08
7
How did Andre Jackson impact the game?
4:57–8:09
8
What do the Bucks need to maintain their success?
8:09–24:43