Giannis and Lillard deliver an NBA Cup Championship to Milwaukee, how did they do it? Why was OKC so flat on offense, and much more. Dave DuFour, Zena Keita and Es Baraheni discuss the NBA Cup, the vibes in Vegas, and what they can do to change it next year. Then breakfast club breaks and talks about the new format for the All Star Game, and if the Denver Nuggets for trade for Zach LaVine.Host: Dave DuFourWith: Zena Keita and Es BaraheniExecutive Producer: Andrew SchlechtAudio Producer: Grayson MoodySubmit your questions to The Athletic NBA Daily mailbag: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5939460/2024/11/25/nba-podcast-mailbag-athletic-daily Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily for December 18th, 2024. Coming up, we're here to respect the cup. And we're going to talk about some news. Zach Levine might be on the move. Good morning, everybody. Good evening. Ask Zena. We are wrapping up the NBA Cup. The Bucs did not stop. The Bucs rolled. Darvin Ham, 14-0 in NBA Cup play as a coach. Torian Prince, too.
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.
He found him. This was the recipe that OKC tried. Well, did pull off against the Mavericks, right?
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