That may hit a different tone than one would expect, especially after the Bucks experienced a close loss to the Brooklyn Nets Monday night , their biggest foe standing in the Eastern Conference. But after such a whirlwind offseason, the Bucks have handled an uncertain season as positively as they can through this checkpoint. As the Bucks continue to integrate and find their way to a new identity and ideals, it has altered the roles of their holdover players, such as Brook Lopez.
Through his 14 appearances, Lopez is averaging 9. The aforementioned changes that the Bucks underwent over their busy offseason has certainly affected the role that Lopez has played through four weeks into their run this season. To that point, Lopez is posting a career-lows in usage percentage Of course, there a few reasons for that, some of which go beyond the slew of personnel changes the Bucks over the fall and winter. Milwaukee Bucks: Grading their new additions one month into season by Jordan Treske.
Next 1 of 3 Prev post. At 6-foot-7, Thanasis is overmatched as a big man battling down low with other seven-footers. Robinson punished the Bucks on the glass and gave the Knicks a number of second-chance opportunities. New York grabbed a whopping In total, they out rebounded the Bucks , thoroughly dominating Milwaukee in every facet of the glass. The Bucks established an early point lead by showing great activity and knocking down a number of shots from the outside.
However, when the game slowed down and the energy and made shots disappeared, the Knicks came crawling back by giving themselves more shot opportunities than the Bucks. Despite shooting jut 2. During Lopez's absence, Milwaukee has elected to go small with Giannis Antetokounmpo starting at center.
Thanasis Antetokounmpo and Bobby Portis could get extended minutes off the bench while Lopez remains out. Lopez back will not play Wednesday against the Timberwolves. This will be the fourth straight absence for the big man, who tweaked his back against the Nets on Opening Night. The Bucks should finally get some reinforcements, however, as both Bobby Portis hamstring and Semi Ojeleye calf are listed as probable Wednesday.
Lopez is managing a sore back, and the Bucks want to give him ample time to recover to avoid having the injury morph into a recurring issue that bothers him throughout the season. With Lopez set to miss his third straight game Monday, Giannis Antetokounmpo could pick up another start at center if Bobby Portis hamstring is unable to make his season debut.
Lopez back has been ruled out for Saturday's game against the Spurs. Lopez and Bobby Portis hamstring will be out for a second straight game, leaving Milwaukee shorthanded in the frontcourt. As a result, Jordan Nwora, Thanasis Antetokounmpo and Sandro Mamukelashvili will likely see additional run once again.
Lopez and Bobby Portis hamstring are both out, as is Semi Ojeleye calf , so the Bucks are extremely thin in the frontcourt. That could mean extended minutes for Giannis Antetokounmpo at center, which would open up time for Jordan Nwora, Thanasis Antetokounmpo and rookie Sandro Mamukelashvili.
Lopez averaged It was business as usual for Lopez, who was active from beyond the arc and blocked plenty of shots. He should continue seeing minutes in the mids for the Bucks this season. Player Home Game Log. Boston Celtics I think I learned that the chemistry of the team is great and I think everybody is trying to pick each other up. So, the Bucks had to mix and match around the former defensive player of the year with Pat Connaughton , Thanasis Antetokounmpo and rookie Sandro Mamukelashvili The Bucks have missed Lopez, Portis and Ojeyele offensively, too.
Milwaukee is currently sixth in the NBA with a Connaughton, who is leading the team in minutes, had filled some of the scoring gaps in averaging a career-high Thanasis Antetokounmpo is also at a career-high 5.
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