Raptors Bucks OT Game Thread

[Wally450]

Gary Trent Jr forced OT with a big 3 at the end of the 4th.

Bucks lead 93-77 with 2 minutes left. What a collapse.

[Axe]

9-0 record earlier wasted into nothing. :facepalm

[Naero]

I'm getting flashbacks of our collapse against the Bulls last week, where our four-game losing streak culminated. Just every conceivable thing to throw the game away down the stretch. :facepalm

Let's see if there's more resilience in this OT.

[FultzNationRISE]

Well thats the thing, with Lebron is no longer in the East every team now has a belief that anything is possible. The confidence you gain when Lebron’s not in your way is just tremendous.

[Wally450]

What a pass by Giannis in traffic.

[Naero]

Really feeling ambivalent about this win. I'm happy to have a fighting chance at the first seed, of course, but collapses like these—which happen far too often with this team—are always deflating regardless of the outcome.

I can't fully evaluate it until we have Middleton and Jrue—or any real PG for that matter—back, but this team's level of play has been too flawed lately to chalk it all up to injuries.

Credit to Grayson nonetheless for his clutch shots. :applause: Also to Giannis for orchestrating that last three-pointer. Despite flirting with the TO record (sloppy ball-handling and rule violations being the genesis for most of those), his passing has been as on-point as ever lately.

[Jasper]

here is the problem ... Bucks always start out slow without a healthy Middleton.
Coach Bud had tons of starting line ups I did not like and still don't .

But here is the under lying issue : Hill, Holiday, Middleton, Mathews and even Giannis have been out for more than just 1 or two games.
They are not in rhythm, and we saw that on x-mas day .. and their 4 game losing streak.
After all of this has happened in this early season , the guy I believe needs to be traded is Grayson Allen. I just can not believe this guy plays 25-36 minutes and scores 6 points and has a terrible shooting percentage.
It was a great move to acquire him , but he has not paid off.
Engles can not bring up the ball , he is not a play maker or PG.
(HE IS A SPOT UP SHOOTER AND THAT IS WHY WE ACQUIRED HIM---- let him spot up he is more effective that way)

Its a long season and hopefully Middleton and holiday get enough reps w/giannis to be effective in the playoffs.

[ArbitraryWater]

Absolute madness.

Bucks were up 16 with 1.20 minutes left and up 11 with 40 seconds left.

Reminiscent of the Sixers-Lakers game which aso went to OT and was lost by the comebacking team. AD could have won it at the stripe in regulation but choked.

[Axe]

If they keep sputtering like this they won't contend for another title. Same with Cs.