I’m not concerned because the looks he’s creating are as great as ever and he’s distributing well as usual. Like every Buck, he couldn’t buy a shot on Thursday evening missing 7 of his first 8 shots and he’s just 2/10 downtown so far. That’s the best you can do against Durant and it’s exactly what P.J. The last several games I’ve seen him (dating back to the NBA Finals), most of them do! He also deserves plaudits for his defense on KD early in that tilt, giving the star no room to shoot (like KD needs room to make buckets) and making drives difficult. Still, I for one feel an astronomical level of confidence in Middleton’s midrange shotmaking, to the point where I expect every shot to go in. Forget stopping either of them.Īs can happen, it was easy to miss his 20 points against the Nets, especially since his jumper clanked more often as the game went on. Finally, let’s not forget that the Nets have no one who can slow him down, while the Bucks have a few guys who can do that to KD. Between the two current foci of interest in Giannis’ game, that feels like the more sustainable one. The routine is quicker, the motion is smoother, and the trust in himself is apparent. Same goes for the confidence gained from Game 6 at the line: at any point last year we’d have been quite pleased with 13/19 over two games. However, this is still a very small sample size and we’re just over 3 months past his shotmaking breakthrough in the postseason’s latter rounds: the confidence from that 50 point effort isn’t going anywhere. Going just 4/19 outside the restricted area, perhaps we got a little too excited about his preseason shotmaking.
#Keep it a buck free
Since the NBA 75th Anniversary Team selection met the standard of great performances he set during last year’s playoff run matching Kevin Durant with 32 points on 12/25 shooting, let’s discuss the hot topics of his continued evolution: the jumper and free throws. His mediocre night in Miami notwithstanding, there is plenty to be encouraged about The Greek Freak’s first couple of games. Fortunately, we’re a long way away from individual performances making or breaking any critical stretch of games. Milwaukee is enduring what will hopefully be their only injury-ridden stretch (having just 10 players healthy last night in Miami), which necessitates fielding some lineups of questionable NBA talent.
Sample sizes are small and the results in the standings were mixed.
Only two games to go off of thus far, but this has been a Friday feature and it will stay that way.
#Keep it a buck series
We’re back for season two of this weekly series where Brew Hoop grades the Bucks, week by week.
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