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Grizzlies 108, Bucks 90

Bucks interior struggles in loss to Grizzlies

Brandon Jennings tries to drive on Memphis' Marc Gasol. Gasol finished with 14 points, nine rebounds and five assists.

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Memphis' big-man duo of Marc Gasol and Zach Randolph played as advertised Wednesday night. The powerful tandem used muscle and finesse as the Grizzlies handed the Bucks their first loss of the season, a 108-90 thrashing. »Read Full Article

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  1. ________

    "Ellis also got off to a rough start,..."

    Really? How'd that ending look? Exactly?

    Look, we're not goin "name names" as this was just a horrendous piece of hoops.
    Beaten, by the way, by a very good team in Memphis. Yet, when your guards are
    6-20 (BJ), and I believe Ellis was around 5-16, well, you see what happens?
    Couple nice plays by Sanders, a glimpse of the rookies, and a few other show n tell notions with the Bucks, but, this was just bad.

    The drama now revolves how they will respond in the Nations Capital. Is this Memphis Game an abberation, or the beginning of patterns and themes which bothered us so in the past seasons?

    See ya Friday night,....NO local TV that night.
    So, we hope for a clear radio feed out of Milwaukee on TMJ
    and we'll plant ourselves right here.....

    Have a bourbon, and fogetaboutit.
  2. The annouced attendance per the box score was 11,465. If I am not mistaken the BMO Harris Bradley Center seats around 18,800 for basketball. That's a lot of empty seats. Granted Memphis may not be the top draw in the NBA and this was a mid-week game the night after many folks stayed up late watching the election returns.

    However, the US Cellular Arena where the Bucks used to routinely sell out when they were perenial playofff contenders seats about 10,500 for basketball if I am not mistaken. Hmmm. Perhaps the Bucks might want to consider moving back across the street if the BMOHBC is not to their liking. Milwaukee just does not need a third sports arena. Not when Marquette University, the Admirals, the Arena football team, and concert promoters are happy with the BMOHBC.

    If the Bucks want a basketball only arena of their own so bad, here's an idea. Their players earn very large salaries, most of them make over $1 million a year. How about a City of Milwaukee income tax on professional basketball athletes to pay for a basketball arena? This would also apply to the salaries of visiting teams for the games they play in Milwaukee?

    Hint, if any taxes are going to be imposed on the public for third sports arena, they had better go to a referendum. That was the big mistake with Miller Park -- no referendum. Most likely the referendum will be voted down. The public has little interest in the Bucks.
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  3. The other team's bigs play smart which is something the Bucks as a whole are pretty much incapable of.
  4. Just a bad game. We need some movement on offense and some toughness on defense. I thought this was a game where Prysbilla might have been useful on Gasol. Tobias Harris needs to figure something out quick, he just looks lost out there. He can't create his own shot. We may need a Gooden/Moute combo out there soon. Jennings will have to save this team again. Looks like he is the only one (maybe Dunlevey) that has a clue.
  5. Lets see, the two top perimeter players go 11 for 38, and the lead is the interior struggles? I agree Dalembert has done nothing in 3 games, but the way the Bucks are build the guards have to score. They were missing Beno Udrih too, who without a doubt is the most underrated player on their roster.
  6. An NBA team with big guys inside? Who could have guessed? Too bad there wasn't a way the Bucks could select players from college or from other teams when their contracts run out and build a better club.
  7. Agree. The missed layups were the bigger story. The guards didn't play well. This Bucks team can't win if the guards don't play well. They will have games like this. Considering the talent of the Grizzlies front-court, I don't think that was the story of the game, either.
  8. the franchise has been dead since ray allen was traded. the only thing that has kept it in milwaukee is herb kohl's benevolence and the fact the nba is in too many cities already. they'll probably end up in seattle, which of course would be very ironic.
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  9. I would have predicted the outcome but more importantly I would have predicted the post game comments. Change has to come from somewhere but the where is the question.
  10. This outcome is doubly disappointing because supposedly the Bucks beefed up their front line in the offseason to better compete with teams like the Grizzlies.

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