Bucks Dominant Victory Over Boston Celtics Causes National Media Tears

[00:00:00] Hey, thanks for stopping in. It is a great show today on the Bucks Beat. We're going to talk about the Bucks defeating the Golden State Warriors briefly.

[00:00:10] We're going to talk about the Boston Massacre at the Ficer Form, but we're really going to get into the National Media coverage on the Milwaukee Bucks. Let's get going.

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[00:00:58] One twenty nine one eighteen. Steph Curry does not play little bummer for the fans in Milwaukee. I know they wanted to see him.

[00:01:05] He's been struggling now. So they're sitting him out. Bucks put up 46 points in the fourth quarter. This was a little tougher than it should have been, but a win is a win.

[00:01:15] Basically get the grind, get the wins. The fix what needs to be fixed and let's get ready for the playoffs. I think that's the mode. The bucks are in here.

[00:01:23] The Mueller talks about the fourth quarter. That doesn't happen often. No matter how good you are, so I think it speaks to what we're capable of, but it's not something that we want to lean on to win a game.

[00:01:34] Really good answer from daymolored there and there's something I'm noticing a lot of these comments and obviously you're only hearing what I'm airing on the air. And I'm hearing a lot of the post game processors.

[00:01:47] The bucks kind of are talking a little bit about coaching, but they're surface level touching it because they don't obviously want to cause any issues for the locker room.

[00:01:55] But I really put that on the coaching and I'm not going to keep harbing on this, but the coaching really concerns me. It's big enough defense. Dame talks about the box defense. You know we've we've put a few games together where we play better defensively.

[00:02:09] But we still got to be able to sustain it. You know, and establish a much better identity on that end of the floor. And I think we've shown that we can do it in stretches, but now we got to make that who we are much more consistently.

[00:02:21] And that has been the box identity through the bud era. So seeing them struggle with defense to me is like, I don't understand it. Personal hasn't changed that much. I mean, obviously it has changed.

[00:02:36] I mean, Drew Holiday is obviously the big one, but then you know, like Wesley Matthews. Like he was a wing defender. He didn't put up a lot of points, but he really put his focus on defense.

[00:02:46] Like was Wesley Matthews the reason that we're not able to play good defense because he's gone. He's in Atlanta. I don't know. I'm scratching my head. I really am. But it's not mind job to fix the defense. It's Adrian Griffin's job to fix the defense.

[00:03:00] They can figure that out. Box win this one late. They struggled a little bit in the third quarter. Like I said, they put up 46 points in the fourth. I mean, it still gave up 37 though. So that was that was a high octane fourth quarter. Lots of points.

[00:03:14] The press was really talking about Andre Jackson Jr. post game 10 rebounds. Lots of, you know, really good effort from him 10 points. But what they're doing now is they're going to be putting him on the other team's best player just to make a little tougher.

[00:03:29] So we'll see what happens on that little experiment. Yeah, that's with 33 in this one. Chris 24 broke 11. Dame 27. Beesley with 11 and Bobby Porter's with 10. Still a little frustrated that coach is not going a little deeper and he was bench.

[00:03:44] I mean, he's relying. He's going, let's say two four six eight. He's going eight deep in his bench. And they're still, you know, AJ Green needs to be getting more minutes.

[00:03:54] I don't know why he is not getting more minutes. He should at least be getting, you know, eight minutes of game or something. The dude can shoot, put him in the game. Why are you? Like what does the deal?

[00:04:05] And if I, you know, if I get a one on one with coach, I'm going to ask him that question because I really want to know why you're not putting this dude who can turn the game over.

[00:04:14] I feel like if if Andre Green was with Eric Spulstra, like the dude would be playing. Like around 15 minutes of game, I just don't know why our coach can't see the talent.

[00:04:23] The talent is definitely there with AJ Green. So box are sitting three games back of the Celtics and speaking of the Celtics. I want to talk about that game. Box beat the Celtics 135 102 and trust me, folks. It was worse than that.

[00:04:37] I have time with the starters in the box were up 75 to 38. The Celtics quit in the second half literally. They literally quit. They literally were like, this game's over at halftime.

[00:04:51] And that's really when I'm going to focus on in this podcast is the National Media coverage of the way this game went down.

[00:04:59] And instead of talking about what the box did, they'd talk about what the box didn't do and why the Celtics lost by getting their asses kick so bad. It was really frustrating for the box to get this W, get this win, and then have everybody be like, wow.

[00:05:20] The Celtics have been playing games and they're tired and fine, there's something to be said about that. Sure. But every NBA team is doing this. So you know, you have a back to back, you know, okay, you might not have enough gas.

[00:05:34] There's an argument to be made about the things that the National Media and I'm going to get to the know that later and the Boston media is saying about this one.

[00:05:44] But you don't get relaxed. You don't get taken out into the wood shed and beaten down because this was a beat down. This was a team who was like, okay, enough. Rollin' up my sleeves. I hope they heard the last podcast. Obviously, no offense.

[00:06:00] I still stand by everything I said in that podcast, pertaining to the coaching, pertaining to the bench. I still stand by all of that. You honest, played 25 minutes. Yeah, 24 points. Low pass with 15, easily with 16, Lillard with 21 and the man Bobby Portis, 28 points.

[00:06:19] So there's a lot to impact with this game. The point I want to kind of highlight before we really really get into it is the box which they're defense.

[00:06:30] They brought Brooke out to the free throw line. They really put Chris Middleton in a position for him to focus on his defense, which is that was a bold move. I mean, the only finish with five points, you know, in 20 minutes, he took five three pointers. He made one.

[00:06:45] He shot 22% from the field and that ultimately that's what you see happening is when you have a wing who's kind of focusing on defense on the offensive side, it suffers.

[00:06:54] And I really think this is a good move because you've got Dame, you've got Janus to score. Obviously, when Chris scores at the bonus, but I think putting Chris on the best guy and just wearing him out and making it hard and closing on those perimeter shots.

[00:07:09] The box did a fantastic job on that. Whether the Celtics are tired or not tired, just the fundamentals of that aspect of their defense was absolutely phenomenal. Boxman this one big and Janus talks about it.

[00:07:22] I feel like the team after this win, felt like the team came together. You know, I feel like our chemistry is better now. I feel like we needed this. I think like we believe in one another now.

[00:07:36] Hopefully we can carry over. I don't know if it's going to carry over, but as a leader, you know, as a player in the team, I want this to carry over.

[00:07:46] And I think we can do it. We have to go tomorrow and watch film. Take it over by the head of the team, go to the state. You can play with same energy and same focus and try to be lucky.

[00:07:56] And that man is not just a top candidate for MVP, but that man is the heart and soul. And everyone knows this. But he is the heart and soul of this team.

[00:08:06] Single handedly, he's trying to change the culture into even the next level of focus. He talked about how everyone needs to be better, including the equipment manager.

[00:08:19] Obviously, apart was a joke, but he named a bunch of things in one of those things was coaching and the intensity. And a box needed a game like this. It just happened to be the boss in Celtics.

[00:08:32] The part though that is frustrating as a fan though in a game like this, we don't even get to enjoy it because the national media ESPN in particular takes a giant shit on the bottom. Sorry to say it that way. But here's what first take had to say.

[00:08:54] How concerned should the ESPN about the box? Do you hear? Yeah, I'm not concerned. I'm not concerned at all. Listen, it was one game. The Celsius will come in off a back to back with overtime when against the Minnesota Timberwood.

[00:09:12] They probably got in at 2 AM in a morning. The books still have to prove to me that they could do this on the consistent basis. It was one game.

[00:09:22] And that is Kendrick Perkins from the Boston Celtics 2008 Championship team. Pretty obvious we can take him seriously as an analyst.

[00:09:32] He is a cheerleader for the team he played for. That's what he is. That's it. There's no even keel thinking with this man. Same thing goes for win hers and I hate to say at the same thing goes for even a Smith.

[00:09:45] All three of those guys do not like Milwaukee. They don't like the city, they don't like the team. And I don't even know if they like the fans or not.

[00:09:52] You listen to that report. It sounds like the box got blown out when it was the other way around the Celtics got their ass beat. And they're talking shit about the box. Here's more.

[00:10:04] But no one is fear and the deer is deer hunting season. It's deer hunting season. It even ignores it. This was such a egregious schedule loss. Not only was it their second night of a back to back after over time.

[00:10:19] It was your fifth game in seven nights and because of TV, they started the game early. Central to visual central times on early was strange scheduling there. And from there all they did was just completely criticized the box. My favorite part was this right here.

[00:10:36] Think about the boxes. This is a press of win. They played well. I'm not taking a way from them. But they are a bottom 10 defense of team. I'm not going to take anything away from the box.

[00:10:45] But I'm going to. That's basically what it just said. This game was so egregious. I've never seen this happen by the way. I'm not saying it hasn't happened, but I've never seen TNT caught away from a game because a team was getting their ass beats so bad.

[00:11:02] That is embarrassing for the Boston Celtics. And we cannot make the Boston Celtics look bad when we're ESPN right? So we got a kiss the ring because that's how I feel about this. And this is me talking as a fan. It's very, very upsetting.

[00:11:17] You watch that segment. You would have thought the box got their teeth kicked in. Reports the facts. Okay? The bucks needed to get a win that got a win. They played well. That little clip of compliment that you just heard from win her.

[00:11:29] That was the only time there was a compliment in there. The rest of it is, you know what? The bucks have problems. Fine. And I talked about it in the last podcast. But give credit where credit is due.

[00:11:42] They came out of the gates and they destroyed the Celtics. Okay? Second I have a back to back big deal. Teams do that all the time. They don't get, you know, they're not losing by 40 plus points at the half.

[00:11:55] So I think the biggest lead at, well, one point was 43 points. So Celtics come out, wave the white flag right away. Just to make it look good for them. Like, okay, yeah, whatever. We're tired. And they pushed an narrative and it worked.

[00:12:11] That is the part that is really frustrating about being a Milwaukee bucks fan. Anything in the city of Milwaukee. I mean, they do look to the brewers too. And they kind of do it to the packers a little bit too.

[00:12:21] So I think it's just being a professional Wisconsin sports fan is extremely frustrating when you're talking about ESPN and the national media. I mean, when you look at the Kia MVP ladder, and they have you on us down to five.

[00:12:37] Kind of one of those things for me is your wish your family, your with your friends. You know, maybe make fun of them a little bit. Maybe, you know, tell them quote how it is, right? Get real with them. And that's okay because you love them.

[00:12:50] But the moment someone else does it, you've got some problems, right? Someone talks a little smack to your friends or your family. You're throwing down. And that's kind of how I feel right here. And that's what I'm doing is the main thing about this podcast.

[00:13:04] The main thing about this podcast is it's from a fan perspective. So that's where I'm coming from is a fan perspective. And I've talked to a lot of fans and this is how a lot of them feel. The disrespect, we're used to it.

[00:13:19] And quite frankly, bring more of it because you saw the way that team came out. I mean, I criticize them. The things that I said they're not wrong. But I did it in a constructive way. I mean, in December, I think if my memory serves me correct,

[00:13:36] the bucks actually were on pace to be the top offense in all of the NBA history. Nobody is talking about that. Here are all these bad things we want to say about them. You got to take the good with the bad. But ESPN just takes the bad.

[00:13:52] These people are just totally unwatchable. So quite frankly, I watch them for entertainment purposes only. I don't take anything they say seriously. Because it's obvious they cannot be taken seriously when they're cheerleading for their favorite team. They're not removing themselves from it.

[00:14:12] Say what you will about sports commentators that are in the booth, but when they're commentating a game and I'm not going to name names, you know, it's like in the NFL. There is professional athletes that are retired. When they're commentating their game,

[00:14:26] they're usually not homering for their team. They're calling the game. They're right in the middle. Like when Wilson and Brian Anderson, who called that game by the way, he is the voice play by play and answer for them walkie brewers. He has a lot of connections in Milwaukee.

[00:14:41] In fact, he's one of us. You couldn't tell watching that bucks game. You had no idea he's not rooting for anyone. I know it's a different job, but it's the same concept. You are supposed to be neutral. When you have that platform, there's some responsibility.

[00:14:56] So that's the part that I'm upset about. Not that they're talking bad about my team. It's the way they're doing it that is really frustrating. The fact that Janis is sitting at the numbers he has and he's not, I mean, he's just cracking the top five. It's bullshit.

[00:15:13] He actually went down. It's, I don't know. It's just a bunch of bull crap. And so the bucks are just going to have to just take the page out of major league. Let's just go win the whole damn thing.

[00:15:24] That's my attitude because we are not going to be getting any respect. It really comes down to April. So I'm not going to get worked up about all of that. It's just you see it and you're like, oh, god, here we go. Roll, I roll.

[00:15:37] And I know there's a lot of podcasts out there that broke this game down. I don't need to break this game down. Maybe we saw what happened there. The bucks kicked ass. The Celtics were tired, fine, but to lose by that much.

[00:15:49] You can make all the excuses you want. Okay, you really can. There's no way that I'm going to bite that. I mean, when the bucks had five games in seven days last year and the bucks got

[00:16:01] stomped by the Celtics, you didn't hear the national media saying what they're saying about the Celtics now, they were criticizing the bucks. Go back and look it up. It was in March of last year, by the way, at the end of March.

[00:16:14] The bucks went three and two and five games. One of those games was the Boston Celtics. Then I before the bucks had played a very tough game against the Indian apacers. Bucks came out victorious, but it was a very high scoring game. The bucks were gasped.

[00:16:28] Didn't hear anyone talking about it then. So all I'm saying is be fair, national media. Okay. And I'm not just calling out ESPN. They're the most frequent offender. There's other ones out there. And I'm going to continue to still be hard on the team,

[00:16:46] but as a fan seeing this, I mean you want to hear good things about your team. You do, especially when they're second in the East. They have, or on the top records in the league. They're being talked about like, like they're broken carton of eggs or something.

[00:17:02] It's hard to watch. It's just heartening, but ultimately if it ends with us hosting the trophy, I'm fine with it. And I think this team is capable of it defensively. It's going to take effort night in night out. That's a given.

[00:17:16] Yeah, we need some changes on our bench still. I still stand by what I said. Our bench needs help. Our coach also needs to adjust his rotations. So players are fresh. Use AJ Green Moore. He had a great play in this game where he came off a pick.

[00:17:31] Now the three had a four point play. AJ Green came in and had some good numbers. So I think you want to really look at your rotations. It maybe mix it up a little bit more. He's playing it like it's the playoff.

[00:17:42] He's not going deep enough in the bench. And the crowd was actually chanting Robin Lopez there at the end. Didn't put Robin in. So I'm warning kind of what's up with that, too. I mean, Robin Lopez does not broke, but he shouldn't be sitting on the bench.

[00:17:55] The levels he's sitting on the bench. So I don't really know what's going on there. I still am on just to kind of clarify why I'm at with the state of the team. I still don't like our coach. It's one game, but I still don't like our coach.

[00:18:08] I don't have faith in him. It's going to take a lot of time, a lot of consistency from what Janice is saying to me, it sounds like this coach is not organized. It sounds like he does not have his ducks in a row.

[00:18:21] And that I think when you don't have someone who is holding down the fort from that perspective, you know, manager and coach, I think it causes some problems. It causes some ripple effects in the locker room. And I think that's what you were starting to see.

[00:18:36] We'll see what happens. I'm just really going to end this here. I really wanted to talk about the reaction to that game more than the game itself, in this particular podcast. I think there needs to be a podcast where there's commentary on the way we're covered.

[00:18:53] Nationally, the one thing too in life, you got to have thick skin. So I realize that whether they say good things or bad things, it doesn't necessarily matter. It's just not accurate and that's the part that is upsetting to me. Is, yeah, are the bucks flawed?

[00:19:09] You bet you're asked their flawed. But show me a team that's not flawed even the Celtics are flawed. If the Celtics don't hit, draws of threes in a game, are they going to win? Can they take you down low?

[00:19:21] Depending on who the opponent is sure, but the blocks they can do that? I know Grandpa Alhorford didn't play in this game, and it's too bad he didn't. It's just there's so many excuses. Instead of just looking at, there's two ways to look at this.

[00:19:33] You can make excuses why the Celtics lost, or you can look at why the bucks had a better game and why they were the better team. I'm the floor that night, and it's the latter that's being ignored, and that's the part that it's just. It's laughable.

[00:19:47] This one really was for you, Bucks fans obviously, if you're not a Bucks fan, you're probably not going to really enjoy this particular podcast. We'll see if we can keep this going. It's February 8th, so we've got less than a month.

[00:19:59] There is no question that horse general manager is looking to make some moves here. We could talk about that in a future podcast, but we can talk about prospects on trades, and I think that's a good topic maybe for next week.

[00:20:17] Monkey Bucks, I know it was hard on you last podcast, but man, internally I know you guys talked, I made some adjustments, and you came out, and us fans were proud of you. Keep it going. Keep the intensity, shut all these critics up man,

[00:20:31] and just go in the whole damn thing. Let's go. I appreciate you. We'll see you on the next one. Thanks for listening.