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Mardi 30 novembre 2010 à 10:17
Wednesday?¡¥s loss was the type of game last nike dunks season?¡¥s Bucks found ways to win. Statistically, that team wasn't overwhelming?ait shot just 43.6 percent in the field, while its opponents shot 45.1 percent. It shot just 20.4 free-throws per game, 29th in the league, while opponents shot an average of 26.9. It was an average 3-point shooting team (35.6 percent) and a below-average offensive team (97.7 points per game). Still, Milwaukee managed a 46-36 record, was among the hottest teams in the league in the other half of the season and might have upended the Hawks within the playoffs had center Andrew Bogut not gotten injured.
The reason was clear to anyone who watched the Bucks regularly?athey simply tried, and tried hard. Every evening. As Skiles said, ?¡ãLast year, I?¡¥d say for the three-quarters of the season, we had to have been, by anybody?¡¥s measure, a high 10 effort and intensity team.?¡À
That?¡¥s what makes their lead-footed begin to this year so difficult to explain. Your time and effort was better against Boston, however the result was the same. This can be a team that traded for sixth man extraordinaire Corey abercrombie and fitch Maggette, re-signed shooting guard John Salmons and landed free-agent power forward Drew Gooden within the offseason. Those guys were designed to bolster the returning core.
Instead, the Bucks are reeling, and there?¡¥s no easy answer why. The schedule has been tough, and also the new guys have needed time to merge. Even Salmons, who came to the Bucks in the trading deadline this past year, has struggled. Combined, the players involved in the team?¡¥s three major transactions?aSalmons, Maggette and Gooden?ahave shot just 33.3 % combined this season.
It?¡¥s difficult to find anything positive to latch onto?athe loss to the Celtics would have to be considered a bright spot. The schedule will lighten in the coming days, probably opening the way to have an improved record. But overall, the Bucks have been disconnected offensively, shooting 40.5 percent and scoring just 90.4 points per game. The defense may be decent, but the team has consistently suffered mental mistakes, often at worst possible times.
There still is plenty of time, with no one is nike Air Max hitting the panic button in Milwaukee yet. ?¡ãI know I never started 1-4,?¡À point guard Brandon Jennings said. ?¡ãHopefully, this is a test for all of us to wake up. ?- I believe we all know how good we actually are. Yes , it is early, but to go to overtime and only lose by three to some team like this, you need to keep the head up.?¡À
The heads might be up and the record should improve. But still, the Bucks arrived rich in expectations. They?¡¥ve got a long way to visit before they start living up to them. When Bucks forward Carlos Delfino left his feet ED hardy under the basket about 28 seconds to experience and the team trailing by two points in overtime Wednesday, an amount happen next was almost preordained.
Delfino flipped an awkward pass on the nfl jerseys baseline, straight to Celtics forward Paul Pierce, who made the easy steal and all but sealed another loss for Milwaukee. This one was especially disheartening, a 105-102 outcome that saw the Bucks blow a seven-point lead down the stretch in the fourth quarter.
?¡ãWe did force them to miss a few timesmoncler [late within the game], but we'd trouble finishing possessions and that we got careless using the ball a couple of times,?¡À Bucks coach Scott Skiles said. ?¡ãIt all happened inside a span of the minute and a half.?¡À
It has been an incredibly frustrating start for that Bucks, who are now 1-4. Coming off a strong finish to last season?athe Bucks were 28-11 after January 26?aand a productive summer, much was expected from Milwaukee. But out of the gate, it just hasn?¡¥t happened.
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