Bucks Buzz: Monday November 25th

The Bucks Buzz is a bi-weekly SnoTap post featuring Charlie Tritschler and Mitch Pratt. Charlie writes the Monday post while Mitch handles Thursday. This could change, but they both bring a unique style to the post. 

Hot Recap Take
Friday: Philadelphia 115 Milwaukee 107 (OT) -  This one is a tough one to swallow for Bucks fans. First of all, the game was not on television meaning you had to listen to it on the radio or find it illegally yet the Bucks maintained a lead late in the game. Caron Butler dominated this one with 38 points, a season-high and his first 30 point game since November 2012 when he had 33 against New Orleans. Butler found his stroke from outside going 4/8 from 3-point range. Butler still played a hand in Milwaukee losing a 10 point lead with 130 seconds left in the game. Caron misses a 3-point shot right after James Anderson had hit a three of his own. Butler also had a traveling violation late. Luke Rindour did not help things missing a key late free-throw and a long mid-ranger jumper.

This led to Spencer Hawes leading the comeback with an outrageous shot. Hawes tied up the game and sent to overtime. Milwaukee could not score in the overtime period leading to a Sixers win. This is one that will piss you off because Hawes should not beat you. Evan Turner or Michael Carter-Williams, yeah I think people can make peace with it but HAWES?! That's a tough pill to swallow.


Appropriate YouTube video - Burn - Meek Mill: He is from Philly and this one burned like your genitals do after getting an STD.




Saturday: Charlotte 96 Milwaukee 72 - Oh dear God where to start with this one. I mean Charlotte is a much improved team than last year, but there is no reason to get beat by 24 points at home to them. Yes, this was their third game in four days, but there should be no excuses for such a lame effort. If they lose another close one, sure I can be okay with that, but holy shit, Milwaukee. They put together a pathetic 12 point third quarter as the Bobcats put up 28 starting the blowout train. To give you an idea of how much an ass kicking this one was all of Charlotte's starters had PERs in the 20's. Further, Milwaukee had four of five starters with PER with -20's. It was that damn bad. The thing that might make it more disappointing is the fact they had nearly 15,000 in attendance. I feel like that's a good number for Milwaukee on a Saturday night against a team like Charlotte and they just basically came out to half-court and took a massive shit.  Thanks, Bucks!  

Appropriate YouTube video - Grace is Gone - Dave Matthews Band: I tried to think of the most depressing song I have ever heard and this one is definitely in my top ten.



Keep in mind
 Besides Miami and Indiana, the East is wide open - I realize people are starting to talk tank with Milwaukee and I do not blame anyone one bit for that, yet Eastern Conference is a shitshow right now. Brooklyn and New York are horrible. Chicago will be without Derrick Rose, and many people are thinking they might move half their team. Basically, Milwaukee could continue to scuffle their feet and then be right back into the mix come January with an equally strong December. I am all about the tank life, but I feel like we should recognize how poor the Eastern Conference truly is at this juncture.

Links
Speaking of the tanks, the great Tom Ziller of SB Nation, wrote an article today the Bucks inadvertently tanking. It is getting down right weird with the last-second loss to Philadelphia and then the colossal blowout to Charlotte.

Andrew Weiland of BizTimes wrote about the state of Milwaukee in terms of getting a new arena and every thing in the near future. It looks quite bleak and that's not good for the Bucks.

What to Watch
Hello old friend - Brandon Jennings plays Milwaukee for the first time tonight at Auburn Hills. I am sure of two things... 1.) Jennings will have at least 25 points. 2.) Zaza will make a hard foul attempt leading to Jennings getting pissed off at him.

What's Next for Milwaukee
As just noted, Milwaukee's professional basketball team heads to Detroit Rock City tonight. They head home to play Washington on Wednesday night. Wizards have won three of their last four games and play Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night before heading to Milwaukee on Wednesday.

Charlie.