Look, I get the idea of any given night one team can beat another team. But for the New York Knicks, how do you think they deal with heading to play Milwaukee. ‘Oh man, I guess we’re going to get beat by 20 again.’ Bucks won by 26 points in this one, and they had 25 point lead at halftime. Knicks barely showed up for this game. They put up zero fight as Milwaukee dominated this basketball game. In their three games against New York this year, Milwaukee averaged 127.6 points per game. And the average margin of victory is 30.3. Bucks haven’t lost at home to New York since 2017.

Player of the Game: Giannis Antetokounmpo – This man scored 37 points in 21 minutes. That’s incredible. Do you think Giannis could have scored 60+ last night if he played 30 or more minutes? What an amazing performance by Giannis. I realize that it is against the Knicks and truly does not matter in the grand scheme of things. Yet this is one of the better Giannis performances of all-time considering the number of points scored in only
20 minutes or so.

Honorable Mention: Ersan Ilyasova – There isn’t much besides Giannis last night who had a great day due to spreading out the minutes. But Ersan did play well in his 16 minutes. Ilyasova scored 14 points and seven rebounds last night. Do you think Ersan even knows he’s playing in a blowout? He probably will still take charges up 30 or more. Shit doesn’t matter.

Best Thing Possible – The fact that Giannis, Khris Middleton, Brook Lopez, and Eric Bledsoe all played 21 or 22 minutes is phenomenal for Milwaukee. We talk all about load management in the NBA, but the easiest way to have load management is by blowing out opposing teams. Now all four starters will be ready to go for their big matchup against Boston on Thursday night.

Next up: As mentioned, Boston comes to town on Thursday night. Last time Milwaukee faced Boston, they fell 115-106 in the early part of the season. There is a very small narrative about this Bucks team as they’re 0-3 against Boston, Philadelphia, and Miami. I’m assuming Milwaukee is aware of this noise. Celtics have been up and down of late yet had two solid offensive games versus New Orleans and Chicago.

Charlie.