· Some good things, some bad things. Not sure the Jazz were in control of the night. The Bucks had lost 6 in a row. Giannis was coming back from an injury. They are a flawed team but they are trying to win a chip and if they come with desperation they are going to dictate how the night goes. So the Jazz staying in this game and leading at the half really was pretty impressive.
· The Jazz stayed in this game with 14 of 28 three point shooting in the first half. I am most impressed by the 28 attempts. In the first game of the year they couldn’t figure out how to get a three. Then in night two Will basically demanded they took threes and they squeezed them off, but they were so forced looks. These looks were reasonable and out of offensive execution.
· You can’t turn the ball over against the Bucks. They are the #1 offensive team in the NBA after a turnover. They are not a good offensive team after a make. The Jazz keep the turnovers under control in the first half and then it got out of control. The Jazz turned it over 21% of their possessions. On the season the Bucks are the lowest turnover forcing team in the NBA at 10%. This allowed Giannis to play in the open floor and the Bucks had an obscene 33% of their possessions in transition. 13 of the turnovers were live ball turnovers.
· You will never win a game when your opponent has 33% of their possessions in transition. Fastbreak points were 24-2 at the half and 39-7 at the end of the game in favor of the Bucks
· The turnovers are coming from guys feeling a burden to score and guys being asked to play a role that is a bit beyond their rightful role. So it is hard to harp on the guys or really criticize but I do think if everyone relaxed a bit and trusted the other guys would make plays.
· Johnny Juzang was in the rotation over Brice Sensabaugh tonight.
· Giannis is really relentless. He plays with incredible energy. He takes 82% of his field goal attempts as layups or dunks and everyone knows it. Yet, you can’t stop it. He is really smart. One of the most impressive plays of the night was in transition and the Jazz built a three man wall and he stopped and looked to pull back and the 3 man wall spread out a bit and he hit the crease and got on the rim. So smart. His footwork is also unprecedented. He has been in the top 4 of the MVP vote each of the last 4 years.
· The Jazz were trying to make Damian go right in the first half and then in the third quarter he keep getting left where he is a much better driver and pull up shooter.
· The Jazz were leading at the half. They played with really good offensive precision. They kept the ball moving. They were a bit stuck to start the game, but were impressively able to fight through it and find a rhythm. The first half was a really good offensive half, not just because shots went in, but how they were getting shots.
· The three ball went away in the third when they went 1 for 11. But they also got stagnant again like they did to open the game and never broke through to find that pattern.
· Doc Rivers also changed his rotation and kept Giannis and Dame in together. The Bucks have really struggled this year when one of them is off the floor and the Jazz took advantage of that in the first half.
· Isaiah Collier made his NBA debut but was not part of the 10 man rotation.
